For those of using the TweetMeme plugin for WordPress, they just updated it. For those of you that have never used the plugin, it allows Twitter users to tweet your post by simply clicking the button. Mine is at the bottom of this post on the left. Continue reading »
I may be jumping the gun here a little. This morning I decided to take a look at my stats to see how the Tweetmeme button is working out on this site since I added it. If you look at my past posts you will see that the button itself has not been heavily used, but the important thing to note is that it is being used. Just one tweet by a user with tons of followers could dump in some real traffic. Continue reading »
This is a quick little tip for you WordPress users that like to hack or change your plugins. If you are like me, you often end up hacking or customizing the code within some of your plugins. What happens when that plugin version has been updated by the author though, and you just clicked update? Ouch! You just lost the changes you made. Continue reading »
I have seen many discussions on whether or not you should use nofollow for a comment author’s URL. I honestly didn’t know which way to go so I decided to go right down the line with a neat little fix. First a little bit about the pros and cons.
The major pro? It can encourage people to write comments on your posts. The major con? It leeches your PR, and could bring you down a little in the rankings. Get enough comments on a post, and your site might even look spammy to a search engine.
The major pro? All those visitors comments, if you get any now, will not hurt your search rankings. The major con? You may not get as many comments. I call it mean, because I feel it’s similar to having someone come into your store, and not saying thank you for visiting.
My solution to the problem is to incorporate a little bit of both worlds. I give the first three comment authors their full credit. Comments made after the third, incorporate rel=”nofollow”. Immediate input is encouraged, and having a list full of outbound links prevented. I keep getting posters, and keep my SEO dignity.
So I am also guessing some of you might want this as a plugin for WordPress. I am going to make one in the next day or two. It was such an easy fix to my template though, I just had to get it going without one. Edit four lines of code or write an entire plugin? Let me see:)
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Allow Users to Edit Comments with WP Plugin
One of the first plugins I added to this blog was WP Ajax Edit Comments. Today, I was really wishing that a popular blog that I like to visit did the same. I cranked out a quick comment, hit submit, and said oh crud. I made the comment without double checking it, and now it’s stuck there with no chance for correction. It even got a comment from another visitor, so it’s really stuck there. A comment editor could be a real life saver for your users. Continue reading »