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Archive for June, 2008

Social Proof: Increase subscribers to your blog by displaying your feed stats

Miriam Schwab | June 12, 2008 | 2 Comments
Last night I attended MashBash Tel Aviv, an intimate gathering of Mashable's Adam Hirsch and 800 of his closest friends from the Israeli hi-tech industry. In between having fun and getting served free drinks for three hours, I managed to learn something new. I learned about "social proof." Social ... View Post

I want a WordPress plugin to…

Miriam Schwab | June 11, 2008 | 4 Comments
So you've got a shiny new WordPress blog, and you really want to add a cool feature that either demands programming the feature into your site, or even better, finding the perfect plugin so that you can add the feature with a few clicks. The conventional way of finding plugins is to either search the ... View Post

WordPress Garage comments feed fixed

Miriam Schwab | June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment
Ryan Hellyer just pointed out that the comments feed here at WordPress Garage was not working, and apparently hasn't been working since the end of April. I wonder if it had to do with upgrading to 2.5... In any case, I've fixed the problem and it's working now, so you can subscribe ... View Post

Get to know every line of your comments.php WordPress theme file

Miriam Schwab | June 3, 2008 | 2 Comments
There is one WordPress theme file that I almost never touch when working on a theme: comments.php. I usually style WordPress comments via the CSS sheet, and that's that. Well, there's a lot you can do to customize and extend WordPress comments if you just know how. ... View Post

When a WordPress plugin for foreclosures is released, you know it’s a recession

Miriam Schwab | June 3, 2008 | 4 Comments
I always think I've seen everything, until something even crazier comes along. Foreclosure.com, a site that lists nationwide foreclosure data, has released a WordPress plugin that adds foreclosure listings to their Web sites. The WordPress Foreclosure Listings Plugin delivers a complete real estate search and navigation environment quickly and easily by ... View Post

Automatic thumbnail image resizing options

Miriam Schwab | June 1, 2008 | 8 Comments
I manage a few blogs that use thumbnail images to spruce up the appearance of the site, and make it more enjoyable for readers. As we've discussed here in the past, an efficient method for adding thumbnails to your ... View Post