wordpress: My Work Here Is Done. - 10/26/07 03:34 PM
Thank Goodness!!! Now that Bob Carney has sorted out his move from WordPress.com to WordPress.org I can stop diddling around with WordPress ... 'cuz I wuz only doing it to see if I could help out. Carney can take over the WordPress tutorials.
So don't look for any further WordPress posts from … (7 comments)
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wordpress: Creating a podcast in Wordpress - 10/24/07 02:06 PM
I had been trying to insert a podcast in our wordpress blogs New Hampshire Real Estate Blog for a while now with no success. Until I found Mediacaster over at Semiologic's blog. I read through the directions and decided to download the plugin and activate it to see if it would … (15 comments)
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wordpress: DarWidgetry. A Strategy for Real Estate to Evolve WITH Technology - 10/24/07 11:18 AM
Zillow, Trulia, Google, Yahoo, and a slew of other real estate listing (and other) information providers out there demonstrate the want/need for alternative ways to locate and act on property listings instead of using a traditional Realtor and their antiquated methods. The genesis can be traced back to Google’s opening of … (2 comments)
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wordpress: Why Google Blogger? - 10/23/07 02:06 AM
My son Josh and I just completed a set of 110 Google Blogger Videos demonstrating how to use every tool available in Blogger's arsenal. It is the most comprehensive Blogger video program created to date. But why Blogger and not Wordpress?
Blogger is quite simply the easiest blogging platform on the … (13 comments)
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wordpress: No Time? Start a Photo Blog - 10/20/07 10:40 AM
An AR blogger asked the question - Why blog when you can just show pictures?
She makes a good point - let me tell you how to do that and reap SEO benefits from it.
First, start a privately hosted WordPress blog. See my blog post Give Your Web Site a Huge Boost … (7 comments)
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wordpress: WordPress Text Widgets: Oh, Now I Know Why WP.ORG Is Preferred - 10/18/07 05:35 AM
Oh. I get it. So, this is why folks prefer to use WordPress.org and self-host their WordPress blogs. With a few exceptions, Wordpress.com doesn't allow third party flash or javascript widgets (such as VFlyer or BlogRush) in the sidebars.
I'm a spoiled TypePad Pro user. I'm used to plugging in any ol' … (15 comments)
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wordpress: Sharing An Excellent WordPress Link - 10/16/07 08:32 AM
I figure my next WordPress excerise will be Text Widgets.
While googling about to see what kind of information I'd find, I cam across Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/
She has a lot of good information: "Help, tips, advice, and techniques for blogging and using WordPress, and Wordpress.com. The blogging help you need. … (5 comments)
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wordpress: Domain Mapping With WordPress.com and GoDaddy - 10/16/07 06:23 AM
This series could be titled "A Regular TypePad User Dabbles In WordPress". As you read, please keep in mind that there are many, many people here who know much, much more about WordPress than I do.
However, curious about all the recent commotion over problems with inserting images in a WordPress post, I … (3 comments)
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wordpress: WordPress: Image Alignment In Code View Part II - 10/15/07 10:51 AM
I was reading Cheryl Johnson's post WordPress-Image-Alignment-In-Code and thought that was a good way to align pictures.
However, when I went to add another theme to my already list of twenty thousand themes in my wp-content themes folder I found a pretty slick way to make the images align a different … (8 comments)
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wordpress: WordPress: Image Alignment In Code View - 10/13/07 06:25 AM
This series could be titled A Regular TypePad User Dabbles In WordPress. As you read, please keep in mind that there are many, many people here who know much, much more about WordPress than I do.
However, curious about all the recent commotion over problems with inserting images in a WordPress post, I … (16 comments)
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wordpress: The WordPress Experiment Continues - Day 4 - 10/12/07 07:04 AM
The Firefox browser was used to compose and publish this test entry:
http://cheryljns.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/47/
Firefox and WordPress.com played very nicely together. Multiple images were uploaded and positioned without even one click of the code view tab.
So, my first suggestion to anyone having WordPress nightmares is to download and install the Firefox browser.
