I’ve been using Firefox for years and I’m still loving it, even though there are other free browsers like Opera, Flock, etc..I still prefer using Firefox (sorry, not IE). Other than it’s browsing speed, a very good reason to use Firefox is because of the add-ons. As a blogger, I depend a lot on Firefox add-ons during my blogging process.
There are many Firefox add-ons to enhance your browsing as well as blogging experience. Here is a list of 8 useful Firefox add-ons which I think every blogger should have them installed in their Firefox browser.
One of the important elements in the blogging world is social bookmarks. You can promote your blog posts through social networking sites, share your interest, as well as getting information from others (blog authors), and also it’s one of the source for you to get blogging inspiration. Among all those many social bookmarking sites, I would love to introduce StumbleUpon and Del.icio.us.
So, you must not miss out these social bookmarking Firefox extensions.
This is not a stranger in the Web 2.0 world. Sign up a StumbleUpon account and start stumble good blog posts that you think worth sharing or bookmarking. Registration is FREE. It’s a great site for you to wider your blog network, make new friends, stumble similar interest articles. If your article is being stumbled by someone, it means higher chance for you to gain more blog traffic. Isn’t it just nice? [...more]
Most hosting plans include a bundle of pre-install scripts in your control panel (eg. CPanel, DirectAdmin). There are several script library like Fantastico, Installatron, etc. (depends on your host provider). To make life easier, you can always install your WordPress blog via the script installer. Learn how to install WordPress using Fantastico. It’s more or less the same for other script installer.
Now you have WordPress installed, and you probably don’t want to stick to the default K2 theme, which looks so plain and not attractive. Although content is the king, first impression is also very important. What to do next? Search for your desire WordPress theme! There are plenty of free themes available. But please beware of free themes provided by less trustful source. (hacker can encrypt codes in the theme and easily access your blog.) [...more]
Just like Wikis, blogs are part of Web 2.0. WordPress blogs have a development team and forum discussion as the backup support. Whereas, for Blogger, if you want to have those extra features / widgets, you will have to search around the web. Now, here is a great site where Blogger meets Wiki – the Blogger Hack Wiki.
You can search of almost all of the possible Blogger hacks there in a Wiki style, from A to Z. Oh, what is Blogger hack? It’s the changes of source code that enable your blog to have extra functionality rather than the default ones.
Are you running a Blogger / blogspot.com blog? Are you interested in:
Blogger’s Hideout is a brand new blog that acts like a blog directory, but with pseronal reviews done by the admin. This is a good start for promoting your blog and also gain traffic to your blog, specially amatuer / part time bloggers like us. [...more]
After 3 months plus of the release of WordPress 2.5, today WordPress 2.6 is made available! There are several new features being introduced in this new version and it is recommended for this upgrade because it fixes approximately 194 bugs.
Check out the following short clip for a preview of WordPress 2.6.
Are you a WordPress user? Will you update to WordPress 2.6? Find out more about WordPress 2.6 here.
I’ve been using Firefox for years and I’m still loving it, even though there are other free browsers like Opera, Flock, etc..I still prefer using Firefox (sorry, not IE). Other than it’s browsing speed, a very good reason to use Firefox is because of the add-ons. As a blogger, I depend a lot on Firefox add-ons during my blogging process.
This is not a stranger in the Web 2.0 world. Sign up a StumbleUpon account and start stumble good blog posts that you think worth sharing or bookmarking. Registration is FREE. It’s a great site for you to wider your blog network, make new friends, stumble similar interest articles. If your article is being stumbled by someone, it means higher chance for you to gain more blog traffic. Isn’t it just nice? [...more]
You feel like getting your own domain, and you 
Most hosting plans include a bundle of pre-install scripts in your control panel (eg. CPanel, DirectAdmin). There are several script library like Fantastico, Installatron, etc. (depends on your host provider). To make life easier, you can always install your WordPress blog via the script installer. Learn 
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After 3 months plus of the release of WordPress 2.5, today WordPress 2.6 is made available! There are several new features being introduced in this new version and it is recommended for this upgrade because it fixes approximately 194 bugs.
