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Are you on the same page with your customers? If not, perhaps there’s simply a page missing. A page you design to help merchants, customers, clients and even co-workers speak the same language, use the same terms and communicate the same meanings. Name That Sound! Recently when I called my auto mechanic to complain of a new sound my car was making the conversation went something like this: “Patti, it’s making a creaking noise.” “Do you mean like a door with rusty hinges opening?” “No, Patti, more like wood burning in a fireplace” I told her. “Oh, Mr. Harrison, that’s considered a cracking noise.” She’d obviously done this before. Several questions later we identified my car’s problem over the phone. Now we were clicking! Synching Up Our Language Let’s face it. One person's grind is another person's groan.
MT InlineEditor
Another Movalog plugin Inline Editor allows you to edit your comments and entries via cool Ajax code. Ajax is that nifty new technology that allows you to talk back to the webserver without reloading the page. Catching typos is no longer a 4 click solution.
MT-Textile
This is Brad Choate's well known plugin for performing various text formatting functions. Mt-Textile integrates the Perl Text::Textile module with Movable Type.
BigPAPI
BigPAPI by Kevin Shay is an extension to the MovableType API allowing users to modify MT's own interface - the screens you see when using Movable Type to manage your content. If you are wanting to tinker with MT's control panel, this is worth a look. There is also an growing list of some very useful plugins that rely on the B
Interviewing for a position with your current company? Here are seven tips for excelling at internal interviews. (1) Emphasize how your specific experience and extensive knowledge of the company will make you the ideal person for the job. But provide details; don't assume the interviewer knows all about your past accomplishments (even if he/she does, spell them out). (2) Use your "insider knowledge" to come up with answers to expected questions that will target what your company wants to hear. For example, if your company is always emphasizing the importance of customer service, be sure to talk specifically about how you've enhanced customer service in your current job. (3) Research the position for which you are applying, just as you would if it was at another company. Talk to people who work in that department; find out what they're curren
- Maximum SEO potential – My entries normally appear well ranked in Google 48 hours after posting them.
- Movabletype can be configured to spit raw .html or non dynamic pages.
- There is a free non-commercial version, although I recommend buying a license if you use it even casually.
- Install, usage, and maintenance are all very well documented and easy for even a novice user.
- The application itself is extremely portable: mySQL, Postgres, Berkley DB (file system).
- Automatically generated RSS compliant feeds aka 'spider food'.
- Most of the hot chicks I see blogging are using MovableType or Typepad.
- Movabletype’s plugin system is very advanced and the community is always pumping out new plugins and widgets for MT based bloggers.
I had to remove most of the links in this article, so if you need help finding some the resources I mention please see the Best Movabletype Plugins original article at ProfitPapers.
SEO'ing Movabletype takes some tinkering but the rewards are well worth the pain. Here are a couple of my recent rankings for some rather competitive keywords: Sendstudio Review, Aweber Review. Keep in mind this blog is only 3 months old, and I do virtually nothing to promote it..
Right then. I am focusing on my last point and will outline in my opinion the best Movabletype plugins, why I think they are useful, and if needed a small blurb of code to help you along. As of version 3.2, Movabletype comes installed by default with the following plugins: NoFollow, and the 3 Spam Lookup plugs. These guys are fairly self explanatory and well documented in the MT manual pages.
Now for my own personal must have list:
Dashify
Dashify is based on dirify. What it does is allow for some handy parsing of pretty much any text you want on your blog, for adding your own useful characters. Here is an example to illustrate:
Hover over the title or look at the page title of this entry you are reading and you will see how well my pages are optimized for search: best-movabletype-plugins.php is a much better filename than 289374.php or even best_movabletype_plugins.php - as of this writing Google sees the hyphen as a space but not the underscore. Here is my dashify code for my Individual archive under Settings --> Publishing:%C<$MTEntryTitle dashify="1">.php
Simple, yet effective.