It seems … (7 comments)
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wordpress: Point 2 Agent and Static Websites make them come alive - 10/11/07 03:17 PM
I recently read a post by Cheryl Johnson about how to feed your static websites with more content without doing much work. I really thought it was a great tool as I knew I could do a lot with it. We have a few static pages out there so I … (20 comments)
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wordpress: A Rank WordPress Beginner Adds Images - 10/10/07 08:39 AM
Mike Jones recently remarked that adding images in a WordPress blog was giving him some grief. I thought I'd play with it and see if I could figure it out.
Please keep in mind I am a longtime TypePad user. I don't know anything about WordPress. But I figured, hey, one beginner could … (18 comments)
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wordpress: WordPress.org Internet Explorer and Firefox not playing well together - 10/08/07 08:27 PM
Most of you know about my frustration last week with the upgrade to WordPress 2.3.
Well now I have another issue. I am having problems formatting pictures in my post. They look just fine in Firefox web browser but when I open up I.E. they look like crap.
If you want to … (23 comments)
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wordpress: WordPress.org to Hell and Back - 10/04/07 10:27 PM
Well, it's been an awful week as it goes in the WordPress world. It also didn't bode well for having a happy wife either.
Monika's wordpress blog went down just after I had upgraded to version 2.3. She was not a happy camper. The initial error message that I received was " … (63 comments)
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wordpress: WordPress For Real Estate? - 09/20/07 05:53 PM
When I had my first major redesign of one of my websites done, it was changed from .NET (Advanced Access) to a Drupal site. I wrote about that change in a post named Drupal For Real Estate within a month of making the new site live.
Well, it's happened again... only this time I … (19 comments)
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wordpress: How Self Important Are You? - A Test - 09/12/07 02:23 PM
This is a test. This is only a test.
It is not really about Columbus Ohio Real Estate.
This is about social media use, use of technology, Twitter, domains, IPhones, Blackberry. It is about self-importance in the way web celebrities are self-important. Its'a different kind of self-importance than celebrities like Paris Hilton, Britney … (13 comments)
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wordpress: The Funeral of the Website - 08/31/07 07:08 PM
"We are gathered here today to remember and say our final goodbyes to our dear friend, Mr. Website. He has had a wonderful joyous life surrounded by people that loved him dearly. So much so that they invested time, money and other precious resources in it. Ashes to ashes, Dust … (18 comments)
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wordpress: Too Many Sites to Manage? - 08/25/07 11:59 PM
Are you trying to figure out if your www.realtorname.com is a waste of time since you've been on AR? Are you trying to figure out how to juggle both your AR and your other website so neither is neglected? Are you addicted to AR and your other website is already neglected? … (5 comments)
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wordpress: Syndicating Your AR Blog - 08/22/07 07:11 PM
I was just commenting on a post and thought my answer would make a good post so here it goes...the question was about using AR as your primary blog...my response is that it is and here's how you can syndicate your AR blog into your personal website if you have a … (8 comments)
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wordpress: I found a wonderful site to post my pictures for free! - 08/18/07 10:12 PM
I found a wonderful site to post my pictures for free! The site is http://www.slideshare.net/. You have to put your pictures into a power-point presentation but you can post it to your blog. It is similar to a visual-tour. I enjoyed the site and used it for my free blog at … (3 comments)
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wordpress: Which is blog platform is the best? - 08/16/07 08:58 AM
I found something on the internet this morning that is going to rock the real estate blogoshere:
* Upgrading to TypePad just got easier One of more popular feature requests lately has been a way to make it easy to upgrade from a Wordpress blog to TypePad. So yesterday afternoon we … (21 comments)
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wordpress: Wanting To Blog!?! - 07/23/07 12:36 PM
So I guess I am impatient. There I admit it.
Yes I am learning that I can't have everything right at the tips of my fingers...but it is driving me crazy. I am a man after all and don't we get stereotyped as ones who don't read directions, don't stop and ask … (15 comments)
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wordpress: When You Build It They Will Come-a personal story - 07/22/07 01:42 PM
I started blogging back in 2004, when I was in my first year of doing commercial radio. I had no idea what I was doing. I was looking for software that had a calendar and a way to publish my radio shows on the Internet. I didn't know anything about the … (0 comments)
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wordpress: A New Blog: Haunted Real Estate - 07/09/07 11:01 PM
When Frances Flynn Thorsen and I first connected about Project Blogger, she asked me if I wouldn't like to do a blog on Haunted Real Estate since I already had a web page devoted to that topic. I really wasn't ready to do that - I just collected the stories. "How … (8 comments)
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wordpress: Useful Tips and tactics for Search Engine Optimization - 07/04/07 12:35 AM
This are the lates 7 SEO Tools & Tactics I have found useful.
