It’s open but I kind of think we should have a little fun first! Don’t you?
Let’s do the thing where we give freebies and discounts for comments on this blog post. Can ya dig it?
The goal of this workshop is to hold your hand through getting a prophoto blog completely set up. If you don’t have hosting or a domain yet, no biggie, the hand-holding can start there. If you already have established hosting, good deal. Even if you already have a prophoto blog but have yet to make it your own or simply want to juice it up into a full blogsite, we’re good there too.
Please read through our INFO pages starting here: http://photoblog101.com/info.
The class fee is $80. We offer a discount if you sign up for hosting with bluehost through us!
If you’re ready to register, go here: http://photoblog101.com/photoblog101-prophoto-workshop-october-11-2011
But if you want to roll the dice and try to score a discount, leave a comment here on this post. We love seeing links to really ugly blogs or hearing strangers tell us we’re pretty or even knock-knock jokes. Or just say “Heck yeah I want a discount!”. One person will get the course FREE. One person will get 75% off. One person will get 50% off. One person will get 25% off. It’s that simple. If we get over 50 comments, we’ll start over with the winningness so share on Facebook, forums and at your favorite coffee shop.
Comments will close on Saturday at noon Eastern Standard Time.
Little Tiny Lesson: Activate Akismet to control spam on your blog!
February 4th, 2011Here’s a little tiny lesson with big huge potential to save you from spam on your blog. The plugin akismet comes pre-installed with your wordpress blog. You just have to activate it. Activating it is easier said than done though. So take notes:
Akismet is a plugin that is automatically installed with wordpress. It’s that important. It’s your main line against spam. Spammers target your comments and can really clog things up. Not to mention a lot of comment spam is totally inappropriate. Viagra, anyone?
Until you give Askimet an API key, wp-admin will repeatedly remind you that you need to activate akismet.
1) Click the “activate akismet” link. You’ll see that it wants an API key.
2) You can pay for the commercial key or you can get one from a wordpress.com account (click HERE for info on the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org). If you want to get it from a wordpress.com account, create one & log in. Oh yeah, it’s a hassle but it’s totally necessary and worth it. Promise.
3) Go to “my account” and grab the API key.
4) Go back to your wp-admin and enter the key.
Tags: akismet, comments, spam, stop spam on my blog
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