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August 14th, 2008

MacVoices Interview about WordPress.com Video Training

I’m interviewed!

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May 8th, 2008

Tips for Promoting Your WordPress.com Blog

A few tips for WordPress.com bloggers interested in attracting more readers to their blogs.

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April 8th, 2008

Upgrade WordPress Plugins Automatically

One of the great new features of WordPress 2.5.

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February 22nd, 2008

Video Blogging with Viddler and WordPress, Part IV

Displaying a list of your recent Viddler videos in your WordPress blog.

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February 22nd, 2008

How to Embed a QuickTime Movie in a Web Page or Blog

New article on Peachpit.com.

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February 18th, 2008

Video Blogging with Viddler and WordPress, Part III

Recording and posting a video.

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February 15th, 2008

Video Blogging with Viddler and WordPress, Part II

Setting blog options on Viddler.

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February 14th, 2008

Yet Another Viddler Test

This is yet another test of Viddler, this time for my series of articles about Video Blogging with Viddler and WordPress.

February 12th, 2008

Video Blogging with Viddler and WordPress, Part I

What’s this all about?

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February 11th, 2008

February 9 Links

Links worth following.

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February 5th, 2008

WordPress 2.3.3 Urgent Security Update

Information from WordPress.org.

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February 2nd, 2008

February 2 Links

Links worth following.

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January 19th, 2008

January 19 Links

Links worth following.

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January 13th, 2008

Bad Behavior/Digg Conflict

A problem and a fix.

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January 13th, 2008

January 12 Links

Links worth following.

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January 5th, 2008

January 7, 2008 Links

Links for the Week ending January 6, 2008.

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December 31st, 2007

CommentLuv = SpammerLuv?

One drawback to a WordPress plugin.

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December 30th, 2007

WordPress 2.3.2 Now Available

WordPress update info.

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December 6th, 2007

Locked Out of Your WordPress Blog?

Here’s a possible solution.

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December 5th, 2007

ecto, Revisited

An offline blogging tool that makes my life so much easier.

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November 29th, 2007

All Pingbacks Must Die

I’ve had my last pingback spam.

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November 21st, 2007

Oops! or Redirecting to FeedBurner

A realize that I messed up the Maria’s Guides feeds and fix them. Sort of.

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November 20th, 2007

How to Create a Gravatar

A few easy steps can get your custom image on gravatar-enabled blogs.

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November 19th, 2007

RSSImport

A WordPress plugin to add links to RSS feeds.

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November 16th, 2007

Site Topics Available as RSS Feeds and E-Mail Subscriptions

Get content delivered to your RSS reader or e-mail box.

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