Skip to main content

Home/ CMN450 Participatory Media and Communication/ Group items tagged wordpress

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Michael Tran

Blogger v Wordpress: Which Is The Best Platform For Your Blog? - Epreneur TV - 0 views

  • Blogging is perfect for every entrepreneur. It doesn’t matter if you are a start-up business or running a growing concern, or whether you have a bricks-and-mortar store or operate solely online. The bottom line is that blogging can help drive traffic to your website, build authority and create community.
  • Perhaps the biggest advantage of using Blogger.com is that it is free, quick and easy to use.
    • Michael Tran
       
      Easy to start up!
  • I hope I’ve convinced you that every small business owner and entrepreneur needs to blog.
    • Michael Tran
       
      Start one now!
  •  
    A comparison between the blogging platforms, blogger and wordpress.
ilana enoukov

30 WordPress Tips YOU Can Use Today | Blogelina - 0 views

  • Use a Landing Page.
  • Strengthen Your Footer.
  • Improve Your Permalinks
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • Improve Your Sidebars.
  • Make Sure Everything is Current.
    • ilana enoukov
       
      Currency equals relevance
  • Check Your Site as a Visitor
    • ilana enoukov
       
      If the blog doesn't have an effect on you as a visitor, it probably won't have an effect on actual visitors!
  • Encourage Social Sharing.
    • ilana enoukov
       
      Blogging tips from a blogger (compilation of formatting tips and steps to take to make your blogging experience effective)
Madison DeSousa

What is Media Convergence ? | MEDIA CONVERGENCE - 0 views

    • Madison DeSousa
       
      This article brings up a good point when discussing the negative ad positive sides of media convergence. I agree with certain points from both sides. On the negative side I agree that not all voices are taken into account, only those with access to new media. On the positive side I agree that the input that is given from voices heard helps improve services and generates awareness. 
  • uggesting that media audiences nowadays play a crucial role in creating and distributing content,
  • mprove the value of the service, the flexibility of topics and the competence of the contributers’ as well as enable technological developments, change the elitism of media professionals and create new general awareness
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • decline in the diversity of material offered and result in a tendency that voices of those lacking economic power will not be taken into account
  • certain segments of the audience arguably remain neglected and unable to fully participate in the new media culture.
  • new forms of interaction between producers and consumers
Stanislav Gamar

Everything brilliant starts with an Idea | kickstarter - 0 views

  • The smart organisations are figuring out that social and collaboration platforms
  •  Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have demonstrated that a sizable and growing ’fan’ base
  • submit inspiration or ideas about different topics such as travel and romance
  • ...1 more annotation...
    • Stanislav Gamar
       
      Carrying on with trend of financial and creative support for various institutions and individuals of unspecified renown, we get to enjoy some quality examples of social platforms with in this article.
Michael Tran

Our Mission - StatCounter - 0 views

  • StatCounter's mission is to help our members easily understand their visitors, so they can make good decisions to become more successful online.
  • Fast, Responsive, Quick loading Service
    • Michael Tran
       
      I've personally never noticed any downtime
  • Well we certainly don't believe so - with StatCounter you get what is probably the most configurable free hit counter available in the world, as well as the option to go completely invisible. There are absolutely no ads on your website!
  •  
    I use this site for my blog to keep track of the geographic location of my viewers as well as how many views I get on a certain day to see how successful my posts seem to be. 
Michael Tran

26 Places to Find Free Multimedia for Your Blog - 0 views

  • Need a professional-looking image but don't have the budget for spendy stock photo houses? Check out these great alternatives for free stock photography.
    • Michael Tran
       
      Blogs aren't too interesting to read without pictures in between to keep them attracted
  • Nothing makes a blog post more eye-catching than a great header image, but not all publishers have artistic talent. And even accomplished digital creatives often crave some found material to start from or work with in a project. Luckily for all of the above, sources abound for finding a compelling photo to grab your readers' eyes and draw them in, or to locate fresh multimedia to remix.
  •  
    A comprehensive list of sites for people to find free audio, video, and visual media to add extra detail and spark to their websites.
Michael Tran

Why Should My Website Have a RSS Feed? What is a RSS Feed? - 0 views

  • It seems like almost every Website or blog you visit has a RSS feed. They have been around for years and the buzz is up about them as the technology continues to go mainstream.
  • More free traffic to your site
  • It’s an easy way to update your audience
    • Michael Tran
       
      Readers will be able to keep themselves updated easily with notifications and see where they left off
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • To summarize, a visitor sees the headlines they want to read, view the summary, and click through to your site to read the rest of the news, either in a new window, or without having to leave the application they are in. And when you update again, the reader will notify them that you have new headlines, and/or populate the list of items you have available. This can keep your audience coming back. It is so easy you would be crazy not to do it!
  •  
    Reasons why your website should have an RSS feed and how it benefits you for free.
Michael Tran

6 Tips on Choosing a Proper Template for Your Website - 0 views

  • Each kind of a website has its own peculiarities. A common mistake in web design community is to ignore the specificity of a website.
    • Michael Tran
       
      A lot of people pick a template because of how it looks but certain templates don't work for certain kinds of sites. An online shop for example shouldn't have a template that was originally designed for a fashion blog for example.
  • In order to help people that want to create their own website at any cost, the designers came with a great solution: website templates. A template is a structure that needs small customizations, especially for personalizing it, and after finishing these it may be uploaded.
  • Tip #2: Choose the template you need but not the one you just visually like
1 - 8 of 8
Showing 20 items per page