Archive for the 'resources' Category

Best Inspiration Bits in 2007

Friday, January 4th, 2008

With 197 posts under the belt of Inspiration Bit I’m bound to have articles that are melting into the past just like that 2007 candle above. Did you ever wonder how many sites have you visited in the past year, how many articles have you read? It must be somewhere between fifty to hundred thousand, […]

WP Vivtiger Image Resizer

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Back in April, during the Reader Appreciation Week, I’ve participated in a contest hosted by Ronald Huereca on his blog Ronalfy, and won a fabulous prize for giving two suggestions on how to improve his website. The prize was any non-monetary thing I wish for, and since Ronald is so great at writing plugins […]

8 Finest Bits Of Free Stock Photo Sites

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

We’ve all heard many times that “a picture is worth a thousand words”. I wonder who said that first? A quick search on Google leads me to Wikipedia with a fascinating exposé on the origins of this phrase. In 1927 an ad by Fred R. Barnard appeared in the advertising journal that said “One Picture […]

The Origin Of Words

Friday, June 8th, 2007

Did you ever wonder who coined a certain phrase, what is the origin of some words we often use but seldom think about how did they become a part of our vocabulary? I was writing my entry for Ronald’s Peeve Week when I stumbled upon a very interesting history on Wikipedia behind a certain word […]

Icon Resources and Tips For Styling Bulleted Lists

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

In my previous article I wrote about how paying attention to details will give a distinct and memorable look to your blog or website. One of those usually ignored elements are the bullets in the unordered lists. With a little bit of CSS magic and a unique set of icons you can turn your bulleted […]

8 Blog Rebels With The Cause

Friday, May 11th, 2007

In the ever expanding blogiverse it is really hard to get noticed and be different. After all, there are over 70 million blogs tracked by Technorati with over 120K blogs launching every day. So when I stumble upon a blog that stands out in the blogging crowd I feel very lucky. But when those blog […]

Tired Of Spam - Activate The Spam Stopper

Monday, April 16th, 2007

The very first plugin that I’ve activated on my blog was Akismet. During the first month or so I wasn’t sure if it was actually working or not, since it didn’t catch any spams, although I was already getting comments on my blog. Several weeks later it caught the first spam comment on my blog. […]

New Invaluable Wordpress Plugin - WP Ajax Edit Comments

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

There are many interesting blogs that we all visit and sometimes comment on. Sometimes when I was too eager to quickly submit my comment and move on to another post, or another blog, or get back to my work, I wasn’t proofreading my comment and only afterwards noticing a typo on my already published comment. […]