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Thirty Day Challenge: Stuart Wooster posted a message
“Hey 30DC'ers! I've been slow keeping up with Wordpress Direct info and I'm wondering can you actually change all the imaging on their themes? I want to make use of its functionality that everyone is raving about, but have my own look that I want to implement on my blog... Cheers!”
September 22 at 8:35 am - Link
Yes you can if you keep the images the same size and names as in the images folder, and don't erase any of the copyrighted text (encrypted). You will probably want to change the colours in the style.css file to your preference too (#123456) - Mark McGimpsey
I think what you mean is the theme... In that case you just need to find yourself a widget enabled theme for wordpress. Upload it and enable it and your good to go. - John W. Serra
Sure you can. I did. - Frann Leach
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goosh.org - the unofficial google shell.
September 21 at 9:06 am - Link
goosh is a google-interface that behaves similar to a unix-shell. - John W. Serra
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30dcLateStarers: Leigh posted a message
“Hi Folks, doing day 5 and 6 at present. Please follow me on twitter HireMyMum.”
September 19 at 3:57 pm - Link
Leigh, I follow you daily :) - BillRoze
OK, I got you too. It might be easier if the link is provided... https://twitter.com/HireMyMum - John W. Serra
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Thirty Day Challenge: Michael Roberts posted a message
“Having troubles getting a wordpess site to work. Uploaded the file but still isn't working. Just goes to index of thing again. My theme didn't upload a index file. So confused here! =P”
September 19 at 9:51 pm - Link
do you mean wordpressdirect? - Roy Gould
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confused... are you running on your own server or using wordpress direct... for a stand alone wordpress - you need the wordpress download http://www.wordpress.org/lates... for starter which will have an index.php - Rob Wilson via Alert Thingy
Are you trying to do it yourself, or through WordpressDirect? It sounds kind of like your on your own... If you can give us a little more information, maybe we can give you a helping hand. For instance... Windows/linux hosting?, ftp app used, etc. If your using WordpressDirect, again where are you hosting it? - John W. Serra
Here is the scoop! Sorry didnt' give details first time using FriendFeed and wasn't actually expecting anyone to respond. - Michael Roberts
Using Windows based operating system. (Vista). I will be hosting the site my self using Hostgator. I have a reseller account. - Michael Roberts
I follow their instructions on the Wordpress Direct site to upload the new website. 1. I type in my domain name and make sure I can get to the "index of" page. Everything is fine. The DNS is all correct. (I bought the site from register.com) 2. I choose a template from wordpressdirect and click upload now. 3. I enter the correct ftp username and password. type in the correct URL, etc. 4. I upload the site. - Michael Roberts
If you goto www.wiigolfgames.com you will see the two errors it is telling me. - Michael Roberts
Have you filed a ticket with WPD? - Roy Gould
Yes, I filed a ticket with them but they have not gotten back to me...I was just curios if I was doing something obviously retarded? - Michael Roberts
One possible reason might be DNS propagation. When you buy a domain and it is first pointed towards your hosting account, it takes 24 - 36 hours before the 'pointing' is recognised properly across the internet. Any time thereafter if you do a DNS redirect with your domain and point the domain to new servers, the same delay kicks in again. During this time it is difficult to reach your site by typing the domain name into your browser, unless you use the special numerical format usually sent - Mark McGimpsey
to you by email by your host provider in a response email to your purchase. In my own case with a recently pointed domain, I had WPD correctly install the domain, only for it to stop working shortly afterwards because the domain was re-targeting the old host files location. The domain alternated between the new and old locations on and off for almost a day, and of course each time WPD would stop working because it couldn't reach the correct hosting account. It's possible all your installation files might - Mark McGimpsey
not have been uploaded correctly. - Mark McGimpsey
I appreciate your input Mark, I will try erasing my website in WHM and then recreate it...(this way it will have all the files I need on there and all the junk I tried uploading will be gone) I will then re type in the DNS redirects...and then i won't touch my site until Monday. This should give it the time it needs to propagate. Then will try to upload from WordpressDirect on Monday. This sound like a decent plan of attack? - Michael Roberts
One more thing which might help is a site www.theproxyfree.com - where you can type in your domain name. Sometimes it is possible to see your domain correctly targeting your hosting files, when you are having difficulty reaching it otherwise. (It also bypasses site restrictions on your firms office computer). I've used it to check when I've experienced difficulty as outlined previously. You can also use it to check if your Router cache needs cleared. Sometimes Routers give problems too and need to be - Mark McGimpsey
