Here's the very delayed and long overdue weekend roundup. I started writing the draft last week but wasn't able to finish it. I was out the whole day Friday & Saturday and come Sunday, I went out with my wife and kid for some family time. Bloggers have a life too you know. Hehe Anyways, my apologies and I hope you enjoy this week's roundup.Pinoy BlogosphereWanna see how a Google Doodle is created? Here's a time lapse video of Chief Google Doodler Dennis Hwang creating a lunar year doodle. A couple of local online advertising agencies have recently emerged in the Philippines and another one is rumored to be coming. Pinoy Problogger asks this question: Is the online ad agency market getting crowded? Customize your Windows Quick Launch bar with True Launch Bar. It lets you group quick launch shortcuts and display them in a pop-up menu. Very useful if you use a lot of programs and want an quick and easy way of accessing them. Check out Jehzeel Laurente's tip on how to increase your blog's traffic even if you don't update frequently. Prudence shares her experience on comment moderation and her recent decision to turn on comment moderation on her blog. I've always moderated comments here in JaypeeOnline. Not only to prevent libelous comments but also to keep spam comments. Besides, I don't want to waste time deleting all those spam comments. Wonder why your blog ads are getting fewer clicks than before? Recent studies show that Internet users are getting immune to advertisements. This is one reason why you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket.
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Last week, Small Potato of WPDesigner introduced his upcoming project called the Five Dollar Theme Club. It was initially scheduled to be launched yesterday but due to some circumstances, it was delayed and was launched today.The $5 Themes Club will offer WordPress themes for $5 per year. No folks, that is not a typo nor is it your eyes playing tricks on you.I'll use SP's own words to explain what the $5 Themes Club is about and how it works:What is this club?This is a WordPress themes club. You pay $5 per year for unlimited access / downloads. Each year, you’re guaranteed at least 12 themes.What are you allowed to do with the club themes?You do not need a developer license to use the club themes for your clients. And, you may use your club themes on as many domain names as you wish; make sure you own those domains. Basically, just don’t resell, give them away for free, and / or claim that you’ve created them. Here’s the terms and conditions page.No Add-ons and Hidden FeesThere’s no copyright or credit removal to purchase or add on to the $5. You pay $5 for the whole year. That’s it. The club themes come without copyright labels or links. In fact, the only trace of Wpdesigner and yours truly is on two short lines in the style.css file.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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