Posts Tagged ‘social networking’

When we changed our blog’s URL structure all the counts on our “tweet” buttons got reset to zero.

Changin the URL structure on your blog is a painful process but we decided it was a necessary change for the greater good! Unfortunately there is no work around the fact that you’ll lose your tweet counts displayed by the Tweetmeme button since the script counts the tweets based on the permalink URLs. Once the permalink structure changes, it’s basically like if you had completely new posts and pages all together, even if you have permanent re-directions setup properly. (more…)

Adding an Official Twitter Widget on your website is quite simple. They even give you a wizard that helps you personalize the look & feel. But using the script will slow down your website because it has to load the file and access the Twitter API while at the same time your website is loading.

So we did a little trick and changed the script to wait until the website has fully loaded and only then allow the Widget to start loading tweets. Let’s check out the code! (more…)

Writing good blog posts can mean many different things. I like to have at least 50% of the posts we publish be “high quality” posts which provide a “real” value to our readers. I’m not talking about distributing free products (even though that’s great and we do it all the time). I’m talking about these posts that are a bit longer, are formatted nicely to make it easier to read, have a nice illustration or picture, and mainly deliver a really valuable content.

These posts take 90% of the time we spend on writing. Is it worth it? (more…)

If you’re wondering why we suddenly slowed down posting awesome posts on our blog, it’s because things have been particularly hectic here and the company is going through a lot of great changes! I’ll make sure to post about our evolution, the lessons learned, etc… But for now I thought it’d be appropriate to share a great tool that makes blogging super easy!

Posterous is a dead simple way to blog. When you’re particularly swamped with work or other things, that doesn’t mean you should stop your company’s social networking efforts! All you have to do is email - check it out

My current web design project “Fabulous Over Fifty” – a community website – really makes me want to turn 50 before the website goes live!

The media focuses too much on the younger generation these days, portraying anyone born before 1970 as archaic, unwelcoming of the internet, wireless communication and social networking. But the reality is that many women 50 and over enjoy vibrant lives, their enthusiasm for the fine things in life is paired with wisdom and refinement- and these ladies are web savvy too! So watch out, Myspace, Fab/50 is coming! (more…)