2008 July

Modifying Mimbo 2.2: Step Two – Modifying index.php

This entry is part of a series, Modifying Mimbo 2.2» This is the second in a series of articles that will cover making several modifications to the Mimbo 2.2 Theme by Darren Hoyt.  I am modifying the theme to fit the requirements for my own site.  To see the first step requirements and get [...]

Modifying Mimbo 2.2: Step One – Identifying Requirements

This entry is part of a series, Modifying Mimbo 2.2» The time has come for a major revision to my cooking and recipe blog and I’ve chosen Mimbo to act as the basis for the redesign.  This is the first in a series of articles that will detail the changes I’ve implemented to get [...]

Jump Start your PR Campaign

In today’s world of high tech sales, marketing and promotional strategies, it’s only logical to make sure that your PR firm can handle high tech public relations.  This may sound like a daunting challenge for smaller companies, but the reality is that the right public relations firm can level the playing field between small startups [...]

The Fallacy of the “More is Better” Mentality

One of the most common sights on Internet job boards these days is a call for bloggers to write for new blogs and community sites.  While this is a good thing for bloggers, the trend that I see goes something like this:
Need reliable self-editing, experienced writers ASAP.
We pay a highly competitive rate; you’ll write 7-40 [...]

The Better Feed Plugin – Your Feed on Steroids!

If you’re a long time WordPress user like myself, you may have gotten used to using the  <!– more –> tag to display teaser material in your RSS feeds.  If so, the decision to remove support for this feature in the 2.5 release of WordPress may have had you a bit put off. Since WordPress [...]