Would you like to move your blog from Tumblr to your own WordPress blog? There’s no one-step way to do it, but you can move everything from your Tumblr blog and make your new setup as nice or nicer than your old Tumblr blog. Let’s see how you can move everything and get your new WordPress blog working as much like Tumblr as possible.
1) Getting a New Site
First, you need to get a new site. If you already have a hosting account, simply make a new WordPress install for your new site. Otherwise, you’ll need to sign up for hosting account. I highly recommend DreamHost – they’re hosting this site, and have done a much better job than other hosts I’ve used. Other highly recommend options from others include Media Temple and HostGator. They all offer one-click installations of WordPress so it’ll be easy to get your site up and running.
Here’s 2 articles that can help you install WordPress if you’ve never done it:
Once WordPress is installed, you’ll need to get a theme running to make your site look like you want. Any WordPress theme would work fine for a normal blog, but if you want to keep using Tumblr’s unique post types, including image, link, and quote posts, then you’ll want a theme designed for a tumblog blog. You can either turn any WordPress theme into a tumblog theme, or you could purchase a premade tumblog theme from WooThemes. These include Canvas, Retreat, Slanted, Cinch, and Crisp, my personal favorite. Once you’ve got a Tumblog theme running, you should see Tumblr-style editing options on your WordPress Dashboard.
3) Export Your Tumblr Content
Now it’s time to start moving your posts from your old Tumblr site to your new WordPress site. Head over to Benapps.net, which contains a free tool that can export your Tumblr posts. Enter your Tumblr blog address, select HTML export format, and then select how you want your post addresses to be imported. For most purposes, the first option is fine.
Scroll down, and under Export for, select Self-Hosted WordPress Installation. You could leave the other options as default or change them as you wish; it’s up to you. Finally, press Export. Seconds later, you should be prompted to save a tumblr_yourblog.xml file; save it to your computer, as you’ll need to import the data from this file into your new site.
4) Import Everything Into WordPress
Back in your WordPress dashboard, select Tools on the left sidebar and click Import. Then, click WordPress on the list of Import options. The tool you used before put your Tumblr posts into WordPress format, so this is the best way to import them.
You’ll now be prompted to install the importer. Click Install Now so you can get your content imported.
Once it’s installed, click Activate Plugin & Run Importer.
Click Choose File, then select the file you just downloaded from the Tumblr export site previously. Click Upload file and import to get all your posts moved over. Moments later, all of your posts should be imported into WordPress!
Now, select the author to assign these posts to, and check the Download and import attachments to get your images copied over too.
You can see all of your imported posts from the Posts menu. As you can see here, all posts were organized into categories based on what type of post you’d created in Tumblr.
There’s only one problem: your posts aren’t taking advantage of your theme’s tumblog features. This is fine; your posts will still be fully readable in WordPress. However, if you want to take advantage of the tumblog features of your theme that let you have link, image, quote, and other post types, you’ll need to edit them. To do this, you can bulk edit the posts by category.
On the top of the posts page, select the category you want to change and click filter. Then, select all the posts and click Edit under Bulk Actions.
Now, select the correct Tumblog post for the category you selected, and click Update. You’ll now need to repeat this for each of your categories. Once you’re done, though, your blog will look much more like it did before.
5) Move Your Domain and Redirect Old Posts
If you had your own custom domain in Tumblr, you should now move it to your new hosting account or redirect it to your new site. If you’re unsure about how to do this, you can follow the directions at the first part of this post, this time directing your domain to your WordPress site rather than Tumblr.
Then, you can redirect the links to your old posts by editing your .htaccess file, or with a simple WordPress Plugin. To do this, install the Simple 301 Redirects plugin in WordPress.
Open the Simple 301 Redirects tool under Settings once it’s installed. Now, enter your tumblr post link on the left, leaving off the initial domain name (the link should look something like /post/123456789/name), then enter the correct address for that post on your WordPress site. You’ll need to repeat this for each post. This is tedious, so if your content isn’t very important then you may not want to do it. Otherwise, though, if your posts have been linked on many other sites, this will keep your traffic flowing to your new site.
6) Add Plugins to Automatically Share your Content
One of Tumblr’s best features is that it can automatically share your new posts with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. With two new plugins, though, WordPress can do the same. Just install the WordTwit and Wordbook plugins from the Plugins menu, and activate each of them with your personal Twitter and Facebook accounts, respectively. Now when you publish a new post, it’ll automatically be shared with your friends around the world.
Additionally, if you had enabled Disqus comments on your Tumblr blog previously, you can now install the Disqus for WordPress plugin. It will automatically move your old comments over, so you can keep the discussion going on your new site.
