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February 15th, 2010

Three Productivity Tips from a Long-Time Blogger

A guest post for WordCast.

February 13th, 2010

Got a Keyboard? Use it.

A blog post should be more than just screenshots of what other people Tweeted.

February 10th, 2010

On Becoming a “Power Blogger”

I define a new [to me] phrase.

December 28th, 2009

Blogging Basics: Comment Spam, Part III

Part III: Identifying Comment Spam

December 19th, 2009

Upgrading to WordPress 2.9: Getting Your MySQL Database Up-to-Date

A tiny glitch for those of us with old databases.

December 1st, 2009

Spelling Checkers Don’t Work if You Ignore Them

Reminding my brain not to block out the red underlines that indicate potential spelling problems.

October 31st, 2009

October 2009 Links

Links for the month of October.

September 30th, 2009

September 2009 Links

Links for the month of September.

June 30th, 2009

June 2009 Links

Links for the month of June.

May 31st, 2009

May 2009 Links

Links for the month of May.

February 11th, 2009

MacVoices Interview Now Online

Scott McNulty and I talk to Chuck Joiner about WordPress.

February 10th, 2009

WordPress 2.7.1 Now Available

Information from Automattic.

January 31st, 2009

January 2009 Links

Links for the month of January.

January 30th, 2009

New on Lynda.com: WordPress.com 2.7 Essential Training

New training videos for WordPress.com users.

January 27th, 2009

New on Lynda.com: Self-Hosting a WordPress Site

New training videos for self-hosted WordPress users.

January 20th, 2009

Turning Off a Plugin’s Update Reminder

Hacking it might be better than ignoring it.

January 16th, 2009

Blogging Basics: Comment Spam, Part II

Part II: When Comments Go Wrong

January 14th, 2009

Why WordPress Plugin Updates Aren’t Always a Good Thing

When updates go wrong.

January 9th, 2009

Blogging Basics: Comment Spam, Part I

Part I: Understanding Comments and Pingpacks

January 5th, 2009

Get the Right Copyright Dates in Your Blog Footer

A tip for self-hosted WordPress users.

January 4th, 2009

December 2008 Links

Links

December 14th, 2008

How To Customize WordPress’s Tag Cloud Widget

You don’t have to use it with default settings.

December 5th, 2008

4 Great Articles about WordPress 2.7

Why reinvent the wheel?

November 30th, 2008

November 2008 Links

November 2008 Links

October 31st, 2008

October 2008 Links

October 2008 Links.