The quest for a blogging client continues and the next option on the block is Scribefire.
It’s a bit different to the two I’ve tried already, BloGTK and BlogDesk, in that it’s a Firefox plugin. I like to use my browser as a browser and I don’t particularly like plug-ins that try to extend a browser [...]
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I really liked BlogDesk - really liked it. Used it at lunchtime to write a couple of posts using my XP box at work. Was about to set it up here at home when I realised that it’s for Windows only. Bummer.
I need to find a desktop blogging app for Linux. BloGTK seems to be [...]
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This post is written using Blogdesk. It’s a desktop application that lets you write blog post and then publish them without having to visit your blog through a browser.
It took roughly 5 minutes to setup, I:
Created a new blog user with Author rights but not Admin (I’m paranoid)
Installed BlogDesk
Went through the “New Blog” wizard. This [...]
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I’ve been running my hearing aids blog for a few years now. In that time it has changed theme 3 or 4 times. During the most recent theme update I decided to change it from being a traditional blog type of layout to using a static front page.
Most blogs have the last 10 posts displayed [...]
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Freerangestock is a stock photo site with tons of free photos - all of which are great quality.
They are enticing photographers to upload photos by sharing ad revenue with them.
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WebsiteGrader from Hubspot is an online tool that ranks your website for online marketing effectiveness. It gives you hints about easy, mostly non-technical, things you can do to make sure your blog/site reaches the widest audience possible.
http://www.websitegrader.com/Default.aspx
This site ranks at 77% and needs some work! But I’m lazy…..
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dhteumeuleu.com have released a really nice interactive 3D image gallery.
http://www.dhteumeuleu.com/
I’m thinking it may be possible to modify this script to be used as a website logo. You cold grab the letters for the logo from Flickr and then display them using this script. Hovering around with the mouse would still spin the letters around. Clicking [...]
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Gary Simon offers a custom logo design service for $75. He counts BlogPerfurme and WebAppers among his clients. For $75 you get: one custom logo with several variations, one revision, the logo delivered within 24 hours AND it’s in vector format.
Gary’s service looks like the perfect way to give your blog a face-lift and pro-look [...]
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A really nice magazine-style layout: http://themasterplan.in/themes/the-morning-after/
A newspaper layout: http://www.revolutiontheme.com/
For a while I’ve been meaning to change by other blog from a more traditional blog-like layout to a more static traditional website type layout. I think either of those themes above should do the trick. The second theme costs but looks to be well worth the [...]
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Wordpress offers a <code> tag that you can wrap around any code segments in your post.
int steveMethod( int one, int two )
{
return a * b;
}
The snippet of Java above was surround with the <code> tag. Using the tag should allow you to make code snippets stand out from the rest of the text in the [...]
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