I was recently upgrading my blogs (including adding the WordPress install code I talked about in the May ‘08 ActiveBlogging Report), and I found a couple sites with old – very old – versions of ABTheme on them.

In updating those sites, I found myself grateful I had standardized the theme over the last couple of years, which made upgrading from even year-old plugins very easy. Many of the settings carried through, and for some of the sites I could just drop in the new plugin and theme and be …

Imagine using your email program to post to your blog. Something you’re already comfortable with, making WordPress easier to use.

While email is no match for WordPress and its interactive editing, there are times you can’t access your blog directly, so email can be a VERY handy feature. For example, when traveling, when there’s no access to Internet cafes (but you do have a email capability on your handheld). And so on.

As well, for those that want to ‘prefill’ a blog with content, email is often easier to …

I recently had a Member ask about adding Google Analytics to his blog. Fortunately for him, he was using ABTheme, which makes this ridiculously easy to do. However for other people using other themes it IS possible – just not as easy.

For ABTheme it’s very simple:

You log in to Google Analytics and grab the code for your site (more information on the code itself is found on the Google site).

Log into Admin, and the ABTheme tab, CodeInsert subtab, and go down to the ‘Fixed Block’ section, and …

[UPDATE: the link system has been discontinued]

I use Amember.com for this membership site – but I’ve made a lot of custom changes, since my site is a WordPress blog, and I want it to do things MY way (I’m fussy that way).

So although it includes an affiliate program, it didn’t work with my blog posts – until now.

Now, members can point to individual blog posts with their affiliate link. The benefit is that they can link to individual blog posts, and still get the affiliate program to …

When you’re starting up a blog, there’s one thing you need to do – and far too many don’t.

Read them!

I’m not talking about being a fan of blogs – although if you’re NOT interested in them, then doing a blog yourself will put you at a serious disadvantage (somewhat like being a Wine Grower and member of Alcoholics Anonymous at the same time).

I’m talking about getting the lay of the land, and reading (and bookmarking) blogs that are similar to the ones you’re planning.

There are several …