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Thanks, thanks!

busymom — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:58:10 +0000

I am pleasantly surprised to see that this blog now has 8 feed subscribers! This ‘working’ blog will soon reach its 6th month and even though its PR was downgraded to ‘2’, the pa1d opportunities are still coming.

Who knows until when I will have this Google PR ranking and how long my dear readers will be patient with my writing (hee hee), but seriously, I’m thankful to you because advertisers like blogs with consistent traffic and feed subscribers. So once more, big thanks to you!

A New Blog in the Making

busymom — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:22:49 +0000

I’m planning to sign-up for my fourth domain. It will not be used for pa1d blogging but for photography. I currently have a photo gallery with Smugmug and a photo blog but I would like them to be used for my personal photos, such as those of my family and friends. With that I’m thinking of getting a different web host so that I won’t be solely dependent on my current host. Not that I’m unhappy with them or that their inefficient. It’s just that I would also like to try another company.

It’s so nice that I can check on reviews about web hosting rating on the Internet. I can choose upfront from their list of Top 10 Best Web Hosting Providers. If I want to go to specifics, I can also check for the best blog hosting or best budget hosting provider. But I’m leaning towards a host that has Cpanel installed. It is still is the most user-friendly control panel on earth! That means I have Bluehost or Hostmonster in my shortlist.

Thanks to the guys behind webhostingrating.com. They are doing a great job providing bloggers like me with very useful web hosting information. Go on, check out their site.

Going Once, Twice

busymom — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:27:29 +0000

I tried to sell my health and food blog domain to a few blogger friends last week. But no one was seriously interested to buy it (hee). So I took the advice of a friend and enrolled it to a few pa1d sites and just wait until the Big G takes away the blog’s PR and stop pa1d blogging all together. It sounds like a good plan.

A Pa1d Blogging Update

busymom — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:05:22 +0000

After six months of active pa1d blogging on this site, I’m happy to report that I’m able to earn enough to meet the requirements for tax filing. Ha ha. I was able to buy a few gadgets with my moolah making raket and it’s encouraging!

I’ve started to slowdown a bit due to health reasons, so the earnings won’t be that much in the coming months. But I’m not complaining, after all, I never imagined that I can get a few bucks with my writing skills! Hee hee.

Let’s see if I’ll reach the first year milestone in April 2009.

That Perfect WP Theme

busymom — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:11:40 +0000

Finally, after changing wordpress templates several times for my four active blogs, I can finally say that I’m happy with them. I won’t be tinkering with them for a long time and that’s a relief knowing how tedious it can be to change themes frequently.

Although I’m still eyeing to use a customized template for my personal blog. As it is now more of a photo blog, I would like the theme to be personalized, fitting for the concept I have in mind. Hmm, this is another item on my personal projects!

A Quick PR Update

busymom — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:55:13 +0000

I didn’t access my blogs last Saturday since we were away on a day trip so when I got the chance to check them the following day, I found my two “working blogs” with -1 PR. That means less opportunities for me to work on. What surprised me though is that the Mighty “G” didn’t put both blogs to NIL ranking.

At the same time, the husband has requested me to minimize my blogging activites (read as: stop paid blogging) and I just promised that I will be less active and just allot an hour or 2 at the most for these in a day. There’s no point in earning a few bucks at the expense of a good night’s sleep.

Haste Makes Waste

busymom — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:35:57 +0000

Guess what? I recently bought my 4th domain and created my 6th blog. Crazy, isn’t it? I was so encouraged with my current month’s paypal funds that I thought why not add 1 more to the pool?

But a week after my purchase, I feel that my decision was made out of haste. As it is, my hands are full with motherhood slash wifely slash photographer-wanna-be activities that I hardly have time to blog-hop and leave comments.

Ayayay, what do I do now?

Fancy Favicons?

busymom — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:19:58 +0000

Since I saw a really cute flower favicon in a blog, I wanted one too for all of my active blogs. I realized how ‘dry’ and boring a URL address look without those cute favicons. And what tool do I use to create them?

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

Creating one is just a breeze. Try it!

It’s Still the Same

busymom — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:05:45 +0000

I still can’t export what’s left of the almost 500 entries I have in my personal blog. I tried to back-up my SQL, delete and re-install it but it just won’t work. I scoured the wordpress.org forum for answers but there’s none.

3 out of my 6 blogs have this XML export problem. Now I have no idea what to do. There should be something out there that can be tweaked. I’m hoping that it’s a bug related to my Wordpress install. When I get a chance next time, I will try to rebuild everything from scratch and see if it will work.

Error in WP XML Export

busymom — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:36:38 +0000

I’ve been trying to download my WP file from my self-hosted blog and got this error:

The first few Google search results I got didn’t help at all. I badly need to copy over the files to complete the blog changes I want to do. Help please, WP gurus!