Jul 19, 2008
July 19th, 2008 by Paul's posterous
Notes from today’s conference:
If you’re using Akismet on a commercial site (or are making over $500 per month) you should be paying for a commercial licence. See Akismet.com.
Bad Behaviour plugin also recommended as a pre-Akismet filter to save bandwidth if you get a lot of spam.
If meta tag description is same on all pages (default), Google seems to think they’re all ’similar pages’ and omits from initial results.
Wordpress creates a lot of duplicate content which Google doesn’t like. AllInOne SEO plugin allows you to noindex archives to prevent that.
BackUpWordpress plugin - I should really have backup habits. WPDmanager recommended by some, which includes scheduled backups. The biggest it’s worked for in this room is only 500 posts. I’d need to test on mine (1000 posts). Some web hosts allow you to schedule database backups too.
MaxBlogPress ping optimiser plugin prevents you being classed a ping spammer but asks for email address and sends you junk
cForms plugin allows you to set up more accessible verification processes rather than captcha. Also allows you to set up form with upload functionality.
RoleManager also recommended. Can also deinstall and the customisations remain.
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Jul 15, 2008
July 15th, 2008 by paulbradshaw
Here’s another one:
“If you are a UK based not-for-profit organisation or community group looking to extend your work through the use of the Internet you could be eligible for one of 30 cash grants available. Five overall winners will also win technology equipment of their choice and a one-to-one workshop with celebrity Dotcom entrepreneur and co-founder of lastminute.com Martha Lane Fox.” [Read more]
Jul 15, 2008
July 15th, 2008 by paulbradshaw
Journalists looking for ways to fund innovative uses of technology might want to try the inaugural European e-Inclusion Awards. The Awards aim to “celebrate the best and most imaginative uses of Information and Communications Technology to reduce digital and social exclusion.” This may not scream ‘journalism’ but I think there is potential there for some innovative editorial- and community-driven ideas. [Read more]
Jul 15, 2008
July 15th, 2008 by paulbradshaw
Independent free music magazine Bearded is launching a curious initiative to try to fund the magazine through reader donations. ‘BeardAid‘ asks readers to “give £2 a month in exchange for exclusive music content, free magazines, discounts and free entry to Bearded gigs as well as a host of freebies.”
So, a music club then? Well, only if you’ve got your Old Media hat on. Because the magazine is explicitly inviting readers to be part of their project, rather than simply paying money. I’ve spoken before about ‘punk capitalism‘ and this seems to me to be another example. Not only that, but it’s another symptom of the disintermediation of the media industry - more on that later. [Read more]
Jul 11, 2008
July 11th, 2008 by aaa
News is breaking that the Guardian Media Group will announce today that it has acquired digital news site paidContent “for a price “north of $30 million. [Read more]
Jul 7, 2008
July 7th, 2008 by Paul's posterous
Jul 4, 2008
July 4th, 2008 by Paul's posterous
Now, here's an attached Word doc on Twitter
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Jul 4, 2008
July 4th, 2008 by Paul's posterous
So what happens once you've set a password? Is it just as easy…?
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Jul 4, 2008
July 4th, 2008 by Paul's posterous
Let's see what it does.
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Jul 4, 2008
July 4th, 2008 by paulbradshaw
The best thing that I took from this week’s 2gether08 event was yesterday’s announcement by blogging MP Tom Watson and Ofcom’s blogging Tom Loosemore of Show Us a Better Way.
The site (also a blog - notice a pattern here?) is releasing a range of public data and inviting people to mash them up, or come up with ideas to do so. In their words:
The UK Government wants to hear your ideas for new products that could improve the way public information is communicated. The Power of Information Taskforce is running a competition on the Government’s behalf, and we have a £20,000 prize fund to develop the best ideas to the next level. You can see the type of thing we are are looking for here. [Read more]
Worcampuk
