Dec | 07 | 2006 
Colors are the first things you'd notice about a site, and it also works the same way for your blog. Bright colors can catch a reader's attention quickly, but they also tend to be hard for reading. Dark colors are great for text, but they are also dull and uninteresting. Setting up a muted color scheme can be tedious; going through all the different shades of one color like blue to get them to look good and not too monotonous. Here are two color generators using completely different interfaces for those who need help in ...
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Coloring with Tools!
Posted by Professor as Blogging Tools, Design
Colors are the first things you'd notice about a site, and it also works the same way for your blog. Bright colors can catch a reader's attention quickly, but they also tend to be hard for reading. Dark colors are great for text, but they are also dull and uninteresting. Setting up a muted color scheme can be tedious; going through all the different shades of one color like blue to get them to look good and not too monotonous. Here are two color generators using completely different interfaces for those who need help in ...
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Dec | 03 | 2006 
Most of of blogging newbies start out with hosted blogging services like Blogger, LiveJournal and these days, WordPress.com. Those blogging services make it easy for newbies to get into writing, posting pictures and other kinds of files rather easily. However, when you start having your own webspace and your own installation of a blogging software like WordPress, things could get a little bit more difficult in terms of maintaining your blog. At the same time, it could give you more leverage in terms of making your blog personal.
What is FTP?
It is file transfer ...
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Your files, your blog and FTP
Posted by Professor as Blogging Tools, TerminologyMost of of blogging newbies start out with hosted blogging services like Blogger, LiveJournal and these days, WordPress.com. Those blogging services make it easy for newbies to get into writing, posting pictures and other kinds of files rather easily. However, when you start having your own webspace and your own installation of a blogging software like WordPress, things could get a little bit more difficult in terms of maintaining your blog. At the same time, it could give you more leverage in terms of making your blog personal.
What is FTP?
It is file transfer ...
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Dec | 01 | 2006 
Are you used to having a word processor when you type down your thoughts? Have you been using one and having weird issues with the way your entries are formatted? You could try out this online word processor for your blog. It is called Write To My Blog.
What is Write To My Blog?
It is a free wordprocessor for your blog. You just use it. It won't save any of your log in information. It is said to work in all major blogging services and you could even post to ...
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Write To My Blog
Posted by Professor as Blogging Tools, Software and Widgets, TipsAre you used to having a word processor when you type down your thoughts? Have you been using one and having weird issues with the way your entries are formatted? You could try out this online word processor for your blog. It is called Write To My Blog.
What is Write To My Blog?
It is a free wordprocessor for your blog. You just use it. It won't save any of your log in information. It is said to work in all major blogging services and you could even post to ...
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Nov | 22 | 2006 
Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and we hope Blog Search will help our users to explore the blogging universe more effectively, and perhaps inspire many to join the revolution themselves. Whether you're looking for Harry Potter reviews, political commentary, summer salad recipes or anything else, Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your choice.
Just type the word(s) you want to search for in the text box and click ...
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Blogger Blogsearch - Powered by Google
Posted by Professor as Blogging ToolsBlog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and we hope Blog Search will help our users to explore the blogging universe more effectively, and perhaps inspire many to join the revolution themselves. Whether you're looking for Harry Potter reviews, political commentary, summer salad recipes or anything else, Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your choice.
Just type the word(s) you want to search for in the text box and click ...
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Nov | 18 | 2006 
Technorati is a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the blogosphere — the world of weblogs.
A few years ago, Web search was revolutionized by a simple but profound idea — that the relevance of a site can be determined by the number of other sites that link to it, and thus consider it 'important.' In the world of blogs, hyperlinks are even more significant, since bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, which creates the sense of timeliness and connectedness one would ...
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Technorati - The Blogger’s Search Engine
Posted by Professor as Blogging Tools, Marketing and Search Optimization, Monetization, Promotion, TipsTechnorati is a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the blogosphere — the world of weblogs.
A few years ago, Web search was revolutionized by a simple but profound idea — that the relevance of a site can be determined by the number of other sites that link to it, and thus consider it 'important.' In the world of blogs, hyperlinks are even more significant, since bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, which creates the sense of timeliness and connectedness one would ...
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Oct | 18 | 2006 
Bloggers are responsible for the words that they post on their respective blogs. The thing is that sometimes you could be quite forgetful or too preoccupied to correct your grammar. In any case, you could refer to these writerly stuff on the Internet so that your message will be clear to everyone reading your blog.
spellcheck.net
It is evidently a spellchecker. You might say that your favorite word processing software has a spellcheck function. However, there are times that you might be typing directly on your blog entry text box and as ...
