BlogFlat is a new hosting site aimed to provide quality blogging services for everyone for free. It is powered by WordPress MU. From the about page, here is what you can get: Your own subdomain (name .blogflat.com) Tons of nice WordPress themes More tons of useful WordPress plugins Customizable CSS code Your own e-mail address (name @blogflat.com) SEO tools There is still a lot that can be done to improve BlogFlat. Would love to see a detailed list of themes that are available. I haven’t signed up yet simply because I don’t need yet another blog. Have you got your…

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Have you made a quick post, hurriedly hit the publish button and then suddenly realize you have a few glaring mistakes in it. So, what’s the big deal? Simply edit the post and everything is back to normal. Well, it is a big deal when your blog is highly popular and you have a huge number of readers subscribed to your feed. Enter Feed Pauser. Feed Pauser, pauses a post from being made available through RSS. Below is a video explaining how to setup Feed Pauser on your blog. Whenever you publish a new post, Feed Pauser captures the publish…

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So, who doesn’t want to make money? The internet has great scope for making money and here are a few ways you can do so. Google Adsense Everyone knows Adsense and a good number of people use it. Adsense is one of my favorite programs and serves as my primary sources of revenue. You can paid for clicks on your advertisements. However, it must be warned that Google is very strict about you clicking on your own ads. You also make money by allowing advertisers to advertise in your feeds or by adding Google Search to your blog. Text Link…

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Last week Microsoft released Windows Live Writer Beta. The release includes added support for video. You can now insert videos from Soapbox and YouTube, as well as upload to them. There is a new skin and several more feature enhancements for images, better features to author blogs. You can spell check in several more languages. For me, English is the only language, so not much benefit for me there! One of the best features I like is the ability to add categories directly to my WordPress blog with search and type-down filtering. Give it a shot, if you haven’t already….

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In an announcement on their blog, Intense Debate stated that they have been acquired by Automattic. IntenseDebate is a comment system that enhances and encourages discussion on your blog or website. This is done via comment threading, replying via email and an ability to import and export comments. What’s in store for us users? Automattic plans on keeping IntenseDebate an independent entity as was in the case of Gravatar. Which means that even non-WordPress users have an opportunity of using the service. Currently IntenseDebate has been converted to a private beta by invitation only. I’ve applied. Should be interesting to…

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Two weeks back, Matt announced that Automattic is testing WordPress.com ads on post and tag pages. I don’t spend much time on any WordPress.com sites, so I can’t say I have seen any ads. Today, they have added a new premium option. Now, for 30 credits a year, i.e. $0.08/day you can go completely ad-free. This upgrade ensures that no on will see any ad on your blog for as long as you remain subscribed to the upgrade. Are you hosted at WordPress.com? What do you have to say about the ads? Would you purchase this upgrade?

Have spent the last two week coding and was able to churn out three plugins for WordPress. Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks Close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your post automatically at intervals set by you TwitterCounter Integrate TwitterCounter.com badges on your blog to display the number of followers you have on Twitter Digg Integrate Add a “Digg This” button to your post.

WordPress 2.6.2 was released yesterday in order to fix the bugs due to SQL Column Truncation and the weakness of mt_rand(). This has been termed an annoyance rather than a severe security risk, but if you have open registrations, then it is recommended that you upgrade your blog to the latest version. Another reason would be to remove the irritating “Please update now” notice in wp-admin! I’ve made available a 2.6.1 to 2.6.2 update file for users currently running WordPress 2.6.1 based on the full changeset and list of changed files. The download link is at the bottom of this…

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I mentioned two days back that Movable Type Pro is available for Bloggers. The August 13 release post on the Movable Type Blog announced the new features available in Movable Type Pro 4.2. Well, I’m impressed! And, I’m sure that many others are as well. Infact, I am very interested in trying out this version. Hmmm, now all I need to find is a topic to blog about! The post has a video that quickly summarizes the features of Movable Type Pro 4.2. Must see to get a quick overview of things. Well, and Lloyd of A Fool’s Wisdom has…

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In an amazing attempt to fight the competition, which I believe is primarily WordPress, Movable Type is now allowing bloggers and K-12 Educational Institutions to download Movable Type Pro. The Movable Type Pro Blogger License comes with Unlimited blogs, authors and community profiles. However, support comes at a fee or $99. So, will you shift to Movable Type Pro? Download Movable Type Pro for Bloggers Via: Quick Online Tips