http://blog.websitestyle.com Various Epiphanies of a Technical Mind Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:03:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_500" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Fireworks."][/caption] There are many things that come to mind on the 4th of July. Things that remind of us being American. Things we're thankful for. Things that need changing. Things we have yet to do. Today, I want to celebrate on my blog by combining two of the ... http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/07/04/the-all-american-freebie/ I'm at that re-evaluation stage with the blog... again. It's at least once a year if not every 6 months. I want something more in tune with the new main site look, but not exactly that. Might go with red, black, and white to match it though. Time to get out ... http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/06/28/time-for-a-new-look/ If you have ever tried out the 30 Day Challenge, it's really lots of fun. Even for those of us who have so many online businesses and blogs that we need a spreadsheet to keep track... you always learn something new! If you've never tried it, the challenge is to start ... http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/06/28/the-new-30-day-challenge/ I got an email a few hours ago from the team over at Vox suggesting we add a Green badge to the blog. They've got a pretty nice incentive for anyone worried about the planet. First off, the designs are pretty nice, so no ugly badges to suffer with. Second, ... http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/05/06/show-some-green-love/ [caption id="attachment_433" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Quit Using URL Shortener Services."][/caption] Why Not Just Use Some URL Shortening Service? If you’e arriving at this article directly, head back to part one to read about why to make your own short urls. Moving Along Well, so far I've shown you ways to work with your existing CMS ... http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/04/21/make-your-own-short-urls-with-domains-or-software/ [caption id="attachment_433" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Quit Using URL Shortener Services."][/caption] Why Not Just Use Some URL Shortening Service? If you'e arriving at this article directly, head back to part one to read about why to make your own short urls. Short URLs for WordPress See Part 2 of this article series on making short WordPress ... http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/04/19/make-your-own-short-urls-in-ee-mt-joomla-drupal/ [caption id="attachment_433" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Quit Using URL Shortener Services."][/caption] Why Not Just Use Some URL Shortening Service? If you're arriving at this article directly, head back to part one to read about why to make your own short urls. In a nutshell, I'll summarize the whole article by saying that asking people to ... http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/04/17/make-your-own-short-urls-in-wordpress/ [caption id="attachment_433" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Quit Using URL Shortener Services."][/caption] Am I A Twitter Snob? I've been criticized for being a 'Twitter snob' for a long time. Yes I got an account early on. No, I didn't get 'into' it for ages. Twittering for a variety of reasons, strikes me as a great ... http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/04/15/i-dont-trust-short-urls/ If you want to keep active this month, try catching up with some of the current blog challenges going on. 100 Articles in 100 Days Ezine Articles is promoting an article writing contest started by a Ning group of article writers. The contest involves writing and publishing, 100 articles in 100 days. ... http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/04/07/3-blogging-challenges-to-keep-you-busy/ I've been blogging on this site for a long time now. Well, a long time in the scope of how long blogging has been around. I've done a lot of the major no-no's in blogging: I've changed my blog domain 3 times (a blogger blog, then on enrogue.com, then here). I've changed ... http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/04/05/why-i-dont-stress-over-blog-subscriber-numbers/