I have come across two very useful tools that could make the development of your posts just that little bit easier. The first is a creation tool and the second a simple photo plugin.
Microsoft Live Writer. Does any one use Live Writer to create their content. Potentially it is a great tool. Create your content on your desktop or laptop, give the polish and feel that WordPress and other publishers don’t do that well, add some photos or images from your desktop and when completed – upload it onto your blog. All very easy, all very straightforward. it even uploads the photos and images and alters the URL in the post so the images load correctly. I really enjoy using it, it has a MS Word feel about it. Installing is easier. The whole process is very smooth. The price is great to – FREE.
There is one downside to Live Writer and that is on my WordPress installation – it doesn’t work. This I know is a problem with WordPress and not Live Writer and that somehow I need to overcome a 403 permission denied error. I just cannot seem to get around it yet. If you don’t have that problem then you will find that Live Writer is a great tool.
Photo Dropper Plugin. The Photo Dropper plugin is one of the most useful plugins around if you want to insert images into your posts. With Photo Dropper, place the cursor where you want the image placed, type in a search keyword and Photo Dropper will search Flickr to find images to match your keywords. As you can see here it has found a picture to match my keyword – when added to your post the attributes are automatically added – just a little untidy for my liking.
photo credit: mrpbody33
Update on the 1000 blogs against whaling, the entre card competition and just a general rant.
I must say this weekend just gone has not been a great one. I don’t know if anyone else uses 3ix as their domain host, if they do they will most like know where I am coming from. Every thing seems very slow at present and they seem to be having a lot of down time just lately. Two hours yesterday followed by another hour about six hours later. I seem to be getting at least an hours down time every day now, sometimes twice a day – perhaps it is time to move to a new host.
The Entre Card contest has been a big disappointment as well. Only 15 entries with 10,000 credits up for grabs. If you are thinking of entering there is only one week left. This weeks winner of the 500 credits is Chicken Soup For You – congratulations.
I am almost pleased with the 1000 blogs against whaling campaign. I now have 63 blogs registered. If you wish to have your blog included then by all means leave me message either here or on the petition page. If nothing else you will have a link back to your site on a page that is being heavily promoted.
photo credit: Big Blue Ocean
The latest blogs to register are:
- Bebo Author
- Too Beautiful To Quit
- A Wolf Adventure
- Dolphin Smile
- pop critics
- Loose Ends
- El Gigante Verdoso
- The Solo Gazette
- Living Vegan
- Bush Vitality
If I have left your blog off or not spelt the blog name correctly please let me know.
We have just gone past the 50 blog mark with a total now of 53 blogs registering their protest vote against the unnecessary whaling hunt that the Japanese in particular are conducting in the name of ‘science’. What triggered my anger was the photo of the mother and her calf that had been slaughtered and where being dragged up into the mother ships hold.
If you wish to join this protest vote please either add your name to this post or go to the petition page and leave a comment with you blog details. I will keep going until I have reached that 1000 blog milestone. The latest blogs to join the protest are:
If you wish to write a post supporting this campaign please do and let me know. I will update all the above links to point to relevant pages or posts as soon as I get a spare couple of hours. At the top of my right side bar is a banner – if you would like to use please feel free – if you need the link code let me know and I will send it on.
To all who have added their blogs to the list – I thank you – I sure the whales would thank you as well.
How I Quadrupled My Blog Income is quite a statement – yet it is true. I have tried many different ad units on this site. I have tried Adsense with little luck. I have also tried some of the other pay-per-click ads like Widgetbucks – all to no avail. Text link ads don’t work – I do not have a high enough PR nor do I get high traffic.
Not only that, at one stage I had accounts with six or seven different advertisers and that meant six or seven different ad units on my page. Keeping track of each of these accounts can be time consuming and a little dis-heartening when they are only incrementing by cents each day. With Adsense there were days when I didn’t get a click – not even enough traffic to get a token couple of cents for impressions. Continue reading 'How I Quadrupled My Blog Income'»
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