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Thursday, January 17, 2008, 8:50pm

Leverage Your 404 Page Traffic

A lot of people put very little thought into their 404 page while others put in a great deal of effort into making their error pages either funny, informative, or both. I’m not one to talk right now, but for every client I work with I make sure to provide an effective 404 page aligned to the goals of their site. (more…)

Tags: Blogging, plug-ins, tips, wordpress

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 10:32pm

Create Excerpts like YouTube in JavaScript

Maybe you need to display recent news in a web application and don’t have the ability to tweak content length on the server, or maybe you want to give the user an easy way to expand content on-demand.

In these situations, I’ve been using a nice snippet of JavaScript to automatically create excerpts for all elements with a given style class. So far it’s been pretty helpful, but it can easily be extended/enhanced (Note: Uses jQuery).

function createExcerpts(stylename)
{
	$('.'+stylename).each(
		function() {
			var trunc = $(this).html();
			trunc = trunc.substring(0, len);
			trunc = trunc.replace(/\w+$/, '');
			trunc += ' ‘ +
			  ‘More…<\/a>‘;
			$(this).html(trunc);
		}
	);
}

Tags: Blogging, javascript, jquery, tips

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Thursday, January 10, 2008, 11:19pm

On Making Make Some Decent Coin Online

I received several emails today - the first time I’ve received multiple emails in one day regarding this blog - and all of them were concerning the content of my posts. The gist I get is that readers want to learn a bit more about how I make money online, and by focusing in on that as a main topic I could draw more people into the blog.

Know what I say to that? Fair enough! I do think this blog has been lacking focus and that’s a direct result of me being interested in too many things at once. It’s time to narrow things down and really get into one or two specific topics.

That said, I’d like to go into more detail on legitimate ways to use the web as an income source. I’d like this site to be a resource for anyone who works - or wants to work - through the web. By that I mean freelancers, bloggers, entrepreneurs, and anyone else who earns an income online. (more…)

Tags: Blogging, money, Personal, tips

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008, 7:37pm

Too Many Firefox Extensions?

Is it just me or does Firefox load slower on a Mac than on a PC? I’m writing this post on a MacBook Pro and it seems like every time I load Firefox I have to wait a little longer. Granted, the speed of my laptop in general is much faster than my old Dell Inspiron 700m, but still it bothers me a bit.

Then I run across this post on Graywolf’s SEO blog and I shutter to think how long it would take Firefox to load with the dozens of extensions mentioned. I mean, I know there are a lot of cool extensions that do a lot of useful things, but don’t you want to use your browser for browsing the Internet at a reasonable speed too? (more…)

Tags: browsing, firefox, safari, tips, workflow

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Monday, January 7, 2008, 10:45am

Take a Hint from the Blogging Experiment

I’ve noticed an interesting, not-so-surprising character trait present in many bloggers.  Not only do they like making money online, but they also like reading about others who make money online.  It’s got to be the motivational, "if she/he can do it, I can do it" type feeling.  Unable to break away from this trait myself, I subscribed to the Blogging Experiment’s RSS feed today because I want to know whether the author will, in fact, become a problogger in one year’s time.

I got to thinking about this a little more (always dangerous).  How many blogs are out there right now that talk about making money through their blog?  A lot, right?  Yet with each new one that has any success comes a different angle.  I like the Blogging Experiment’s open, somewhat personal dialogue with its readers. I feel like I’ll be able to say "I knew him when" should he achieve his goal, and this makes me want to read on. (more…)

Tags: Blogging, money, tips

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