Thanks for looking… I should have been more clear. The banner is working good in a side module. I was looking more at linking from text within a post.

I did an example to help show…
http://makoskitchen.com/content/view/84/

The link behind the BBQ Bible text.

I’m assuming that should work as it gets to the right page and has the right id within it. But it doesn’t match up to some of the other suggestions I’ve seen before.

Thanks.

Do you have the Flickr already – if so great. Otherwise do get the account in there or in another Photobucket or any other photo storage place, even MySpace can be used for this. Half of the job is done if the photos are there already ‘coz of that as you have no need to Upload photos to Flickr. (IF this is the case go straight to Number 1 on the list.)

1. Go to the Slide.com – the address: http://www.slide.com
(OR Press it on my show)
2. It will ask you to give the details – name, email address.
3. Then the next thing: there are on the top among others this: CREATE SLIDE SHOW – CLICK that one.
4. There are on the left hand side of the page various Photo account places; like Flickr, Photobucket and so on: CLICK the one you use.
5. Then on the same page is the UPLOAD IMAGES (from the Flickr if using that one) CLICK that one.
6. The photos will show on the page and you can work with them if you want certain ones, different order and so on.
7. On this same page on the right you can see the word: CUSTOMIZE, meaning that you can take your pick as to what kind of style you want the show to be. Any text and so on.
8. SAVE the Slide Show.
9. It will give you the HTML code: Copy it (CTRL+C).
10.Open the COMPOSE ENTRY on your blog.
11. Click the box: the HTML on this page.
12. A * * will appear.
13. Paste (CRTL+V) the photos in between the * ”*
14. RELEASE the HTML by re-clicking the little box – page will look empty – NO PANIC; All is well!
15.You need to write something on the Entry as well, whatever u wish.
16. Now next – Preview the show by pressing the PREVIEW.
17. Are you happy with the lay-out, wording, letters etc. if not Press EDIT or IF the answer is YES – Press: POST THIS ENTRY.
18. VOILA!
19. WELL DONE & CONGRATS!

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I think it’s because it’s got no pagerank and it’s fairly new?

anyone shed some light on this ?

I’d have to come at this from the point of view of being asked by someone who’s starting out ‘blogging for the first time:

1) Pick a subject you like, one that’s close to you in some way and just talk. Also, if what interests you is current in the media, then get an article out and be quick about it, too! Ping your new posts, get plenty of quality in-bound links to your ‘blog .. wash, rinse, repeat.

2) Engage the reader, invite some kind of dialogue and reply to those that comment. Be engaging, informative, sometimes funny, sometimes serious, but always with a heavy slant on being authoritative on your chosen subject. Work to build a sense of trust.

3) Also, find other people out there with similar interests to you, reply to their ‘blogs. Make friends, influence people and get some linkage going on .. but be judicious! Don’t just get any old back-links. Avoid the bad ‘neighbourhoods’ and look for the good ones, instead…

Take some requests for tips in the comments and it might give some others some ideas for tip posts.

My request…

I’m trying to incorporate some amazon product references in one of my sites (Mako’s Kitchen… http://makoskitchen.com) and the preformatted link stuff they supply doesn’t work well in my Joomla CMS.

So, what format can I use to build a standard text link and ensure that I get credit if someone uses it and buys the book?

I’ve done some searching and have come up with a couple different formats… but they are from older posts… which I’m not sure are still accurate.

I don’t care about using the 1×1 px image to track impressions, the CMS will tell me enough about that. I just don’t want to miss any incremental revenue.

That’s one that I think I’ll be using in my mini-series since I have a Carnival going on weekly. ;-)
If Darren uses it (if not e-mail me, I’m easy to find), do you mind if I link to yours in the series?
Joe

I should say – I need them by Monday if possible. Will add this above.

Makes sense.

I tried writing 2 different tips, both are good, but I am not happy in the way they are coming across.

I’ll keep trying, and hopefully come up with a good way to present my ideas that will fit with my theme.

I may just make it a mini-series. ;-)

Joe

ie the idea doesn’t have to be new – but if we can avoid duplicate content issues that’d be good (both for me but also for those submitting tips). ie ProBlogger ranks well in SE’s and I wouldn’t want to kill anyone’s own SE ranking by out ranking them for their own posts.

So – if you’ve got an older post that you’d like to submit – perhaps rewrite it, give it a new title etc so we can make it as original as possible.

Make sense?

Quick question, do the need to be new or can they be something recently published?

Joe