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Wordpress 2.6 is Now Available!

July 15, 2008

Wordpress 2.6 ‘Tyner’ has been officially released today. I’ve just upgraded my blog to newest version. It works really great. I recommended you upgrade to Wordpress 2.6 for a better performance.

Here are some of the smaller features and improvements in 2.6:

  • Word count! Never guess how many words are in your post anymore.
  • Image captions, so you can add sweet captions like Political Ticker does under your images.
  • Bulk management of plugins.
  • A completely revamped image control to allow for easier inserting, floating, and resizing. It’s now fully integrated with the WYSIWYG.
  • Drag-and-drop reordering of Galleries.
  • Plugin update notification bubble.
  • Customizable default avatars.
  • You can now upload media when in full-screen mode.
  • Remote publishing via XML-RPC and APP is now secure (off) by default, but you can turn it on easily through the options screen.
  • Full SSL support in the core, and the ability to force SSL for security.
  • You can now have many thousands of pages or categories with no interface issues.
  • Ability to move your wp-config file and wp-content directories to a custom location, for “clean” SVN checkouts.
  • Select a range of checkboxes with “shift-click.”
  • You can toggle between the Flash uploader and the classic one.
  • A number of proactive security enhancements, including cookies and database interactions.
  • Stronger better faster versions of TinyMCE, jQuery, and jQuery UI.

Click Here To Download Wordpress 2.6

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Using PHP to Redirect Affiliate Links

July 3, 2008

You may have seen many bloggers use redirect pages to send out their affiliate links when people click on their affiliate links. Cloaking your affiliate links to prevent from having your affiliate links hijacked. Your affiliate links can be hijacked. There are malware, virus, etc. out there that many people have on their computers without even knowing that will detect when an affiliate link is clicked and replace your affiliate ID with the hijackers.

First set up a directory on your server for your redirect pages to go. To make it easy I recommend creating a directory simply named “go” (i.e.: www.yoursite.com/go/).

This is how to create redirect page for your affiliate links by using a PHP script.

<html>

<head>

<title>TITLE</title>

<meta http-equiv=”Content-Language” content=”en-us”>

<meta name=”robots” content=”noindex, nofollow”>

<script>window.location=” your affiliate url“;</script>

<meta http-equiv=”refresh” content=”1; url=”your affiliate url“>

</head>

<body>

<p align=”center”>You will be taken to the correct page shortly.

<br>If this page does not load after 5 seconds, please

<a href=”your affiliate url“>click here</a>.</p>

</body>

</html>

Just copy and paste on NotePad and change 3 “your affiliate link” to your affiliate link URL. After that save the file with an easy to remember name that ends with .php. Upload this new file to the “go” folder on your server.Your link will look something like this http://www.gettycash.com/go/tla.php

Whenever someone clicks on your disguised link (http://www.yoursite.com/go/website.php), they are going to be redirected to your real referral link. :D

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ProBlogger Book Launches

May 8, 2008

Finally a book of Darren Rowse of problogger.net available for purchase. ProBlogger : Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income book was written by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett based on their experience as bloggers making a living from thier blogging. This book will guide you to blogging and how to monetize your blog.

There are 10 chapters :

1. Blogging for Money

2. Niche Blogging

3. Setting Up Your Blog

4. Blog Writing

5. Blog Income and Blog Strategies

6. Buying and Selling Blogs

7. Blog Networks

8. Blog Promotion and Marketing

9. Secrets of Successful Blogs

10. Creating Something Worthwhile

Have you read the book ? I can’t wait to read it. I am waiting for this book hit my local bookstore.

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PayPerPost – Get Paid To Blog

August 15, 2007

PPP title=Most bloggers are looking for more opportunities to make extra income from their blog. Here is an exciting new opportunity that I came across. The site is called PayPerPost. This is a place where you can get paid just blog about what you like. If you’re anything like me, then you already enjoy posting to your blog. Now with PayPerPost you are given an opportunity to make money just by posting to your blog. The approval process is pretty easy. They require that your blog be at least30 days old and also your blog must be active. This means that you’re actively posting to your blog. This should be easy to do especially if you enjoy keeping your blog updated.

PayPerPost is a great way to start earning more money from your blog. One of the best things that I love about PayPerPost is that with your first posting opportunity, you’re given the opportunity to earn $20.00, which is a good amount for some extra cash. You also have the opportunity to choose from several other posting opportunities that are available to you.

If you are a blogger, and would like to start making some extra money with your blog then PayPerPost is the way to go. It’s a fun and easy way to earn some extra cash.

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