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Re: Forum Software that works well with WordPress [by Steve]

Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:46:52 -0900

Strategies and Tools:: Forum Software that works well with WordPress
That is quite a write-up, Daniel! I'm bookmarking it and will digest over the next week(s).

There are 2 main schools of thought around even having comments enabled on your website. Seth Godin does not have them. Michael Hyatt had them, removed them, then brought them back. Copyblogger removed them and has not restored them.

There's a book by Bryan Allain called "Community Wins, 21 Thoughts on Building a Thriving Online Tribe" in which he writes based on the assumption you'll have some way for people to interact. Gary Vaynerchuk, a very colorful (not suitable for work or children) speaker, has comments on his blog via Facebook.

I believe in comments - and forums. I also know there are other places for people to have conversations. This has unearthed some thoughts that are good topics for blog posts.

Thanks, Daniel!

Re: How can we recognize harmful backlinkers, and what can be done about it? [by Steve]

Tue, 16 Dec 2014 04:36:16 -0900

Strategies and Tools:: How can we reckognize harmful backlinkers, and what can be done about it?
Hi, Daniel - look through these forums, there was a thread about backlinks, but it was about generating more backlinks, rather that evaluating the backlinks you already have, and potentially blocking some.

I don't worry much about the scammy spammers and their links - the search engines are a lot more sophisticated now and the negative impact isn't as great. That's not to say that some will not try to launch a negative SEO campaign against your site, but just as Google and Bing/Yahoo! evaluate the links from your site to determine its relevance, the same is done for the sites linking to yours.

Instead, I tend to focus on those sites that are good references to mine and help them craft the page where I am linked - doing a little SEO for them can boost both our positions.

If you are hosting a lot of resources from your site (PDFs, images, documents, presentations), you might want to consider setting up restrictions for hot-linking. Don't allow other sites to post your resources and use your bandwidth without landing on a page on your site. if you're not familiar with hot-linking, just do a search. There are even WP plugins to assist you.

Re: Getting Quality High PR Backlinks [by Steve]

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 22:07:03 -0900

Strategies and Tools:: Getting Quality High PR Backlinks
Welcome to the forums, Huisgemeente. Please introduce yourself and tell us more about your ministry.

I had a look at the site, but needed to view it from my desktop because the site is built completely with Flash.

Because it's in Flash and completely in Dutch, I had to find someone to translate for me, at least give me the basics. Fortunately, I have a friend in Belgium.

Re: News feed does not work ? [by Steve]

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:30:25 -0900

Strategies and Tools:: News feed does not work ?

Thanks for the tip.

Actually, it's not an issue with the core, it is with the module(s) that filter HTML on output, too - CBB is one of them. It was discussed in the ImpressCMS forums - http://community.impressc ... mp;forum=1

BTW - any makeTareaData4... or makeTboxData... method is outdated. Replace with the proper method as indicated in class/module.textsanitizer.php