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I thought I would write a quick post letting everyone know that wordpress 2.6 has been released I suggest you download and install it asap as it has fixed a few bugs and security holes.

Sorry for the week effort of this post but time is limited these days!

Note: I wrote this post about 10 - 15 days ago but published it as a page by mistake! Naresh pointed it out to me today! Thanks Naresh! Be sure to check out his blog here

While browsing the web like I tend to do from time to time ( browsing the internet who would have thought?) I stumbled upon this question:

kim asks:

Why do you think traffic is dropping so fast to shoemoney.com I also noticed johnchow.com dropped fast, I dont think it’s due to summer being here.

ShoeMoney: I cant speak for John Chow but our traffic is up about 30% since the first of the year.

This question is pretty basic I am assuming the questioner looked at Shoemoney’s alexa rating and assumed that the traffic went down same with John Chows blog.

If people would take a little bit if time to read they would realize that a few months ago alexa changed its aglotheram and no longer ranks based on traffic by users with the alexa tool bar only and they combine many other things. What could the be using? Its really up in the air could be search engine rankings or how many link backs to a number of other things.

I just wanted to make a quick post to say hey ALEXA has changed and they are not like they used to be!

Mike

Site point has just released a coupon code for buying credits to post a ad in their market place. If you do not know what sitepoint is I suggest you check it out!

Here is what sitepoint had to say:

You’ve hung out in the SitePoint forums, so you’re probably aware that the SitePoint Marketplace is now one of the leading online destinations to buy and sell established websites…

 

There’s never a better time to sell your site — last month we saw over $1 million dollars transacted between buyers and sellers in the SitePoint Marketplace alone!

 

We’re so convinced that now is the best time to sell that we’re offering you 50% OFF SitePoint credits, which are used to list websites for sale. Just use the link below before May 26th to claim your 50% discount:

 

https://sitepoint.com/bookstore/go/59×40/ff5236/9f49ebb451

 

Get your own piece of the action by listing your site for sale on the SitePoint Marketplace today. Thousands of buyers are waiting to hear from you!

Thats a pretty sweet deal and I may just take it up on them!

If you are like me who is starting to spend more and more time coding and using firefox, then you will find this plugin ReminderFox 1.7 very useful. It’s a to-do (and reminder) manager. It sits silently at the status bar of your firefox and lets you know of the latest to-do’s and reminders that you have set. Never forget anything you can even get it to tell you to go to the bathroom, you can also set a quick alarm to go off when ever incase you need to send a email or just need to go somewhere. 

When you mouse over on the status bar it will show you your reminders for today, upcoming ones + your to-do lists (see screenshot). You can also chose to be reminded through small pop-up windows if you wish.

Personally, I like the plugin very much and have found it very handy so far. I hope to utilize it more in the near future however since its new I havent put to much information into it.

The idea of never missing an appointment or forgeting something should be very appealing ot you! I know for my self I like to keep a list of what I am doing on certian projects and this will certianly help out.

Today wordpress 2.5.1 was released I suggest if you run a blog you should update as soon as possible! Here is some more information:

Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.

Wordpress also goes on to say:

you download the entire 2.5.1 release, you will be getting over 70 other fixes. 2.5.1 focuses on fixing the most annoying bugs and improving performance. Here are some highlights:

• Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
• Better performance for those who have many categories
• Media Uploader fixes
• An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
• Widget Administration fixes
• Various usability improvements
• Layout fixes for IE

As you can see you are definately going to to want to upgrade so head on over to wordpress download it and follow the upgrade instructions its pretty simple!

 

I have installed a new plugin today its called Genki Announcement basiclly it is a wp plugin that makes it easy to put announcements on the top of your blog. You may also post the anouncments as a widget or even put the code somewhere else for example if you wanted an anouncement on your comments section its pretty neat. Here is a screen shot if the admin control panel!