MTPaginate
Movabletype is not all that scalable right out of the box. In fact, not at all really. If you bust your ass filling your weblog with content, before you know it your category pages are reduced to bandwidth hogging scroll sessions. MTPaginate does what the name says, it paginates any entry or category listing you like into user friendly navigable areas: 1 |2 | 3 or Previous | Next, etc. I would speculate that Stepen Riya’s MTPaginate will eventually be built into MT by default before too long. Here is a code snippet from my own category pages on this site. The tags are covered in full on Stepen’s website and are very straight forward.
Typepad Users: I notice Emily Robbins rants up Typepad's lack of pagination on a recent blog entry. She raises some very valid points with the MT support staff. Again I think this will be addressed by Sixapart quite soon.
MT Blogroll
Movalog has too many good plugins to cover here but their Blogroll has long been a favorite of the majority of MT users. A blogroll is an essential tool for building links with other same themed sites as your own. MT Blogroll keeps track of a link's URL, name, description, relationship, category and more.
MT InlineEditor
Another Movalog plugin Inline Editor allows you to edit your comments and entries via cool Ajax code. Ajax is that nifty new technology that allows you to talk back to the webserver without reloading the page. Catching typos is no longer a 4 click solution.
MT-Textile
This is Brad Choate's well known plugin for performing various text formatting functions. Mt-Textile integrates the Perl Text::Textile module with Movable Type.
BigPAPI
BigPAPI by Kevin Shay is an extension to the MovableType API allowing users to modify MT's own interface - the screens you see when using Movable Type to manage your content. If you are wanting to tinker with MT's control panel, this is worth a look. There is also an growing list of some very useful plugins that rely on the Bi
The Internet has made quite a number of tasks much easier to accomplish. Among these easier tasks is the ability to incorporate your business. But is online incorporation really legal? How is it different from going through the usual channels? Here is some information about online incorporation and when it might be a good fit for you.One of the great things about online incorporation is that you have the opportunity to evaluate which state you want to register your incorporation with. Different states establish slightly different criteria for incorporation, and in some cases you may find there are some tax advantages involved if you register with a state other than the one in which you reside.Persons who are very experienced in starting up new companies or purchasing businesses and reorganizing them have known this for years. But if you are just beginning to see t
I had to remove most of the links in this article, so if you need help finding some the resources I mention please see the Best Movabletype Plugins original article at ProfitPapers.
SEO'ing Movabletype takes some tinkering but the rewards are well worth the pain. Here are a couple of my recent rankings for some rather competitive keywords: Sendstudio Review, Aweber Review. Keep in mind this blog is only 3 months old, and I do virtually nothing to promote it..
Right then. I am focusing on my last point and will outline in my opinion the best Movabletype plugins, why I think they are useful, and if needed a small blurb of code to help you along. As of version 3.2, Movabletype comes installed by default with the following plugins: NoFollow, and the 3 Spam Lookup plugs. These guys are fairly self explanatory and well documented in the MT manual pages.
Now for my own personal must have list:
Dashify
Dashify is based on dirify. What it does is allow for some handy parsing of pretty much any text you want on your blog, for adding your own useful characters. Here is an example to illustrate:
Hover over the title or look at the page title of this entry you are reading and you will see how well my pages are optimized for search: best-movabletype-plugins.php is a much better filename than 289374.php or even best_movabletype_plugins.php - as of this writing Google sees the hyphen as a space but not the underscore. Here is my dashify code for my Individual archive under Settings --> Publishing:%C<$MTEntryTitle dashify="1">.php
Simple, yet effective.
MTPaginate
Movabletype is not all that scalable right out of the box. In fact, not at all really. If you bust your ass filling your weblog with content, before you know it your category pages are reduced to bandwidth hogging scroll sessions. MTPaginate does what the name says, it paginates any entry or category listing you like into user friendly navigable areas: 1 |2 | 3 or Previous | Next, etc. I would speculate that Stepen Riya’s MTPaginate will eventually be built into MT by default before too long. Here is a code snippet from my own category pages on this site. The tags are covered in full on Stepen’s website and are very straight forward.
Typepad Users: I notice Emily Robbins rants up Typepad's lack of pagination on a recent blog entry. She raises some very valid points with the MT support staff. Again I think this will be addressed by Sixapart quite soon.
