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Wipe Out WordPress Comment Spam Without Driving Your Readers Nuts 28 Jul 2013 | 08:51 pm
Last day of comment spam on The Hobby Blogger (generated using Wordle). Check out the word cloud above. It has the most common words from all the spam comments submitted to my blog in one day back in...
A Google Reader Alternative is Already Here – Feedly 14 Mar 2013 | 01:19 pm
If you’re a Google Reader user like me, you’re probably freaking out about Google’s announcement that they are retiring Google Reader, effective July 1st, 2013. Reader is/was a great RSS reader becaus...
Wait, What Happened to My WordPress Blog’s Header? 26 Feb 2013 | 01:04 pm
Has the header image or logo on your WordPress blog recently disappeared and been replaced with the text of your blog’s title and tag line? Have you recently upgraded to WordPress 3.5 or later? If so,...
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How to Add a Gradient to Your Genesis Theme’s Comments Section 13 Feb 2013 | 01:03 pm
Today I’m going to show you how to dress up your blog’s comments section by adding a gradient to the top of each comment. A background color that gradually fades away from the top of the comment heade...
Deciding Not to Submit My First Guest Post 15 Sep 2012 | 08:59 am
I admit it. I chickened out. A while back I proudly proclaimed I was writing a post that I was going to submit as a guest post to ProBlogger. Inspired by a Derek Halpern post on Social Triggers, I sta...
Bolster Your WordPress Blog’s Branding – Replace the Default Avatar 30 Aug 2012 | 11:19 am
Today I’m going to help you reinforce your blog’s visual identity by showing how to swap out WordPress’s default comment avatar with your own custom avatar. Why is this important? By the time readers ...
Happy Birthday 26 Aug 2012 | 12:47 pm
I just had to take a break to acknowledge that The Hobby Blogger turned one year old yesterday. Man the time has flown by, I’ve learned a heckuva lot, and have gotten to know some great people in the ...
App.net – A New Social Networking Platform That (GASP) Costs Money 17 Aug 2012 | 02:38 pm
On Monday, I committed to pay $50 to get in on the ground floor of a new Twitter-like social network called App.net. App.net was started by Dalton Caldwell, one of the founders of the social media sit...
Bloggers That Rehash—Are They Lesser Beings? 13 Aug 2012 | 04:23 pm
Consider this scenario: you’re fighting off a bout of writer’s block when suddenly a great post idea pops into your head. You hit up Google to do a little research and discover that your idea has alre...
