Lorelle VanFossen Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/ WordPress Power Tips

Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging By Lorelle VanFossen

Live Real Time Stats Woopra http://www.woopra.com/

Help Matt Mullenweg Achieve His New Year’s Goals It’s WordPress not Wordpress Use the trademarked, official WordPress logo

It’s WordPress not Wordpress

Use the trademarked, official WordPress logo

Push the Turbo Button In WordPress 2.7, Works with Google Gears to speed up WordPress Administration Panels

Future Posts - Timestamp Write many posts released over time. Let your blog work for you while you are off doing other things.

Old WordPress Versions – Future Posts Post Article Series over time. Work as a Weekend Blogger, writing on weekends with posts that publish all week.

Firefox Web Browser Spell Check Webmaster Tools for Designers Powerful Extensions & Add-ons Greasemonkey Scripts Tabs

Spell Check

Webmaster Tools for Designers

Powerful Extensions & Add-ons

Greasemonkey Scripts

Tabs

FireFox Web Browser Use two tabs per blog. Allows WordPress Theme view of post before publishing. Copy post ID number from Administration Panels

Use two tabs per blog.

Allows WordPress Theme view of post before publishing.

Copy post ID number from Administration Panels

Paste in Post ID number with ?p=#### to see post preview in your WordPress Theme

Probloggers Use HTML Editor

Why Use the HTML Editor Fix poorly formed HTML Total control over content formatting You do not need to use paragraph tags Pasted content cleans easily Faster Blogging Downsides Need to learn basic HTML No WYSIWYG preview Switching between HTML and Visual “cleans” your HTML

Fix poorly formed HTML

Total control over content formatting

You do not need to use paragraph tags

Pasted content cleans easily

Faster Blogging

Downsides

Need to learn basic HTML

No WYSIWYG preview

Switching between HTML and Visual “cleans” your HTML

Turn off Visual Editor

WordPress Press-It & QuickPress Quick posting to your blog. Built-in feature of WordPress. QuickPress found on the Dashboard Panel Press-It on Tools Panel Click and drag to your browser toolbar.

Quick posting to your blog.

Built-in feature of WordPress.

QuickPress found on the Dashboard Panel

Press-It on Tools Panel

Click and drag to your browser toolbar.

Press-It Bookmarklet

Speed Blogging NoteTab Pro FireFox

NoteTab Pro

FireFox

NoteTab Pro Create a Paste Board File Use Firefox Copy Extensions CoLT - Copy Link and Text AutoCopy FireFox Extension Google Reader Preview Enhanced Greasemonkey Script (GPE)

Create a Paste Board File

Use Firefox Copy Extensions

CoLT - Copy Link and Text

AutoCopy FireFox Extension

Google Reader Preview Enhanced

Greasemonkey Script (GPE)

CoLT and AutoCopy FireFox Extensions CoLT Adds a Copy HTML Link to Right Click Menu. Copying the link pastes it into the NoteTab Paste Board. AutoCopy copies anything you select with your mouse. Can keep copying. Edit later.

CoLT Adds a Copy HTML Link to Right Click Menu.

Copying the link pastes it into the NoteTab Paste Board.

AutoCopy copies anything you select with your mouse.

Can keep copying. Edit later.

Google Reader Preview Enhanced Greasemonkey Script (GPE) Allows viewing of the web page within Google Feed Reader Bypasses Feedburner to get real links Google Reader Preview Enhanced Greasemonkey Script (GPE)

Allows viewing of the web page within Google Feed Reader

Bypasses Feedburner to get real links

Google Reader Preview

Enhanced Greasemonkey Script (GPE)

For more Firefox Greasemonkey Scripts see Userscripts.org

Speed Blogging Copy post title link. Select text to blockquote within the original post. Go to next article of interest. When done, switch to NoteTab. Edit the Paste Board copied content. Paste it into your WordPress blog post.

Copy post title link.

Select text to blockquote within the original post.

Go to next article of interest.

When done, switch to NoteTab.

Edit the Paste Board copied content.

Paste it into your WordPress blog post.

NoteTab Pro AutoCorrect – Spelling and Abbreviations WordPress Support Forums – wpsf Weblog Tools Collection – wtc HTML Tags Capitalization Line Sorting Tabbed Documents Scripts and Macros

AutoCorrect – Spelling and Abbreviations

WordPress Support Forums – wpsf

Weblog Tools Collection – wtc

HTML Tags

Capitalization

Line Sorting

Tabbed Documents

Scripts and Macros

Firefox Greasemonkey Scripts Benefits versus WordPress Plugins Work with any WordPress blog. Works with WordPress.com blogs. Requires no interaction with databases or servers. Less load on the blog site. Like Javascript Bookmarklets. Creative freedom.

Benefits versus WordPress Plugins

Work with any WordPress blog.

Works with WordPress.com blogs.

Requires no interaction with databases or servers.

Less load on the blog site.

Like Javascript Bookmarklets.

Creative freedom.

Finding WordPress Plugins WordPress Plugin Directory WP-Plugins Database Weblog Tools Collection Blog Herald WordPress News WordPress Podcasts WordPress Fan Blogs

WordPress Plugin Directory

WP-Plugins Database

Weblog Tools Collection

Blog Herald WordPress News

WordPress Podcasts

WordPress Fan Blogs

Lorelle on WordPress Blog Herald Weblog Tools Collection Planet WordPress WordPress Codex WordPress Planet from Ozh WordPress Podcast Jeffro2pt0's WordPress Weekly Podcast Blogger and Podcaster Magazine WordCast Podcast WordPress News

Lorelle on WordPress

Blog Herald

Weblog Tools Collection

Planet WordPress

WordPress Codex

WordPress Planet from Ozh

WordPress Podcast

Jeffro2pt0's WordPress Weekly Podcast

Blogger and Podcaster Magazine

WordCast Podcast

What are your WordPress Tips? Twitter Daily WordPress Tips Twitter Daily WordPress Plugins Twitter: lorelleonwp

Twitter Daily WordPress Tips

Twitter Daily WordPress Plugins

Twitter: lorelleonwp

Popular WordPress Plugins Subscribe to Comments Buy Me a Coffee – Buy Me a Beer Global Translator by Nothing2Hide Liz Strauss Comment Counter by PlanetOzh WordPress.com Blog Stats Woopra PodPress Viper Video Tags All-in-One Video Pack WP-Submission for writing projects WP-Download Manager Gamerz WP-Polls or PollDaddy Super Cache WordPress Plugin Gravatars

Subscribe to Comments

Buy Me a Coffee – Buy Me a Beer

Global Translator by Nothing2Hide

Liz Strauss Comment Counter by PlanetOzh

WordPress.com Blog Stats

Woopra

PodPress

Viper Video Tags

All-in-One Video Pack

WP-Submission for writing projects

WP-Download Manager

Gamerz WP-Polls or PollDaddy

Super Cache WordPress Plugin

Gravatars

What are your favorite WordPress Plugins?

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