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Top Reasons to not use Yahoo! Hosting

I try not to write such posts, but the frustrations expressed by my clients who host on Yahoo! Small Business compels me to point out the obvious shortcomings. This non-exhaustive list is in no particular order, it’s just the top 4 reasons why I would not recommend/host any site on Yahoo!
One-Click-Install
A client recently used the [...]

// Tagged Design, Spam, WP, Web, Web Hosting, Yahoo, blog, how to, internet, resources, technology, tips, wandering thoughts, wordpress // 11.29.2007 at 8:57 am // 14 Comments »

Al Gore’s WordPress Powered Site Hacked

Al might think he “invented the internet“, but he sure failed to upgrade his WordPress CMS, which resulted in negative publicity for the best open CMS out there. His site was powered by version 2.0.4, which as Matt points out, was released a good 16 months ago, and even beats the version I was running a [...]

// Tagged Al Gore, Conspiracy, History, Matt Mullenweg, Media, Stupid, Un, WP, blogosphere, funny, internet, news, socio-political, technology, wordpress // 11.27.2007 at 1:38 pm // 5 Comments »

Notepad++ for Better Design

I gave up on Notepad a while ago and switched to Notepad++, which among other things allows one to format a file in UTF-8 without BOM, in turn cleaning up your XHTML files for validation (no “Byte-Order Mark found in UTF-8 File” warnings).

// Tagged Converter, Un, resources, site validation, xhtml // 11.24.2007 at 11:55 pm // 4 Comments »

Why SEO Matters: a post on wpSnap about SEO Best Practices

I recently made a guest post on wpSnap regarding best practices to improve SERPs. It’s a good reminder of how we can improve and grow organic traffic by following some rather simple steps.
Here’s an excerpt:
Many sites built on WordPress use free themes that are more or less visually appealing but seldom optimized to help your [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Blogging Tips, Design, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, WP, blog, how to, news, resources, seo checklist, tips, wpSnap // 11.20.2007 at 5:51 pm // Have your say »

MandarinMusing.com gets a CSS Reboot

A YUI grid based design that actually works across all browsers and validates now skins ManadrinMusing. The total design time was less than 12 hours and most were hand coded from scratch (except the YUI grid part that was corrected for validation). Check it out!

// Tagged Announcements, CSS, Grid, Magazine Style WordPress Themes, Projects, Reboot, Redux, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Un, WP, Web Design, YUI, Yahoo, mandarinmusing, site validation, wordpress skins // 11.20.2007 at 2:34 pm // Have your say »

OEM Brands vs Aftermarket Compatible Manufacturers

Major OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) brands such as Hewlett Packard, Canon, Epson, and Lexmark have been bigger players in the computer ink and inkjet printing market, taking away the largest share of the profits in this market. These sales are mostly because of the brand name, the value of the brand name, and not necessarily [...]

// Tagged Brand, Canon, Epson, HP, Ink Cartridges, Inkjet, Lexmark, OEM, Printer Cartridges, professional quality // 11.20.2007 at 12:26 pm // Have your say »

Automattic to Focus on BBPress

Matt in an interview with WebProNews recently hinted that his team might start focusing on BBPress, the amazing open-source forum software that powers WordPress.org support, WLTC News and WPSnap Forum alike. As the only forum that “fully” integrates with WordPress, I am sure this development will be huge.

// Tagged BBPress, Media, Un, WP, Weblogtoolscollection, blog, interview, technology, wordpress, wpSnap // 11.11.2007 at 8:38 am // Have your say »

Improving User Experience with Small Site Enhancements

Believe it or not, I am still on WP 2.0.6 and besides some cosmetic and SEO changes, very little had changed in terms of functionality until now. I added asides (which was previously called un-blog on my site - you are reading one) and comment edit (for users who spell like me), and made changes to related entries. [...]

// Tagged Announcements, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Un, WP, blog, wordpress // 11.06.2007 at 6:52 am // 3 Comments »

Did you ever wonder what happened to Alfred E. Neuman of Mad Magazine?

Did you ever wonder what happened to Alfred E. Neuman of Mad Magazine? Watch as he grows up. This is some funny s***.

// Tagged Bush, History, Humor, Mad Magazine, Media, Oddities, Politics, Prank, Stupid, Un, blog, funny, socio-political // 11.05.2007 at 12:40 pm // Have your say »

SEO Friendly Adsense Ready WordPress Theme: Ultra Nine O

Ultra Nine O is an advanced 3-column search engine optimized WordPress theme designed by MandarinMusing and Headsetoptions. This professional theme is Google Adsense ready and includes many advanced feature like options page to edit the theme design without touching the code, intelligent conditional statements to help better user experience, intuitive SEO corrections to make the [...]

// Tagged 3 Column, Adsense ready, Advanced WordPress Theme, Contextual Ads, Design, Google Adsense, New Release, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, WP, WP Theme Viewer, free css templates, free wp theme, mandarinmusing, nine o, professional quality, theme viewer, wordpress skins, wordpress templates, wordpress themes // 11.02.2007 at 7:39 pm // 33 Comments »