South African Blogger Reddit

I recently started two new subreddits (or reddits) for South African bloggers. You can now use RSA or sabloggers. RSA being for all news regarding South Africa and sabloggers being for all South African bloggers and SA blogging resources. Update : I only now remembered the South Africa (southafrica) subreddit, so feel free to use [...]

South African Advertising Networks

The South African blogosphere has grown in leaps and bounds over the last couple of years. This led to the creation of ad networks which specifically target a South African audience, which in theory should mean a higher CTR and CPM for South African blogs and websites. I have only recently been forced to start [...]

Ten Free WordPress Themes 8/28/2011

More Freemium WordPress themes submitted to our Free WordPress Themes Tumblr by TemplatePanic.com. Feel free to download and use any of these themes as you wish. Please note they were not tested or scanned by LivingWP, but we’ve had no reports of any unsavory behavior on previous themes we’ve listed here.     1.Dynamic-Ville WordPress [...]

WordPress Q&A

The WordPress community is massive, with thousands of plugins and themes, which allows almost unlimited options for bloggers. Unfortunately this also means that we will all run into various WordPress related problems as we test out new setups. For that we have the WordPress forums and expert Q&A sites, where sometimes you might have to [...]

New WordPress Theme Creator and Frontend Editor

WP Paintbrush is a new WordPress Theme Creator, which offers  a built in theme editor, which allows the user to build a unique theme via the drag and drop interface as well as change backgrounds, fonts, styles and more. This is not a standalone application but must be downloaded as a normal WordPress theme and [...]

Free Resources For South African Bloggers

As you might already know, I’m a South African blogger and I manage a bunch of South African projects, which on average, do better than my “international” blogs. In my opinion this is simply because it’s more targeted and relevant to that specific audience. Also you don’t have as much competition for your topic on [...]

Get a shorter Google Plus Profile Link

One of the current shortcomings of Google Plus is a long and ugly profile URL. If you’re looking to pass along a shorter more attractive URL to your friends or colleagues I would recommend trying the gplus.to service, which turns your default profile into gplus.to/yournick. They give you the option of choosing your preferred nickname. [...]

WordPress Social Bookmarking Websites

Everyone loves a free social bookmarking service, especially ones that get decent traffic and covers your niche topic. Below is four free social bookmarking websites geared towards WordPress and Blogging topics. All you have to do is register, submit your articles and start voting. 1. WPVote Most likely the most well-know WordPress Social Bookmarking service, [...]

Google Plus Widget For Bloggers

If you’re a blogger and you’re not already using Google Plus I suggest you do so as soon as possible. Even though you might think it’s just another social network, it’s never a bad idea to get yourself and your blog/blogs on as many social media platforms as possible, because, simply put, that’s where everything [...]

Google Plus User Statistics

SocialStatistics is a new web service that allows you to track user statistics over the Google + network. It also offers you the chance to track your own profile statistics, such as your followers and how your profile grows over time. You can login with your Google account or simply add your Google profile ID. [...]