Have blogspot blogs?Then read this.

I am sorry to start the April month on a slightly alarming note. Again, I read a blog post about blogspot blogs getting deleted or suddenly disappearing from the dashboard.

Since I started reading such things I started building blogs on WP platform and getting hosted outside of Google. I love blogspot and I find it very easy to maintain the blogs. I am finding it a lot difficult to manipulate WP.

Oh yes, getting back to the blog post on blogspot blogs getting deleted, there are several reasons sited and the most probable of them is the increasing number of spam blogs and blogs with sponsored post.

In case if your blogspot blog is deleted, how to reclaim it is explained in the blog post.

Read the details here.

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Who will answer 'No' to this question?

But have I blogged about Women Bloggers Webring already? Oh, I am too lazy to check among my blog posts. So here it is.

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Though I am a member in the ring, I don't know whether this blog is being visited by other members of the ring.

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New Version of WordPress 2.5 is Released!

There are good news came to the WordPress Blogging Platform fans. New software WordPress 2.5 has been released today, marking significant improvements and bringing new functional features to the bloggers. Among the obvious software enhanced features are multi-file uploading, one-click plug-in upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages. One of the biggest changes is related to better appearance of the administration backend, which is described as being a “Cleaner, faster, less cluttered dashboard.” It is now widget friendly, and users can include items such as stats, matching the functionality of MovableType Blogging Platform.

Some User Features Details:

Dashboard Widgets- the dashboard home page includes different widgets, showing fun stats about your posting, latest comments, people linking to you, new and popular plug-ins, and WordPress news. All the widgets are customizable for the administrator’s convenience.

Multi-file upload with progress bar - in the previous software release, uploading large files or multiple files was a long and unreliable process. User could upload just one image at a time. Now you can select a whole of folder images or music or videos at once and software will monitor the progress of each upload.

EXIF extraction - if you upload JPEG files with EXIF metadata (like camera make and model, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, et al.) software will record all the data into custom fields you can use in your template.

Search posts and pages - in the previous version search used to cover just posts, now it includes pages as well, and new themes can style or sort pages differently in presented results.

Tag management - you can now add, rename, delete, and managed your tags from inside WordPress, with no additional plug-ins.

Password strength meter - software reports the strength of your password, helping you to pick a secure one.

Concurrent editing protection - a big improvement achieved in the editing abilities for multi-author blogs. Now if you open a post at the moment when someone else is editing, WordPress locks it and prevents you from saving your changes until the other person is done.

Plug-in upgrades - automatic downloading and installing the upgrade for plug-ins you use. Depending on your host setup, you may, however, be asked for your FTP password.

Visual post editor- Authors express the improvement to the editor by the statement “it doesn’t mess with your code anymore.” Software is now using version 3.0 of TinyMCE, which ensures a better compatibility with Safari, and improves integration and interaction with complex HTML.

Built-in galleries- when you take advantage of multi-file upload to upload a bunch of photos, you can much easier embed picture galleries into your page. It will display all your thumbnails and captions linking each picture to a page where people can comment on the individual photos.

The software downloading link: http://wordpress.org/download/

A brief video tutorial for some of the features:

Brief Overview of WordPress 2.5

Sources and Additional Reading:

http://wordpress.org/development/2008/03/wordpress-25-brecker/

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/03/catch-a-sneak-p.html

Building a new blog.

I keyed in "News Blog" in the Google's blog search engine and I got an astonishing 2,262,078 blogs are in that niche.

I asked a question to myself:"A little over two million blogs are being operated on news alone, for what purpose"? I firmly believe 'money' is the sole reason. And why not? If there is money to be made in news oriented blogs, why not build at least one and try it out.

I am yet to try building a news based blog because I should learn it first. And what better source than Dosh Dosh's blog that can teach us?

Here is a splendid blog post on "How to build a successful new blog" by Dosh Dosh.
I am going to read the article slowly as there is so much information. I am sure I will build a news blog in the next 72 hours.

Wearing luxury watches.

Wearing a watch in the old fashioned way gives a sort of dignified look in my opinion. When did I last wear a watch? It might be fifteen years since I wore a watch. I would not call it a luxury watch but it was different and attracted appreciation.

By the way, can anyone tell me what luxury watches are? A watch is worn only to know whether you are going to be late to your office-isn’t it? I am definitely going to get some acidic comment for this post.

My son is crazy about luxury watches. Do you know that he has 13 watches, neatly arranged on his study table? To my knowledge, he bought two splendid looking watches from Watchesandbeyond.com, a leading watches and jewelry store online.

Hey, what is the time now?

Earn by placing Urbanread widget.

Urban Read is a sort of news aggregator. They offer the bloggers an opportunity from their widget that has to be placed on the blog.

You are allowed to insert your AdSense ID in your account. Based on the impression your widget gets, Google ads with your AdSense is rotated throughout their network of publishes who have placed the widget in their blogs.

The website is not clear about the ratio of AdSense revenue sharing. In fact, the website could have been more clear. Though the concept is unique, I am afraid it might not encourage many bloggers.
I am not interested.

Inspired by: Share AdSense

Block the fat

The film on the Star Movies channel was absolutely engrossing. Watching the movie, I was able to forget my nagging headache. The screenplay was too good and fast..

The background music was just perfect and added to the tempo.

I read a line on the back of a T-shirt of a woman that made everybody in my home burst with laughter. The word was ‘LipoSeduction’ and I am sure you can guess how I read it.

Immediately after the movie got over, I rushed to my desktop, logged on to the net and keyed in ‘LipoSeduction’ in the Google search box. From the search results, I found out that LipoSeduction 2250 is the perfect addition to users of Orovo who love the occasional "cheat meal".

Ah! A cheat meal? How aptly named!

LipoSeduction 2250 is said to contain a fat blocker, carbohydrate blocker, and an appetite suppressant. It’s designed to be taken before "cheat meals" so you don't absorb all the calories and don’t feel guilty about cheating your health plan.