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We’re currently trialling OnlyWire to get posts automatically published on social media sites. How it works: 1. Sign-up for an OnlyWire account. 2. Configure your website details 3. Configure your social media channels 4. Install and configure the “submitter” on your machine. We’re using the RSS feed option, so OnlyWire reads the feedburner RSS feed, [...]

STOP SOPA / SOPA BLACKOUT

Posted: 17th January 2012 by q292u in DevBlog
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January 18th is STOP SOPA day. This site will be participating in the SOPA blackout (18.1.2012) The site will remain dark from 8am EST to 8pm. For information on what this is all about, visit http://sopablackout.org/

We’ve had trouble re-activating feedwordpress after maintenance twice this week. It turns out that the plugin tries to revalidate ALL it’s feeds.. We have a LOT of feeds! Our solution is to change the link category for the rss feeds to an empty one, then activate fwp, and tell fwp to use the new link [...]

We are now using SKIMLINKS to monetise the content on some of our sites. This works by creating shopping links for any keywords it finds in the content. It’s simple to install, simply a WordPress plugin, once you have registered and been verified by Skimlinks. The best configuration is via a custom domain, ie go.website.com, [...]

We are now using the excellent LinkClaw service to manage, monitor and promote backlinks to all our sites. What it does is monitor and check all backlinks to any sites you ask it to. So if you have paid good money for a link on a top site, LinkClaw makes sure it’s still there. It [...]

We’ve now switched all of our sites to WPtouch This works by detecting what kind of device you are using, and serving up the mobile version if it’s appropriate. It also has option for iOS, such as “Web App Mode”, which means that you can view the site without the web browser “gubbins” around it. [...]

Site Revamp

Posted: 20th October 2011 by q292u in DevBlog
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We’ve had a bit of a spruce-up. The new theme is “greyzed” by “the forge”. It includes feedburner RSS, Feedburner e-mail, amd social media integration as standard, and looks amazing. Let us know what YOU think..

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