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This technote shows you how to add another RSS (syndication) feed to your WordPress site. We begin by reorganizing your categories to take advantage of the new feed. We then set up the new feed in such a way that this feed’s material can be moved to an entirely new site later on.
We follow the […]

I tend to write technotes which have nothing to do with the main purpose of the site. There are times that, for someone watching my main syndication feed, these technical notes push the main content out of view! Thanks to FeedBurner.com, I can create a quick interim solution, and be already set up for a […]

For most sites, a single syndication (RSS) feed makes the most sense. WordPress makes syndication literally a snap, and Feedburner adds tremendous value. In fact, Feedburner makes it even easier! Of course you already know this, or you wouldn’t be reading this article.
For some sites, it makes more sense to have multiple syndication feeds. It’s […]

I edited wp-admin/index.php to show feedburner feed subscriber counts. Since I have just converted to using WordPress, the subscriber counts are low - of course! - and I’m better off not publicizing the actual counts. Nobody wants to be the only subscriber!
I’m making note of this so I’ll remember to carry the change forward the […]

Here is an unexpectedly nice feature… I subscribed to FeedBulletin rss on my ‘My Google’ page. Suddenly a Feedburner Medic Alert appeared! What happened? My feed disappeared.
Why did it disappear? I’ll get to that in a moment. The cool thing about this, though, is that feedburner informed me in real time, that my feed was […]

Technorati Juice - Need to finish reading this one too. How to use a logo as part of your technorati profile and get into the rotation, etc.
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Pro Blogger News - Here’s another site I need to study, as I remodel my archive into a blog!
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I added a google box in front of the technorati tags, to see if it shows up through the rss feed.
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Nope, still takes 30 seconds to post a blog entry. I wonder if anybody has a hack for doing the pings in the background. I’m guessing the pinging is the slowdown.

I turned off automatic sitemap generation to see if that noticeably speeds up posting of blog entries. If it does, I’ll probably set an hourly crontab to trigger the update.