Quam Plures, the latest blog application to hit the market released their first stable version. This product, unlike most blog applications, is entirely based on the needs of our users – that means YOU!

You “own” Quam Plures. qp is about providing a platform that YOU, the users, will use in a daily basis. No hundreds of “built-in” stuff that you will not use at all (and tends to confuse everyone too). What you get is what YOU need and will use.

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Disclosure: JC John Sese Cuneta is part of the Quam Plures “Dracones” team.

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If there is no.1 great fan of your blog, that “numero uno” admirer is nobody else but you. Yes, it’s you- not your mom, wife or hubby not even your dog.

You’ve got to be updated on what’s going on in your blog and see it from your reader’s perspective.

And there’s no better way to know the latest gossips on your site but subscribe to it.

Check the Five Important Reasons Why You Need To Subscribe To Your Own RSS Feeds

A few months ago, I wrote an article about WP Web Host entitled “The Best Web Hosting for WordPress.” I have nothing but praise for this wonderful web hosting company. Not only are their servers fast, their reliable support team is always ready to answer your questions and help you with anything related to WordPress and blogging. In fact, they even helped me move my blog from my old web server to a new one on WP Web Host, without breaking a sweat.

And now you, too, can experience WordPress web hosting at its finest without all the complicated issues and problems that are commonplace in other web hosting companies. To help you, I am offering a 30% discount on annual and biennial plans. Just go to WP Web Host and use the coupon code LOY30 to get 30% off on your hosting plan. This means that you save $24 on annual plans and $36 on two-year plans.

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It’s such a shame that many web hosting companies often disregard the specific hosting requirements of WordPress users, despite the popularity of this open-source blogging platform. I have signed up with several web hosts and it’s quite frustrating to see that some WordPress plugins aren’t working because some server configuration issues!

I used to host my websites in a local web hosting company because I didn’t have Paypal or a credit card back then and thus was unable to pay for the bigger web hosting companies. To my costernation, some plugins went bonkers because some server configurations were disabled (for security reasons?). Add to that was the fact that support was virtually non-existent and it looked like the company was run by a bunch of salesmen who knew nothing about WordPress.

Good thing there’s a web hosting company tailor-made for WordPress fanatics like me. WPWebHost offers web hosting for WordPress bloggers, with its WordPress-compatible server, WordPress issues support, one-click installation, fast and stable server, and a 100 days money back guarantee (Wow, that’s three WordPress terms in one sentence!). All for only $5 a month.

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I just had a hangover from the holidays and I’m feeling charitable. That’s because I’m thinking about giving away my blog’s unique WordPress theme to the public.

I designed this theme myself, taking several months in the process and countless hours of testing and fixing bugs. I could have taken the easy route and settled for the countless free and paid WordPress themes available out there, but I don’t want my blog to be “one of the many.” I mean, there’s satisfaction to be derived from having your own design for your blog, no matter how horrible it looks or how buggy it is.

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The beauty and magic of WordPress selfhosting is the countless possibilities of what you can do and what is available since everything is open source (free to change and do whatever for personal usage). Find out three cool plugins you can add to dress up your WordPress selfhost sites! As an add on, check out where to get a simple image rotator script to show-off your favorite images right on your site without a heavy load on your site.

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To say that WordPress is the best open-source blogging platform is an understatement. Not only is WordPress the best in the business, it is also vastly popular and extremely easy to set up even for complete blogging novices.

I know that there are countless of blog posts and articles sharing their lists of the top WordPress plugins, but that won’t stop me from coming up with my own list. I recommend a few WordPress plugins that have proven their worth and are in some way or another, beneficial to my various blogging activities.

Allow me to introduce to the whole blogosphere, the best WordPress plugins for blogging newbies…

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I love contests. I join all types of contests, online and offline, ranging from essay writing to lotteries. No contest is too big nor too small for me, as long as it promises a significant reward that could be fame or fortune,or both.

So when I read that WP Webhost is organizing a contest for the Coolest WordPress Blog, I decided to try my puny luck and hope that destiny will see it fit to reward my audacity. Imagine, I’ve just been blogging for less than a month, and now I’m competing for $2,000 worth of prizes that are enough to make my head spin. Sure, 2,000 bucks is chump change for my idol Bill Gates, but that might be enough for me to jumpstart my fledgling Internet career and make me a future billionaire. That is, if you cooperate with me.

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Atomattic did it again. A few months ago they acquired IntenseDebate, today they purchased Polldaddy. Polldaddy is one of the top two third-party poll services being used by sites and blogs, the other one, a stiff competitor is Vizu.

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Mark September 6th 2008 on your calendar.

WordCamp 2008 Philipppines just happened and it just happened to be the first ever WordCamp organized in Southeast Asia and in the Philippines.

For liveblogging, check it out here.

Here’s some news about it in Inquirer.

What’s significant about WordCamp and ecommerce?

You need 3 things to come up with an ecommerce sit: a website, a payment gateway and a shopping cart.

AsiaPay takes care of your payment gateway and your shopping cart.

WordPress (or any other CMS or blogging platform) can easily take care of your website needs.

Yes. You don’t need to wait 6-8 months for your diva website designer to come up with a site.

Yes. You can be a Fortune 500 company and have your company site on WordPress.

Example? Check out the Ford Motor Company Global Autocars Show and Concept Cars site.

Yes. It runs on WordPress! This site runs also on WordPress and so does www.ebiziseasy.com

Something to get excited about: Matt Mullenweg for the first time EVAR, demoed the upcoming version 2.7 of WordPress to the oohs and aahs of the WordCampers – he showed of the drag-and-drop features which all augurs one thing – easier website development for would be e-commerce adopters!

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Ang saya ng WordCamp (slash PlurkCamp Beta). Hindi lang na-meet ang cool bloggers kundi nakapag-load din ng sandamakmak na information sa aking juicing juicy na utak. Isinama nga rin ang katangi-tangi kong girlfriend na si Caitlyn—girlfriend namin ng kuya/pinsan ko.

Ituloy ang pagbabasa…

I couldn’t believe it! I just got finished writing my newest post on my Friendster blog, updating this and that on my profile and then came the biggest surprise!

SUDDENLY, without any warning or any sign at all- my Friendster blog magically transformed into a new website!! A WordPress website!!

CRAP, all my sidebar except for the comments and recent entries- gone!! I just updated my blogroll, added new links- it’s all gone!! All the HTML codes and whatever else on my sidebar- gone!!

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