By Emma on Tuesday, July 31, 2007Filed Under: Technical Skills
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Technical Issues
Hello Everyone, I would love for my pages to be filled with the solution to every technical blog issue that arises. For brevity sake, I’m going to post periodic issues I have, and the solutions to solving them. [...]
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By Emma on Tuesday, July 31, 2007Filed Under: Cool Stuff
1. People Who Comment On My Blog! Thanks, Grammerlady!
2. Robots!
3. Mexican Food!
4. Computers!
5. Water!
6. Fitness Magazines!
7. Nature!
8. Drinks That Bubble!
9. Animals!
10. You For Reading My Blog!
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By Emma on Monday, July 30, 2007Filed Under: Networking
I keep hearing about Technorati. But I wasn’t sure what it was (even after visiting the site). I am a regular reader of DoshDosh and Maki wrote a piece that talks about bookmarklets. So I followed his advice and registered with Technorati and put a bookmarklet on my site.
I also claimed my blog on Technorati. [...]
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By Emma on Sunday, July 29, 2007Filed Under: Technical Skills
Trackbacks
When I first started this blog, I wrote a very long and overly technical post on trackbacks. It’s time to simplify things. A trackback is just a way of notifying a blog publisher, that you linked to one of their articles.
Wordpress
In Wordpress, when you create a post, go to the bottom of the page, under [...]
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By Emma on Saturday, July 28, 2007Filed Under: Tools
In honor of my latest commentator, Grammerlady. I will make a quick post today.
Sometimes, when posting, a dictionary comes in handy. Here’s a link to a free dictionary.com toolbar.
Also, when your brainstorming, a mind map can be helpful. Here is the link to free mind mapping software FreeMind.
Just because it’s saturday, here’s a cool bit [...]
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By Emma on Friday, July 27, 2007Filed Under: Technical Skills
I keep going on about all of the things I want to learn. This will be an ongoing post with links I want to study further.
Wordpress Sandbox
31 Days to Build A Better Blog
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By Emma on Thursday, July 26, 2007Filed Under: Observations
In spite of all of the claims of people making blogging fortunes working 2 hours a day. Creating a successful blog takes a lot of work. I’ve learned so much creating this blog.
Yet I feel like I’m only scratching the surface. Previously, I’ve talked about some of the technical issues I want to learn more [...]
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By Emma on Wednesday, July 25, 2007Filed Under: Writing
When I was a kid I was a huge fan of Benjamin Franklin. I would go to the library and check out books about him, and then tell everyone, about all the cool things he did, (like start the first library). I am still a fan of Ben, I just like to keep him in [...]
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By Emma on Tuesday, July 24, 2007Filed Under: Contests, Cool Stuff
Dennis Bjørn Petersen from the Beta News Blog has an interesting weekly blog topic. He interviews other bloggers, and asks them to “show me your desktop”. I was surprised when Zen Habits author Leo Babauta said all his desktop has on it are blueberries. Personally, I like having my desktop filled up with current project [...]
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By Emma on Monday, July 23, 2007Filed Under: Technical Skills
I like my current theme but there are some things I would like to change. Since I’ve began this blog I’ve learned so much. Still to really customize a theme I need to understand how to edit the templates. I recently ordered WordPress Complete: set up, customize, and market your blog. Now when I’m not [...]
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