At first it was, a blog is a personal journal or space for anyone driven by writing to release their tension or thoughts to the world. But today, because blog publishing engines are crossing the gap between a blog publishing engine and a Content Management System (CMS) by itself…where do we draw the line?

While both are publishing engines per se, CMS are built to be flexible and expandable to do more than publishing. It’s about being able to manage more than webpages. It’s about being able to fit the kitchen sink inside the fridge and the fridge inside your website space. That is the number one reason why many systems become over cluttered in the end but I’ll save that for another time.

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If you’re a blogger or Internet-savvy user, you might have heard of RSS or better known as Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. Site summary does give a clue on its own but coupling that with the word Rich in front, it’s a whole new jargon in the IT world.

So what exactly is Rich Site Summary about? Well, if you ask any technical person or blogger, they might mention more jargon like XML and how it’s a technology used to pull headlines and other content on the Internet.

In layman, RSS is the ability to access or keep track of vast amounts of content easily.

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At 1100 hours ago, Wordpress recently released it’s awaited major update. Such news as usual spread like wild fire and every blogger on the Earth must have been beating each other to the punch. Some Malaysia bloggers were also talking about what were the affects after their Wordpress 2.1 update.

Ever since I converted from being a MovableType user, I’ve never looked back because of 2 lovely things about Wordpress. Its installation is a breeze and its upgrading is just one-click away (I’m dead serious!). But Wordpress also brought many other joys from the user-friendly interface to the various plugins found online - especially anti-spam plugins.

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What would happen to you and your blog if Project Petaling Street cease to exist at the end of this month, in the coming months or at the end of the year? Will you be disappointed that now you can’t reach out to the mass Malaysia market or will you feel frustrated because now you don’t have another local avenue to share your blogging thoughts?

When I first knew about Project Petaling Street (PPS) around 3-5 years ago (yes, I’ve been blogging that long) it was but a humble place for new bloggers to gain exposure and add value if not quality blog entries to PPS. Back then, I remember there weren’t any bloggers turn celebrities but mere writers or teenagers who pen they wanted to share with the blogosphere.

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With the help of Edrei and sheer luck by using one of the Wordpress codes as a search phrase, I finally found how to insert a banner advertisement in between the 1st and 2nd post. I’ve been always pondering about this and because I’m no PHP whizz, now I’ve ridden myself of one of my Wordpress mysteries. Sorry fellows, but this is only for the Wordpress users.

In early 2006, Darren of Problogger initially released a tutorial for this but at the last comment someone said that it wasn’t supported on version 2.x and only version 1.5.

Continue reading How To: Insert Horizontal Banner between 1st and 2nd Post