Update 2020: This post is now outdated and archived, but feel free to read it to remember what it was like. ? They are millions and millions of sites on the web (In fact, about 1 blog is created every 1-3 seconds)… Well, I have read many articles from different sites, and have picked out some very good ones I thought you might like to read. Well, here they are. Blogging 1. Battling Bloggers Block 2. How to Guest Post to Promote Your Blog 3. The Winnie the Pooh Guide to Blogging 4. The Nasty Four-Letter Word That Keeps You… Read More "30 Quality Articles to Read"
The Top 5 Reasons I Use Twitter
In case you didn’t know, twitter is a popular social media tool that lets you connect with people. I stumbled upon twitter when it was getting more and more popular. I became very curious and created an account. At first, I did not know how to start off and just followed a few people. When I began using twitter more, I built more and more relationships on twitter. Soon, I began using twitter a lot. It brought good traffic to my blog. (At one point, twitter brought more than 100 visitors to my blog). Back to where we were –… Read More "The Top 5 Reasons I Use Twitter"
How I Designed My New Twitter Background
Update 2020: This post is now outdated and archived, but feel free to read it to remember what it was like. ? I recently redesigned my twitter profile. I have been on twitter for about four months already, but still did not have a twitter profile background image. Recently, John Chow got a new twitter background from twitterimage. I was reminded that I still had no background image and was inspired to do it. So, I decided to create one using photoshop as I am quite good at it. I downloaded John Chow’s background to measure where I should put… Read More "How I Designed My New Twitter Background"
How To Redirect URL in Your Blog
You wrote a killer article and you received many, many links that are linking to your article. For some reason, you wanted to change the permalink. But if you changed it, the links to your blog will be broken This is when a wordpress plugin, called ‘Redirection’, comes handy. Redirection let you redirect any URL in your blog to another site, or to any other page in your blog. With redirection, you can redirect the visitors who visits the original permalink to the new one, so that your visitors won’t end up in a 404 page. How to use it… Read More "How To Redirect URL in Your Blog"
4 Features of WordPress That I Just Love
Update 2020: This post is now outdated and archived, but feel free to read it to remember what it was like. ? I have been using WordPress, the ultimate blogging platform, for some time already, and I think it rocks! In this post, I would like to point out 4 features I just love about it. 1. Redirection to the new permalink structure You want to change your blog permalink structure. However, you are worried because you have many links to your posts and are afraid they will be broken after you change your permalink structure. Clever wordpress would redirect… Read More "4 Features of WordPress That I Just Love"
How To Use Gmail Like a Pro
So, you are using Gmail, eh? Gmail is the best email client ever, and that’s why almost everyone is using it. It is fast, advanced, and reliable. If you are not using Gmail yet, you really should try it out! Here’s some reasons why I love Gmail. If you are a Gmail-beginner, you should definitely read this post to get you using Gmail like a pro. Use labels Labels, in short, are like email tags. If you use them, your emails would be more organized. They help you to indentify emails easier. They also help to group them. For more… Read More "How To Use Gmail Like a Pro"
A Plugin That Lets You Upgrade To WordPress 2.7 Easily
Update 2020: This post is now outdated and archived, but feel free to read it to remember what it was like. ? WordPress 2.7 has been around quite a long time already, and I was still using wordpress 6. It was because I do not know exactly how to upgrade it. So, I didn’t upgrade to wordpress 2.7. One day, my friend, Sundar, asked me whether I have upgraded to the latest version of wordpress. I said no. He then introduced a plugin that lets you upgrade to 2.7 easily. It’s called WordPress Automatic Upgrade. According to its description, here’s… Read More "A Plugin That Lets You Upgrade To WordPress 2.7 Easily"
Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts: How To Use Them Effectively
Are you using Gmail? If so, you could try out one of its convenient features – keyboard shortcuts. Gmail keyboard shortcuts saves you time navigating with your mouse. In fact, sometimes, it makes navigating much faster! To enable them, go to settings Click ‘Keyboard shortcuts on’ and click ‘Save Settings’ at the bottom. After you enable it, you will see a cursor (the black arrow) at the conversations list. Click here for the list of all the shortcuts To move it down, hit ‘J’, and to move it up, hit ‘K’. To expand the message, hit ‘Enter’. To select it,… Read More "Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts: How To Use Them Effectively"
What You MUST Do With Important Files on Your Computer
Back them up Yes. It is that simple, and as important. The thing you must do after an important file appears on your computer is to back them up. Why The main reason why backing up files is very, very important is because if that important file is lost, you can’t get it back. And usually, important files are the files that has been put time and effort into. You don’t want to waste all that effort, do you? The Internet Well, in my opinion, the Internet is the safest place to store your files. Email You could store it… Read More "What You MUST Do With Important Files on Your Computer"