Monthly Archives: June 2009

Web Site Monitoring – Monitor Your Web Site for Free

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Wayne

Web site monitoring is an important part of operating a web site, and it allows you to know when your site is down.  Fortunately, it’s easy to set up and you can monitor your web site for free using a … Continue reading →

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Unable to create hyperlinks in WordPress posts problem

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Wayne

After I migrated to WordPress, I opened a post and was unable to create a hyperlink. When I tried, I selected some text and clicked the Insert/edit Link button and instead of getting the insert/edit link screen, I was presented … Continue reading →

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How to Migrate Blog Post Images from BlogEngine to WordPress

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Wayne

I recently migrated my entire blog to a new host and a new blogging platform. While doing the transition, I took notes, analyzed my options and made the jump from BlogEngine to WordPress just last weekend. This post addresses one … Continue reading →

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The Migration to WordPress is Complete

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Wayne

Over the weekend I followed through on my plan to migrate my blog over to WordPress.  My migration is now complete, for the most part. I spent most of my day on Saturday reviewing every single aspect of the old … Continue reading →

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Updated BlogML Import Class for WordPress

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Wayne

When you export all your post data from BlogEngine and try to import the data file into WordPress using Aaron Lerch’s BlogML import class, I found that it does not include any of the commentators URL’s, which means all those … Continue reading →

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Weird Al Yankovick: Craigslist

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Wayne

I was impressed with the way Weird Al Yankovick captured the essence of Jim Morrison on this one. Even though Jim Morrison was before my time, I always idolized him and was fascinated by his attitude, enthralled by his poetry, … Continue reading →

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Why I Decided To Migrate to WordPress

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Wayne

I recently announced that I'm migrating my blog over to WordPress, and I thought that there might be some benefit to others if I explained how I reached this decision. There are personal reasons as well as what could call … Continue reading →

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WayneJohn.com is Migrating From BlogEngine to WordPress

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Wayne

Sometime this week I’m migrating this blog from BlogEngine to WordPress. It’s been given a lot of thought, and I’ve spent many hours pondering the pro’s and con’s of migrating from one platform to the other. There are a few … Continue reading →

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My Efforts Are Yielding Results

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Wayne

Just a quick update because I have a little time right now. The past few months for me have been incredibly hectic. With new sites going up, some for testing purposes and others that I hope will take flight, I'm … Continue reading →

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You know something is afoot when…

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Wayne

The one parking spot you find hosts a jacked up meter like the one above.  What the hell am I supposed to make of this? The display is all fuggered, did someone beat it?  Is it still cool to park … Continue reading →

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Passive Shopping Subscriptions from DealAppeal.net

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Wayne

One of the tidbits of information that I’ve been holding back from everyone is a subscription component for the DealAppeal.net site. I needed to get this component written, tested and in production before announcing it. After all, there are other … Continue reading →

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Make eBay Affiliate Sales Easier with CybersEbay WordPress Plugin

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Wayne

If you are running a WordPress site, I want your attention.  If you are selling eBay products, I want your attention.  If you are trying to make money as an eBay affiliate, I want your attention.  I have something that … Continue reading →

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Grooming Twitter Traffic For The Future

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Wayne

I'm grooming twitter traffic for the future. How many times did you hear your mother say “Sit up straight in your chair?” If you're like me, too many times to count. Not sure why I wasn't able or willing to … Continue reading →

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eBay Daily Deal Contest Promotion

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Wayne

document.write(“”); eBay has created a contest that allows affiliates to promote eBay's daily deals and earn a chance to win $1,000 each week of the contest. Needless to say, I hopped all over this contest. In fact, I created a … Continue reading →

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Getting Indexed By Search Engines

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Wayne

After you build a blog or web site, you might notice that all that traffic you expected isn’t showing up and you’re not getting indexed by search engines. Perhaps you don’t see the hits coming in that you thought would … Continue reading →

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