Whew! This week was a very busy week for me. I’m still finishing up my blog renovations. Thank you very much who have visited and commented on the new blog theme. Anyways, here is today’s issue!

• You can have the chance to Win up to $100 in Nspeaks first contest! To win first $50, you need to link to Nspeaks and also the the contest page. To win the second $50, you need to subscribe to their feeds, and watch out for a secret code between november 25 to november 30. It’s worth a try! ^_^
• Remember my post where I discussed 3 reasons why you should not publish a lot of entries in a short span of time, however, Macuha has a different perspective, he says that you should blog as often as you can. It is still up to the blogger which one he should follow.
• Selaplana teaches us on how to edit and personalize the screenshots for our blog.
• Just something to think about, computer trivias from Eli.
• It was used by DLSU fans in the UAAP against ADMU fans, “392 .. 488 … nuf said“. This was the result back in 2006, but for 2007, ADMU overtakes DLSU. I wonder what’s going to happen in UAAP Season 71?
• A new blog income oppurtunity, scratchback. Is this the next text-link-ads? Me scratches my head.

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What: I would like to inform you that there is a “Filipina Writing Contest” meetup.
When: November 28 from 6pm to 9pm
Where: Ponciana’s Kitchen, 67 Timog Ave. corner Sct. Torillo, South Triangle Quezon City
How to Join: Just confirm your attendance by leaving a comment at this post.

In this event, the winners of the Filipina Writing Contest will be announced. Here are the prizes that can be won! ^_^

• One (1) medium-sized Photo Collage 20″ x 30″ (Thanks Gallery 7 Digital Studio!)
• Three (3) Text Link Ad Space in Ratified for one month (Thanks Andrew Dela Serna!)
• One (1) Philippine delicacies gift basket (Thanks PinoyDelikasi!)
• Five (5) Google gift bags and Google AdWords Voucher (Thanks Aileen Apolo!)
• One (1) Customized Banner or Button (Thanks Juan Karlo Licudine!)
• Two (2) Strategic Problogging Audio E-Book (Thanks Manuel Viloria!)
• Five (5) Buy and Sell ad voucher (Thanks Alfox Computer Center!)
• Ten (10) Gift Bags (Thanks MyLittleBaker!)
• Three (3) Wordpress t-shirts for entries with link to our partner FilipinaImages.com (Thanks Noemi Lardizabal Dado!)

I really would have liked to come but my work does not permit me to do so. I’m currently on a 3pm to 12am shift so I can’t go. I hope that everyone who can come and join the Filipina Writing Contest Meetup enjoy to the fullest! ^_^

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Silkenhut’s World was down for nearly 2 days. Just when I have released my new theme for the blog, I can’t connect to it. What nice timing… -_- anyways, thanks to everyone and your comments. I’ll get back to them tomorrow. For now, I’m glad that the blog is back online.

I’m not sure if it was on my end (dns problems on my ISP) or a problem with my host. To those who have accessed my blog on November 24 evening up and the whole day of November 25, please tell me. Thanks.

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Alright, here it is. The new theme for the blog. haha I’m speechless and tired from all the blog renovations I’ve done this week.

Please comment on any bugs, violent reactions or just anything you want to say. hehe

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I remembered a tip by Jaypee where he told me that it would be better if the blog is located on the root domain instead of a subdomain such as “domain/blog”.

So I researched and tested my findings on a local install of wordpress first. After making it work, I tried it on my live blog. I did not get it at the first try but as of now, I think it already works. Before I start with the guide, let me answer some questions first the might be asked.

What exactly is this for?

This guide is for migrating your wordpress blog to another location. In this specific scenario, I changed the location of my blog from http://silkenhut to http://silkenhut.com.

What are the risks for this move?

• Tons of broken links (Internal - within your blog and External - those who link to you)
  • Fixing Internal Links - This can be solved by executing a sql command.
  • Fixing External Links - This can be solved through .htaccess.
• Broken links to images
  • Not yet solved
• Drop in Google pagerank
  • Since I don’t have control over the pagerank, I can’t do anything about this. ^_^
• Broken links from search engine results (until the search engines reindex your blog)
  • This can be solved through .htaccess
• Probable loss of traffic
  • This can be solved through .htaccess

Although I mentioned these risks, I’m currently looking for solutions on how to minimize or find a work around for these links. As of now, I’m currently checking the blog for more errors. If you find any error, please inform me right away.

//The guide is being constructed// Read the rest of this entry »

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