Heads up, bloggers. They could be coming for you (or me) next. The city of Philadelphia is requiring some bloggers to buy a $300 business privilege license and pay taxes on any income. Currently they’re going after anyone who reports any income from a blog. Even if, as in a story in Philadelphia Citypaper, it’s … Continue reading And then they came for me
WordPress includes a ratings feature that can be enabled on one’s blog. Either a five-star rating or a thumbs up or down rating. I’ve had it enabled for almost two months, and garnered all of 5 votes. Because it adds clutter to the page and because the ratings mean vary little without a decent amount … Continue reading Because you care
I just noticed I had a pile of blog spam and went to take a look. Occasionally a legitimate comment gets caught in there and I need to kick it loose. The true spam, with all the indecipherable links for drugs or who knows what, all that junk from foreign countries, gets deleted. On rare … Continue reading Sometimes spam is funny
I just discovered something about the WordPress theme I’m currently using (Twenty Ten). Maybe I’m the last to know; wouldn’t be the first time that’s happened. Mouse over the date in the line at the top of the page (“Posted on Friday, May 21, 2010 by Pied Type”) and it will show you the time … Continue reading Still discovering WP Twenty Ten features
If your blog or website doesn’t load in less than 4 seconds, you’re losing visitors. Check your loading time and make necessary changes. Continue reading Check your blog’s loading time
Trying something new in the the sidebar — the Twitter widget. I don’t tweet; I don’t routinely use a cell phone. But it did occur to me that the Twitter widget would be a way to add brief, passing thoughts or comments that don’t warrant an entire post. I’ve set the widget to show only … Continue reading Twitter sans cell
