Hey, DJ. Do you manually repost on all of those sites or do you have a program that does it automatically. I have had a lot of people pestering me to do more on Facebook and MySpace (for the same reasons you have the different venues) but I hate having to cut and paste to them all.
Jeremy
· 2 years ago
Ditto Noel's question. How do you mirror your site efficiently? I'm guessing RSS has alot to do with it, but any tips for how to set it up quickly?
Lon
· 2 years ago
Hey DJ, thanks for the thorough response and the link! I third the above question. I know facebook can do automatic imports which is great.
It's crazy how early on you established a web presence!
Reyes-Chow
· 2 years ago
Helpful as always my friend! There is the added idea that each blog needs to be focused on a particular thing if you want drive traffic there. I break this rule all over the place on my main blog, but am going to try and focus more on a couple of other blogs and podcasts. We'll see.
djchuang
· 2 years ago
All my mirrored sites are effortlessly and automatically posted either using WordPress plug-ins (Xanga Cross Post + LiveJournal Crossposter) or via RSS feeds. On a quick Google search, I found 2 projects under development to code up a WordPress plugin to cross-post (mirror) over into MySpace.
While a blog's focus can help maintain traffic, focus alone won't drive traffic. A blogger who wants more traffic has to write compellingly (aka passionately) about something that the masses want to read, but if one writes about niche topics like I do, I'll only get so much traffic because of limited audience size.
djchuang
· 2 years ago
Noel, others:
After a chat with Jeremy, we realized that Facebook is really clean and powerful, but some of its powerful features are kinda hard to find. So here's how to syndicate (mirror) a blog onto Facebook. Login to Facebook, go to Notes > Import Settings. Enter the RSS link there, e.g. www.djchuang.com/feed - and that's it!
Noel
· 2 years ago
Yeah, I'm doing that but was kinda hoping there was an easy way to do it in MySpace. All the solutions I have had are complicated. For now, I just have an RSS feed widget on my MySpace page. You can see it at myspace.com/noeljesse"
Sam S
· 2 years ago
DJ, I think the way you run all of your blogs is that you have a company of DJ Chuangs working for you blogging away
;)
Peter Nguyen
· 2 years ago
I had a few technical questions on your site: 1) Did you create the entire site with just wordpress or did you have to do some CSS coding? 2) How were you able to have a unique side panel for every page on your site? 3) Are you hosting on wordpress or are you on your own server? 4) How were you able to add the facebook badge?
djchuang
· 2 years ago
Noel, yeah, getting cross-posting over to MySpace is near impossible, b/c the software development of MySpace is rather unorthodox and can change on a whim. Some coders are working on a plugin for crossposting from WordPress to MySpace and Vox.
Peter, I run WordPress here with its own web hosting on Dreamhost (so I don't use WordPress.com). This enables me to customize my theme and CSS, and also to use plugins and have lots of web space for hosting videos and audios. It also let's me have a separate sidebar for my blog that's different from my web pages. Since I have custom sidebars, I can add a Facebook badge -- which is done via Facebook > Profile > go to bottom for "Create a Profile Badge" > Create a new badge, and follow instructions from there.
Sam, ha ha.. haven't figured out an economic engine or business model for my blogging. What I want to write about doesn't quite fit with what the mass market values.
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It's crazy how early on you established a web presence!
While a blog's focus can help maintain traffic, focus alone won't drive traffic. A blogger who wants more traffic has to write compellingly (aka passionately) about something that the masses want to read, but if one writes about niche topics like I do, I'll only get so much traffic because of limited audience size.
After a chat with Jeremy, we realized that Facebook is really clean and powerful, but some of its powerful features are kinda hard to find. So here's how to syndicate (mirror) a blog onto Facebook. Login to Facebook, go to Notes > Import Settings. Enter the RSS link there, e.g. www.djchuang.com/feed - and that's it!
;)
1) Did you create the entire site with just wordpress or did you have to do some CSS coding?
2) How were you able to have a unique side panel for every page on your site?
3) Are you hosting on wordpress or are you on your own server?
4) How were you able to add the facebook badge?
Peter, I run WordPress here with its own web hosting on Dreamhost (so I don't use WordPress.com). This enables me to customize my theme and CSS, and also to use plugins and have lots of web space for hosting videos and audios. It also let's me have a separate sidebar for my blog that's different from my web pages. Since I have custom sidebars, I can add a Facebook badge -- which is done via Facebook > Profile > go to bottom for "Create a Profile Badge" > Create a new badge, and follow instructions from there.
Sam, ha ha.. haven't figured out an economic engine or business model for my blogging. What I want to write about doesn't quite fit with what the mass market values.