My Blog Log - This tool reveals in real time the utilized keywords that people use to find your websiteSEOBook Keyword Suggestion Tool - driven off Overture, this tool cross references just about every useful keyword research tool on the … (3 comments)
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wordpress: Real Estate Flypaper -- SEO Style --- Blogging Questions and Ideas - 06/27/07 11:51 AM
I responded to a post today and wrote possibly the longest comment I've ever written before so I figured heck, might as well turn it into my own post. Instead of just wasting it or under-utilizing the information.
Michele my blog is mainly focused on Search Engine and website oriented content. I hope … (13 comments)
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wordpress: Realtor.com Rolls Out New Blog Service, Featured Blogs - 06/25/07 11:29 AM
I received an email this morning from Realtor.com with login information to my new Featured Blogs blog. It's a WordPress blog. Probably, they're using the WordPress MU (multi-user) version of the software.
Other than the basic WordPress functions, there is an ability to change header graphics, even upload your own. If you … (8 comments)
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wordpress: "No Follow" Cleanse Your Blog Of These Haters! -SEO 101 Part 2- -Free Tool Included- - 06/24/07 02:21 AM
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.main .widget {
margin:0 0 1.5em;
padding:0 0 1.5em;
}
.main .Blog {
border-bottom-width: 0;
margin-left: 5px;
}
.post {
margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;
border-bottom:1px dotted #cccccc;
padding-bottom:1.5em;
}
h2 {
margin:1.5em 0 .75em;
font:normal normal 95% Arial, sans-serif;
color:#666666;
}
h2.date-header {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
-->
Other Suggested … (3 comments)
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wordpress: Would you like to sign your blog posts in cursive? - 06/23/07 12:17 AM
I read a post somewhere about signing your blog posts with your signature, and I searched for it on Active Rain but couldn't find it anywhere. Then it dawned on me that the person who wrote that post was the one that always signs with her signature, Lorelle on Wordpress.
I … (153 comments)
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wordpress: Help from Lorelle on keeping blog posts focused and on topic. - 06/17/07 10:41 PM
I just read a great post by Lorelle Van Fossen on ProBlogger.com. It is actually an excerpt from her book, that I might have to see if I can find. She talks about something I have been working on lately, after reading many posts here about how it is important to … (1 comments)
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wordpress: My blog in Wordpress - 06/12/07 09:06 AM
Last year I created as an experiment a blog using Wordpress. I started using it to post a pick of some listings for my clients at that time. I stopped posting, and it is interesting to see how that url still comes up in my google searches, so I decided to resuscitate it. … (6 comments)
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wordpress: Embed Dynamic Maps In Your Wordpress Blog Posts - 06/12/07 12:28 AM
When two people email you in the span of three days with the exact same question, it's time to throw the answer out into the blogosphere for more people to find it.
The question: Can I embed a Google map right inside my Wordpress blog post?
The answer: Yes, you can embed … (15 comments)
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wordpress: Google Buys Feedburner for discounted $100 million - 06/02/07 03:59 AM
Yes its true if you don't have a blogger.com blog yet Google will probably control your blog in some form or fasion soon enough :-( Their shopping cart is only increasing in size as their stock breaks $500 per share once more.
"Unlike the rumor that FeedBurner is nearly code-complete on a … (8 comments)
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wordpress: I have a techy question about my wordpress blog... - 05/31/07 01:02 AM
I have been having some problems in getting my main blog submitted to various directories and I think I may know why, but not what I can do about it. My entire website is on wordpress and my blog is one page of my site with its own domain name. It can … (8 comments)
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wordpress: The Village Idiot - 05/30/07 01:01 PM
The Village Idiot ....is the name of an entry on my WordPress.org blog ColumbusBestBlogs.com
The Village Idiot is the name of a file that you can use if you lock yourself out of your WordPress.org blog like I did 11 days or so ago.
