I would like to purchase a tablet so I can do more blogging without lugging a laptop around. What are the best tools/apps/workflow tips to be able to do this without tearing my hair out? Special snowflake stuff inside.
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posted by melissa
on May 13, 2013 -
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As my friends and colleagues continue to move and diversify, I'd like to make a small, private site where we can share three- to five-song "mix tapes" of what we really love these days; ideally super easy from an interface perspective to create these mix tapes. What's my shortest path to goal?
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posted by Shepherd
on Mar 28, 2013 -
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I'm considering setting up my company's website on a blogging platform. Since I'm a heavy user of Google services, I was considering using Blogger, especially since it is free. (I use it for my personal blog.) However, my partner said self-hosted Wordpress is more flexible and more professional. Is Wordpress truly better than Blogger? If so, what are the main selling points of using Wordpress over Blogger in 2012?
posted by Bushmiller
on Apr 25, 2012 -
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Wordpress users: is the customer service still as shit as it used to be circa 2006-2007?
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posted by divabat
on Apr 8, 2012 -
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I want to set up a personal web space - a blog, some articles and vanity e-mail address type of affair. Unfortunately, I've spent too long using software instead of making it and all my web design and programming knowledge is a hopelessly outdated. What does a person need to know these days if they want to register a domain and set up a not overly complex web page and blog with a service provider who is slightly more scrupulous than the average Batman villain?
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posted by Kid Charlemagne
on Apr 4, 2012 -
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I am too disorganized to blog consistently, but I'm also way too verbose for Twitter. Is there a blogging platform that exists somewhere between these two extremes? Is there a platform that's kind of like Facebook as a blog? Do I want a Tumblr?
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posted by thehmsbeagle
on Mar 8, 2012 -
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I need suggestions for blogging software that will display one and only one line per entry
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posted by Mutant
on Jan 5, 2012 -
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I have a tumblr that is getting decently popular. If I want to become more of an established blogger, do I need to use a different platform?
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posted by kingfishers catch fire
on Oct 18, 2011 -
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Can i put a three-picture, automatically alternating slideshow in a wordpress.com post?
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posted by Jon_Evil
on Apr 15, 2011 -
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Blogging a year in advance: I'd like to pre-write 150 blog posts
(Wordpress) and have them posted automatically, one at a time, every Mon., Wed., Fri at 8:30AM Eastern. What is this called, and what tools exist to help?
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posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj
on Mar 9, 2011 -
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Looking for a method by which one could automatically add content to a wordpress sidebar, I dont even know what to search for.
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posted by BobbyDigital
on Feb 27, 2011 -
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After three years of Blogspot and Flickr, I'm finally moving to my very own unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth servers. (Yes, I know that's not really unlimited, but that's not going to be a problem). The problem is that said photos are on blogspot and flickr, and there's 1,000+ posts with perhaps 5,000 photos. Tell me there's an automated way / script to bring everything under one roof...?
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posted by chrisinseoul
on Jan 7, 2011 -
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During this holiday break I'm going to be purchasing a domain name and migrating a University department's WordPress.com blog over to either WordPress.org or Blogger. I need help deciding which (Wordpress.org or Blogger) will be the best way to go based on the blog's needs and the capabilities of its authors.
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posted by iamkimiam
on Dec 22, 2010 -
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I'm creating and teaching a course on Wordpress. If you were paying to watch my videos, what would you hope to find in such a course?
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posted by brenton
on Sep 4, 2010 -
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I'm part of a blog collective with some 20 blogs, running Wordpress MU. We're having a world of trouble with our hosting provider an sys admin. Help us switch.
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posted by falameufilho
on May 31, 2010 -
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I like Tumblr. Is there blogging software out there that can do the same thing on my own hosted space?
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posted by teraspawn
on May 27, 2010 -
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What can I do for 30 minutes a day to improve my WordPress skills from "intermediate" to "advanced"?
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posted by Shepherd
on May 26, 2010 -
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I've got a personal Wordpress (2.0.4) blog at my domain. I'd like to archive that blog, and create a new one (at the same domain) for work-related blogging. What's the best way of going about it?
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posted by ocherdraco
on Feb 19, 2010 -
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What is the, ugh, I hate to even type it: best vlogging system? I have scoped out a few possibilities but would like something fully built for it.
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posted by wcfields
on Dec 2, 2009 -
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My blog is getting bombarded by a new kind of pingback spam. The pingbacks are produced by a WordPress plugin that appears to mine the web for links related to blog content, which then triggers a pingback notification. Can anyone help me identify the plugin, so I can possibly work to block the pingbacks?
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posted by arielmeadow
on Aug 20, 2009 -
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How does a lowly unpaid blog contributor tell his/her bosses that the whole site needs a major redesign?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 22, 2009 -
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Journal replacement (Wordpress?) – seeking blog software that will allow me to designate categories of users with permissions to view content.