switched off for a few minutes and turned back on. Sometimes you may even need to 'reset' your router and re-enter your security details, and they can get file corruption if on constantly for a year or more. I've had to do that once when it stopped allowing one of my computers access for no particular reason. You only need the DNS redirects if your host provider and domain registrar are different companies i.e you buy the domain from GoDaddy and your are hosted with HostGator. - Mark McGimpsey
Alright Mark, I appreciate your input. I will give it all a try...since WordPressDirect was just mainly confused by my ticket and told me to try again. =P Will wait 24hours and try again tom. - Michael Roberts
For what it's worth, Michael, I had trouble with my WPD blog at one point and when WPD could not help (they did try), I contacted Hostgator via their tech chat and they were incredibly helpful...they fixed my problem. I am not technically inclined in this regard so didn't care WHY or WHAT happened, only that it was fixed. I've not had a problem since. Seems it was a glitch that required fixing. Good luck. - Sue Dyson
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Thirty Day Challenge: Sam Deane posted a message
“Can someone help me out here with roboform - the full info is on here: http://www.thirtydaychallenge....”
September 19 at 1:43 pm - Link
I'm guessing you found the solution because Roboform does work with Flock. I just wanted to suggest an alternative that I have been using for the last 2-3 months. https://myvidoop.com/ The service is and openid server and a password manager. I haven't had any problems with it at all... - John W. Serra
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Thirty Day Challenge: Pere Serrano posted a link
“@Ed_Dale Hi Ed: I found AIR for Linux and got Twhirl running on Ubuntu Linux: http://twurl.nl/bzi8fn Tweet me if you want a detailed how to”
September 18 at 7:38 am - via Reshare - Link
Twhirl on Linux (Ubuntu) - Pere Serrano
I have Twhirl and Market Samurai running on Ubuntu. Really Great :-) - John W. Serra
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8 Directory Submission Red Flags
September 9 at 1:40 pm - Link
All web directories are not a like... This is good information to know for businesses trying to promote themselves on the web. - John W. Serra
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RocketWerx : phpBB3 Themes - Part II
September 9 at 6:54 am - Link
"I'm back to cry some more.... Could you possibly make a special offer to RocketTheme subscribers? We could pre subscribe, get some of these templates you already have (or even one each would be enough). It's just that now that I (we) have seen that you have what I (we) need, and I'm (we're) willing to pay, I can't get myself to go back and continue to work on something I'll be throwing away... I sure hope it will be sooner than later." - John W. Serra
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Screw Google Analytics I’m Liking Woopra - WinExtra
September 8 at 7:52 pm - Link
Okay let's get this out of the road first. I don't like the fact that this is a Java only application front-end for the desktop. I also think the name is just plain silly. Now that I have gotten that off my chest let me add on the plus side that I really like the product. - John W. Serra
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Tamar Weinberg posted an entry on Search Engine Roundtable
Should SEO Companies Offer Refunds?
September 3 at 7:44 am - Link
We get paid for our time the results may be subjective. no guarantees with SEO - Lazworld.com Inc Est 1998
I voted no on the poll, but I believe there is no easy answer. If the SEO company did not deliver on a contract, then there should be retribution. A shift in management does not constitute a good reason for wanting your money back. The old management would not have payed if they were not happy with the service. - John W. Serra
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SEM: Laurie McArthur posted a link
Official Google Blog: A fresh take on the browser
September 1 at 9:22 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
New! A new browser fro Google, Google Chrome. What will this mean for SEM. What will the new Google browser have in the tool bar? What info will it send back to base? - Laurie McArthur via Bookmarklet
I don't think it is about what more they can from us, they already do a pretty good job on that. IMHO, it is just a new, fun way to publish an RFC, and get people thinking about the direction they would like the browsers to take. Maybe it will turn into Firefox 4.0 or something... - John W. Serra
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Thirty Day Challenge: Greg posted a message
“Question about MS results. One keyword I examined 8 of the top ten sites listed were articles on EzineArticles.com. Obviously, many back links to Domain and authority site. Is this normal to have so many top sites as articles ? Does this make it easier or harder to get a high Google rank ?”
