I’ve been trying out a Firefox plugin for WordPress for the past few weeks. Created by Zemanta, it adds a few boxes to your WordPress blog’s Write panel in Admin - one for images and blog post links, another for keywords. As you type in your WordPress Admin from your browser (it supports Firefox only), it monitors the text, and then goes out and gathers what it thinks is relevant information. It also scans your...

I read a question on a forum about editing a theme - the design just “didn’t work” for the person, and he wanted significant changes. This comes up quite often - despite WordPress having a huge selection of themes available (including MY theme at ABTheme.com), there’s need for customization, since everyone quite reasonably wants to personalize theirs. So what to do? Here’s some guidelines: Get a theme that’s ‘close’ to the look you want. I...

The April 2008 Issue of ‘The ActiveBlogging Report’ is ready. Topics: • What’s New With ActiveBlogging • What’s New With WordPress - WordPress 2.5 Is WP 2.5 worth the wait - or should you wait a little longer? Here’s the scoop on upgrading to (or starting with) the latest version of WordPress. • What Is Adwords ‘Smart Pricing’ And How Can I Fix It? Smart Pricing is great for Adwords - but can kill an Adsense site. What...

It’s April 15th - almost May. You’ve had 106 days this year - you’ve got 260 to go. That’s over 25% of the year gone... ...have you made it count? THIS could be the year you change things - or the year you say ‘maybe next year’ - your choice. So, what Are YOUR Plans for the rest of 2008? Because planning is VITAL. And if you don’t believe me, then ask yourself why do...

A question came up recently as to whether WordPress or Blogger is better for your website. The problem is that there can be a variety of answers, based on your goals, skill level, and much more. In a way, it’s like asking whether you should pick green or blue? The question doesn’t provide enough, like what the color is used for, what colors they are exactly, and so on. So too with WP vs Blogger...

A member contacted me today about the very same security concerns I’ve been talking about this week - a site that has been hijacked with spam links. Not only does this risk getting your WordPress blog delisted, but it affects his bottom line by skewing his Adsense ads to the wrong topic (in this case, credit cards). Since this is now so common, what can you do? Of course, this assumes the WordPress blog is...