Orangeinks » Blog Tips http://www.orangeinks.com Tech and Design Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:39:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Pay a Blogger Day is on November 29 http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/pay-a-blogger-day-is-on-november-29/ http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/pay-a-blogger-day-is-on-november-29/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:50:19 +0000 AgentOrange http://www.orangeinks.com/?p=6202 Pay a Blogger Day is an internet startup that hopes to motivate readers and internet users to give a small (monetary)token of appreciation to bloggers who provide them with content that they love.

 

Some of the wittiest most insightful content comes from bloggers doing it because they want to, not because of money and fame. That is all the more reason to give something back.

While monetary tokens are super awesome, the best way to show your appreciation to a blogger is by sharing your favorite blog content. For me, it’s the best way to make a blogger smile.

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You can use SpellBoy to check spell words that you are unsure of. Sometimes a quick Google search for the word also works. Simply search for the word you want to check. If the word that you typed is misspelled, Google will suggest a correctly spelled word.

If you’re thinking what you need SpellBoy for, since Google, Microsoft Word and your blog editor helps you out with spelling, here’s your answer: SpellBoy can check-spell and entire page for you. You just have to simply enter the URL of the webpage you want to spell-check, and it will return words that it doesn’t recognize as words with spelling errors. By doing this, you can quickly review the found words and make the proper changes if necessary.

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How it works

You’ll have to download a desktop application which supports three major operating systems (Windows, Linux, Mac OS-X). Once installed, simply subscribe to your favorite blog(s) using the BlogRadio Desktop Manager Tool. BlogRadio will convert the text of the blog to an audio file for you. All that’s left for you to do now is to sit back and listen.

BlogRadio is an alternative way of keeping in-touch with your favorite blogs. If you’re too busy to read them, why not listen to them. You can choose a male or female voice to read for you and they are made to sound as natural as possible.

Blog Radio also has an iPhone app that allows you to sync your streams and listen (and view images) using your iPhone.

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]]> http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/blogradio-listen-to-any-blog-anywhere/feed/ 0 BlogVault: Instant Backup for your WordPress Blog http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/blogvault-instant-backup-for-your-wordpress-blog/ http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/blogvault-instant-backup-for-your-wordpress-blog/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:33:56 +0000 AgentOrange http://www.orangeinks.com/?p=4006 Maintaining a blog is not entirely easy. Checking for bugs, updating plugins, optimizing tables, scripts and constantly checking for new features is what a blogger who uses hosted WordPress as a blog platform normally does to maintain it. Then, there’s also the constant backup in case your blog suddenly crashes. Luckily there are plugins that we can use to easily backup WordPress blogs. One of those plugins is called BlogVault.

BlogVault is a service that creates a backup of your blog. What it does is it backs up all aspects of a WordPress blog including full posts, comments, pages, images, plugins, themes and styleshees (CSS). Most WordPress blog backup plugins will copy and backup your blog to your computer harddrive. What makes BlogVault different from those plugins is that it has a service that lets you backup your blog in their servers.

Why should you backup your blog?

Servers while generally robust do tend to fail occasionally. When this happens, often all the stored data is lost. As a blogger you do not want your effort to be lost when such a catastrophe occurs.

To take advantage of BlogVault, simply sign-up for an account, download the plugin and place it in the plugins folder of your hosted WordPress in your server. Once the plugin has been activated, you can immediately begin your backup process.

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]]> http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/blogvault-instant-backup-for-your-wordpress-blog/feed/ 0 FontSelf: Custom Fonts for your Blog and Social Networking Posts http://www.orangeinks.com/design/fontself-custom-fonts-for-your-blog-and-social-networking-posts/ http://www.orangeinks.com/design/fontself-custom-fonts-for-your-blog-and-social-networking-posts/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:33:43 +0000 AgentOrange http://www.orangeinks.com/?p=3932 FontSelf is a font service that allows you to express yourself online in a creative way through font customization. You’ll be able to send messages and write text using the font that suits your mood. The service does not require you to install anything. All the fonts and tools in FontSelf are online and can be available to your whenever and wherever you need them.

Using FontSelf is as easy as typing your message in their editor and choosing which font you’d like to use. You can embed the message or text content by grabbing the generated codes from FontSelf and place it on your blog or favorite social network (if they allow embeds).

All the fonts in FontSelf are free to use and everything is usable online. You can choose from an array of fonts designed by a community of international designers. You can also expect to see new fonts added regularly in FontSelf. If you want to become more creative, you can check out their creation tool. With it, you can create your own smileys and illustrated words. It allows you to import pictures, drawings and webcam captures to make it more personalized.

Fontself is an original platform for all the people who want to send unique messages and add some visual spice to their online communications. It’s easy to use and works anywhere online that allows html embedding. And the best thing about the service is that it’s all free.

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]]> http://www.orangeinks.com/design/fontself-custom-fonts-for-your-blog-and-social-networking-posts/feed/ 0 BlogBuzzer: Free Ping Service for Blogs http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/blogbuzzer-free-ping-service-for-blogs/ http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/blogbuzzer-free-ping-service-for-blogs/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:33:01 +0000 AgentOrange http://www.orangeinks.com/?p=3905 Pinging search engines and blog related websites is one way of getting your new article noticed. By sending a ping, you are telling search engines that you have e new entry and is requesting for them to index your new post/page.

BlogBuzzer is a free and easy to use service that will help you get that much needed ping in order to get your most recent posts noticed. What you need to do is head over to BlogBuzzer’s website and enter the name of your blog along with your blog URL. Upon clicking submit, your blog will automatically be buzzed to the most popular blog sites and directories.

