Silkenhut’s World

Pinoy blogging experiences. Includes blogging tips, technical blogging guides, wordpress, and SEO.

Make your blog descriptions DESCRIPTIVE

If you are a first time visitor to this blog and you would like to know what this blog is all about, you’d probably look at the top part of the blog and you will be greeted with this…

Pretty helpful right? Now what is the blog all about? It’s not just another WordPress weblog.

Unless you will go to the archives, and browse around the posts, you will not know that this blog is about blogging tips and technical blogging tips. This is one of the mistakes I made earlier in my blog. The mistake of not…

Making the blog description describe clearly what the blog is all about.

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Using Phpmyadmin via wordpress dashboard

I am always looking for ways to add more features to my wordpress installation through plug-ins. This time, I found this plug-in that lets you access your database using phpmyadmin in your wordpress dashboard.

Before I found this, I would be going to the cpanel just to see the database. However, with this plug-in, I don’t need to do that. Me and you can just do the following:

  1. Download the wordpress phpmyadmin plug-in
  2. Activate the plug-in
  3. Go to Manage->phpMyAdmin
  4. Enjoy! ^_^

To those who want to see the screenshot, just click on this post’s permalink.

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You are sitting in your chair with your computer in front of you. You are now excited to write something on your blog however your idea bulb is not flashing at all. You think about it and start to wait, hoping that an idea will gracefully waltz itself into your brain. Minutes passed and you are getting frustrated. Nothing! Not even a tiny spark on your idea bulb. Will you still wait for the idea to come to you?

Don’t wait for the idea to come to you, go to where the idea is. So now, the question is, where should you go? I will give you some locations on where ideas like to hang out.
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Ever been in a state where you feel you have run out of ideas to write about? You feel that you have squeezed your brain into a pulp but still not even a single drop of idea leaks out? You might start to think, “Oh no! What should I do? If I don’t post today, I’ll be labeled as an inconsistent blogger and my readers will leave me!” Then you will change your schedule for today, “Today, I’m not going to eat, bath or even breathe until I publish a new article“.

So if ever you feel that you’ve run out of ideas, I’ve got tips for you!

Don’t Panic

This is the first thing that you should do. Do not panic! When you panic, you put a lot of pressure to yourself and you will not be able to think well. Remember that this is not a race. You should write at your own pace. Do not force yourself to write just because you have to. Do not be a slave to your blog where the blog commands you to “Write on me! or suffer!!!“. Do not compare this to schoolwork or your job where you have to meet deadlines or face the consequences.

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Silkenhut reaching out Issue 4

Alright! One day after the blog’s first monthsary! I am so happy that my blog is one month old now and I wish to thank everyone who has visited, commented, browsed, tagged and just anything you did as long as you got to know my blog.

Ok, here we have issue 4 of the Silkenhut’s reaching out series. If you still don’t know what I am doing, here’s a little explanation. Every week, I select a few blog posts from around the blogs that I visit and feature them here. I found these posts either informative or entertaining and would like to share them with you all. So bring out the links!

  • The dark side of advertising - Did you know that there is a dark side to advertising? If not then you should read this. It is a good eye opener.
  • The Opinion “Defense” - Are you always using the quote, “I’m entitled to my own opinion” as an excuse to your critics?
  • URL Icon - Ever wanted to add something different to your blog? You should try to add an URL Icon or a Favicon. It is something that could make your blog unique.
  • Link exchange? Not so fast - This is something to think about when requesting for link exchanges with bloggers.
  • Makati Police on Youtube - Even the authorities has used youtube to spread awareness against crimes. A fantastic job!
  • The Funniest Geek Quotes - GeekBoy says, “There are are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who does not“. NotGeekBoy replies, “You only mentioned two (2) out of ten (10) dumbass!!!” I always laugh when I see replies like this.
  • Be a YesAsia Associate - Mr. SELaplana shares to us how to earn by being a YesAsia Associate.
  • Five (5) reasons why visitors hardly comment on your posts - As expected from the pinoy blogero, once again he unleashes a great entry! ^_^
  • Ethical Blogging - Finally, somebody breaks the ice. A must read especially if you have doubts on a blogger “too young” to be an expert in “making money online”.

This week I learned how to use RSS feeds. As you can see, I have more links to share because I used RSS. So expect that my next posts will be about RSS haha.

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