Nov 04
Posted by tata on Tuesday Nov 4, 2008 Under contest
Voters agree that Andy has busted his hump to make Commentluv thee very best WordPress plug-in. To say thank you for being Voter’s Choice, he is paying it forward to the very voter’s that gave him the win by way of a contest!
This is a contest like no other, folks. Why? Because you register at Commentluv.com, add a profile and verify your site, then visit registered sites (see all registered sites by visiting the contest page and clicking “Registered Sites” just under the post’s title) and leave relevant comments. Take note, though, that spam comments will not be tolerated and will never be eligible to win.
***You can be a winner by leaving a comment here!***
For complete contest rules, see the FAQ section at the contest page. Happy commenting!
Sep 07
The bad news is that a lot of legitimate comments were eaten by Spam Karma 2. The good news is that I was able to save them. The bad news is that I deactivated Spam Karma 2 and am now using math to help prevent would-be spam. The good news is that (hopefully) all is functioning again.
If you experience any weird quirks with commenting, please do not hesitate to contact me at tata (at) imnobeautifullikeyou.com.
The good news is that football is on! I’m currently watching the Tampa Bay Bucs @ New Orleans Saints. The bad news is that it takes me forever to get over all the roster changes. For example, Jeremy Shockey playing for the Saints?! Yeah, I don’t deal with change well. At writing, the score is tied 7-7. I’m cheering for the Bucs. Not sure yet if that’s good news or bad!
The good news is that the boy napped today. The bad news is that it wasn’t for near long enough.
The good news is that I’m seeing increased traffic from Entrecard. The bad news is that I’m spending way too much time dropping my card!
The good news is that I’m hopping into the shower and leaving for the library to get some new knitting books. The bad news is that I’m going to miss the end of the game.
The good news is that I finally finished my first sock! It looks really, really terrific and I am so proud. I’ll get some photos up later. The bad news is that I still need to make the match! I think on my next try, I will make two at the same time.
Sep 05
Posted by tata on Friday Sep 5, 2008 Under web tools
One of the reasons I moved over to WordPress was to get CommentLuv. What a great concept! It is by and far my favorite plug-in. If you have a self-hosted WordPress blog and don’t use CommentLuv, than you are just a big, fat meanie! To further spread the link love, I have used the NOFF plug-in so that when you do leave a comment, you get a link that follows back to your site. This is what it is all about! I Follow! I got these two plug-ins immediately after installing WordPress.
More recently, I have found a most excellent plug-in: Micro*Kid’s Related Posts Plug-in. It’s ridiculously easy to use and looks quite fabulous, too. It does not find related posts automatically, so I have had to go back and edit some of my posts to link them to related posts, but it was worth the effort, particularly that it reciprocates (link Post A to Post B, Post B is automatically linked back to Post A as related).
I also use the All-in-One SEO Pack. It’s a great way to add meta tags to single posts. I won’t swear to results from this plug-in, but then I haven’t done the research yet.
To tackle the never-ending spam problem, I use Spam Karma 2. It’s done a pretty good job so far, only harvesting one comment that wasn’t spam, but caught every actual spam comment. I know everyone loves Akismet ’round these parts, but it required getting a key and I read that some folks were having issues with that in the Global Dashboard. Best avoid that problem altogether, thanks.
Other great plug-ins I use:
It wasn’t easy finding good plug-ins for WordPress 2.6, since it’s still fairly new. A lot of plug-ins creators haven’t had time or opportunity to update their plug-ins. Too bad for me, since there are a number of them I have my eyes on!
