The ultimate goal of most authors is to make money. Money is, afterall, what makes the world go round. For every J.K. Rowling out there, there are thousands upon thousands of authors who are just trying to make ends meet. Authors are passionate about what they do, though loving your craft does not help you … Read more
Smileys, Smileys, Smileys! Those little funny faces have been a major part of the internet since the early days. The first time I came across them was the old Yahoo chat rooms. Then I would regularly see them in chat clients such as MSN Messenger and Yahoo Chat. They are also used frequently in forums, … Read more
11 days ago, Mark Jaquith announced the release of WordPress 3.6 Beta 1, the first beta release of the next version of WordPress. Being the curious ape that I am, I decided to take it for a spin to see what we can expect to see in the future. Mark noted the following new features … Read more
Regular reader K.K. emailed me a few days ago about WordPress websites being attacked by hackers. It sounded quite bad, however at the time I didn’t realise how bad the attack was as there are reports of WordPress websites being attacked frequently. The figures that CloudFlare have reported are frightening. Their CEO Matthew Prince reported … Read more
Last month I spoke about the inevitably of Google’s Feedburner service being closed down within the next year. It’s the main reason why I started delivering my RSS feed through FeedBlitz. Through the week, FeedBlitz founder published a warning to bloggers to not delete their Feedburner feed. Phil warns that the quickest way to lose … Read more
I came across an interesting article last week entitled “The Most Dangerous Countries for Tourists, in Maps“. The article referred to an interactive map on CBCNews which showed which countries to avoid whilst travelling. It was based on travel safety advise from Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs. I find it interesting to see which countries … Read more
The growth of social media over the last few years has seen more and more websites produce infographics. The concept is simple: produce a large graphic that is packed full of information, a graphic that is so informative that thousands of people will want to share it through Facebook and Twitter. Visually, infographics need to … Read more
Through my old blog WPMods, I got to know hundreds of WordPress theme and plugin developers. One of the theme companies that I reviewed on a number of occasions was RichWP. Ran by a nice guy called Felix, all of their themes were created using their self-made RichWP FrameWork. Felix has decided to release the … Read more
Online and offline magazines frequently style the first character of an article. It’s a simple yet effective way of making your content more attractive. The technique is sometimes referred to as “Drop Caps” or “Initial“. Styling the first character of your content is very simple. You can do this manually within an article by using … Read more
I’m pleased to announce that The Art of Freelance Blogging is now available in print format. I have written several eBooks in the past, however this was the first time that I ever created a physical book. Self-publishing a book through CreateSpace is free and easy to do. In my opinion, it’s stupid not to … Read more