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Posted: 03.06.2003
The one that makes me scream, she said
A few site tips and tricks of note...some new, some not...

  1. Individual link "click tracker" script
  2. Oldie but a goodie...how to prevent your site from being Googled
  3. Combined form for MT and Bloglet subscriptions
  4. Kristine's wonderful MT Plugin Directory
  5. How to ban IPs from viewing your site
  6. Too many good tips to list here -- just visit Mandarin Design Daily for enough goodies to keep you occupied for days
  7. Put Trackback on your main blog page as well (if they're using auto-discovery)
Don't worry. The above tips and tricks will not be on the final exam.



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the one that makes me laugh, she said, and threw her arms around my neck. One of my favorite songs ever. The live version on the "show" disc is awesome.

I absolutely love the mt plugin directory. I'd highly recommend MTSimpleComments, which combines your comments and trackbacks into a single listing. Instead of having separate comment and trackback counts for your entries, you can just have a "comments and trackbacks" count. After all, a trackback is just a comment that someone put on their own page, right? (Plus, if you dont get many trackbacks, you dont have to feel silly about having all those "trackback (0)" all over your page, because the count is included with your comment count.)

¤ ¤ credit: dave | 03.06.03 at 12:56 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

I'm SOOOOO jealous of you MovableTypers. Since I cannot afford hosting services, I have to use the freebies (I'm currently on Angelfire; please don't hold it against me!) God forbid they let us use Perl in our CGI-bin for MT. I also keep a LiveJournal, but next to MT, it's like putting a PlayStation2 next to an Atari 2600. *sigh* I do what I can until my piggy bank fills up.

Sorry to dump on you, I'm just having a pity party for myself.

¤ ¤ credit: Kathryn | 03.06.03 at 01:16 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Love the Cure reference. Thanks for "showing us the tricks."

¤ ¤ credit: KB | 03.06.03 at 01:52 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Kathyrn- you can find some pretty cheap places to host a basic MT blog out there these days- easily under $10 a month. If you really can't afford it, ask a friend who alreay has a hosting account to let you put a blog in a subdirectory. I've done that for a few of my friends in the past.

¤ ¤ credit: dave | 03.06.03 at 02:14 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

:) I'm smiling seeing some things of mine on the list :) Thanks for pointing all that stuff out, I hadn't seen Mandarin Desigh Daily yet!!

¤ ¤ credit: kristine | 03.06.03 at 05:03 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

i really wanted to instal the tracker thing (#1) but I can't figure out what the hell chmod is, and how to set permissions on my FTP. i need help :(

¤ ¤ credit: Ruthie | 03.07.03 at 12:36 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Ruthie- if you havent gotten help on that yet, send me an email (editor at bushtit dot com) and I'll walk you through it. What FTP program are you using anyway?

¤ ¤ credit: dave | 03.07.03 at 08:02 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Dave, thanks! I had her get Cute FTP and coached her through it last night. :-)

¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 03.07.03 at 01:24 PM | link--this ¤ ¤




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