 

 

As you can see from the above screen shot announcements can be toggled on and off and you can even have them set to expire at a certian time. The announcment mod works with any wordpress blog that is running the software of at least 2.0 or higher.

I will be testing this mod over the next few days with a big anouncement coming in that time period! Have a look for it what could it be?

I have decided to have a new category called webmaster tips sometimes there will be one tip a week but there could be up to 2 or 3 the only way you will get to read them while they are hot is if you subscribe to the rss feed!

With out further adieu here is the tip for today!

Webmaster Tip #1

Do not procrastinate! Basically do not say I will do it later because you wont how do I know this? Probably because I am one of the worst procrastinators in the world. I can do anything other then work but you have to sit back and say why isn’t stuff getting done? Why am I not making money online and why is insert name here doing so much better then me.

If you looked at any of the above statements and said wow thats me how did he know? Then you have a problem that you need to fix. If you find stuff isnt getting done ask your self this. How many hours of tv do I watch a day or how long do I browse reading stuff on the internet? If you really think about it you probably waste 2 hours a day and in those 2 hours you could be doing something really productive to get ahead of the next guy but if you are doing nothing you are just procrastinating and shouldnt even be making websites!

Remember do not procrastinate take charge and be a go-getter!

Its that time of the month again a time to make some updates to the old blog. For starters you can see the new layout is up but there were alot of issues that still needed to be fixed. I think I have most of what I want to get done finished. There is still alot of editing in my style sheet that I want to get completed but that will happen over the next few days. For now its readable and its a blog so what I am going to be doing is blogging!

So far I have changed alot to do with the post display so its alot easier to read hopefully I will be eidting the comments page as its kind of dull at the moment but its very easy to use.

Another thing is I really want to install some plugins but havent found anything worth while installing. I think in the not so distant future I will install a twitter plugin and add a bunch of cool things the right side bar as will as fix up the css of the side bar and the about me section.

I also need to get a feed counter set up and make it easier for people to subscribe to the feed. Thats the number one thing make your feed accessable to your users. If its right out infront of them they will join but if they have to go searching for it good luck! That being said make sure you sign up to the rss feed!

I will be on the search for those new plugins and will be fixing up the css issues if you should see anyhting that doesnt look right please reply to the topic and let me know!

Mike

After a long break from blogging we are finally back up. We are excited about being back up and cant not wait to get the posts started. Over the weekend there are going to be a number of posts created so at least one can be posted every day this week if not more often be sure to come back and even subscribe to the rss feed to get the latest posts!

As you can probably tell we finally got the new layout up however we are still working on it and it will probably be changing quite a bit. If you have any opinions feel free to leave a comment or get in touch with me via msn etc. Tell me what you think don’t worry I can take it!

While we hope to improve several things with the layout over the next few days what we want to focus on is the posting. We need some quality posts up and start getting some traffic! There for we are looking for guest bloggers drop me a line if you feel like making a post or two occasionally and I can set you up with an account!

You might be wondering a few things about the layout? Why did it take so long to get up and all those crazy things just ask and I will let you know the answers. The layout was designed by Pixel Jig. they created pretty much what I was looking for and I should have had the blog up about 3 months ago however getting it coded was always on the list of things to do and just kept getting pushed back and back and it just never got done. Finally one day I decided to get it done and this is where we are at now!

I installed the latest wordpress. I feel it is a lot better and has improved a whole bunch! The only thing I dislike at the moment is the way the categories are. I preferred them on the side but with a bit of editing I think I can get them back over there!

Enough rambling hopefully in a few hours I will have a new post up explaing all the updates that I made to the layout! Check your RSS Reader for that soon by subscribing to the rss feed!

Mike

Just a quick update on why there hasnt been any new posts I am trying to get the new layout coded. Instantcoding is doing the coding however I have not recieved a message from them for a few days so I am going to follow up and hopefully we will have the new layout up by the end of the week and posting can resume!