Displaying your Content Correctly in the Feed

Posted January 5th, 2009 by Lyndi | 8 Comments | Tips, WordPress

Today I am going to give you a tip that might sound extremely strange. My tip is that you subscribe to your blog’s own feed. Now why on earth would you want to do this? This will ensure that every time you add content you will get to see it in a reader in the same way many others do.

We cannot assume that all readers of our blogs view our content on our blogs. This would be a serious mistake. Many people, myself included, prefer to read the articles they find of interest within a RSS reader.

We all go to lots of trouble to ensure that our content displays the way we want it to display on our blogs. Do we ever think about what the same stuff looks like in that reader?
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Blog Review: UNIVISIONS BLOG

Posted January 4th, 2009 by Lyndi | 19 Comments | Reviews

Today’s review is the last of the non-WordPress blogs in the review queue. The blog in the spotlight today is UNIVISIONS.

This review is going to be very different from the previous reviews done on this blog as UNIVISIONS is not really a blog in the true sense of the word, it is more of a Networking Portal.
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Styling the More Link

Posted January 2nd, 2009 by Lyndi | 18 Comments | Tips, WordPress

When it comes to styling our blogs it is often those little things like the ‘more links’ that are often overlooked.

By default these links do not have a top or bottom margin to match the rest of our pages. When you code a ‘more-link’ WordPress simply adds a break (br) to the end of the last sentence and then sticks in the link. This now means that the spacing between the ‘more link’ and the other lines might not be what you want it to be.
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The Year Ends on a High Note

Posted December 31st, 2008 by Lyndi | 36 Comments | General

When I took over this blog a couple of months ago, the previous owner was not sure if I would persevere and keep his little ‘baby’ going. For this reason he dangled a ‘carrot’ in front of me.

Sailor promised me a new PC if I could do the following:

  • A PR of at least 4 on the main page
  • Any PR on any of the internal pages.
  • A sub 100K Alexa ranking.

This morning early (3.30am my time) Sailor phoned me to congratulate me. He told me to let him know what PC I would prefer.
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The Blogroll Re-Visited

Posted December 29th, 2008 by Lyndi | 37 Comments | Tips, WordPress

Earlier this year I showed you how I spruced up the blogroll on this site by showing graphics for each site on the blogroll.

For me the blogroll is pretty important. It is here that I get to say ‘thank you’ to all the friends who have proven themselves to be true friends. I do not use the blogroll as a marketing tool by listing the top sites in my niche, and no, you cannot ask to be included in my blogroll.
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