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Another Seven Useful Plugins for Your WordPress Blog

Gary Wallace — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:30:05 +0000

A few months ago my article Seven Useful Plugins for Your WordPress Blog described the plugins I had found useful for this website. Since then I have been exploring what is possible with the WordPress software and finding ways to squeeze more functionality from it.

For each of the ideas I came up with I found numerous solutions at the wordpress.org plugin site. The seven plugins described in the following article are all used on this website, but I still feel my blog is only just beginning to reach its potential. With WordPress plugins we are just a few clicks away from some very useful features.

You can read the full article at WebUpon.com by following the link below.

Another Seven Useful Plugins for Your WordPress Blog
As your blog grows you will find yourself thinking of many ideas to improve it. Before trying to tailor the code yourself, it is worth searching for a solution amongst the WordPress plugins. Here are another seven plugins that may be of use.

Seven Useful Plugins for Your WordPress Blog

Gary Wallace — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:27:03 +0000

There are many blogging sites scattered around the internet, including blogger.com and wordpress.com, which are very useful if all you want to do with them is blog. But, if you want to extend these capabilities, a small investment in a hosting package and a free download from wordpress.org may be the answer.

Once installed, you will be able to style your site with the use of themes and create additional static pages. There are also hundreds of plugins available that will extend the functionality of your site further. The seven described in the article below are all used on this website, but there are many others available that do the same, or similar, things. Achieving the right balance is just a matter of experimenting.

You can read the full article at WebUpon.com by following the link below.

Seven Useful Plugins for Your WordPress Blog
With the addition of a few plugins, your WordPress blog can be transformed from a list of text articles into useful, dynamic tool. These seven plugins will help in that process.

Internet Publishing With Triond

Gary Wallace — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:13:19 +0000

The internet contains many millions of web pages and each of these pages requires interesting and informative content. Although much of this content is written by the website owners, there are many sites that seek contributions from freelance writers, and are willing to pay for them.

One such site is Triond. The articles submitted to Triond, once reviewed by the editing team, are published on a group of partner websites including Bookstove, Picable, Purpleslinky, Quazen, Scienceray, Socyberty, Trifter, Webupon and Writinghood. Having this range of sites available means that articles on similar subjects can be published together. For example, you will find science articles at Scienceray and travel articles at Trifter.

Triond accepts articles on a wide variety of subjects including health, cars, pets, history, society, books, science, computers and many others. If you can think of a subject to write about it will find a home somewhere in their network. Triond also publishes creative writing, so poetry, short stories and chapters from novels are all welcomed. Pictures, audio and video also have their own sites. All submissions must be in the English language and must not have been published before.

Revenue is generated from advertisements displayed alongside the articles. This revenue is shared between the writer and Triond with each receiving half. Once you have published five articles you will have the opportunity of integrating your Triond account with Google Adsense. Earnings are paid monthly as long as you have earned more than $50 if paid by cheque or $0.50 if paid via Paypal. If you don’t reach these thresholds then your earnings roll over to the following month.

If being paid for your writing appeals to you and you would like to join Triond, please follow my referral link and sign up. I will be paid a referral fee by Triond but this does not affect your earnings. If you would rather not use the referral link you can join through the Triond homepage.

13 Evil Creatures to Avoid This Halloween

Gary Wallace — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:05:53 +0000

Halloween is a night of fun. It’s a night of dressing up in ghoulish costumes and telling scary ghost stories. But lurking beneath the surface are a host of evil creatures intent on causing mayhem and destruction. Who are these monsters and how can we avoid them?

This article about evil creatures from folklore provides a handy guide to spotting banshees, bogeymen, elves, furies, ghosts, ghouls, goblins, ogres, pixies, vampires, werewolves, witches and wraiths. It also gives useful advice on how to defeat them.

You can read the full article at Socyberty.com by following the link below.

13 Evil Creatures to Avoid This Halloween
With Halloween approaching, evil creatures are stalking the land looking to cause mischief and death among humankind. Use this handy guide to recognise these monsters and avoid them for a safe Halloween.

Kings and Queens of England: Edward the Confessor

Gary Wallace — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:10:21 +0000

Edward the Confessor

Often in the study of history a reputation must be stripped away to reveal the real historical figure (or as much as the evidence allows). This applies to the story of Edward the Confessor more than most. Far from being the saintly old man seen in the Bayeux tapestry, Edward was a typical 11th century king who took the throne after a long period of civil war and foreign rule.

In the third article of my Kings and Queens of England series I attempt to find the real Edward and discover why the end of his reign led to a struggle for control of the country. As usual, the key dates in Edward’s story can be found in the On This Day section.