I came close to having to use the instruction on The Village Idiot but luckily … (13 comments)
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wordpress: WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org - 05/15/07 05:11 AM
This blog is not going to be titled "Everything you always wanted to know about WordPress Blogs but were afraid to ask" because I first want to distinguish between WordPress.com and WordPress.org
Previously in this series:
Everything you always wanted to know about TypePad Blogs...
Everything you always wanted to know about Blogger.com blogs...
Did you know there is a difference … (8 comments)
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wordpress: WordCamp 2007 is Coming Up in July - 04/30/07 07:55 PM
Hey WordPress fanatics, the second annual WordPress community gathering, WordCamp 2007 is scheduled for July 21-23 in San Francisco's Swedish American Hall. Thanks to Dustin Luther, who gave me the heads up, I had the chance to attend last year's gathering where we were treated to a "State of the … (3 comments)
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wordpress: Wordpress blog - 04/28/07 12:59 PM
I actually write on 4 other blogs-just not as often as my Active Rain Blog.
I like my wordpress blog strictly because of the layout and ease of use. It is a very professional looking blog and eye appealing when found on the web. I have also had several of my friends and … (3 comments)
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wordpress: Looking for Mr. WordPress - 04/28/07 03:10 AM
I got an email from an Active Rainer tonight:
"Is there a way to make my WordPress editor WYSIWYG? I have to do it all through code and HTML right now - and I heard that there may be a plug in for it.If there is, where would I find it? And … (48 comments)
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wordpress: Hello Dolly! Dolly'll Never Go Away Again - 04/20/07 02:46 PM
If you have a wordpress blog, you've probably seen the Hello Dolly plugin. It's automatically installed with every wordpress blog. It's cute, but I've never "got it." It puts the lyrics to Hello, Dolly! in snipits in your admin panel. I've never seen the value in having those lyrics on my … (43 comments)
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wordpress: Pimp My Blog: Give Your Blog A New Paint Job - 04/16/07 04:21 PM
Popular Wordpress blog themes are popular for a reason. They're good and they work. They're well written and come with the most features. But it also means lots of blogs will have the potential to look just like yours.
Julie Ferenzi's blog, Living In Plainfield, uses the Misty Look Theme by … (27 comments)
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wordpress: Always wanted to Host Your Own Blog? - 04/12/07 03:52 AM
I explain how I set up InsideBu.com using a free and open-source blog platform on Rain City Guide.... … (0 comments)
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wordpress: Second Project Coaching Session: Looking Under the WordPress Hood - 04/03/07 11:42 AM
Ines and I just completed our second coaching session. In this one, we took a look under the hood of a WordPress blog at the administrative console. Ines had previously played with WordPress.com and felt frustrated by its intricacies or lack of intuitiveness. For newbies WordPress can seem a little intimidating … (5 comments)
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wordpress: WordPress For Dummies Due for Publication Later This Year - 03/26/07 07:51 PM
UPDATE: The book is now available for pre-order at Amazon. It's scheduled release date is Sept. 24, but I have a sneaking suspicion it will be available before then.
I'm a huge fan of For Dummies books. Not only do I qualify (though sometimes I think "idiot," "moron," or "imbecile" are more … (3 comments)
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wordpress: My new wordpress Blog - 03/24/07 07:45 PM
http://okaloosamls.wordpress.com/ … (0 comments)
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wordpress: Spaaaammmmed to Death - 03/10/07 10:17 AM
rssPieces has a good post today on site/content hijacking. I first posted on this in January.
Since then, I have only had one occurence of hijacking. I continue to use Google Spam Report and recommend you do too.
Follow the link on the rssPieces post to learn more about the problem.
I was over … (1 comments)
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wordpress: Adding a Podcast and Video to a WordPress Blog is Pretty Easy - 02/21/07 10:15 AM
I think that adding video and audio to a blog will make a huge difference in conversions to real business.
I have a friend, Mike Stewart, who is preaching and teaching this. It is something that is high on my list of things to do in the next few months.
Mike sends out an … (3 comments)
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wordpress: Wordpress 2.1 is out - 01/22/07 09:40 PM
Wordpress just released version 2.1 which includes a number of new features. I wish I had known about this sooner as I just upgraded to 2.0.7 last week and it was a pain. Here's a sampling of 2.1 (lifted from wordpress.org): Autosave makes sure you never lose a post again. Our … (6 comments)
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