FeedWordPress is an open-source Atom/RSS aggregator for the WordPress weblog software. You set up feeds that you choose, and FeedWordPress syndicates posts from those sources into your WordPress posts table, where they can be displayed by your WordPress templates like any other post — but with additional meta-data about the source of each syndicated post, [...]

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All plants want is a little water, a little sun, and a little company. And in return they’ll grow and change and reward you occasionally with explosions of beauty. VISIT LINK: Plants don’t blog. They don’t post stupid comments. They don’t have follower counts and they don’t care how many followers you have. (tags: article [...]

Nice JavaScript found on TechCrunch that lets you learn what is being copied off your site and how to leverage this behavior into more traffic, higher search rank and more. VISIT LINK: Tynt – Leverage copy-paste into more traffic (tags: TechCrunch JavaScript analysis analytics blog blogging browser collaboration content copy copyright links notes plugin plugins [...]

Keeps track of unmoderated and spam comments, and puts a little WordPress icon next to your search bar, with a badge for the number of comments you currently have to deal with. VISIT LINK: WordPress Checker Chrome extension keeps track of blog comments (tags: blogging chrome extension wordpress comment comments spam moderation …)

Tumblr has released a beta backup tool for Mac users called Tumblr Backup. Very simple and straightforward tool which exports flat HTML files that can be viewed in any browser, with a very basic style. No Windows version yet. VISIT LINK: Tumblr Backup app for Mac ready for beta (tags: app application apps backup blog [...]

Good minimal design is more than just white backgrounds and text-centered design. VISIT LINK: 20 Beautiful Minimalist WordPress Themes (tags: beautiful blog blogging blogs css design free download inspiration layout minimal list minimalism minimalist resources template simple templates theme themes web webdesign webdev wordpress wordpress-themes wp wp-themes recursos wordpressthemes …)

Bloggers Must Disclose Payments for Reviews The Federal Trade Commission on Monday took steps to make product information and online reviews more accurate for consumers, regulating blogging for the first time and mandating that testimonials reflect typical results. The FTC will require that writers on the Web clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get [...]

Role Manager plugin for WordPress In WordPress each Role is allowed to perform a set of tasks called Capabilities. This Plugin allows you to define and manage multiple subscriber profiles – called Roles and their Capabilities. Also you can create new Roles and Capabilities. If you use this Plugin to manage your WordPress, Users can [...]

LinkWithin shows related stories with thumbnails under each of your post LinkWithin is a blog widget that appears under each post, linking to related stories from your blog archive. (tags: blog tools content blogging webdev tool wordpress blogs plugin plugins links link widget widgets posts related linkwithin blogger thumbnails improvements blog-tools blogtools context …)

Socialite WordPress Plugins allows your WordPress posts to publish to Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace Socialite allows your WordPress posts to publish to Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. Each social networking site can be enabled or disabled for publishing, and each is configured separately with their own options. Support for Short URL services such as zz.gd and [...]

WordPress Microblog Theme SiXX WordPress Microblog theme is a microblog theme with focus on the conversation. The aimed purpose with the theme is for companies and teams to get their internal communication going in a much more open, searchable and informal way. This theme is built on top of the Automattic Prologue theme, maybe it [...]

Laconica – Free and open source microblogging platform Laconica is a Free and Open Source microblogging platform. It helps people in a community, company or group to exchange short (140 character) messages over the Web. Users can choose which people to "follow" and receive only their friends' or colleagues' status messages. It provides a similar [...]

Definitive Sticky Posts Guide for WordPress 2.7 The new Sticky Posts feature that will allow you to take any story, or stories, you’ve published and place them at the top of your homepage without editing the timestamp (tags: tutorial howto css webdesign web blog wordpress php wp plugin webwhore webdev sticky blogging tips cms hacks [...]

Creating Two-Tiered Conditional Navigation in WordPress Simple code and CSS to build the common navigational scheme with parent pages on top and child pages (if they exist) on bottom (tags: blogging webdesign design code webdev wordpress plugin howto wp development cms tips php tutorial programming css hack themes theme html tutorials tricks coding navigation menu [...]