Persistent Spam floods have taken over again. I wish these people would quit since it is not only hurting my blog, it is also hurting their own purposes. If spammers realize that if they flood/kill their victims, they do not get the spam on the blog. It is a lose-lose situation. In addition to spam floods, Performancing has been having some serious problems with their servers (I read something about a server move) and that has been causing slowdowns and random problems. I have disabled both for the time being. I have a message in to Chris about the ad problems and I hope to hear back soon but the ads will stay off until things settle down. As for comments, they will remain turned off until the spammers decide to move on. There HAS to be a solution to stop comment floods. For those that have suggested Bad Behavior […]

milo has released a few more WordPress themes including Comet and Point Blank Basic2col, a basic two column blog theme for WordPress in white, red and grey, has just been revamped.

PhotoQ is a WordPress plugin that makes your (or at least my) photoblogging life easier. It is most suited for “one photo a day”-style web pages i.e., classical photoblogs. In essence, PhotoQ allows you to manage your future posts in a queue. The plugin then gives you the possibility to have the top of the queue automatically posted at a given interval. PhotoQ also takes away the hassle of browsing uploaded image files and embedding them into posts: You simply upload your photo to the queue and enter desired information about the photo. PhotoQ then automatically generates the post based on this information. A Registration Blacklist allows the banning use of specific email addresses and domains from user registration. Reddit Button is a WordPress plugin that displays a reddit button in your posts. Includes the ability to autodetect if the post is submitted. Keyword Generator will scan your pages and […]

This is the Twenty Fifth entry in The Blogging Essay Contest from WeblogToolsCollection.com If you would like to participate, please email me your entry at mark at wltc dot net. Please rate this article using the star system below. The competition will be judged primarily on the input from readers like you. Thank you. This is written by Bes Zain Online users prefer sticking around sites which are written by people with clear intentions. Online users also like it when blog authors express things transparently. Being transparent on the web is vital for a site to succeed. When you are open to your users about yourself and your site, you will gain more trust from people visiting your site compared to if you made yourself and your site anonymous. You must practise and master the art of transparency in some area of your choice on your site if you want […]

Fly is an illustrated two-column theme, blue, white and black, widget ready theme featuring a silhouetted bird.

WPAds is a WordPress plugin for showing and rotating ads in your blog. You only have to define the ad positions and the ads you want to rotate in each position, and WPAds will serve your ads randomly. Google + Alexia Page Rankings display Google and Alexia Page Rankings in your dashboard and optionally on your WordPress website. Registration Blacklist: Prevent registration and subsequent spam on your WordPress blog by preventing registration from blacklisted domains and email addresses. Although I am not sure that requiring registration for comments is such a hot idea, this plugin might be useful for those that have set that flag but are still facing spam problems or bogus registrations.

This is the Twenty Fourth entry in The Blogging Essay Contest from WeblogToolsCollection.com If you would like to participate, please email me your entry at mark at wltc dot net. Please rate this article using the star system below. The competition will be judged primarily on the input from readers like you. Thank you. This is written by Sreejith Ramakrishnan When I refer to this statement I’m talking about the westernised version of karma other than the traditional Indian word. Here, karma refers to the “do good things and get good things” approach. Before starting off on this topic, read through the lines which follow, and feel the difference between an idealised world and the real world. So, here goes a little recap about blogging.Many of you may feel that this is just article about the evolution of blogging. But, the point is that, reading this would help you conceive […]

This is the Twenty Third in The Blogging Essay Contest from WeblogToolsCollection.com If you would like to participate, please email me your entry at mark at wltc dot net. Please rate this article using the star system below. The competition will be judged primarily on the input from readers like you. Thank you. This is written by Manuel Amador Offending your audience for fun and profit: how to say controversial things Do you blog? Then offending your audience should be the least of your concerns. And here’s why. I’m going to begin this article with a single thought: I’d rather you insult me than have you be dishonest with me. And here’s why. Lies and deceit in pretty words Let me lift a couple of words from one of Paul Graham’s writings: Another approach is to follow that word, heresy. In every period of history, there seem to have been […]