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A “Thank You” To Those of You Linking to My Blog

Andy — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:31:32 +0000

I’d like to take just a brief moment and acknowledge some of the sites that have linked to my blog:

Thanks for the links, everyone! (And to those reading this entry, there are some really good articles and resources to peruse in the above list – check them out if you get a chance).

Blog Announcement List

Andy — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:24:33 +0000

I’ve added a sign-up form for you to be notified automatically (via email) whenever there’s a new post made to this blog. (Sign-up at the top right of any page on this blog).

For those interested in how to add this to your blog, see the excellent blog announcement instructions provided by Aaron Brandon.

ShopSite + WordPress Blog – Can it be Done?

Andy — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:05:42 +0000

I’ve just put the finishing touches on integrating a blog with my ShopSite store. Yes, it can be done!

But why would I want to do such a thing? Well, there are a few reasons:

It was a very fast way to get the site up and running
Search engines LOVE BLOGS
Blogs are an excellent content-management system – and I will have more content than “products” to manage with this site
To see how hard it would be (not too hard, as it turns out)
Access to a lot of different WordPress themes (for free)
Did I mention that search engines love blogs?

The connection between blog post and shopping cart will be accomplished through the implementation of ShopSite’s “Order Anywhere” functionality, but as my “product” count will be fairly low, this will prove much easier than trying to code an entire set of ShopSite-WordPress hybrid custom templates. (Although that does sound like an intriguing project to tackle sometime, eh?)

If there’s interest in how I went about it, I may write up a quick “how-to” guide. But first things first – click the “Cart” tab at the top of the page (or this shopping cart link) to see the cart integrated into the blog design. What do you think?