7) Post from Anywhere
Tumblr’s mobile app makes it easy to post to your Tumblr blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. Thankfully, you can get the same features on WordPress. You can install the WordPress Mobile app on your iOS, Android, Blackberry, or Symbian device, so no matter what phone you’re using you can always share the latest things that are going on. The only problem is, the default free WordPress app only lets you post normal blog posts, not newer Tumblog posts. For that, you’ll need the Express app for iPhone, which is an app from WooThemes specially designed to post to Tumblog blogs. Check out my review of Express on AppStorm.net, or head over to the iTunes Store to download it today.
Conclusion
Phew, you made it! Congratulations, your Tumblr blog is now safe on WordPress. Hope the move went good for you, and if you hit any snags, feel free to ask questions in the comments below and I’ll do my best to help you. Or, if you’d like to see a WordPress blog that was imported from Tumblr, check out my tumblog at www.maybring.com. I just got it moved to WordPress this week, and it’s working great.
Would you like to keep up with all of your tasks in orderly lists? Today we’re going to look at Zenbe Lists, a simple to-do list app that lets you keep up with your tasks without the fuss of more complicated apps, and then keep everything backed up online with the free Zenbe Lists webapp. Let’s dive in and see if this is the ideal to-do list app for you.
Staying Organized With Zenbe Lists
Zenbe Lists sports a clean and easy to use interface. When you first open the app, you’ll be greeted with little popup messages that help you learn your way around the app. This task manager is built around lists with tasks, so you can tap the top to add some lists for things you need to keep up with. You do it all right there on the front screen; no jumping between screens required.
Entering tasks is just as easy. Just tap the list name to see the contents, then press the top to add a new task. One feature I really liked is the ability to add tasks without going to a different screen; everything’s entered and checked off right there on the same screen.
Once you’ve entered tasks, tap them to edit the task, prioritize it, or add a due date. Or, back in the list view, press Edit to rearrange the notes or bulk check them off. While you can rearrange tasks in the same list, the app currently doesn’t let you move tasks to a different list. Thankfully, Zenbe just announced that this feature is coming in a update that should be in the App Store soon. This will make it much easier to manage all of your tasks and get them in the lists you need.
If you have an iPad, Zenbe Lists works just as good on it. Actually, you’ll have even less switching back and forth since everything’s right there on the same page. And if you add online sync as we’ll see below, you’ll be able to keep your tasks synced between all of your iOS devices. Zenbe Lists is a universal app, so you get all of this for the same price!
Syncing and Sharing Tasks Online
One of Zenbe Lists best features is that you can sync your lists and tasks online for free with Zenbe List’s webapp. Press the Sync button from any list to sign in with your Zenbe ID, or tap Signup to create a new account for free. Once you’ve created the account, go back to Zenbe Lists and sign in. Seconds later, your lists and tasks will be synced between the cloud and your device.
Now, you can sign in at lists.zenbe.com and access all of your lists and tasks online. This is a great way to quickly enter a ton of tasks from a full sized keyboard. Actually, if you’d like to use Zenbe Lists but don’t have an iOS device, you can signup for a free account online. You can take advantage of almost all the same features, and can even collaborate with others on list all from your desktop. The webapp even looks much like the iPhone app and’s just as easy to use. Then if you ever get an iPhone, you’ll be ready to move your tasks over in only a couple taps.
Conclusion
Zenbe Lists actually offers much more than you’d think on the surface. It’s a very simple task list app, but that also makes it very easy to use. With support for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad in the same app, as well as a free webapp that runs on any desktop browser, Zenbe Lists is great way to keep up with everything you need to do no matter where you are. If you like keeping all of your tasks in organized lists with just the most essential info, this app is a great one to check out. It includes less features than more advanced task managers like Things, but that also makes it simpler and easier to get used to.
There’s to-do list apps for every style of task management, so stay tuned for the rest of our reviews and a final roundup!
You’ve got tons of things to do today, next week, and on projects that you’re not sure when you’ll get around to them. Sometimes simple to-do lists won’t cut it, and you’ll want a more powerful tool to take on your tasks and organize them into something you can really accomplish. Today we’re going to look at Things, a popular task manager for Macs and iOS devices, and see how the Things for iPhone app can keep you productive, even if you’re a PC user and only use Things on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Getting Started with Things
When it comes to to-do lists on the iPhone or iPod Touch, there are two main varieties: simple to-do lists that are quick and easy to use, and more advanced task managers that help you manage your full life and work load. Things is firmly in the second camp, but is still almost as simple to use as a basic to-do list app. Things began life as a Mac app in 2009, and has since become one of the most popular task managers on OS X. It’s now available for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, and brings the same award winning simplicity to task management on iOS.
