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Who is Stealing your Mojo? RSS Feed Scraping, Splogs and How to Fight them

If your site gets any traffic at all, chances are your RSS feed is scraped and misused by some one trying to score on SERP for the work you have toiled on. This very blog is constantly ripped by sploggers who have no regards to intellectual property rights or just plain simple dumb to realize [...]

// Tagged Awareness, Code, Contextual Ads, Design, Economics, Google, Google Adsense, HTML, Javascript, Malaysian, Media, RSS, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Spam, Splog, WP, Web, Web traffic, blog, blog traffic, hacks, how to, resources, tag, techniques, tips, wordpress, wordpress templates, xhtml // 05.06.2008 at 7:14 pm // 5 Comments »

SEO Tip Open Comment Author URL in new Window

For good SEO, it is preferential to open your comment authors URI in a new page. Why you might ask? Google and other search engines track sites you visit, they can tell what that site contains (obviously), how long you stayed there and where you went next. The intended use of this information is to [...]

// Tagged Akismet, Blogging Tips, Code, Conditional, Design, Google, HTML, Javascript, PHP, Pop-up, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Spam, WP, Web Design, Yahoo, blog, hacks, how to, resources, site validation, tag, techniques, tips, wordpress, xhtml // 04.26.2008 at 8:52 pm // 3 Comments »

Free Magazine Style Theme The Studio

Here’s another absolutely Free Magazine Style Theme! This theme is not only full functional, it’s also completely customizable, all without touching any code.

So what features come standard with this magazine WordPress theme
The theme includes all the cool functions we have come to expect from any paid premium theme, only now you can have it for [...]

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Free Magazine Style WordPress Theme: The Box

Why pay for a Magazine WordPress Theme when you can get one for free? Introducing The Box, the all-inclusive magazine style WordPress theme that has all the cool features of a premium theme straight out of “the box”. Best of all, it is absolutely Free!
Ola Hedin of Blyerts.com pointed out an IE 6 issue that [...]

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Anatomy of a Magazine Style Premium WordPress Theme - Part 3.1 “Navigation – Second Level Menu”

As this tutorial runs longer than we initially anticipated, we will break section 3 further into three sub-sections.
In our ongoing exercise to learn the nuts and bolts of a magazine style WordPress theme, we examine what has become by far the most ignored part of a theme design, the navigation menu.
As important as they are, [...]

// Tagged Advanced WordPress Theme, CSS, Code, Design, HTML, Javascript, Magazine Style WordPress Themes, PHP, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Theme, WP, Web, Web Design, how to, resources, style, tag, techniques, theme viewer, tips, web sites, wordpress, wordpress templates, wordpress themes, xhtml // 02.11.2008 at 7:22 pm // 10 Comments »

Anatomy of a Magazine Style Premium WordPress Theme - Part 1 “The Loop”

Let me say it for the millionth time “content is king” and we all know that, don’t we?
Since content is the most important part of a site, your WordPress powered theme must emphasis on its presentation. Most cookie cutter themes come with a post list that runs based on the time your posts were published, [...]

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Anatomy of a Magazine Style Premium WordPress Theme - Prelude

Let’s face it, WordPress is not just a BMS like some might want you to believe, if used right, the full potential of the worlds best CMS can power sites big and small alike. One recent trend among high content high traffic sites is the switch to magazine styled or premium themes to aid in [...]

// Tagged Advanced WordPress Theme, Announcements, CSS, Code, Design, HTML, Javascript, Magazine Style WordPress Themes, PHP, Theme, WP, Web Design, Widget, hacks, how to, techniques, tips, websites, wordpress, wordpress templates, wordpress themes // 01.04.2008 at 9:54 pm // 9 Comments »

Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Ribbon Script

October is “Breast Cancer Awareness Month”, I might be a few days late, but I thought I will share the Java for the pink ribbon that is pinned to the right end of my site. The variables you might have to change are the left margin (currently set at 750px) to ensure it fits your [...]

// Tagged Awareness, Design, Javascript, Non-profit, Pink Ribbon, Web Design, resources, socio-political, techniques, tips, toolbox // 10.04.2007 at 6:43 am // 4 Comments »