September 1 at 8:27 pm - Link
If the articles you mentioned aren't on their own domain, then I think it should be easy. - John W. Serra
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8 out of 10 where articles? I would jump on that word/phrase.... - CeoSeo
I would say, you should stay away - if the top 10 is already dominated by web 2.0 properties you'll have trouble competing. Because you're using the same techniques as these guys who got into the top 10 - many of them are probably 30DCers! I would not go after that phrase. - Elisa Gopin
It's either a war between the top two sites, or a dud phrase. Checkout the keywords that the ezarticles link to, because that's probably where the traffic really is. - Andy Roberts
thanks for the advice guys - Greg
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30dc linux: Marc posted a message
“Anyone having difficulties with the media downloads in this challenge? I've had two or three videos plus the podcast cut short no matter how many times I've downloaded them.”
August 29 at 5:18 am - Link
Yes, this happened to me with several of them - Marysia
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I should have added to my original post; have you found a way around it other than YouTube or the transcripts? - Marc
No, I haven't. Sorry. - Marysia
I have only had a problem a few times, mostly due to network timeouts dealing with Amazon's S3 and my networks. I did use wget in a console, or terminal window. Just copy the link from the web page for the SD or HD version and then in a terminal window type "wget http://link.to/file" and you should be fine. Wget manages longer stalls better than a browser will. You could even try "wget --tries=0 --continue http://link.to/file" to make sure it keeps trying and always continues from where it dropped off... - John W. Serra
Thanks John will give that a try. - Marc
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joomla: John W. Serra posted a message
“Does anybody know how to get the Friendfeed widget to work w/ Joomla? I tried using a custom module and past the javascript code into the editor in source mode, but it did not work...”
August 29 at 4:42 am - Link
I'm talking about 1.5 of course, otherwise I would use the module at http://extensions.joomla.org/c... - John W. Serra
You may have to go into Global config, turn off your editor, go back into mod and paste the code again. The internal editors sometimes whack out the code - or if you're brave, pop into the database itself w/ phpMyAdmin and paste it there. You may want to 'check out' that mod to ensure you remember not to mess with it once your editor is turned back on. - Cheryl Allin
WoW! Thanks Cheryl... I went with the database route. Turn off, then turn on just seemed too laborious... - John W. Serra
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Re: The Asus works (Scripting News)
August 28 at 11:19 am - Link
"I have to agree that the keyboard is quite adequate. Mine doesn't fall asleep on me, but then I don't use XP. I prefer Ubuntu Linux. Best of all is the size. It is great to be able to walk around with a bag no bigger than a thin loose feaf... I love my eeePC!!! I realize that we are on different operating systems, but I find that the Gimp is more than enough..." - John W. Serra
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Thirty Day Challenge: Jackson posted a message
“Hi everyone, I just got started on the 30DC! Just saying HI =]”
August 28 at 3:37 am - Link
Hi Jackson, By day three your head might feel like it will explode but it is totally worth it! Time well spent. - Glenna
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Me too!! I'm on day 1 today. Good luck. - Melissa Brehaut
Cheers! - Will Ponder
Hi Jackson welcome to AWESOMENESS!!!! - laleh
Welcome to the club..! - John W. Serra
Hello. If you need help, let me know. I'm not the fastest but I'm dogged. - Jim Proser via twhirl
late betterthan never..i remember some one had a signature " i finished the 30 DC in 80 days".. - Lorfel via Alert Thingy
365 days is about right - Andy Roberts
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Thirty Day Challenge: Chad posted a message
“I'm a late starter with #30dc (discovered it on day 15, trying to catch up) I saw that the training link to day 14 leads to day 15. Help anyone?”
