When you first setup your blog, you’re going to see something similar to yourdomain.com/?p=7, and for search engine optimization purposes, this is a big no-no. No-one will know by seeing your URL what that link is about. Am I going to learn about your cat? Or am I going to learn some math equation telling me that p=7, and why this matters. This is why we want to change this, and we want to do this as SOON as we get our blogs setup. I shot a video showcasing an overview of the process, I recommend scrolling down and checking it out, then scrolling back up and read the rest of the article.
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Here is a quick tip that you may find useful if you’ve been following my RSS series. You may notice that when you check your own feed in a RSS reader, the images do not wrap correctly. This is because when you’re normally setting up your images, the alignment is set with CSS. Thing is, Google Reader, and most other RSS readers do not currently read that code (i.e. <img class=“aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-170″). Any special alignments that you do will not show up the way you intended in your RSS feed. Unless…
Google Reader is one of my favorite RSS readers. It is the online RSS reader for me. I also use a stand alone RSS reader, but Google Reader is by far my favorite. After using Google Reader for a while, I realized not everyone uses Google Reader, and those that do, do not really use to its potential. This guide is going to show you a couple of cool tips and tricks that can help you get more out of Google Reader, and maybe transition you from offline readers to online.
This article is all about how to use FeedBurner to power your RSS feeds. This article focuses on using WordPress and FeedBurner together. The concepts apply to other Content Management Systems, but the step-by-step is for WordPress. I created a video that covers a basic overview of the workflow and benefits of using WordPress and FeedBurner together which you can see by scrolling down. The reason we want to use FeedBurner to power our RSS feed opposed to using the built in feed from WordPress is because FeedBurner gives us soo much power.
RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication”. What this means for the end-user is, you can go to a website, and subscribe to their RSS feed (usually by clicking the subscribe button, which I have located at the top of my website). You can subscribe to my RSS feed here.
When you subscribe to a RSS feed, you get to see all the latest content, without having to go to the website. RSS is very important for both the end user and the content provider. With your RSS feed active, people who enjoy your website can check out the feeds and see all your latest content. For users of RSS, you get to check out your favorite websites from inside one program, or reader, and see if there is any new content.