When a ping is sent to your selected site(s) Blog Buzzer includes the name and location of your blog, once the destination site receives the ping your blog will be added to their queue for indexing and addition to the site.

BlogBuzzer’s free service will allow you to manually ping the search engines and blog directories. You need to go to the BlogBuzzer website in order to accomplish this and perform the ping everytime you release a new post. If you want to automatically ping them, you need to subscribe to their premium service for 9 bucks a year.

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]]> http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/blogbuzzer-free-ping-service-for-blogs/feed/ 0 Skysa: Add a Footer Toolbar to your Website or Blog http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/skysa-add-a-footer-toolbar-to-your-website-or-blog/ http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/skysa-add-a-footer-toolbar-to-your-website-or-blog/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:33:52 +0000 AgentOrange http://www.orangeinks.com/?p=3749 Skysa is a service that allows you to add an app bar or social bar to your website or blog. It is a form of website enhancement tool that you can use in order to give your users additional features and better user experience. It easily integrates to your website/blog and setting up is as easy as embedding YouTube videos to your site.

After Signing-up for a Skysa account, you can simply paste the codes on your website without any complex procedure whatsoever. You’ll be able to access their management system that lets you install, configure and enjoy range of free apps on your website. You can place chat rooms, Facebook, Twitter, Announcement apps, and a lot more on your Skysa toolbar.

Our system has been designed from the ground up to help keep visitors longer, increase page real-estate and add social functionality to any website that has it installed.Skysa is new and growing.

If you’re a website owner and is looking for new ways to keep visitors longer on your website, try out Skysa. This service is similar to Wibiya, a footer toolbar app that I am currently using. You can give them both a try and see which service works for you. That being said, these Footer Toolbars are one great way of adding features to your website without any hassle.

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]]> http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/skysa-add-a-footer-toolbar-to-your-website-or-blog/feed/ 12 Stribe: Create a Social Network on Your Website in Just a Few Minutes http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/stribe-create-a-social-network-on-your-website-in-just-a-few-minutes/ http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/stribe-create-a-social-network-on-your-website-in-just-a-few-minutes/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:33:10 +0000 AgentOrange http://www.orangeinks.com/?p=3711 Stribe is a plug and play service that allows you instantly create a social network on any website or blog. Your social network can be up and running in just a few minutes. It comes in the form of a toolbar that appears on the bottom of your website.

A line of javascript code is generated for you. Just copy and paste this line into the “footer” of the template of page. Place the line of code at the end of your HTML page just before the closing BODY tag.

Using your Stribe admin module, you can customize the color of your toolbar, edit your profile, add a logo and publicize your best web pages.

Stribe allows blogs, casual gaming or even e-commerce sites to create their own social network in their sites. It deeply engages the visitors and allows social interactions after an easy 5-minute plug & play installation, which can be fully customized and freely branded.

Through Stribe, the users can interact on all sites using it, allowing members to stay connected with their tribes. This tribe becomes a visible asset. You can make the jump and head over to the Stribe to check it out and start creating your social network for your website.

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You can use the site for an instant website check for age rating. It will tell you whether a website is appropriate for minors. It will scan the website and generate a rating based on their criteria on whether the website is safe for a certain age. Web Age Ratings also checks how a website rates on WOT (Web of Trust), an independent website rating community that gives several information about a site which includes its trustworthiness.

Webmasters can also take advantage of the tool to automatically display the age rating on their web pages. All it takes are a few easy steps in order to embed Website Age Ratings on a website. Head over to their site and tick the appropriate web platform. You can choose from Standard HTML, HTML Fav Icon, Blogger and WordPress. Make a choice if you want to add a link to the “more info” page of your site’s rating. When everything is set, just click the “Get Code” button, grab it and embed it on your site’s page(s).

Website Age Ratings is one way of showcasing the trustworthiness of a website. It can also be used by parents to find out if a website is appropriate for their kids. The service is not 100% fool proof. Some content may escape them, especially the misleading ones. That being said, it’s still a pretty nifty tool that everyone can benefit from in one way or another.

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]]> http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/website-age-ratings-for-parents-and-webmasters/feed/ 7 PicApp: The Best Free Stock Images for your Blog http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/picapp-the-best-free-stock-images-for-your-blog/ http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/picapp-the-best-free-stock-images-for-your-blog/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:33:32 +0000 AgentOrange http://www.orangeinks.com/?p=3353 PicAppPicApp is a service that provides high quality stock images that you can use on your latest blog posts. You can easily embed the premium and legal photos on your blog posts and use them without worrying about copyrights. The images are updated all the time so you’ll have no trouble looking for the latest and newest images that you can use on your latest articles. You can expect to find up-to-date high quality images whenever you need them.

PicApp has 20 million images from Getty Images, Splash, Corbis and alike, covering sports, news, entertainment, fashion, travel and more. All images are fully licensed and free to use. Images come tagged to improve SEO and promote reader interaction through image photo gallery available with each published image. A built-in mechanism guarantees that each PicApp image is indexed by search engines.

Hosted WordPress (WordPress.org) users can download the plugin so you can add images from your WP editor. If you are running on other blogging platforms, you can simply use the embed codes for each image and conveniently post them on your blogs. You can also select the image size and alignment that is appropriate for your blog theme. You can even download a thumbnail image if you are required to use it on your theme.

If you are looking for high quality images that you can use for free, then pay PicApp a visit. Their accurate search that can be filtered by category and wide range of image collections is surely an attractive feature for every blogger in need of stock images.

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Check out the embedded image from PicApp below

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