Category Archives: blogging

…and finally we have trackbacks

Finally, this blog shall be able to accept trackbacks. Most of the problem was even noticing that they were not being accepted. Heather of An Untraditional Home kindly took a moment to figure out the problem. They were not able to navigate the captcha code.
Trackback? What’s that?
Essentially, it is a way [...]

Awards, campaigns and a realization

Voting for the 2007 Homeschool Blog Awards ends midnight December 15 Pacific Standard Time.  I have been watching closely as Home Where They Belong and Why Homeschool have both been quietly but steadily climbing up the ranks, slowly gathering energy for an eleventh hour challenge to my lead in the Best Current Events, Opinions or [...]

Homeschool Blog Awards open for controversy

Nominations for the 2007 Homeschool Blog Awards are open.  Make sure to read the rules carefully.  This one seems to be a sore point among some this year:
Family friendly (G-rated) blogs only. Do not nominate a blog that has cussing (no potty mouth), photographic nudity (I’m not talking about one image of some sculpture from [...]

FeedBurner basics

Since starting up the Homeschooling Network, I have received a number of questions ranging from “What is a feed?” to specific questions about redirecting a feed through FeedBurner. This entry is an attempt to answer these questions and help you navigate through the process if you are interested.
What is a feed?
Essentially, it is an [...]

Homeschooling Network

I just started a Feedburner network for homeschooling blogs. If you would be interested in joining, please let me know and I will send you an invitation.
Essentially, this will pull all member feeds into one place. Here is the page for the Homeschooling Network, but at the moment, I am the only one [...]

Web 1.1 and driving away your readers

I suppose it only makes sense to share insights into how to drive away readers just after posting on how to increase unhappiness in your homeschool. Normally, I try to space out my attempts at humor because I am terribly used to being taken too seriously. But Yvonne from Grow Your Writing Business [...]

BlogHer

For female bloggers interested in the possibility of accepting advertising on their site, BlogHer is accepting blogs into their network.
They also have an interesting feature which allows you to blog on their site. You post your introduction and a link back to your blog for readers to view the rest of the entry. [...]

A bit about blogging, looking for content

Renae asked recently where I find information for my posts, so I thought I’d share for newer readers. Outside of my own ruminations, which accounts for a bit of my blogging, here are several other sources, although they generally only catch my eye if I am already thinking about the topic. I don’t [...]

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