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Zemanta — resource integration for bloggers

Chris
Posted by Chris July 16, 2009
Categories: Blogging
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Imagine having a dymanic resource of related images, links and even tags that changes as you are typing a post for your blog. Enter Zemanta which seamlessly intergrates with your blogging platform whether you use Wordpress, Tumblr, MySpace, Blogger, Ning to name a few.

There are a few ways to take advantage of what Zemanta offers. There are plugins for WordPress, MovableType and Drupal or it can be added to your web browser by way of an extention/plugin or even a bookmarklet.

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Blogging Within Firefox With ScribeFire

Chris
Posted by Chris September 10, 2008
Categories: Blogging, Featured, Software

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I must stress that this is a test for the Firefox blogging plugin ScribeFire and therefore some formatting may be unusual. I take that back — formatting was perfect!

ScribeFire is a plugin for Firefox which will turn the popular web browser into an editor for bloggers. ScribeFire supports many blogging services including; LiveJournal, Tumblr, Xanga and MySpace. Many blogging platforms such as WordPress, Moveable Type and Drupal, are supported too.

ScribeFire, an extension of Firefox ®, enables users to easily drag and drop formatted text from the Web into their blog(s), post entries, take notes, and optimize their ad inventory, directly through the Firefox browser.

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Matt Mullenweg: WordPress 2.5 and Beyond

Chris
Posted by Chris April 07, 2008
Categories: Blogging, WordPress

Matt Mullenweg Website ScreenshotWordPress Project Leader Matt Mullenweg’s presentation at this year’s WordCamp in Dallas.

Matt mainly talks about the latest release of WordPress (2.5) minutes after its release. This video shows off WordPress 2.5’s new features but also serves as a great introduction to WordPress for new users.

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45 Ways to Power Up Your Blog

Chris
Posted by Chris April 07, 2008
Categories: Blogging

John Pozadzides of One Man\'s Blog fameWatch John Pozadzides presentation for useful tips for bloggers. This presentation took place at this year’s WordCamp in Dallas.

Even if you are not WordPress user John’s presentation is full of useful information and great tips that are easy to implement and should improve your blog’s success.

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WordPress 2.5 Gallery Problems

Chris
Posted by Chris April 01, 2008
Categories: Photography, WordPress

Having appreciated an easy way to upload and display photographs using the new gallery feature in WordPress 2.5 I have only just discovered that it has broken my theme’s layout.

At first I thought it was the extra long titles given to each photo. After editing every title the layout is still screwed up! I’m sure it is just a snippet of CSS away from a fix and I will have to look into it.

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