Comments on: The WordPress 101: I’m in a bind, and you benefit! http://website-in-a-weekend.net/creating-content/the-wordpress-101-i-need-your-help/ Web Zero to Web Hero Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave Doolin http://website-in-a-weekend.net/creating-content/the-wordpress-101-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-7779 Dave Doolin Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:03:53 +0000 http://website-in-a-weekend.net/?p=1355#comment-7779 It was really good. We'll do another one at some point, I'm sure. I like to think of myself being "urgently interested in success" rather than bossy... with a "take no prisoners" approach, "cutting through the bs." Yeah, maybe I could see that. As always, a real pleasure to entertain you here. Miss Diels. .-= Dave Doolin´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebsiteInAWeekend/~3/p-d2WPoeAgE/">Antti Kokkonen – When it has to be done right</a> =-. It was really good. We’ll do another one at some point, I’m sure.

I like to think of myself being “urgently interested in success” rather than bossy… with a “take no prisoners” approach, “cutting through the bs.” Yeah, maybe I could see that.

As always, a real pleasure to entertain you here. Miss Diels.

.-= Dave Doolin´s last blog ..Antti Kokkonen – When it has to be done right =-.

]]> By: Kelly Diels http://website-in-a-weekend.net/creating-content/the-wordpress-101-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-7778 Kelly Diels Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:57:16 +0000 http://website-in-a-weekend.net/?p=1355#comment-7778 I come in from Cleavage every day. And you're very bossy. Productive, but bossy. I love what came out of this wager: great art and great articles. I come in from Cleavage every day. And you’re very bossy. Productive, but bossy.

I love what came out of this wager: great art and great articles.

]]> By: Finished One Hundred and One Woodblock Prints. What’s Next? | Fine Art Woodblock Printmaking http://website-in-a-weekend.net/creating-content/the-wordpress-101-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-5607 Finished One Hundred and One Woodblock Prints. What’s Next? | Fine Art Woodblock Printmaking Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:03:14 +0000 http://website-in-a-weekend.net/?p=1355#comment-5607 [...] Last May (or so), I made a simple wager with Dave. I would make 101 Woodblock prints before he wrote 101 articles about Wordpress. [...] [...] Last May (or so), I made a simple wager with Dave. I would make 101 Woodblock prints before he wrote 101 articles about WordPress. [...]

]]> By: Dr Wordpress! http://website-in-a-weekend.net/creating-content/the-wordpress-101-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-634 Dr Wordpress! Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:12:02 +0000 http://website-in-a-weekend.net/?p=1355#comment-634 Larry Herrin gets the last coupon for "How to Clone a WordPress Blog." Larry Herrin gets the last coupon for “How to Clone a WordPress Blog.”

]]> By: Managing Site Backups For WordPress Blogs | Website In A Weekend http://website-in-a-weekend.net/creating-content/the-wordpress-101-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Managing Site Backups For WordPress Blogs | Website In A Weekend Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:38:45 +0000 http://website-in-a-weekend.net/?p=1355#comment-566 [...] article was written as part of the WordPress 101 challenge: Andy Black used his coupon to suggest discussing WordPress backups. Go get your coupon [...] [...] article was written as part of the WordPress 101 challenge: Andy Black used his coupon to suggest discussing WordPress backups. Go get your coupon [...]

]]> By: Dr Wordpress! http://website-in-a-weekend.net/creating-content/the-wordpress-101-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Dr Wordpress! Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:25:24 +0000 http://website-in-a-weekend.net/?p=1355#comment-565 June 20 2009: 4 coupons claimed, 1 left, all the articles requested have been started, some have been published. Here's the list: <ul> <li><a href="http://jahangiri.us/" rel="nofollow">Holly Jahangiri</a> asked <a href="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/building-traffic/plan-getting-keeping-blog-readers/" rel="nofollow">how Website In A Weekend attracts and retains readers</a>. Holly is extremely talented. <a href="http://jahangiri.us/" rel="nofollow">Go visit her web site</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://robertokoci.com/" rel="nofollow">Roberto Koci</a> requested more information on redirection and permalinks. These will be two articles, both of which will be technically dense. Roberto is one of the best graphics designers I know, <a href="http://robertokoci.com/" rel="nofollow">go visit his website too</a>.</li> <li>Sean Neprud... oh wait, he didn't fill out a coupon... never mind. I'm still writing the articles he suggested though, that will help me win the 101 wager!</li> <li>Andy Black wanted to know <a href="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/website-maintenance/managing-site-backups-for-wordpress-blogs/" rel="nofollow">how to back up a WordPress site</a>.</li> <li>Ben Henry asked: <blockquote>How do you make those "Estimated Reading Time" tags before each article?</blockquote> That's a great question, and I was going to keep it a secret... but the coupon wins! It turns out to be ridiculously easy, 3 simple steps. The article is scheduled to publish on June 24 2009. </li> </ul> There's one more coupon... will it be yours? June 20 2009: 4 coupons claimed, 1 left, all the articles requested have been started, some have been published. Here’s the list:

