Archive for March, 2008

WordPress Version 2.5 Officially Released

Posted under Wordpress on March 30th 2008 with 1 Comment

WordPress version 2.5 is officially released. From Beta version RC1, to RC2, and now the official released version 2.5. You can try WordPress 2.5 now and download it here.

To quote for more User Features:
Cleaner, faster, less cluttered dashboard
Dashboard Widgets
Multi-file upload with progress bar
Bonus: EXIF extraction
Search posts and pages
Tag management
Password strength meter
Concurrent editing protection
Few-click plugin upgrades
Friendlier visual post editor
Built-in galleries

For complete and full article of the new released WordPress 2.5, please check and read it here. And also, please do check the WordPress main page for they have a new nice redesign of their site. I will be upgrading my blogs next week and be back here for more updates and hopefully my upgrading will be smooth.

Google Adsense Optimization Update

Posted under Adsense, Blogging & Tips on March 28th 2008 with 3 Comments

Google Adsense update. The latest post on Google Adsense blog talks about “Another look at optimizations” which mentions two optimization guidelines for your site with Adsense Ads.

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A sneak peek of WordPress 2.5

Posted under Blogging & Tips, Wordpress on March 19th 2008 with 1 Comment

Matt of WordPress.org posted a sneak peek of the upcoming version WordPress 2.5 and is just about to be released anytime soon. Features to be watched for is a customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times. Is that what you’re looking for in an upgrade?

To Quote:

A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times sound interesting? Then WordPress 2.5 might be the release for you. It’s been in the oven for a while, and we’re finally ready to open the doors a bit to give you a taste.
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The software is basically done and stable, and could be released today, but we’d like to incorporate feedback from a wider audience before making it available to the general public. After a few days of your feedback we’ll set a final release date. Personally, I can’t wait.

Full Article about Wordpress 2.5.

Weekend Recap (03/16/2008)

Posted under Blogging & Tips, Personal, Wordpress on March 16th 2008 with 1 Comment

At last, Pacquiao Marquez 2 – Unfinished Business fight is over now. The result? Manny Pacquiao won via Split Decision. Tere also shares her personal opinion and insights about the Pacquiao Marquez rematch fight.

My web host blocked my site for about an hour because of the traffic surge it encountered and is using above the 10% limit for cpu resources. Good thing, Eugene is kind and helpful enough in unblocking my site and allowed me to fix my site by deactivating some plugins and by using the temporary default wordpress theme for the mean time so as to lessen the use of wordpress plugins. Before my site was blocked, I have monitored that there are around 200-300 guests/visitors accessing my site simultaneously. Wow my first time to experience such surge of traffic. Had I known and change my theme, earlier before the fight, to a simpler default wordpress theme, maybe my site could have handled the surge of traffic smoothly. Just maybe

Anyways, back to blogging and back to my normal and original theme again by wpthemesplugin.com. Holy week is here. How will you celebrate it?

Temporary Default Wordpress Theme

Posted under Blogging & Tips, Wordpress on March 16th 2008 with 1 Comment

To all my guests and visitors, I’ve just reverted to default wordpress theme layout to lessen the use of plug-ins because I have surpassed my allowable cpu resources at my web host’s server. Even though at the time it peaked at around 300 guests/visitors simultaneously accessing my site, my web host blocked my site to lessen the burden of the server and to protect other site hosted at the server. This is the disadvantage of a shared hosting. So many sites hosted in one (1) server. tsk tsk. Overselling indeed. What do you expect? I know they have to squeze their resources just to earn more.

This is just temporary. As the time the traffic stabilizes and lessens, I will revert back to my original wordpress theme. Please bare with the default wordpress theme layout. Thank you.

As for the mean time, click here >>> Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 Result

Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 Result

Posted under SEO, Sports on March 16th 2008 with 10 Comments

Update: Manny Pacquiao won via Split Decision.
My Round by round live coverage of Pacquiao Marquez 2 at the end of this post.

Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 result will be announced on this blog post as soon as the Live Pacquiao Marquez fight is finished as we have an access to the Pay-Per-View of their fight. If you don’t have live feed, pay-per-view or access to their fight, better subscribe to my FULL RSS feed or have the result of the Pacquiao vs Marquez Rematch sent directly to your email inbox or just locate my subscription button located at the top right section of this page. Who will be your bet to win? I am rooting for my countryman, Manny “PACMAN” Pacquiao. Go Pacquiao!
March 15, 2008
Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, NV USA
March 16, 2008 9:00AM-12:00Noon Philippine/Manila Time

On the side note, let us see if this post can reach the first page of Google’s SERPs.

Update: I have decided to do a Live Pacquiao Marquez 2 round-by-round coverage. I am not sure if my old web host will handle surge of traffic and requests if there is (? hehehe), that’s why I’m doing a live round by round result of their fight. Good luck to my site. I’m not a good sportscaster, so expect not so detailed fight. See below:
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Friday Link Love – Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 Edition

Posted under SEO, Sports on March 14th 2008 with 2 Comments

UPDATE: Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 Result

Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 fight is less than 48 hours more to go. And before the live Pacquiao vs Marquez fight will commence on March 15, 2008 Las Vegas time (March 16, 2008 9AM Philippine time), please accept my linky love to those who support our very own Manny Pacquiao and post about their rematch fight. Good Luck to us with this SEO post and I hope Google and Yahoo will bring us more organic traffic and that our earnings will increase. Thank you in advance Google and Yahoo. Below are the lists:

Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 LA Presser!

Posted under SEO, Sports on March 11th 2008 with 1 Comment

Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 rematch II
[pic courtesy of pound4pound.com]

UPDATE: Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 Result

Three-time world champion Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines (right) and WBC World Super Featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico meet awhile ago during their final press conference at the famous Placita Olvera in downtown Los Angeles for their upcoming exciting rematch. Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 – Unfinished Business” is live on HBO Pay-Per-View, Saturday March 15 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Marquez: “When they hold up my hand in victory in the ring on Saturday night remember that I am doing this for everyone in Mexico.”
Pacquiao: “I know all of you here want Marquez, and I know he trained very hard for this fight, but so did I! May the best man win on Saturday night.”[quoted from pound4pound.com]

P.S.

Don’t forget to check here on the fight day for the Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 result will be announced on this blog post as soon as the Pacquiao vs Marquez fight Live is finished as we have subscribed to the Pay-Per-View of their fight. Video will also be posted here if I can get hold of it.