When you first launch Things, you’ll be greeted with several lists that will be familiar to anyone used to GTD apps: Inbox, Today, Next, and more. The Inbox is where all of your to-dos will go by default, and you could actually only use it and still get a lot of use out of Things.
First, though, you need to add some tasks. Press the plus button on the bottom left to add a to-do item. Just enter the item and press Save to save it to your Inbox. Alternately,press Show Details to add tags, notes, and a due date to your task. Tagging notes is a great way to organize them as you need, and you can add as many tags as you need to keep everything organized. If you’ve just got a second, just jot the task down and then you can come back and add more info later if you need.
You’ll quickly start filling up your Inbox this way. Press the arrow on the right to view extra info you’ve added to a note. You’ll see a tag icon on tasks that were tagged, as well as the due date on those you’ve added dates to. If you want to get your tasks in the order you want, press the Edit button and rearrange them as you need. Once you’ve completed a task, press the checkmark to mark it as finished.
As you may have noticed on the first Things screen, you can also organize your notes into Projects. These work like folders that you can move notes to so all of your tasks stay grouped with other tasks that go along with them. Actually, though, the projects themselves are to-do items, so you can check of individual tasks in a project, or check of a whole project when it’s finished. Once you’ve added projects, you can choose to add a new task to the project when you create it.
The only problem is, with tasks in the Inbox, projects, and more, how do you keep up with what you need to do Today? Things includes a great way to get everything you need to do today moved to the Today list. Simply press the star button in any folder or the Inbox, select all of the items you want to do today, and press Done when you’re finished. These items will now show up in the Today list, and you’ll see a badge on the list showing the number of items you need to do in blue and the number of overdue items in red. Even if you’re not using Things, you can still easily see how many tasks are left today by the icon badge on your iPhone home screen.
Once you’ve finished a task, it’ll be automatically moved to the Logbook at the end of the day. You’ll be able to review all the things you’ve done here, so hopefully you’ll be able to see how much more productive you’ve been with Things!
What’s Missing?
The best thing is, Things is not a static product that’s not getting any new features. On the contrary, Cultured Code has several new features in the pipeline for Things on all supported platforms. These include support for repeating tasks on Things for iPhone and support for Cloud sync, both of which are currently in development and planed for updates in the near future. We currently don’t know what the cloud sync will offer; will it include a Things webapp, or just be a syncing option between the versions versions of Things? I personally a Things webapp is in the works, but either which way, these updates will add welcome new features to Things’ already rich feature set. If you’d like to see what else Cultured Code has up their sleeve, check their Status Board which shows upcoming features and products like an arrival board at an airport.
What About PC Users?
Many iPhone and iPod Touch users like myself use our iOS devices along with Windows PCs. For the most part, this works great, but with apps like Things, you miss out on the included support for Mac apps. However, in this case I don’t find this to be a major problem. I’d love to use Things on Windows 7, and will be very excited if it is ever released for Windows, but for now, managing my tasks on iOS only works great. All of your to-do list data is backed up to your PC whenever you sync with iTunes, so your data is still safe. As long as you’re wanting to manage tasks only on iOS, this is still a great tool and you won’t be missing out on too much.
Conclusion
Things is a very powerful and versatile task manager that makes it easy to organize all of your tasks and still stay on schedule with them. It’s amazingly simple to use considering how much power it offers. I have been using Things as my primary to-do list and project manager for the past weeks, and it’s definitely helped me stay on track and kept me from forgetting important assignments. I’m looking forward to seeing what the Cloud Sync solutions turns out like, and will review it when it’s out. Even as it is now, though, Things is a great tool for keeping up with everything you need to do. It’s more expansive than most other to-do list apps, but it’s also much more powerful. If you’re curious but not yet sure, check out the Things website and watch the video of it in action to get a better feel if it’s the task manager you need to stay sane, on track, and organized!
Have you ever wondered what the famous inventers had that made them different than you? Are the technological marvels of our days something greater than we, ordinary humans we are, could ever be capable of producing? The Myths of Innovation is a fascinating book by Scott Berkun that digs through the history of invention and brings out the common misconceptions about the process of innovation.
After first reminding us that the word Innovation means “significant positive change” and is thus not something that ordinary services or products display, Berkun then shows you how many of the “innovations” of today are simply the result of centuries of smaller advances. He uncovers the myths behind many famous creative moments, and shows us that there’s no magical trick to invention. Rather, the inventive and creative people that we eulogize simply worked and worked, putting their best effort with the cumulative advances of civilization into something we’d use today.
