Blogging Classes @ LVS Online

Free Premium WordPress Theme

Bean — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:19:44 +0000

Students registering for the January session of the blogging studio course, Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune will have the opportunity to win a free premium theme from StudioPress. Over the holidays, StudioPress had a contest for a free premium theme and I won! Lucky me I already have a Pro Plus All Theme [...]

Blogging Authority: What is it and Why is it important?

Bean — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:16:51 +0000

Whenever I begin to help a new student or client with blogging, I ask them to answer three really important questions: What is the intent of your blog? Who is your audience for your blog? What is your authority in your blogging topic? The authority question is almost always the hardest for people to answer. In other words, why [...]

Start the New Year with new skills

Bean — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:23:14 +0000

UPDATE: Didn’t get registered before classes started? No worries! You can register late through 1/16. There is a $5 late registration fee and you must use this link to register. What are your New Years’ resolutions? Is this the year that you are going to start that blog, build that web site or figure what in the [...]

What’s new with WordPress 2.9?

Bean — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:28:14 +0000

WordPress 2.9 has been eagerly anticipated by bloggers seeking image management improvements. WP 2.9 does boast some cool new image tools but as Matt Mullenweg points out: This is the first wave of our many planned media-handling improvements. In other words, like a kid the day after Christmas, I can choose to delight in what I did [...]

Your attempt to edit this post has failed in WordPress 2.9

Bean — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:03:00 +0000

A lot of us dread to upgrade our software because of messages just like this your attempt to edit this post has failed Most often it is due to an incompatibility with a plugin. It appears that is the problem here as well. The very popular plugin Twitter Tools is the most likely culprit. If you see [...]

Writer’s block: Brainstorming to beat the block

Bean — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:53:07 +0000

I’ve been playing with words all my life, but no matter what genre I was engaged in, from limericks to legal thesis, there were always times of writer’s block. Recently I began blogging and I found this phenomenon followed me there as well. I’m honored that Bean has asked me to share about this issue, [...]

Week Six: Blog Tags and Categories

lorelle — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:58:31 +0000

Welcome to Week Six: Tags and Categories with Lorelle VanFossen In this week’s session, we’re going to talk about blog categories and tags. As you go through the exercises listed below, use the following three step filter: Your tags and categories must: Group related content into “bodies of work” Provide navigation to related content Send a clear message about your blog’s [...]

Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune suggestions

Bean — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:08:10 +0000

Greetings current and potential students and alumni! It is time for me to start planning the topics to be covered for the November session of Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune. I have a bunch of ideas brewing from my experiences at WordCamp Portland and my experiences from organizing WordCamp Seattle but I want to [...]

New Student Blogs Sept 09

Bean — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:45:24 +0000

Its a new school year and a new set of student blogs are on the horizon. Put the URL of your brand new blog in the comments and I will add them to the blogroll. I am always excited to see what you come up with!

Is your WordPress blog under attack?

Bean — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:49:29 +0000

A few weeks ago, I warned students about the necessity of keeping their WordPress blog updated. If your blog is hosted on wordpress.com, it is updated. This warning is for self hosted blogs. The latest version, WordPress 2.8.4, closes a hole in previous versions that allowed hackers to create a backdoor administrator account on your [...]