Here is a great plugin that we have been using since 2009. Best of all the developer of this admin dashboard wordpress plugin stays on top of wordpress updates and keeps the plugin up to date. As of today the latest update was just nine days ago!
Before installing the admin management plugin – you have to open every post edit page to make any changes. Take a look at the view all posts admin panel:
After installing the Admin Management Xtended wordpress plugin you will seethe edit options right there on the post admin page:
Some of the key features include a quick means to:
- change the author
- view the number of comments (and open them)
- edit the categories
- add tags
- adjust the post order
- turn comments on or off
- change the publications date
An example of when this is really handy- when you are cleaning up your posts categories.
Most of the reviews I give don’t include an endorsement but this time – I actually can say I have used this plugin on EVERY WordPress blog I have created or managed since 2012 so I give it two thumbs up!
Of course – ALWAYS back up before you install any new plugin and remember that plugins can conflict with each other.
You have probably noticed Facebooks new time line. Either because you are already using it or you have been like our founder Kay been fighting the switch over to Facebook’s new timeline.
Unfortunately you can’t hold out forever so we thought we’d share a few tips about Facebook’s new timeline and …
put up a contest for a CUSTOM designed cover image (because we haven’t found a Facebook timeline cover generator that doesn’t squish up your photos yet). See bottom of post.
Our Facebook timeline tips:
1) Privacy.
Facebook’s timeline makes bring up past status updates, photos, and events more visible. Did you rant and rave about a family member last year? It could make a more visible appearance on your new timeline.
A) Adjust privacy on each post. You can hide a Facebook timeline element by clicking on the pencil image at the top of the offending status and choose hide from timeline.
Any previous privacy settings you had still apply, so if you set a photo to be for ‘family’ only, it will remain that way.
You can control what appears on your Facebook time line using your Activity Log which displays every post and activity from the day you joined Facebook to right this minute.
“You’ll see two dropdown menus next to each story in your activity log. The first lets you adjust the privacy of your posts, or it shows you the privacy setting if it’s a story created by a friend (like when someone writes on your timeline or tags you in a post). The second dropdown menu controls the visibility of the story on your timeline and gives you the option to hide, allow or feature the story on your timeline. You also have the option to permanently delete anything you post on Facebook” http://www.facebook.com/help/activitylog
B) Review and adjust your privacy settings. You can set ALL of your previous posts to friends only on your Privacy Settings page. It is a good idea to always review the privacy settings page when Facebook launches a new layout. http://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=privacy
2) Layout and design
Facebook’s new timeline is a big change from the old profile page. There are two things you should do to update your profile to the new timeline layout; create a cover and add past content.
A) The Time Line Cover. You will find there are tons of new aps and pages offering ways to create a new cover. However, most run the risk of requiring you to provide your contact details or interacting with a third party ap so be sure to research the terms of service and privacy policy of any ap you use to create a facebook time line cover. Our suggestion- use photoshop or paint to create your own.
Facebook has guidelines around using your cover to ‘advertise’ a business’. We recommend that you keep it ‘personal’ but include your blogs colours and fonts to help brand your blog.
B) Your timeline events. See that time line? Chances are there’s not much from when you were BORN to when you joined facebook. You can fill this part of your timeline quite easily by going back and adjusting the dates of any photos you have previously uploaded.
If you want to add a special event in the past, it is as easy as creating new content and setting the date. For example, our founder may want to add “Came up with the idea of Her Media” which occurred in 2003. Easy peasy. Just create a new status and date it.
Yes we said there was a contest. Use the raffle copter form below to be entered to win a custom timeline cover. (Winner can choose from 4 background and provide up to 8 photos and their text.)
a Rafflecopter giveaway
When you mention PPC advertising, most of us immediately think AdWords by Google. There are however a variety of PPC advertising options that may provide greater targeting (i.e. reaching business owners on Linked In) for your PPC campaigns. For this reason Blog Pr Wire has created a list of PPC networks and advertising providers you may not have considered or tried.
Of course, if you want to run PPC ads as a publisher then this very same list of PPC networks is worth checking out as well!
The big list of PPC networks (or the big list of PPC advertising providers)
http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de
http://adcenter.microsoft.com
http://adtoll.com
http://advertising.microsoft.com/ad-network
http://advertising.yandex.ru/english
http://marketingsolutions.yahoo.com
http://www.7search.com
http://www.ad.ly
http://www.ad4game.com
http://www.adblade.com
http://www.adclickmedia.com
http://www.adconion.com
http://www.adengage.com
http://www.adknowledge.com
http://www.adready.com
http://www.adroll.com
http://www.adside.com
http://www.adtegrity.com
http://www.appvert.com
http://www.bidvertiser.com
http://www.burstmedia.com
http://www.chitika.com
http://www.cpmstar.com
http://www.cubics.com
http://www.etarget.eu
http://www.etology.com
http://www.finditquick.com
http://www.gutefrage.net/
http://www.harrenmedia.com
http://www.interclick.com
http://www.isocket.com
http://www.kontera.com/pay-per-click-advertising
http://www.leadback.com
http://www.linkedin.com/directads
http://www.marchex.com/advertisers
http://www.mochimedia.com/advertisers
http://www.nixxie.com
http://www.orkut.com
http://www.plentyoffish.com
http://www.premiumaccess.com
http://www.pubmatic.com
http://www.pulse360.com
http://www.reseauselect.com
http://www.revenuepilot.com
http://www.rockyouads.com
http://www.rubiconproject.com
http://www.searchfeed.com
http://www.sponsoredtweets.com
http://www.statusplug.com
http://www.studivz.net/
http://www.technoratimedia.com
http://www.traffiq.com
http://www.trianads.com
http://www.userplane.com/advertising
http://www.widgetbucks.com
http://www.ybnmedia.com
http://www.zohark.com
Blog Traffic. It’s one of the secrets to a successful blog. Blog Visitors, Blog readers. Today’s blog tip for bloggers is: PING YOUR BLOG!
Why do you NEED to ping your blog? Well it’s that field of dreams thing. If you build it – they WON’T come until you tell the search engines how to find you. That id what pining your blog all about. It makes yoru blog jump up and down and get noticed by search engines.
So here is a handy little list of places (free ping submission services) to ping your blog.
I suggest staying away from any ping submission site that does not provide you with a list of places they will ping.
