The Blog Peoria Project » Plugins

No more Buddy Press, alas …

Billy Dennis — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:52:50 +0000

I deactivated the Buddy Press plugin and all the site issues went away. So, I won’t be re-activating Buddy Press. And it’s just as well, since it wasn’t used much.

Site news: Keep readers informed of new Blog Peoria member posts and comments

Billy Dennis — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:54:34 +0000

I am very, very excited about two new widgets that every single Blog Peoria Project member blogger can use. Global Recent Posts widget works like the “recent posts” widget many of you already use. But it displays recent posts from every single Blog Peoria Project blog. Global Recent Comments widget does the same thing as “recent comments,” but displays comments made throughout the entire Blog Peoria Project site. This is networked blogging in action, folks. All you need to is go to Appearance >> Widgets and drag them into your sidebar. Both of them are highly configurable (you can chose to display avatars or not to display them, for instance). Remember to save your settings.

A funny thing happened …

Billy Dennis — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:21:21 +0000

I received two very dissimilar, yet related emails today.

One was from from intrepid radio reporter Dave Dahl, formerly of WMBD, but now plying his skills elsewhere. It was a cartoon he came across and just had to share with me:

I about died laughing. It’s so true. Sometimes I think I need an intervention to drag me away from all my Internet related addictions. If it’s not my blog and all the other blogs on Blog Peoria, it’s Twitter. It’s Peoria.com. It’s Facebook. It’s Linkedin.

But it’s not really an addiction. I try new things because I’m convinced that the better the Internet gets at linking people together when they have common interests and goals, the better off we are. I was reading the Cluetrain Manifesto again today. The era of the mass media is coming to an end. Peoria communicate with each other now. Blogging is part of it, and that’s why I started The Blog Peoria Project. I wanted Peorians to be able to bypass the filters of the local and the national media. I wanted this to happen on a local network.

And the other email?

Dear William Dennis,

Pressflex LLC just sent you money with PayPal.

Payment details
Amount: $86.70 USD
Transaction Date: Nov 14, 2008
Transaction ID: 8CK69859VF013904N
Subject: blogads payment

I use this money to defray the costs of running this site. I also take donations if you are so inclined.

And Blog Peoria members are welcome to monetize their blogs. I have PayPal and Google Adsense widgets available as plugins. Just activate and drag them over to your sidebar.

No. You are probably NOT going to need a box for your money. But you might be able to buy a tank of gas, or a round of drinks at Blogger Bash.

And getting paid for writing? It’s better than applause.