  • Holly Jahangiri asked how Website In A Weekend attracts and retains readers. Holly is extremely talented. Go visit her web site.
  • Roberto Koci requested more information on redirection and permalinks. These will be two articles, both of which will be technically dense. Roberto is one of the best graphics designers I know, go visit his website too.
  • Sean Neprud… oh wait, he didn’t fill out a coupon… never mind. I’m still writing the articles he suggested though, that will help me win the 101 wager!
  • Andy Black wanted to know how to back up a WordPress site.
  • Ben Henry asked:

    How do you make those “Estimated Reading Time” tags before each article?

    That’s a great question, and I was going to keep it a secret… but the coupon wins! It turns out to be ridiculously easy, 3 simple steps. The article is scheduled to publish on June 24 2009.

There’s one more coupon… will it be yours?

]]> By: Should You Upgrade to WordPress 2.8 Immediately? | Website In A Weekend http://website-in-a-weekend.net/creating-content/the-wordpress-101-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Should You Upgrade to WordPress 2.8 Immediately? | Website In A Weekend Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:38:48 +0000 http://website-in-a-weekend.net/?p=1355#comment-375 [...] However, as you can imagine, the most exciting new feature in my opinion is being able to specify how many blog posts to view on the “Edit Posts” administration page. I will, of course, be setting the number of posts to 101. [...] [...] However, as you can imagine, the most exciting new feature in my opinion is being able to specify how many blog posts to view on the “Edit Posts” administration page. I will, of course, be setting the number of posts to 101. [...]

]]> By: 2 Techniques For Retaining Focus As A Writer | There Is NO Box http://website-in-a-weekend.net/creating-content/the-wordpress-101-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-340 2 Techniques For Retaining Focus As A Writer | There Is NO Box Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:58:46 +0000 http://website-in-a-weekend.net/?p=1355#comment-340 [...] Recently, I’ve stumbled on a couple of great techniques for increasing productivity for blogging over at Website In A Weekend. The first is about choosing posting catagories that make sense for readers, writers, and search engines. The second is creating a specific motivation. For example, I bet a friend I could write 101 articles about WordPress than he could make 101 wood block prints. [...] [...] Recently, I’ve stumbled on a couple of great techniques for increasing productivity for blogging over at Website In A Weekend. The first is about choosing posting catagories that make sense for readers, writers, and search engines. The second is creating a specific motivation. For example, I bet a friend I could write 101 articles about WordPress than he could make 101 wood block prints. [...]

]]> By: How A Fool Stunt Will Make Me A Star Blogger | Website In A Weekend http://website-in-a-weekend.net/creating-content/the-wordpress-101-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-338 How A Fool Stunt Will Make Me A Star Blogger | Website In A Weekend Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:49:46 +0000 http://website-in-a-weekend.net/?p=1355#comment-338 [...] Ok, right, I’m not a star blogger. Yet. May never be. But I am cultivating a small, dedicated audience, and I’m working on a fool stunt, writing 101 blog posts on WordPress. [...] [...] Ok, right, I’m not a star blogger. Yet. May never be. But I am cultivating a small, dedicated audience, and I’m working on a fool stunt, writing 101 blog posts on WordPress. [...]

]]> By: Dr Wordpress! http://website-in-a-weekend.net/creating-content/the-wordpress-101-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Dr Wordpress! Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:17:45 +0000 http://website-in-a-weekend.net/?p=1355#comment-316 Andy... maybe you get your posse together, and I'll get my posse together, and we can do a cross-Atlantic throwdown... Andy… maybe you get your posse together, and I’ll get my posse together, and we can do a cross-Atlantic throwdown…

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