This blog has been inactive for some time now. In those weeks, I have moved BlogCreativity to a subdirectory on my technology blog TechZilo. This will help the blog get better SERPs (TechZilo is much older and has more links), and more content on this blog will help TechZilo in its own SERPs - a virtuous cycle.

The migration is complete,

What Would Seth Godin Do is a handy little WordPress plugin(also available for other CMSs like Drupal) that many blogs use to show an RSS feed link to get new visitors to subscribe. I have been using it for my blogs too. Blogs usually have a friendly greeting, and links to RSS and email subscriptions.

A signup form is the best way

Note: I have written a post explaining the basics of PHP conditional tags - read that if you are new to WordPress and PHP.

WordPress is a wonderful blogging platform that is very flexible. In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to create a dynamic sidebar, which changes according to the current page.

Why Dynamic Sidebars?

Dynamic sidebars help bring your blog

WordPress has been updated to version 2.6.2 following a warning from Stefan Esser about a possible security vulnerability. For blogs with open user registration, a hacker could craft a username to allow resetting another user’s password to a random password. The new password is not disclosed to the hacker, but other another vulnerability helps disclose the password.

As usual, WordPress team

Invesp Blog published an interview with a top Digg user (who wished to remain unnamed, as usual). The interview had some very interesting bits - hit the link to read it. I’ve not yet finished reading it, but it is one scary story. The digger claims that he charges around $1200 per story that he successfully leads to Digg front page.