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Make iTunes Links

Make iTunes Links

Use 24 Hour Trading’s link to an iTunes link maker tool to make your own iTunes links for a blog or MySpace.
All you have to do is click here to visit the link maker, enter the artist and country selection of your choice, hit ’search’ then click on the item you want to link to [...]

More Problems for Google with Feedburner - Stats Tanking for a Day Inexplicably?

More Problems for Google with Feedburner – Stats Tanking for a Day Inexplicably?

The transition of Feedburner into Google’s team of web services has not been without its hiccups – particularly if the frequent “this might not work” and “that might not work” announcements which have populated the My Feeds pages in recent months are anything to go by.
There are also growing levels of discontent at the rocky [...]

Oops, I’m Blogging about Blogging

Just a quick note to apologise profusely for my last two (or more) posts: blogging about blogging is an irredeemably dull, yet constantly mined seam.
I will try to avoid doing it in future.
There are even whole blogs devoted to blogging about blogging. If one is not careful, in one fell swoop, you could disappear into [...]

Why Are Blogs Always So Extreme?

Why Are Blogs Always So Extreme?

Those of you who read my piece the other day might have gleaned from it one fact: I’m maddened constantly by the fact that its difficult to get any sort of respect for running a blog. Simply put, in many circles, the word ‘blogger’ is very much meant pejoratively.
One of the reasons for this is [...]

Oh, So Now Blogs Are Newsworthy?

Finally, the BBC has started to give bloggers some credit, in a roundabout way, as this afternoons prime ministerial aide shenanigans indicates. One particular highlight of today was watching the BBC News Channel where ‘Guido Fawkes’ more than held his own while the BBC news presenter repeatedly made ridiculous statements such as:
Yes but, you bloggers [...]

The End of the Line for Voucher Code Affiliates?

The End of the Line for Voucher Code Affiliates?

Those of us who use CPA advertising in any form (AKA affiliate marketing) which is where advertisers are paid only on sales of those referred through banner and text links should be aware of the new Code of Best Practice that was established for the use of Online Voucher Codes by the Internet Advertising Bureau [...]

Super Simple Guide to Using Wordpress on Your Website - How to Add Pictures

Super Simple Guide to Using Wordpress on Your Website – How to Add Pictures

In order to add pictures, you will need to have access rights of an “Author”, “Editor” or “Administrator”. To add a picture, click on the first button, next to “Add media”. When you hover over it, a box will appear, saying “Add an Image”

You will see this screen appear:

Option 1: To upload photos and images [...]

Super Simple Guide to Using Wordpress on Your Website - Writing a Post

Super Simple Guide to Using Wordpress on Your Website – Writing a Post

Click on “Write”

Enter a title in the “Title” box

Write your article in the main box below, as shown:

Scroll down and choose a category or categories by ticking or un-ticking the boxes:

Scroll back up and press “submit for review” or “save” if you aren’t finished yet. If you are an author, editor or administrator, you will [...]

Super Simple Guide to Using Wordpress on Your Website: Login

Super Simple Guide to Using Wordpress on Your Website: Login

Go to your website. Add /wp-admin/ to the address.

This should take you to your login page:

Enter your details and press “Login”. This will take you to the dashboard.

You will see different things on the dashboard, depending on whether you are an administrator, contributor or subscriber etc…
Log out again by clicking on the “Log Out” link [...]

TechCrunch Giving WordPress 2.5 Thumbs Down?

I was having a look at the technical blogging leviathan that is TechCrunch this evening and I thought I’d check out what their WP code looked like.
A technical blog written primarily about Web 2.0 (does anyone still use that phrase??) and the general state and direction of the media world should have, I would think, [...]