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Blogger Essentials: The Write Stuff
Posted by Professor as Blogging Tools, Design and Themes, Tips, WritingBloggers are responsible for the words that they post on their respective blogs. The thing is that sometimes you could be quite forgetful or too preoccupied to correct your grammar. In any case, you could refer to these writerly stuff on the Internet so that your message will be clear to everyone reading your blog.
spellcheck.net
It is evidently a spellchecker. You might say that your favorite word processing software has a spellcheck function. However, there are times that you might be typing directly on your blog entry text box and as ...
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Oct | 16 | 2006 
Whether you are a new to web development or not, the Web Developer Toolbar of Firefox is definitely one essential tool. Actually, some people learn more about CSS along the way with this tool. Why? You could edit your stylesheet and view the page (with these changes). That gives you time to play around with the blog layout. A lot of time.
In any case, for you to use it, you have to download and install it first. After that, restart Firefox. When you run Firefox again, you will see ...
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Blogger Tools: Web Developer Extension for Firefox
Posted by Professor as Blogging Tools, Design, Plugins, TipsWhether you are a new to web development or not, the Web Developer Toolbar of Firefox is definitely one essential tool. Actually, some people learn more about CSS along the way with this tool. Why? You could edit your stylesheet and view the page (with these changes). That gives you time to play around with the blog layout. A lot of time.
In any case, for you to use it, you have to download and install it first. After that, restart Firefox. When you run Firefox again, you will see ...
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Oct | 14 | 2006 
Bloggers interact with each other and this could be done directly by commenting on each others' blog entries or maybe even trackbacks. In any case, it would be great to know what people have been talking about without having to go to their sites immediately. You could do this if you are subscribed to blog feeds. If you those orange buttons that seem to have these set of curves or maybe the letters RSS or XML, you are seeing the link to their blogs' feeds.
Why read RSS? Why bother subscribing when you ...
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Feed yourself
Posted by Professor as Blogging Tools, Terminology, Tips
Bloggers interact with each other and this could be done directly by commenting on each others' blog entries or maybe even trackbacks. In any case, it would be great to know what people have been talking about without having to go to their sites immediately. You could do this if you are subscribed to blog feeds. If you those orange buttons that seem to have these set of curves or maybe the letters RSS or XML, you are seeing the link to their blogs' feeds.
Why read RSS? Why bother subscribing when you ...
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Oct | 06 | 2006 
The Bloggy Widgets blog has an interesting blog entry about Google Gadgets. Are you a fan of Google? It's a really cool company. Aside from the really fantastic search engine, they also gave us ways to make blogging and earning from blogging quite easy with AdSense. The widgets they showcase are really nifty and cool. In any case you have that option to put them there. For a brief commentary on these Google Gadgets, just check out the blog entry there.
Anyhow, you might be wondering how in the ...
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Adding Google Gadgets to your blog
Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Blogging Tools, Design, Templates, Tips
The Bloggy Widgets blog has an interesting blog entry about Google Gadgets. Are you a fan of Google? It's a really cool company. Aside from the really fantastic search engine, they also gave us ways to make blogging and earning from blogging quite easy with AdSense. The widgets they showcase are really nifty and cool. In any case you have that option to put them there. For a brief commentary on these Google Gadgets, just check out the blog entry there.
Anyhow, you might be wondering how in the ...
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Oct | 04 | 2006 
We all have preferences and we have certain personality quirks. In order for you to showcase these preferences and quirks on your blog, you would have to know what tools you can use in order to do so. For those who have basic knowledge of CSS, it is quite easy because changing some values here and there would already do the trick. But if you are someone who is totally clueless, where could you begin?
Personally, I have some experience with HTML before and as such, I have become familiar with some of the ...
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Learning CSS as You Blog Along
Posted by Professor as Blogging Tools, Design, Tips
We all have preferences and we have certain personality quirks. In order for you to showcase these preferences and quirks on your blog, you would have to know what tools you can use in order to do so. For those who have basic knowledge of CSS, it is quite easy because changing some values here and there would already do the trick. But if you are someone who is totally clueless, where could you begin?
Personally, I have some experience with HTML before and as such, I have become familiar with some of the ...
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