Posts tagged “blogging”
blogTracker
You have probably seen several references on this site to Dan Sanderson‘s blogTracker utility. I really can’t tell you how wonderful this little tool is. But I realized that I can show you! Click here to see what blogTracker does for me. (No longer in use.) Then head over to Dan’s site and register yourself.
Journaling
The journaling script is a cms you can use to keep a blog. It is one of the original blogging systems and is still popular. It’s not as easy to use as Blogger, of course, but it’s worth a look if you know a little about the guts of the ‘net and are thinking about
Editing
If you visit http://www.davidgagne.net/ you’ll see a period – . – before each link to an entry’s comments. That period is a link to the editing window for that particular entry. As long as I am logged in to MovableType, I can click on that link and immediately begin editing the post. Here’s the link
The Weblog Dictionary
Lucky you! I went and updated my world famous blog dictionary. I added several new terms and changed the formatting. I received numerous requests for the functionality, so you can now easily link to entries. It’s also in css now, so you don’t have to wait for the entire table to load before you can
Quick Link
Here’s a nifty little trick for you, my loyal derlings! In the sidebar to the left (or, to the right if you’re upside-down) you may notice a mini-blog called The Good Stuff. Those are quickie web links that I guaran-damn-tee are worth a visit. “That’s not a trick, David,” I hear you say. Well hold
Popular Links
What are the hot topics in the weblogging community today? The Daypop Top 40 is a list of links that are currently popular with webloggers from around the world.
Still Alive
Whoa! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. Didja miss me? I know you did. I’m still alive and kicking. I have a gazillion stories to tell. So much has happened lately! Stay tuned …
Revisions
Oof! It took a lot of work, but I finally converted all of my main blog to MovableType. All the comments were imported, too, so I’m pretty happy about that. Now every little piece of this domain is converted. I can finally get to blogging again. And finding a job.
Hemingway
It took a few hours, but I finally converted almost all of my Hemingway site into The Hemingway Blog. It’s in MovableType now and I’m very pleased with the result. I still have to get the dozens (multiple dozens!) of essays on the author into some sort of bloggable format, but that’s just a bunch
XML-RPC Ping
Ben has written a tutorial on adding weblogs.com XML-RPC PING functionality to your MovableType blog. Woo! What does this mean? It means that if you follow the steps in the tutorial, whenever you add an entry to your MovableType blog, MT will automatically ping weblogs.com to alert that you have updated.