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WordPress 2.5 has been released! Of course I am typing this post in 2.5..

Check it out (they have even released a new website design): http://wordpress.org

And here is the upgrade guide…

Here is a simple way to put an AdSense ad, or any other ad for that matter, after the first post in your WordPress blog. This will only work on your main page, not on an individual post page.

Okay, let’s get started. Open up your index.php file or go into the WordPress control panel > Presentation > Theme Editor and choose Main Index Template on the right

Find the line that starts with:

<?php if (have_posts())

Add this line of code above it:

<?php $count = 1; ?>

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These days it seems every blog does paid blog posts in some way. The top blogs and down to the low traffic blog does it. Yes, even Easy Webbers does paid blog posts now and then.

I will not discuss paid blog posts in general or its downside and upsides. No, I rather want to discuss the need to tell your readers about the very fact that they are reading an advertisement and not one of your “regular” posts.

Your readers expect you to be honest to them. It’s really just common sense. If your readers caught you doing paid blog posts with out a proper disclosure you will experience a downside that is far greater that telling in your posts properly that this is a paid blog post.

But how do you disclose in a proper way then? Well, the easiest way is to do like we do on Easy Webbers. We tell the readers at the end of every paid blog posts that this is actually not an ordinary post but a paid blog post. If they want more information we link them to our disclosure policy that is located on the advertise page.

If you need help with creating a proper disclosure policy there is help to get! Disclosurepolicy.org let’s you easily generate a disclosure policy that fits your needs.

The ix web hosting is currently providing good package of web hosting services at market competitive rates. It’s difficult to compare the services of IX and powweb to find out which one is currently providing best web hosting service to their clients. Both are trying to lead in providing best webhosting domain name registration and other services to their clients.

The famous John Chow shares some ways to get more traffic to your blog in “Lab with Leo“. Most of the “ideas” are pretty much common sense but it’s still a good video to watch with useful information.

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Care to guess what happens on October 15th?

On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future.

Easy Webbers has, like many of you already know, been promoting green web hosts, sharing ideas and tips on how you can live more green and many other stuff related to our environment. So of course we will join in on this day. You and your blog should too.

http://www.blogactionday.org

I was doing one of my favorite things yesterday, and yes, it was surfing on the web trying to find something else I could bring into discussion.

I had run up on an unusual piece of software and as usual scrolled to the bottom of the page to check out the small print when a particular word caught my eye; screwturn and I couldn’t wait to give that one a left click. To make a long story short screwturn was the name of the program the site had been created with and believe me, it looked great!

 You can do about anything with screwturn , try it out, discuss it, download it, use it, what ever, it’s free, open source and available in several different packages to fit your needs.  Give it a spin!         Â

It seems like more and more people are getting into Word Press than ever before and I think it will only grow in popularity as time goes by.

20 WordPress Themes that Don’t Disappoint

http://share.clarklab.net/articles/wordpress/20-wordpress-themes-that-dont-disappoint/

I see that it has become possible for me to create a theme for Word Press now. Why, you don’t have to have any knowledge in HTML, JS, PHP, or CSS. This one has just been released by Yvoschapp, don’t ask how to pronounce that please.

The link will take you right to the generator and you can see just how simple it is.

http://www.yvoschaap.com/wpthemegen/

Good luck!

The results of the Best of Brit Blog Awards 2007 are in!

From the adventures of two friends travelling the world, to the everyday lives of a coop of chickens, the cream of the British blogosphere has been recognised in the Metro/Ask.com Best Of Brit Blog Awards. The awards aimed to recognise the best online writing talent across eight categories – with shortlists drawn from over a thousand nominations by Ask.com and Metro readers.

The categories included Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Sport, Fashion, Technology, Travel, Youth and Weird & Wonderful. Links to winners and runners-up in each category are included.

So you want to start blogging but should you go with a hosted or standalone blogging platform? In this post I will explain these two options and the upsides and downsides of them. Please share your thoughts and ideas by making a comment.

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