Blogging Classes @ LVS Online

Week Six: Blog Tags and Categories

lorelle — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:58:31 +0000

Welcome to Week Six: Tags and Categories with Lorelle VanFossen In this week’s session, we’re going to talk about blog categories and tags. As you go through the exercises listed below, use the following three step filter: Your tags and categories must: Group related content into “bodies of work” Provide navigation to related content Send a clear message about your blog’s [...]

Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune suggestions

Bean — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:08:10 +0000

Greetings current and potential students and alumni! It is time for me to start planning the topics to be covered for the November session of Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune. I have a bunch of ideas brewing from my experiences at WordCamp Portland and my experiences from organizing WordCamp Seattle but I want to [...]

New Student Blogs Sept 09

Bean — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:45:24 +0000

Its a new school year and a new set of student blogs are on the horizon. Put the URL of your brand new blog in the comments and I will add them to the blogroll. I am always excited to see what you come up with!

Is your WordPress blog under attack?

Bean — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:49:29 +0000

A few weeks ago, I warned students about the necessity of keeping their WordPress blog updated. If your blog is hosted on wordpress.com, it is updated. This warning is for self hosted blogs. The latest version, WordPress 2.8.4, closes a hole in previous versions that allowed hackers to create a backdoor administrator account on your [...]

Mark Carter brings business bent to Fun, Fame and Fortune

Bean — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:42:13 +0000

Mark J. Carter is the founder of TweetNetworking, LLC and ONE80, LLC. He ran Chicago’s first Twestival (an international event in 150+ cities) and is currently running Chicago’s second Twestival. He regularly trains companies and individuals how to get real results with social media. With regards to current social media projects: Currently Carter is Director of [...]

Fairy Blog Mother lands at LVS

Bean — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:44:14 +0000

Image by Randy Stewart via Flickr I am so pleased to announce that Lorelle VanFossen, aka the Fairy Blog Mother, will be a guest instructor for the Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune class at LVS Online this coming session! Lorelle VanFossen has been around the WordPress and WordCamp map. She’s presented keynotes and programs at WordCamps [...]

Gearing up for September blogging classes

Bean — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:02:12 +0000

I am working hard, revising the blogging classes for a new school year. I am very excited about some of the new content planned for both the Blogging Basics and the Blogging for Fun, Fame and Fortune classes. The world is all a buzz about Twitter, so there will now be a brief introduction to [...]

Tis the season for… WordCamps

Bean — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:54:32 +0000

Fall is the season for going back to school (at least in the Northern hemisphere) and it the season for WordCamps! WordCamps are informal conferences for WordPress users by WordPress users. Designed for the beginning blogger and the experienced professional, these WordCamps are community organized events created so WordPress users can learn and share together. The [...]

What version of WordPress are YOU running?

Bean — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:24:26 +0000

If you aren’t running WordPress 2.8.4, you could be in trouble. Since WordPress 2.8 was released last spring, WordPress has released four bug/security fixes. Each of these fixes are important. One of the drawbacks of being a popular open source platform is that you catch people’s attention, even hackers. One of the ways that WordPress helps [...]

How collectives can benefit from SOBCon 09

Bean — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:52:58 +0000

Is your mastermind group, freelance consortium, small business collective or non-profit organization invested enough in success to sponsor a member to attend SOBCon? A famous African proverb states it takes a village to raise a child. In this economy, it can take a collective to finance the fantastic opportunities that Successful and Outstanding Bloggers (SOB), Biz [...]