August 26 at 3:21 am - Link
Check the forums in regards to this - Tim via twhirl
Day 14 got cancelled for some reason. - Ken Slater
Day 14 was about another blogging site, similar to blogger.com. During last years 30DC the 30DC'ers got slapped, and this year the site owners got annoyed that 30DC'ers returned, so It was taken out of the program. More info in the forums. Read this post here http://bit.ly/3kzmBo and then this post http://bit.ly/qV8Yo - John W. Serra
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Thirty Day Challenge: Frank Donnelly posted a message
“How many links can you have in Wordpress Direct?”
August 26 at 4:07 am - Link
I'm guessing you mean external links, right? You are setting up your own blog with WordpressDirect, so you can have as many external links as you would like. Not the same as a hubpage... - John W. Serra
I want to link to my capture page and to my press release. - Frank Donnelly
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30dc linux: James Norwag posted a message
“Just figured out how to update Market Samurai in Linux.”
August 14 at 11:25 am - Link
tell us more, please, James - Marysia
Click yes to the upgrade. On mine, the app closes and never comes back. Search for MarketSamurai.air and open that with adobe air. I use Ubuntu so I just do sudo updatedb and then locate MarketSamurai. Good Luck - James Norwag
I'm using Ubuntu as well, and all I've been doing is clicking on the latest .air file downloaded to my desktop. The Adobe Air installer takes over from there. I do get asked for the password(sudo) in a dialog box when needed. - John W. Serra
looks like I should have installed Ubuntu instead of the latest Suse... - Marysia
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30dc linux: John W. Serra posted a link
I'm trying to install the latest version of Market Samurai after having uninstalled it. Is anybody else having the same porblem with v0.60?
August 21 at 4:16 am - Link
I finally figured out the problem... When uninstalling the air apps, you need to do it through Synaptic, or on the command line with apt. Otherwise the new package can't register itself. Once I I did that the problem went away... - John W. Serra
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August 21 at 4:21 am - Link
I'm trying to install the latest version of Market Samurai after having uninstalled the previous version. Is anybody else having the same problem with v0.60? - John W. Serra
Yes. I've even tried uninstalling the old one so that I can install the new 1 from scratch. But the ole samurai just won't uninstall. I get an error message that is full of upright rectangles instead of English characters :-( - Marysia
I finally figured out the problem... When uninstalling the air apps, you need to do it through Synaptic, otherwise the new package can't register itself. - John W. Serra
I figured out why it was happening to me, too. I've just had a new pc & lan installed & for security reasons we decided that I would have to become another user (with appropriate password) in order to do anything with programs. We've been doing so much troubleshooting since then that I could hardly tell my feet from my arse. I think you can see where this is leading... - Marysia
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Thirty Day Challenge: John W. Serra posted a message
“Ok... I'm having to start over w/ diff niche. No complaint, just wanted to mention how valueable it is to know when to cut your losses...”
August 20 at 9:25 pm - Link
In the past, I have been known for taking a project way too far... - John W. Serra
I want to find another niche, too. Will find it soon, I hope. - Rebecca Briggs
Well done for making that hard choice. I wasted a lot of money with IMC a couple of years ago chasing a niche that did not exist - Neil Campbell via twhirl
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Thirty Day Challenge: Linda posted a link
Down for everyone or just me?
August 14 at 2:17 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
try this if you think a domain is down - Linda via Bookmarklet
Could come in handy for us in countries that ban websites... Also if you are behind a flaky proxy server. - John W. Serra
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Planearium.de presents: SP-Studio.de
August 13 at 11:36 am - Link
Just when I was getting some work done and getting all caught up... I never should have peeked at friendfeed :-) - John W. Serra
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http://www.linuxkungfu.org/images/fun/geek/project.jpg
August 11 at 9:29 pm - Link
Now think of that in a foreign language where a certain % is lost in translation. Welcome to my life... - John W. Serra
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Thirty Day Challenge: Karen Riedl posted a link
Hello, I need some feedback group. I have rearranged this page...is it easier to use and understand. You know for the technologically challenged?
August 10 at 3:11 pm - Link
Wouldn't you be better off using a blog..? At least that is what I would do. W/ wordpress I would use a couple of pages for the content that does not change, and then make each event a separate post. Just a thought... - John W. Serra
That cow must be lonely, why not some chickens, a pig, two sheep and a horse? - Roy Gould
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