Backup My Blog
One of the things that I always tell blog newbies about is the importance of backups. Having a backup is one thing and having a regular backup is another. This is especially true for database backups. Since data in your database is dynamic and continually changes, your backup may not always be up to date so you need to do backups regularly.
There’s a new service in town called BackupMyBlog. I don’t think I need to tell you what it’s for since the name says it all. How does it work? Here’s more information about this new service.
What is BackupMyBlog?
BackupMyBlog is a beta service that backs up the contents of your blogs database every day. When the times comes for you to do a restore, all you have to do is just download the backup from BackupMyBlog and restore it to your own server.
JaypeeOnline joins B5Media!
So far, 2007 has been a really good year for me and my blog. Why? First, my blog – JaypeeOnline was featured on Manila Bulletin’s Blog-O-Rama section. Next, JaypeeOnline was nominated and was one of the finalists for the Philippine Blog Awards in the Technology Category. And this, JaypeOnline is now a part of one of the biggest global blog networks around, B5Media.
What is a Tumbleblog?
A couple days ago, I came across something new called a tumbleblog. It’s the first time for me to read or hear about it. So I did some research and this is what I found out about tumbleblogs.
What’s a tumblelog?
A tumblelog is a variation of a blog, that favors short-form, mixed-media posts over the longer editorial posts frequently associated with blogging. Common post formats found on tumblelogs include links, photos, quotes, dialogues, and video. Unlike blogs, this format is frequently used to share the author’s creations, discoveries, or experiences without providing a commentary
Blogger.com Hijacked by Scammers
Be careful with what blogs you visit. Google’s Blogger.com is reportedly being hijacked by scammers to spread malware through fake blogs. Security experts are calling this the “fake blog scam”. Blog hopping or surfing hasn’t been this dangerous.
Scammers are creating what would seem as a normal-looking blogs with ordinary topics like “Star Wars, school, furniture, Christmas, cars and girlfriends” to host a variety of script-initiated malware. What’s scary is that it’s virtually impossible for visitors to spot the danger of these blogs and these malware infested blogs are said to be in the hundreds.
Full versus Partial RSS Feeds
There’s been a long running debate on the use of full or partial feeds. Some bloggers believe that partial feeds is the best type of feed to use while others think the opposite and that full feeds is the way to go. This is quite a confusing topic.
A couple months ago, I was debating with myself whether to use partial feeds or full feeds. Since late last year, my feeds were all partial because I was using the tag. This feature cuts off posts in RSS feeds even if you specify full text in your Reading > Syndication Feeds options. I guess I’m getting old, coz I totally forgot that I had the Excerpt Reloaded plugin which I have been using in previous themes. What this plugin does is if a post does not contain an excerpt, it cuts off your content to a specified length and displays that in your index page. With this plugin, you don’t have to use the tag. Now I have full feeds since I’ve re-installed and re-activated the Excerpt Reloaded plugin.
Enable Firefox Spell Check in WP 2.1
For those of you who use Firefox, I’m sure you’re familiar with it’s inline spell checking feature. Wordpress has it’s own spell check option but I never use it because of Firefox’s automatic inline spell checking. It helps me when I write or proofread my drafts. Makes it easier and faster because it immediately underlines a misspelled word with a red line.
However, some Firefox users are having problems with the inline spell checking function not working with the new editor in Wordpress 2.1. I found out from this blog, that this problem is caused by one of the default settings of the version of TinyMCE that is being used by Wordpress.
Free Video Editing Software for Macs
Last week, I featured a list of free video editors for Windows. Now here’s a list for Mac users.
Avid Free DV
Avid Free DV is feature-streamlined, standalone software which includes basic video and audio editing capabilities, up to two streams of real-time effects and support for both Windows XP and Macintosh OS X platforms.
Clesh
Clesh from Forbidden Technologies is an unrivalled video editing and sharing tool. Our Java design ensures that most modern computers, Mac, PC, desktop or laptop can use Clesh without any software installation or hardware upgrades. You can benefit immediately from this remarkable product.
Pimp My WP Dashboard Part II
If you liked the Wordpress admin theme that I featured in Pimp My WP Dashboard Part I, I’m sure you’re gonna love this one!
Sunghwa Park or known on the web as Ceprix, felt the need to create a Wordpress admin panel theme. So he drew inspiration from Mac OS X Tiger’s desktop search tool Spotlight and the Milk theme by Max Rudberg and created SpotMilk.
WP Visual Text Editor Fix
I’ve read about bloggers having problems with their visual text editors. Whether the Tiny MCE buttons (bold, italic, link, block quote) were missing or the visual editor itself doesn’t show up. Most of the time, the problem occurred after upgrading to Wordpress 2.1 or later versions. I wasn’t really concerned since I don’t use the visual text editor.
When I upgraded to Wordpress 2.1.2, I tried enabling the visual text editor, to check if it works. I found out that the Tiny MCE buttons were missing and even though the visual and code tabs were present, nothing happens when you click on either tab. It was weird and never happened to me before.
JaypeeOnline @ Manila Bulletin’s Blog-O-Rama
Today is a great day for me and my blog. We got featured in the Blog-O-Rama section of the Manila Bulletin, March 5th issue.
Last Wednesday, March 28th, as I was checking my Yahoo inbox, I was surprised to see an email from Annalyn, much to say an email with the subject “Request for Interview”. The moment I read the subject line, I knew what it was about. Honestly, I was overjoyed! I’ve been dreaming of this day. Even though I felt like my blog was not yet worthy, I’ve been hoping that my blog would be featured in Blog-O-Rama but I wasn’t expecting it to be this soon.
