Ari Herzog

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Feature Friday: How to Choose the Best Comment System for Your Blog

Ari Herzog

Depending on how encouraging the blogger is to foster open discussion, the comments can take the original post in a whole new direction. It’s not hosted on another server; you’re not screwed if their server goes down; and your formatting isn’t messed up because you decide to switch off and go back to your own system. Single sign-in.

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23 WordPress Plugins I Use: Part 5

Ari Herzog

First: The following plugins only apply for self-hosted WordPress blogs. For example, writing Stephen @ Custom WordPress Plugins in the name field results in Stephen from Custom WordPress Plugins. This is another example of a plugin that can also be run as 301 redirect scripts, and I currently implement a mix of the two.

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