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Blogussion: how to use Twitter to increase traffic; plus some digression (no extra charge)

At Last, a Simple Guide to Mastering Twitter from the fine folks at Blogussion. But also – check out this excellent graphic: That article – about their redesign is by Alex, who is also the proprietor of Asnio – a blog about entrepreneurship. A blog about entrepreneurship by a teenager – I anticipated that it [...]

David Lambert’s new “Insert Callout” plugin

David Lambert, as far as I can figure is one serious software and systems designer,  recently wrote Callouts: I need a WordPress plugin on his blog Component Oriented. Then he went out and wrote the plugin. It’s called “Insert Callout,” and the preceding link is to its page on the WordPress Plugin Repository. Here’s Lambert [...]

Smiley Cat Web Design – pull-quotes gallery

Christian Watson, of Smiley Cat Web Design, which has a subsidiary, Elements of Design (“an alternative web desig showcase”). Check out this beautiful gallery of pull-quotes – some of which I think I’d characterize as “call-outs,” which, in my mental taxonomy, are properly a subset of pull-quotes. Here’s one that I liked a lot, Gallery [...]

Good reads on blog promotion and other matters at Blogussion

A quick trip to Blogussion | Blogging Discussion, Tips & Tricks willl yield a bunch1  of posts well worth reading, including: Blog Promotion: 169 New Ways to Build Traffic like a Ninja 4 Easy Ways To Increase Readership On Your Blog 5 Easy Blog Improvements in under 5 Minutes 100+ Lists To Help You Become [...]

Font Burner WordPress plugin: Powerful, easy to use – and dangerous

The Font Burner Control Panel plugin seems to be the creation of one Adrian Hanft, a/k/a Adrian3, but more properly, Adrian E. Hanft, III (from “About” page). This terrific plugin lets you: Change heading fonts in WordPress (h1 through h4); choose from over one thousand (1,000) and growing non-commercial fonts; requires no code writing Plus [...]

An argument against drop-down menus

Learning the World is a blog by Martin Kliehm, a web developer in Germany who also specializes in accessibility. In “Accessible Drop-Down Menus,” Kliehm lucidly explains what’s problematic about them, and just as clearly lays out a number of means by which the barriers can be lowered, if not eliminated. Other posts worth knowing about: [...]

Thomas Hofter/Lunatic Studios

From Thomas Hofter of Lunatic Studios: some interesting  WordPress plugins, two WordPress themes, and some brilliant macro photography: Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) Related posts on lunatic studios WP Robot 1.2 – Better Than Ever wp robot – is it the ultimate autoblog plug-in? blogging tips – 5 ways to improve your adsense earnings Evernote [...]

Dan Masters/Zoundry Raven blogging client

Dan Masters – a web designer in Austin, has a very persuasive review of  Zoundry, an off-line blogging client. That is, one composes a post irrespective of having an internet connection. I’d been looking for an off-line client, and Masters’ review persuaded me to try it out. Masters’ piece actually predates a new version called [...]