Making the most of Seasonal Posting

Problogger has a year old post that is still picking up major hits on the long tail about seasonal posting. I usually hit on certain things at certain times, but sometimes you just have to get out of your own head and realize that most normal human beings search for real life things like crazy [...]

Upcoming Tutorials

There is plenty going on behind the scenes here at blackleafmedia.com. I’ve worked up some more WordPress tutorials, I just need to go back and edit them a little bit.
One tutorial I am really excited about is where I show you my workflow for working on WordPress themes. I am interested in seeing how [...]

Woopra Beta Review

Like I stated in a previous post, Woopra Analytics is a fantastic piece of software. I have since had a day to play with it, and he is what I think so far. Continued after the jump……

Yet Another New Feature!

Soon I will be adding a new feature to blackleafmedia: Tech Questions! But I need your help. I need a load of questions to answer! So, I need to know what you guys want to know. It can be anything related to technology: cell phones, computers, MP3 players, you name it.
So how can I participate [...]

Smashing Good Apps

I found yet another really great site today called Smashing Apps. The one recent post I found was pretty cool was a story about a new cross-browser HTML editor drop-in called openwysiwyg. I haven’t played with it yet, but I will let you guys know how it is.

Thomas Edison the blogger?

Problogger has a fantastic article today about how you can apply some of Thomas Edison’s ideas to blogging. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

WordPress FTP Basics

One of the main stumbling blocks a lot of new users face is how to upload new themes or plugins to their website. Knowing how to use FTP is a prerequisite of installing WordPress anyway, so you should have a good idea of how to do it.
I found a fantastic site for WordPress help called [...]

WordPress For Noobs – Part 2: General Settings

Welcome back to my series about getting started with WordPress. I hope you have enjoyed the series so far. The first part of the tutorial goes over how to install WordPress. In this part of the tutorial, we will go over the general settings of WordPress.  Some of the options pages I will completely ignore [...]

WordPress For Noobs – Part 1: Installing WordPress

Welcome everyone to my brand new tutorial about компютриWordPress. In this first tutorial, I will guide you thru the installation of WordPress, which is dead simple. It is known as the “5 minute install”, though it takes even less if you know a few things.

Tutorials Galore!

I just wanted to let everyone know I will be starting an entire series about blogging with WordPress soon. WordPress is far and away the best blogging platform there is. It’s pretty lightweight, it’s simple to use, and can be easily changed up by use of themes.
The first post will be covering the super easy [...]