I found this book to be a very enjoyable history of the major milestones of invention throughout history. History is the best tool for teaching us from other’s mistakes and progresses, and this book helps expose where our folktales often stray from the true way breakthroughs were discovered. After arming them with this knowledge, Berkun inspires readers to go and keep striving instead of waiting around for the mythical creative spark. Whether you’re simply curious about the process behind invention and true innovation, or want to be inspired to go out and create something yourself, this is an entertaining and educational book you’ll enjoy.
So you want to show off the latest app on your blog or help your sibling figure out what menu they’re supposed to be opening on a program. The handy Prt Scr key should be your answer, but unfortunately, it doesn’t take very good shots of the Aero interface in Windows 7 or Vista. Today let’s look at the latest version of Window Clippings that was just released today and see how easy it can be to make your screenshots look professional and modern.
Window Clippings was one of the first screenshot apps that was designed to capture the full Aero glass and shadows interface in screenshots. You can use it to capture shots of windows, menus, or even a free-form selection quickly and easily.
Getting Started
Window Clippings is simple to install and use. Just run the installer and accept the license as normal.
Launch Window Clippings after it’s installed, select the About tab, then enter your license key. If you don’t have a license yet, you can run it as a trial but all of your shots will include a watermark on the bottom.
Now you can tweak your settings to make Window Clippings work just like you like. The UI has been fully updated in Window Clippings 3, so if you’ve already used a previous version you’ll be pleased how nice and easy to use the new settings dialog is. From the Actions window, you can choose what you want Window Clippings to do after you take a screenshot. It can automatically save shots to disk, copy them to the clipboard, send them to OneNote or Paint.NET or more.
You can also choose from capture options that let you include your mouse pointer, remove font smoothing, and more.
Taking Great Screenshots
To take a screenshot with Window Clippings, just press your Prt Scr key or click the Create Screenshot button in the Window Clippings window. Your desktop will fade out similar to the way it did when opening the Shutdown dialog in XP. Now click on the windows you want to capture, or just click and drag to draw a rectangle selection. To capture multiple windows, hold down the Ctrl key while selecting windows.
Or, if you want to capture a free-form area, hold down the Alt key while drawing with your mouse. Once you’ve satisfied with your selection, press Enter to save your capture.
If you already know which window you need to capture, you can simply select its name from the Window Clippings app and snap it directly.
No matter what you need to capture, Window Clippings makes your shots look just like they did on your screen when you shot them. This shot was taken with a background image set and windows right against the taskbar, but Window Clippings still captured the full transparency and shadows of the aero preview and tooltip.
Just to demonstrate how flexible these screenshots are, here’s the same shot on top of two background images in Paint.NET. Notice the beautiful transparency makes it look like the preview was running on this background!
No need to layer your screenshots in an image editor afterwards, though; Window Clippings can capture all the windows you select at once if you wish.
It works great for freeform screenshot too. Notice that freeform and rectangle clips won’t include drop shadows, as Window Clippings only includes the Aero shadows on windows and menus. No matter what shape you capture, it’ll look great with PNG transparency and smoothing on the curved areas.
Window Clippings works great for capturing menus; just hold the Ctrl key down while selecting all the elements you want to appear in your shots. However, we did have some trouble with menus closing after pressing Enter but before the shot was saved. To alleviate this problem, you may want to enable delayed capture. Then, if your menu closes, re-open it before the time’s up and your screenshot is fully captured.
If you ever need to change your settings again, just right-click the tray icon and select Open Window Clippings. Alternately, double-click on the tray icon to take a quick screenshot.
Conclusion
Window Clippings runs on Windows 7 and Vista, and is available for download for $35 per user. If you still need to take screenshots in XP, you’ll also receive a license for Window Clippings 2.1 which works similar but will also run on Windows XP. Also, if you’ve bought a Window Clippings 2 license previously, you’ll be receiving a free upgrade key for Window Clippings 3 soon.
This app is cheaper than many competing screenshot tools such as SnagIt, and captures screenshots of modern apps better than most other apps we’ve tried. I did experience a few issues in testing, such as screenshots that included the edge of another app on the bottom, but in general it did this less than most alternate screenshot tools. It’s also extremely lightweight, using less than 2Mb of ram when running in the taskbar, so you won’t need to worry about keeping it running.
Window Clippings 3 is definitely one of the best screenshot tools in my opinion, and the only thing that SnagIt still does better is that you can edit and catalog your screenshots directly in the app. But when you can auto-save and directly edit screenshots in Paint.NET with Window Clippings, there’s not much to miss. Give the trial a shot, and then get a license if you’re needing a great way to take high quality Aero screenshots.
