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Website Development

Branding just got easier!

January 9, 2007

We all know to brand yourself, but sometimes it can be difficult. Well now you can brand yourself with other people's blogs! You might notice on the right sidebar, or in comments, photos of people who've been to this blog or commented. It's done with MyBlogLog and you can join too free! What's great is [...]

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Theme Optimization Tips

January 9, 2007

I've been reading Aaron Wall's SEO Book on the couch (yes, I printed the 300+ page book so I could read it with my daughter asleep on my lap =P). I've learned and re-learned a few things and realized how badly shaped the theme of this site was. I thought you might enjoy what I [...]

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Get indexed fast with Google Sitemaps

December 13, 2006

I thought I wrote about this before somewhere, but my friend Jon when I mentioned it said I should post about it. Well here goes! This will be what to do if you have WordPress. First you'll need to get a plugin called "Google Sitemap Generator". It's free and easy to install, just like any [...]

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Are you blogging yet?

December 6, 2006

We all know we need good content or a great service to get people coming back to our website. Well blogging makes making good content very easy. Not only can you add content anytime, without any uploading or whatnot, but the RSS feeds make it easy for users to find you when you've posted. Blogging [...]

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What are you looking for?

November 14, 2006

I write various website tutorials on PHP, CSS, and the like. I haven't posted in a while but *should* start again soon. What is it you are looking for? Please leave any comments on what kind of tutorials you are searching for. There could be others online or maybe its something you can't find anywhere.

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ReviewedByTim.com

May 18, 2006

So I started yet another website. This site looks cool, and will have all my reviews of various things. Right now there is some guy's photo on it, but I'll be replacing it with me in the future. You should check it out and bookmark it. http://www.reviewedbytim.com/ 

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Blogging with Drafts

May 6, 2006

Sometimes you'll find yourself in a rut, not able to write. And then other times you'll find yourself in the writing mood. When you are in the writing mood, drafts can be great. The concept is simple: You write something but just don't post it. Why would you do that? Well you could write up [...]

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Testing A Feed Broadcaster

May 2, 2006

I am testing A Feed Broadcaster so if you don't mind, please sign up to receive email notification of updates to my blog. Post here any feedback you get.

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Google Page Rank Update

February 20, 2006

I beleive a Google Page Rank update is in progress. While this isn't an overly big deal, I'm one of those people who just can't wait for their site to go from a PR 0 to something like a 5. So what is Page Rank? Well it's a highly over rated number Google uses to [...]

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PHP Home Xchange’s Successor

February 20, 2006

This is just a quick post to let you know that PHP HomeXchange is no longer available. It has been replaced by a whole new traffic exchange script, TCN Traffic Exchange. I wanted to write this post due to the high number of searches for the following terms: HomeXchange2, phphomexchange, PHP Home Exchange, PHPHX and [...]

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Ministry Talk Advancing

January 28, 2006

Well the progress that has been made with Ministry Talk is great. We now have 3 servers that all connect to each other and make sure they have all the latest sermons, and evenly distribute the downloads between 2 of the servers (one server is for backups, and is in Justin's closet). The first download [...]

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Keeping current with RSS Readers

January 21, 2006

It is really easy to subscribe to blogs with an RSS Reader. Today I'll show you how to do so with Blog Lines. I have been using it for a bit now, and really like it. You can access all your favorite blogs from any computer, all in one place. Create a Bloglines Account Simply [...]

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Displaying Random Links

January 18, 2006

This tutorial goes out to Andre who wanted to use the URL Rotator for something similar but different. In this tutorial I am going to assume that you already have a database table "textlinks" set up with at least the following fields: title, url The Code <? $global_dbh = mysql_connect("localhost","dbusername","dbpassword"); mysql_select_db("dbname", $global_dbh); $query = "SELECT [...]

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Increasing Subscribers with Traffic Exchanges

January 16, 2006

Many people will say that Traffic Exchange Advertising just doesn't work, however the people who say that are the people who stick up their entire site in an exchange and expect people to bookmark their site, buy everything, and come back every day. Today I'll give you some pointers on how to increase your blog [...]

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Google Adsense Optimizing

January 10, 2006

Have you ever noticed your website showing advertisements that don't have to do with your content? You can have some great articles - but without optimizing your site for Adsense, you could be displaying ads that aren't of any value to viewers. To optimize your site, it is as simple as putting two HTML comment [...]

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Having a Trackback Party

January 5, 2006

I came across this website which was having a trackback party, and I started to ponder if such a concept could drive alot of traffic to your website.. It looks like it would benefit both parties, those trackbacking would get on the main post, and the main post would get on the track backing sites. [...]

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The Problog Checklist

January 3, 2006

If you are running a Professional Blog, then make sure you go through this checklist! I'll surely be adding more in the future, so it wouldn't be too bad of an idea to bookmark this and check back once a month. It is also good to go through the checklist monthly, because sometimes things break [...]

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Random things with PHP

December 31, 2005

Especially when it comes to advertising, random things can be quite usefull. Random ads, sites, etc, can all be done with PHP very easily. Step 1: Build an Array You'll first need an array of whatever will be random. If you are doing images, then the URLs to all the images. If you are doing [...]

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Fulltime Problogging IS Possible

December 30, 2005

I've been thinking about doing it more and more: Going fulltime Problogging. I don't think I will for a little while more, however I definately will soon. I have a few areas outside of blogging that I would like to expand first, so I can't go full time. However it is possible. Read how someone [...]

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Recommended Plugin

December 30, 2005

If you are using WordPress 2.0, then you need this plugin. It was freshly made, and I like it already. It's something that has bugged me for a bit, but I never thought to make a plugin for it, and I'm glad someone else did! Worpdress Admin Drop Down Menu Basically it makes it so [...]

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