MT Blogroll
Movalog has too many good plugins to cover here but their Blogroll has long been a favorite of the majority of MT users. A blogroll is an essential tool for building links with other same themed sites as your own. MT Blogroll keeps track of a link's URL, name, description, relationship, category and more.
MT InlineEditor
Another Movalog plugin Inline Editor allows you to edit your comments and entries via cool Ajax code. Ajax is that nifty new technology that allows you to talk back to the webserver without reloading the page. Catching typos is no longer a 4 click solution.
MT-Textile
This is Brad Choate's well known plugin for performing various text formatting functions. Mt-Textile integrates the Perl Text::Textile module with Movable Type.
BigPAPI
BigPAPI by Kevin Shay is an extension to the MovableType API allowing users to modify MT's own interface - the screens you see when using Movable Type to manage your content. If you are wanting to tinker with MT's control panel, this is worth a look. There is also an growing list of some very useful plugins that rely on the B
There are many things that need to be accomplished to ensure that your site is optimized for the best results. Search Engine Optimization World is here to put your companies placement above your competition.In today's vast internet society, it takes many hours of hard work and effort to have your web site listed highly in search engines. You have to know exactly what each search engine spider is looking for as it crawls your site for quality content that can be indexed for your potential customers to find.Pay Per Click or (PPC) is a highly expensive way to get traffic flowing to your site. You have to look at return on investment or (ROI) as you are truly just spending for the present with pay per click services. They are a good way to get your online business traffic started but it doesn't make sense to just use PPC services for the long haul.There are 3 m
Now for my own personal must have list:
Dashify
Dashify is based on dirify. What it does is allow for some handy parsing of pretty much any text you want on your blog, for adding your own useful characters. Here is an example to illustrate:
Hover over the title or look at the page title of this entry you are reading and you will see how well my pages are optimized for search: best-movabletype-plugins.php is a much better filename than 289374.php or even best_movabletype_plugins.php - as of this writing Google sees the hyphen as a space but not the underscore. Here is my dashify code for my Individual archive under Settings --> Publishing:%C<$MTEntryTitle dashify="1">.php
Simple, yet effective.
MTPaginate
Movabletype is not all that scalable right out of the box. In fact, not at all really. If you bust your ass filling your weblog with content, before you know it your category pages are reduced to bandwidth hogging scroll sessions. MTPaginate does what the name says, it paginates any entry or category listing you like into user friendly navigable areas: 1 |2 | 3 or Previous | Next, etc. I would speculate that Stepen Riya’s MTPaginate will eventually be built into MT by default before too long. Here is a code snippet from my own category pages on this site. The tags are covered in full on Stepen’s website and are very straight forward.
Typepad Users: I notice Emily Robbins rants up Typepad's lack of pagination on a recent blog entry. She raises some very valid points with the MT support staff. Again I think this will be addressed by Sixapart quite soon.
MT Blogroll
Movalog has too many good plugins to cover here but their Blogroll has long been a favorite of the majority of MT users. A blogroll is an essential tool for building links with other same themed sites as your own. MT Blogroll keeps track of a link's URL, name, description, relationship, category and more.
MT InlineEditor
Another Movalog plugin Inline Editor allows you to edit your comments and entries via cool Ajax code. Ajax is that nifty new technology that allows you to talk back to the webserver without reloading the page. Catching typos is no longer a 4 click solution.
MT-Textile
This is Brad Choate's well known plugin for performing various text formatting functions. Mt-Textile integrates the Perl Text::Textile module with Movable Type.
BigPAPI
BigPAPI by Kevin Shay is an extension to the MovableType API allowing users to modify MT's own interface - the screens you see when using Movable Type to manage your content. If you are wanting to tinker with MT's control panel, this is worth a look. There is also an growing list of some very useful plugins that rely on the B
The single most important attribute for a successful Network Marketer is often lacking, and yet it is the easiest to possess. Do YOU have it?INTEGRITY - The quality of possessing and steadfastly adhering to high moral principles or professional standards.Who among us hasn't seen those glaring ads "Join today…make millions", "Make $9000 per month - Free" There are so many of them out there promising a fast buck with no effort, or promising us that we can earn millions overnight. Just hand over your credit card number….Don't they realize we are real people, trying to get by in a harsh world? We sweat and toil for every penny we earn … and still can't make ends meet. Don't they know we only want to spend more time with our kids, and less time chained to our desk?Of course they do! How else could they lure us into their scams! We are so eager to change
Typepad Users: I notice Emily Robbins rants up Typepad's lack of pagination on a recent blog entry. She raises some very valid points with the MT support staff. Again I think this will be addressed by Sixapart quite soon.
