Last week, I noticed some problems in the True Blue Wordpress theme that I got from Easy wordpress. So what I did was to go to their support forum and post a question,

Hi,
I have been using the True Blue Theme for about two weeks now and I have noticed several problems.

1. The search function does not work. Check at http://silkenhut.com. Do a search and it just redirects to the homepage.
2. There is no <?php wp_footer(); ?> found anywhere in the code. I think this is required for some plugins to work (wordpress stats).

Please advice on what can be done about this. Thanks.

Guess what I got from what I posted? (link to my forum thread) Read the rest of this entry »

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I don’t know if any of you remember about my post that wordpress 2.4 will be realeased on January 24, 2008. Well, I forgot to announce the news that released a few weeks ago that there will be no wordpress 2.4.

The developers decided that due to the holidays last December, they are going to jump directly to Wordpress 2.5 which is scheduled to be released late March or early April. Based on their roadmap, it’s April 1.

Update: Wordpress 2.5 scheduled to be released on March 10, 2008 

Are you looking forward to the release of Wordpress 2.5?

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Ohh my aching body… I played badminton yesterday morning then basketball on the afternoon… but this aching body won’t stop me from delivering your links for the week! ^_^

• Yugatech tells us about his thoughts on “regulating wordpress plugins“. I agree with his sentiments because I also find myself editing the plugins I download once in a while just to make it work. (btw, Mr. Yuga, I’m sorry for forgetting about to write about this but thank you for the PHP 2000 Nokia Gift Cheque. )
• Are you an online buyer? Before buying anything, I’d suggest you check out Winston’s 6 tips before buying online.
• Did you know that blogging is not always about writing? There’s something else and it’s called reading.
• Here’s a writeup by Eli that tells us about Social bookmarking and why we should use it. I’ve been trying to be active in social bookmarking but I’ve been lazy. hehe
• Wow! Dexter’s on a roll with this tips. This time, he gave us ten tips on internal linking within your blog.

That’s it for this week. I got to look for a car. haha I’m eyeing Mazda 3… ohhh *drools* … ^_^

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Just out! 884 examinees successfully passed the Pisay exam! Congratulations to the new pisay passers.

Secretary Estrella F. Alabastro of the Department of Science and Technology announces the successful qualifiers to the Philippine Science High School System Search for Scholars for 2008. A total of 884 examinees of the 16,075 applicants successfully hurdled the rigid two-step screening administered on October 13, 2007 and December 15, 2007, respectively. The PSHS System has nine (9) campuses all over the country. The qualifiers will be notified directly by their respective campuses or they may get in touch with the Director of the PSHS Campus where they qualified.

Qualifiers should confirm with the PSHS campus where they qualified if they are accepting the scholarship or not, on or before February 29, 2008.

To know if you have passed, check out the official Philippine Science Website. Just type in your first name or surname.

(I’m waiting for Mikko’s own version of the results database. hehe)

Update: Mikko has released his own version, To know if you have passed, check out the Philippine Science High School Second Screening Exam results. Searchable by school and name.

Miscellaneous: Although this is not part of my seo plan, I’m glad that I’m ranking high on the search engine results when looking for these keywords. This is something new for my blogging experiences on how to rank high on search engines just by writing about it. ^_^

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If you want to learn more on how to rank high on search engines, follow me in my blogging experiences by subscribing to my feeds.

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Ever since I started using wordpress, I’ve been pretty amazed on the number of plugins it currently has and the numerous features that you can gain if you use those. I would like to share with you my personal list of Essential Wordpress Plugins that you should have.

I’ve broken them down into five (5) different parts:

1. For your blog’s visitors - This is to enhance the experience of the visitors in your blog. Make them happy and surely they will return to your blog.
2. For your blog’s protection - With numerous people getting hacked lately, you need all the protection that you need.
3. For search engines - In order to gain organic traffic (search engine traffic), you should make your blog look good in search engines.
4. For your blog’s functionality - Although wordpress already offers a lot of features, there are still some that we crave to have.
5. For your blog’s feeds -Not all your visitors read your blog by visiting the website itself. Sometimes, they just subscribe through your feeds and read them there. So you should also make your feeds presentable. Why don’t you subscribe to my feeds too?

Just a quick note: Most of the plugins mentioned in this post are just upload and activate. I will be telling you if you need to do something to make it work. I have personally tested and used each of these plugins. They work with the latest version of wordpress. Read the rest of this entry »

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