PHP is a very useful and flexible computer language – proof of this is that WordPress itself is written in PHP.

In fact, it’s so useful that sometimes we just want a ‘little extra’ bit of code right in the middle of a WordPress blog post – but you can’t by default.

Enter runPHP, a plug-in that allows you to embed PHP and posts, and give your posts a little more dynamic power:

http://nosq.com/blog/2006/01/runphp-plugin-for-wordpress/

For quite some time, I’ve recommended using phpExec in your posts. However, I now feel runPHP …

The March 2009 Issue of ‘The ActiveBlogging Report’ is now ready.

Topics:

What’s New With ActiveBlogging.

Exactly HOW Do You Make Money With Twitter? It’s popular, it’s fun (for some) – but how can you make Twitter a valuable addition to your business? Here’s a list of useful tips and techniques to make for profitable ‘Tweeting’.

New AB Plugin: Easy Social Ratings for Posts. Encourage reviewers and comments with this simple WordPress plugin – NO theme editing required!

Executive Summary: What Is The “Long Tail”? Get the highlights of valuable …

As you may (or may not) have noticed, FeedBurner.com was bought by Google, and FeedBurner feeds are now part of the Google conglomeration. So if you use FeedBurner to manage your blog feeds (as ActiveBlogging does), then it’s important to transfer as soon as possible if you haven’t already.

While not a problem until now, you will find it harder to use your feeds, as they say on their site. So rather than login issues in the future (although they do promise to allow transferring ‘indefinitely’), it’s probably best to …

On most WordPress blogs there exists the comments form – and on that form is a unique opportunity to hear from visitors.

Unfortunately, the percentage of good comments versus spam (the “signal to spam” ratio) is very low – because the more popular a blog gets, the more spam comes in (I won’t mention how much spam I used to clean out daily – it’s just too depressing).

However, for those of us considering a comment, here or anywhere, it’s time to explain how to comment – with a very …

A little while ago I wanted to transfer a domain – oddly enough, I found guides on going from Namecheap to GoDaddy, but none in the other direction. So to save people some effort, here’s the steps I went through to get transfers from GoDaddy to Namecheap:

First, go to the Namecheap transfers page and enter the domain. Unless something is very odd, it will say the name can be transferred.

From there, go ahead and pay via Namecheap (currently, the coupon SWITCH2NC makes it a $6.99 transfer, including domain …