Blog Success
Today we’re doing another blog topic day. Today’s question is: Is your blog a success? What defines blog success to you: great content you feel helps others, a high number of subscribers or just a unique place on the web to call your own?
After you answer this question in your blog, please leave a comment with the link so that it can be shared with everyone. (If you don’t, that’s an epic fail.)
Blog Block?
For WordPress Wednesday we are changing the rules a bit today. Since this day can really be about blogging in general, we want to introduce a new idea to you. Like many great ideas, this one originated in Surmunity, and from our wonderful clients. This time - Rob and Cass!
We all know how important a blog can be to your website. It shows more about who you are and what you know. But sometimes we all face blog block and we’re not sure of what to write next. To get our creativity flowing, we’re going to start posting topics here for you to write about. Then we can all comment here with a link back to our new posts. Even I (Kayla) am going to do it!
The topic now is:
What made you want to start your own blog?
Ok… go!
We all look forward to seeing your posts! We will have an even better topic next week.
BlogDesk
“Blogging should be simple, but it gets complicated and time-consuming if you are serious about it. BlogDesk makes it easy to write, speeds up lavish processes and assists the author with smart features.
A huge benefit for beginners and professionals who want to focus on content. Even the more ambitious work is done with ease.
BlogDesk is totaly free of charge and optimized for the blog systems WordPress, MovableType, Drupal, Serendipity and ExpressionEngine.
Whether it’s grandma & grandpa or the corporate blogger, whether it’s an online diary or a high traffic blog, they all will profit from BlogDesk. And sure enough, their readers will, too.”
Many thanks to Edwin for contributing the link for today!
WordPress Wednesday : A Classy Theme
If you’re looking for a sleek, news type theme, we think Arthemia is for you.
WordPress Wednesday : Power Your Storefront!
Can you power a storefront with WordPress? Of course! With WordPress, you can do just about anything these days. Check out The Market Theme for their details on how to do it right!
More Smashing Themes
Smashing Magazine continues to release great blog themes, this time collaborating with Design Disease to push another great look for your WordPress blog.
Classified!
Classipress is a very (shall we say it) classy looking classifieds theme! It can likely be used for other ideas though. This is one of the best designed WordPress themes to date!
iPhone App!
“Introducing the first Open Source app that lets you write posts, upload photos, and edit your WordPress blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. With support for both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (2.5.1 or higher), users of all experience levels can get going in seconds. Download it now!”
Theme Find
We found a nice theme today to share with you - it’s available here at Smashing Magazine. This theme has a grungy, paper feel.
Flickr Albums
W is for WordPress and W is for Wednesday! A perfect fit we think! Every week we will bring you a new tool to spice up your WordPress blog. Today’s tool is Flickr Photo Album for WordPress by Tan Tan Noodles. If you have a Flickr account you know that sometimes if you’re showing someone (who does not have Flickr) your albums, they really aren’t sure how Flickr works. It can be confusing to a new user. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way you could easily put your Flickr photos on your website in a more friendly way? Tan Tan Noodles shows us how!
This is what this tool is capable of doing:
* Display your Flickr photo sets as albums on your site
* Search engine friendly URLs
* Complete control over the look and feel, see below for customization details
* Show or hide your photos that have been marked ‘private’
* Flickr notes (Firefox only) and Flickr comments are supported
* Adds a new Flickr icon to your media bar which allows you to easily add Flickr photos to any blog post. Browse your photos by tags, album, or search everyone’s photos by tags
* Use WordPress shortcodes to easily insert photos from an album into a post. Eg: [flickr album=1234567] will insert into your post photos from album with id of “1234567”.
* Supports WordPress Widgets: Pull in your recent photos into your sidebar.
Check out the demo to see for yourself how easy and useful this tool is! Just click here.
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