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How To Show Favicons In Google Reader

November 22, 2011
Favicon in Google Reader

The one and only RSS feeds reader that I use is Google Reader. Just a couple of days back, I stumbled upon a gold mine. I found out we can show favicons in Google Reader! The thing is this feature was available about 2 years back so… Oh yeah! Oh yeah! I’m super lembap!!! (slow) [...]

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Display Thumbnails For Popular & Recent Posts In Sidebar From Flickr

August 4, 2011
Thumbnail for recent posts in sidebar

4 months ago I implemented thumbnails for related posts hoping to reduce bounce rate. So did it helped? NOT AT ALL! Bounce rate for this blog and my food blog remain ‘freaking’ the same. LOL Today, I added thumbnails for popular and recent posts in sidebar for this blog and my food blog without the [...]

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Google +1 & Dentist Visit

June 5, 2011
Google plus one

I‘m sure you’ve heard of Google +1 by now. What it does is let your readers ‘flag’ the post and recommend it to Google search. I’ve added the +1 button in my blog posts. Yipee! Took me quite a while to do it because I need to implement a new function and add styling on [...]

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How To Display Thumbnail For YARPP Related Post From Flickr

April 19, 2011
Related Post

Why do you want to show thumbnails for related post? As simple as to reduce bounce rate and increase page views. It’s much more interesting to look at pictures than words, right? Ever since YARPP (Yet Another Related Post Plugin) with templating system was released a year or two plus ago, I knew I would [...]

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How To Add Thumbnail To Thesis Teasers From Flickr

April 18, 2011
Thesis Teasers

What are thumbnails? Thumbnails are reduced-size versions of pictures. ~Wikipedia One of the features that attracts me to Thesis Theme is the Teasers with thumbnails feature. Teaser as it means offer a short summary of a post which teases its readers. Teasers with thumbnails are attractive and fun. Don’t you think so?

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How I Optimize Images For Web Using Photoshop

April 6, 2011
Optimize image

Why is optimizing images for web important? Because images/sites will load faster and thus keeping your readers happy. You don’t want to keep your readers waiting right? A happy reader will return to your site again and again. I use Photoshop to edit and resize images. Even then my images from as early as 2010 [...]

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New Theme, New Look!

January 24, 2011
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Hey hey… this blog has a new theme and new look. Do you like it? Maybe yes, maybe no. Haha A new face-lift for my precious Che-Cheh.com. Over a month after getting Thesis, this was what I’ve come up with. Took me quite a while to get the color I want. I know, I know [...]

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I Bought Thesis :)

December 15, 2010
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I’ve been contemplating whether to get Thesis theme for my WordPress blogs for a long time. I kept putting it off. Not sure whether it’s really worth the moolah that I have to fork out for. I keep a calculator near me whenever I need to decide. And every time I push off the purchasing [...]

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