You can read the full biography of Edward the Confessor at Quazen.com by following the link below.

Kings and Queens of England: Edward The Confessor (1042-1066)
The Edward the Confessor sat on the throne in the Bayeux tapestry is a white-bearded old man. His reputation is as a saintly king, a peaceful but ineffectual ruler whose childlessness left the kingdom in chaos after his death. But the full story of the penultimate Saxon king is one of warfare, exile, power struggles and shrewd diplomacy.

Boron

Gary Wallace — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:13:17 +0000

The fifth entry in my Elements of the Periodic Table series is boron. Boron was first isolated in 1808 by Sir Humphey Davy, in Britain, and Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis-Jacques Thenard, in France, and is the first of the semi metals.

Although pure boron is almost chemically inert, its compounds have numerous uses. These uses are explored in the following article, along with the element’s history and production methods.

To find out more about boron, read the article at Scienceray.com by following the link below.

Elements of the Periodic Table: Boron (B)
Essential facts, history and uses of the fifth element of the periodic table.

Walking in the Wye Valley

Gary Wallace — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:37:42 +0000

Ye Olde Ferrie Inne From Yat Rock Viewpoint

A walk through any part of the Wye Valley is always a treat, but the area around Symonds Yat, where Herefordshire and Gloucestershire meet, is something special. With plenty of family activities, river cruises, canoeing, hotels and camping facilities, pubs and restaurants and miles of beautiful walks, Symonds Yat has something for everyone.

Earlier this summer, on a rare day of sunshine, I took a walk along the banks of the Wye. The walk described in the article below crossed the river twice, once by ferry and once by bridge, and took in the spectacular views from the Yat Rock viewpoint.

If you would like to walk the route yourself, or just enjoy the 15 photographs that accompany the article, follow the link below to Trifter.com and find out what Symonds Yat has to offer.

A Walk Along the Banks of the River Wye at Symonds Yat
Join me at Symonds Yat for a five mile walk along the banks of the river Wye where Herefordshire meets Gloucestershire. Add a one mile detour to take in the spectacular views from the Yat Rock viewpoint.

Beryllium

Gary Wallace — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:27:01 +0000

First isolated in 1828, beryllium is a brittle, grey alkaline earth metal and the fourth element examined in my Elements of the Periodic Table series. As in the previous three instalments of this series, I examine the history and uses of the element, including its use as a neutron source. Methods of extracting beryllium metal from mineral ores are also investigated.

To find out more about beryllium, read the article at Scienceray.com by following the link below.

Elements of the Periodic Table: Beryllium (Be)
Essential facts, history and uses of the fourth element of the periodic table.

What is St Elmo’s Fire?

Gary Wallace — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:23:48 +0000

St Elmo's Fire on Masts of a Ship at Sea

The weather phenomenon known as St Elmo’s fire has been described by many writers. The logs and memoirs of the early European explorers, on the voyages led by Columbus, Magellan and others, mention the peculiar ‘fire’ on their ships’ masts. Charles Darwin witnessed the lights during his time on the Beagle.

Descriptions of St Elmo’s fire have also found their way into works of fiction, including those of William Shakespeare and Herman Melville. Even classical writers, such as Pliny and Julius Caesar, have given us first-hand accounts of the spectacle. But what is St Elmo’s fire and how is it caused?

You can find the answer to this question at Scienceray.com by following the link below.

What is St Elmo’s Fire?
St Elmo’s fire is a familiar phrase to most of us (even if we ignore the film and song). But what is St Elmo’s fire and how is it caused?

Kings and Queens of England: Danes and Saxons

Gary Wallace — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:51:44 +0000

Cnut, King of England 1016-1035

The second part of my Kings and Queens of England series covers the years 1013 to 1042. This 29-year period saw six kings on the throne of England and a power struggle between the Saxons and Danes.

Part one ended in 1016 with the death of Æthelred II. In part two I jump back three years to investigate the short reign of Swein Forkbeard before the restoration of Æthelred. Following this I look at the lives of Edmund II, Cnut, Harold I and Harthacnut, the last of the Danish kings of England. As with part one, the key dates can be found in the On This Day section.

You can read the second article at Socyberty.com by following the link below.

Kings and Queens of England: Danes and Saxons (1013-1042)
In the second part of the Kings and Queens of England series I will explore the reigns of the Danish and Saxon kings from 1013 to 1042. I will start this section with the life Swein Forkbeard and finish with the early death of Harthacnut and the end of the Danish period.