Category Archives: Blogging Tips

Really Stopping Scrapers

By Kabitzin | Published: July 20, 2010
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Making Your Screencaps Pop

By Kabitzin | Published: June 12, 2010
I often see caps that are simply resized, and I wanted to show the steps that can be used to make screencaps look even hotter.  Just like the “ugly girl” in chick flicks, sometimes a few superficial changes can bump the hotness up several notches.  I use Photoshop for this tutorial, but keep in mind [...]
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SS!AB 2010 Redesign

By Kabitzin | Published: April 25, 2010
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Looking Ahead At SS!AB 2010

By Kabitzin | Published: April 9, 2010
I was reading some news about what is planned for WordPress 3.0 and 2010, the new default theme, and I realized it’s been over a year since the last redesign.  As much as revamping the site is a chore, things change and new features arise. SS!AB is a pretty large and old site (as far as [...]
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Schedule Missed Errors

By Kabitzin | Published: December 21, 2009
With the automatic upgrade features in WordPress now, I didn’t give upgrading WP 2.9 a second thought.  Unfortunately, the next day Epi alerts me that one of his scheduled 12 Days of Christmas posts had not been published.  Imagine my surprise when I went into the Posts area and see the post with a Missed [...]
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Absorbing Other Blogs

By Kabitzin | Published: August 13, 2009
A couple people have asked me about this, and it turns out that it is actually fairly easy to merge blogs.  Step 1: Backup your database.  Step 2: Admit you ignored step 1 and this time backup your database for real.  Ok, now you’re ready to proceed.
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Integrating Google Search Into Your WordPress Theme

By Kabitzin | Published: May 8, 2009
As I’m sure most of you know, the WordPress search function is terrible; hell, even the developers know that WP search sucks. WP search returns results in reverse date order (rather than in order of relevancy), and it has a lot of trouble with phrases. After seeing Hung give it a spin at AnimeNano, I [...]
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blogRank Launched

By Kabitzin | Published: May 5, 2009
As bloggers, we always wonder how to measure our own progress and success. Different bloggers use different metrics. Many rely on RSS membership but I have seen blogs with thousands of RSS subscribers that hardly send any traffic to a blog they link to. Others such as Technorati rely on the number of links but [...]
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2009 Redesign

By Kabitzin | Published: February 5, 2009
Wow, it’s been over a year since I last revamped the theme! The change is not as drastic as the last redesign, and I decided to keep the same basic blue-green color scheme. I’ve come to associate these colors with SS!AB (and a few sports teams), and the last time I tried to play around [...]
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Spam Plugin Update 2008

By Kabitzin | Published: September 19, 2008
I noticed a Twitter topic started by Caitlin, and so I decided to post my updated impressions. Let me know if there is some ultimate plugin that totally melts spam faces, and I will try it out. Anyway, the big 3 that you usually see are:
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