Display Feedburner and Twitter Stats in your Thesis Theme

August 4, 2009
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Got bored of the traditional Feedburner Feedcount image?  Stuck with the Twitter Plugins that claim to display the number of followers in your blog? Forget them all.  I will show you how to get the Feedburner and Twitter subscriber stats programmatically (using PHP) in your Thesis powered blog and display them at your convenience.  This [...]

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Post Updates to Social Networking Sites using your E-Mail (Thanks Posterous!)

July 27, 2009

Imagine! You are browsing the internet at workplace and suddenly come across an interesting piece of information, that you want to post to Facebook.  Alas, Facebook is blocked in your workplace! So what you do?  Posterous – is for your rescue. If Posterous sounds extremely new to you – checkout their FAQ here http://posterous.com/faq.  It [...]

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5 Truths about Professional Blogging

July 26, 2009

Ok, let’s get straight to the point of this post.  Have you ever thought about making your casual blog a professional one?  If yes, then you know that this is not straight forward. I am not going to get into the depths of professional blogging, in this post.  But I will share a few truths [...]

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Why maintaining a Blogging Schedule is good for your blog?

July 19, 2009

If you are a part time blogger like me, the biggest challenge you might face is the frequency and quality of posts, while managing with your full time job.  But maintaining a (strict) blogging schedule is good for your blog in the long run. I will show you why, in this post.  Read on! Search [...]

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Get the Best of Twitter – in 2 simple ways!

July 8, 2009

Twitter is slowly but surely becoming a “Google” of ideas.  A wealth of information and ideas get into Twitter everyday and grasping even 1% of those is a gargantuan task. To better optimize your time and get the maximum information out of Twitter – I suggest you the following 2 simple ways: Use Twittorati Twittorati [...]

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Setup Google AdSense for Search for your site in 5 minutes [Blogging]

June 14, 2009

Google AdSense for Search is a great way to setup custom search on your blog – powered by Google – and make advertising money out of it.  If you are running a blog and not yet part of Google AdSense, I would strongly advise you to get started here. 1. Setup Google AdSense for Search [...]

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Creating a Favicon for your blog in less than 5 minutes [Blog Design]

March 22, 2009

What is a favicon? As Wikipedia puts it, A favicon (short for favorites icon), also known as a website icon, shortcut icon,url icon, or bookmark icon is a 16×16 pixel square icon associated with a particular website or webpage In short, a favicon is something that you see on the title bar, at the left [...]

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