You may be trying to decide if you should use dashes or underscores for your redirects in mod_rewrite? Apparently MovableType uses _underscores_ and WordPress uses -dashes- to separate URI title words. Actually, you can use either one for either of the weblog systems but those are the defaults. So which is better where Google is […]
Back It Up Or Lose It!
If your weblog uses a mySQL database to store all your data then chances are at some point in time it’ll get corrupted or damaged beyond repair. Imagine having a year or two’s worth of entries, links, and comments disappear in an instant. Thankfully, backing up your database is easy and can be automated so […]
WP Hack: Nicer Archives
Mark at Weblog Tools Collection has a WP archives hack to give you a sortable list of archives. You can sort on date and category and filter by author and year. I have it in use here at Blogging Pro.
Submit Your Weblog To The World
You finally have your weblog up and running and have written your first, “Hello World”. Now how do you create a readership? Unfortunately the “build it and they will come” axiom does not apply on the web. First step should be to get your weblog submitted to as many directories and search engines as possible. […]
Add Ping-O-Matic To Your Options
In WordPress Development news, the Ping-o-Matic XML-RPC interface is now running and should be quicker than ever before. Simply add http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ under options and writing. This will ping the following sites: Weblogs.com, Blo.gs, BlogShares, Technorati, Root Blog, My Yahoo!, PubSub.com, BlogChatter, GeoURL, BlogRolling, BlogStreet, and RubHub.
