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Experience The Power of Twitter While Sharing Your Gr8Tweets!

Lately it feels like every time I turn on the TV news, pick up a newspaper or listen to the radio someone is talking about twitter or has written an article.  So why is twitter increasing in popularity?
Off course I could try to explain why but it’s better to experience the power of Twitter yourself.  [...]

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Have You Re-inserted Your Google Analytics Tracking Code?

While analysing my Google Analytics data this weekend I noticed The Edublogger is currently showing zero visits.
Interesting?  Yes Edublogs has upgraded its Google Analytics plugin and we even have an admin alert in our blog dashboards.  I even read it! Went a bit like
Edublogs Supporters and use Google Analytics blah blah blah!
With zero visits being [...]

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Writing Links in Comments

A common frustration for commenters is how do you write links in comments on blog posts.
Inserting links in posts is relatively easy because your Visual Editor provides a Insert/Edit Link button but this tool isn’t available for writing comments on posts.  This is where a basic knowledge of HTML helps because you use HTML to [...]

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Have You Joined The 2009 Student Blogging Challenge?

The student blogging challenge starts in March…..have you joined?
Currently 14 class blogs and 80 individual students blogs from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, England, Portugal and Argentina have signed up for the student blogging challenge.  Each week there will be one challenge, and some weeks will include three choices within the one challenge so that [...]

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How Is Your Blog Looking In Internet Explorer?

Are you viewing your blog ONLY using FireFox, Flock, Chrome or Safari?  Have you checked it lately using Internet Explorer?
NO?
Oh dear you may be in for a BIG SHOCK! If you are unlikely you may find that your blog isn’t viewable in Internet Explorer and totally locks up your web browser or isn’t displaying properly.
What’s [...]

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Adding ClustrMaps to Your Blog Sidebar Using A Text Widget

ClustrMaps is a popular widget for class and student blogs because it reminds students that they are part of a global audience and demonstrates how connected we all are. Students love seeing the red dots grow as their readers, from around the World, visit their blog.
Edublogs supporters can use the ClustrMaps widget (follow these [...]

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The Edublogger’s First Birthday Celebration!

The Edublogger just had its first birthday which makes:

94 posts with 2,754 comments
110,216 site visits from 150 countries according to ClustrMaps (57.5 % USA, 12 % Australia, 5.4 % UK, 4.5 % Canada and 1.8 % NZ)
With 2031 bookmarks on Delicious and 459 bookmarks on Diigo

PS Sorry but celebrations ran a bit due to [...]

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Embedding A Flickr SlideShow In Your Blog Sidebar

Have you speculated if it is possible to embed a Flickr Slideshow in a sidebar rather than in a post? Well Betsy asked because she wants to add one to her Merit School of Music blog.
Your options
The size of most embed code can be adjusted by pasting it into a simple text editor like Notepad [...]

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Edublogs Themes That Allow Comments on Pages!

Which blog themes allow readers to write comments on pages is a common question asked in the Edublogs forum.
Problem is some themes allow comments on pages and others don’t.  To find the answer you need to try each theme, which is a lengthy process.  It took me hours to Separate the 100 Edublogs themes Into [...]

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Quick Start Tips For New Flickr Users: Part III

Quite a few readers have been asking why Flickr not Picasa or Photobucket.  With any luck this last post in our Flickr series will help explain as I demonstrate some of the creative ways Flickr can be used.
Creating Cool Stuff From Your Flickr Photos
One of the best aspects of Flickr is they allow outside (”third [...]

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