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posted by dreamphone
on Dec 10, 2008 -
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WordpressFilter: Haven't blogged in about three months, and am considering a return at the same URL, but don't want to inherit all my old spam comments. Would deleting the Wordpress installation at that address then re-installing it essentially reset the spam, allowing me to better control it this time? FWIW, I've been using Akismet, etc., to monitor and catch most spam but would like as clean a slate as possible.
posted by sjuhawk31
on Nov 4, 2008 -
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I'm trying to add a username in Wordpress that has an apostrophe in it (like Jerry O'Connell). It's telling me this is not allowed. Can I work around this?
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posted by kerning
on Aug 19, 2008 -
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Book-blog hosting: Is there a free and easy blog host that allows me to use my own Amazon affiliate links?
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posted by RogerB
on Aug 18, 2008 -
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Are there any tools for posting to multiple WordPress blogs without having to go to each site's control panel?
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posted by randomthoughts
on Aug 13, 2008 -
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Wordpress/PHP question. I'm working on a Wordpress theme and want to use an algorithm to alter some of the HTML it emits. I've got a general idea of how to do this, and could probably manage a brutish implementation on my own, but my PHP-fu is weak and there is probably a better way.
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posted by adamrice
on Jun 30, 2008 -
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CSS, WordPress Themes, HTML: Trying to custom-design my new blog's design; only three images out of ~10 appearing.
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posted by reductiondesign
on Jun 22, 2008 -
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I don't like the WordPress 2.5 look and feel. I am not interested in switching CMSes. What are my options for basic postings to my blog with minimal interaction with the WordPress interface?
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posted by jessamyn
on Jun 18, 2008 -
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I run a couple of WordPress blogs. Sometimes a reader will leave an excellent comment. I would love to find a plugin (or an easy method) to highlight these great comments, similar to the way AskMe highlights best answers. I can't figure out how to do this. Do you have any suggestions?
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posted by jdroth
on Apr 18, 2008 -
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I've recently moved my blog to a collaborative environment and we're using Wordpress (and I have been for over a year now), but I'm having trouble figuring out a way for us to work that is as seamless as possible with the Wordpress install. I need some help figuring out what tools to use!
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posted by Gideon
on Apr 18, 2008 -
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Is there a blog service that has all the features I need? I've tried Blogger, Livejournal, and Wordpress.com, but none of them seems like quite the ticket. See inside for the 3 features I'm looking for.
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posted by jejune
on Apr 16, 2008 -
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New blog at
Wordpress.com. Would like to use
w.bloggar as my desktop editor for posts. Everything's configured properly and looking great, except for this error I get when I start up w.bloggar: "w.bloggar: 401 / Your blog server returned the following error message: / Sorry, you must be able to edit posts on this blog in order to view categories." I'm sure there's a simple explanation, but googling and FAQ digging turn up nothing. What gives?
posted by freudenschade
on Feb 21, 2008 -
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I've set up a self hosted blog. I've got it looking pretty much how I want it, but I want a javascript based "advert" (it's an animated Kiva.org thing) in the sidebar. The blogging platform is Wordpress, which doesn't allow javascript
if the blog is hosted on their servers.
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posted by Rabulah
on Jan 6, 2008 -
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I gifted my family a Wordpress blog (it's all up and designed and everything). I want a virtual center for our family that now spans the globe and can't get together often. However, how can I get the older coots to not only understand WHAT a blog is but how to use it. They use the interwebs. But only to look up the goofy stuff old people like - like when Murder She Wrote is on. Or to hate on George Bush. But not so much to interact. More inside.
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posted by tkchrist
on Dec 23, 2007 -
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Very limited webhost features, very fond of content management. Help a student update things easily?
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posted by betafilter
on Aug 11, 2007 -
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[Wordpress 2.2.1 Filter] How can I make Wordpress stop thinking too much for me when it comes to text formatting, etc?
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posted by beaucoupkevin
on Jul 18, 2007 -
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I'm running an online symposium using Wordpress, & it is a fixed-term six-week event. After that, I'd like to be able to keep a permanent "snapshot" archive of the site for burning and distributing on CD (for offline reading & passing out at conferences, where there is likely to be no net connection).
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posted by media_itoku
on Jul 9, 2007 -
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I have a personal blog running under Movable Type. I want to move to WordPress. I've exported the existing entries to a text file, so that's good.
However, a couple years ago my
previous MT install tanked (
similar to this). I cannot access it.
I have several years worth of posts that are stuck in a database that I can't get to. I've been gradually moving these by hand to my existing MT install, but that's a pain in the ass. Is there some automated way to crawl/scrape the existing HTML files in order to retrieve these "lost" entries? Some way to break back into a corrupt MT database? Some way to repair it? (The install is BerkelyDB-based.)
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posted by jdroth
on Jun 29, 2007 -
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Easiest way to cross-post some (but not necessarily all) entries from a WordPress-powered blog to a LiveJournal account?
posted by Robot Johnny
on Oct 31, 2006 -
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