MT Blogroll
Movalog has too many good plugins to cover here but their Blogroll has long been a favorite of the majority of MT users. A blogroll is an essential tool for building links with other same themed sites as your own. MT Blogroll keeps track of a link's URL, name, description, relationship, category and more.
MT InlineEditor
Another Movalog plugin Inline Editor allows you to edit your comments and entries via cool Ajax code. Ajax is that nifty new technology that allows you to talk back to the webserver without reloading the page. Catching typos is no longer a 4 click solution.
MT-Textile
This is Brad Choate's well known plugin for performing various text formatting functions. Mt-Textile integrates the Perl Text::Textile module with Movable Type.
BigPAPI
BigPAPI by Kevin Shay is an extension to the MovableType API allowing users to modify MT's own interface - the screens you see when using Movable Type to manage your content. If you are wanting to tinker with MT's control panel, this is worth a look. There is also an growing list of some very useful plugins that rely on the B
If you're a website owner and you've noticed that a lot of other sites have advertisements and yours doesn't you're probably wondering why. You might also wonder what do they do? Why are they there? Do they make money from them? The truth is that these advertisements more often than not mean that the site owner is a part of an affiliate scheme. Whilst they may sound like a bit of a longshot and an unlikely earner the truth is actually very different. Webmasters all around the world are benefiting from earning an extra income simply by having small advertisements on their pages, which begs the question why aren't you?Affiliate programs are simple and require little or no effort on the part of the website owner. All that is needed is to sign up to one of the many programs available, download some adverts, place them on your site and bingo your away. It sounds simple becaus
MT InlineEditor
Another Movalog plugin Inline Editor allows you to edit your comments and entries via cool Ajax code. Ajax is that nifty new technology that allows you to talk back to the webserver without reloading the page. Catching typos is no longer a 4 click solution.
MT-Textile
This is Brad Choate's well known plugin for performing various text formatting functions. Mt-Textile integrates the Perl Text::Textile module with Movable Type.
BigPAPI
BigPAPI by Kevin Shay is an extension to the MovableType API allowing users to modify MT's own interface - the screens you see when using Movable Type to manage your content. If you are wanting to tinker with MT's control panel, this is worth a look. There is also an growing list of some very useful plugins that rely on the BigPAPI architecture. From the developer:
The BigPAPI plugin doesn't actually do all that much. It simply overrides a couple of subroutines in the MT::App module that are called whenever a page of the MT CMS is about to be displayed. Before going ahead and building the page, it runs some callbacks. So your plugin simply needs to install appropriately named callbacks for a particular CMS page (or all pages), and you'll have the opportunity to tinker with the contents of the page before it's displayed to the user.
Honourable Mentions…
There are literally hundreds of movabletype plugins and my short list is by no means the same as another users. My list is focused on getting a movabletype publishing platform ready for spidering. Different tasks require different tools. Props to the various authors and contributors and DO support these people with donations or praise, or we will all be stuck coding these tools ourselves ;)
Sixapart’s main movabletype plugin page - Definitely start here.
Ajaxify - Another great tool from Movalog, Ajaxify is a set of plugins that adds several ajax/javascript widgets into the Movable Type interface. It currently consists of EnhancedEntryEditing - that adds a WYSIWYG editor and resizable textarea controls to the entry screen - and Search Suggestions - that add a "Google Suggest" like feature to the quicksearch box.
The CheckLinks plugin tries to access all the URLs linked to in your entries (or a subset of your entries), and lets you display a list of the ones it can't successfully access. Another fine StaggerNation.com creative based on BigPAPI extensions.
FormatList v1.0 - Easy Bullet Lists in Entries. I use this personally and I find it a nice keystroke saver.
Better File Uploader - This one relies on BigPAPI and is a sexier interface for uploading files.
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