You’ve got things to do, you need to remember them, and you don’t want to have to fiddle with 3 dozen settings to get them saved on your iOS device. Ever had this situation? Today we’re going to look at TaskForce, a new, simple to-do list app that lets you jot down your tasks, mark them off when done, and get on with your life.
Clean & Quick
TaskForce is a simple and elegant app that lets you focus on your to-dos without worrying about extras. It uses a stylish paper on wood interface and simple controls that make it easy to get things done.
Entering a task is quick and easy. Just press the plus button in the right corner and start typing in your task. If you need to edit an existing task, just tap on the task’s words and start editing. No extra settings, tags, or folders to mess with … just your tasks. As your list fills up, you can drag the paper section to scroll up or down and see all of your tasks.
Tap the circle on a task or swipe to the right over it to mark it off as finished. Alternately, swipe to the left to delete a task. Do note that TaskForce doesn’t automatically remove your completed tasks, so you may prefer to simply swipe the the left and delete finished tasks if you don’t need to be reminded about them.
The Edit button on the top lets you quickly delete several of your tasks or rearrange them to the order you want. And that’s it … TaskForce gives you your tasks and the basic tools you need to use with them in a simple and elegant interface.
Conclusion
I found TaskForce to be a refreshing change from the competition: it’s a to-do list that just does to-dos, perfectly. TaskForce is also much cheaper than many competing apps, and at just $0.99 it’s a great companion app to help you stay on track of your most pressing to-dos. If you’ve been overwhelmed with the features and tools in other to-do list apps, you’ll find TaskForce refreshingly simple. Or, even if you use a more advanced to-do list too, you may find TaskForce helpful as a simple to-do list for quick tasks you don’t need to schedule. After all, if you’re spending all of your time organizing your tasks, you’ll never actually do them!
Need a quick and stylish way to keep up with all the things you need to do each day? SpeedTask is a new iPhone app with a free companion webapp that makes it easy to keep up with everything you need to do today. Let’s look at how this app can help you get everything you need to done each day done without complicated calendars and schedules.
Doing Your Tasks – One Day At a Time
When you first open SpeedTask, you’ll notice right off that this app is neither complicated nor bland. You’ll see several to-do items listed to help you quickly learn how to use the app. The main task interface looks like a corkboard with Post-it style notes attached with tape. The small design flourishes such as this make the app a joy to use, and also make it easy to see what’s left to do today. Swipe over a task to delete it, or tap and hold the middle of the task to edit it. When you’re ready to add new tasks, just tap on the wooden box at the top to quickly enter it. Shorter tasks will only show up in the larger bold font, but longer tasks will take up two lines with the rest of the task in a smaller font underneath the top. Interestingly, I noticed that most longer tasks I added actually broke up nicely this way; the main task ended up on the top, with the rest of my sentence that described the task showing up underneath. Turns out, SpeedTask just taught me something about the way I write tasks! Or, tap the arrow on the right of a task to change its priority. You can choose from white with red dashes (highest priority), yellow/crème with red dashes (medium priority), or plain yellow/crème (lowest priority). Alternately, if you need to move a task to tomorrow, just press the red icon which shows tomorrow’s date in the calendar. SpeedTask is built entirely around the tasks you need to do on a certain day. From the bottom, you can scroll between the past 3 previous days and up to a month in the future. This works like a to-do list based calendar; you can add tasks on the day you know you’ll need to do them, but not schedule them to a rigid time. In my usage, I actually added most of my tasks on the current date’s page, and then just pushed them to the next day if I couldn’t finish them. You’ll see any tasks you didn’t finish yet from a previous day easily as that date will show an exclamation mark. But, if you already know a date you need to do a task on, just scroll to that date and write it on the wall just like you would a friend’s Facebook wall! When you’ve finished a task, just press the box on the left to mark it as done. A rubber stamp-style Done mark will be “stamped” on the right corner of the task, and the task will drop to the bottom of your list. Now on to the next task… And if you enjoy extra hidden features, we even uncovered an Easter Egg of sorts in SpeedTask: pull down on your to-do list, and you’ll see Liquefy Studios’ logo on the top of the corkboard. Fancy!
Staying in Sync
One of SpeedTask’s best features is that it includes a free companion webapp so you can keep up with your tasks from your Mac or PC even if your iPhone or iPod Touch is turned off. Press the gear button in the top corner to open the Settings page, where you can create a new sync account and also change the default font in the app. Once you’ve created an account, slide the On/Off button and your tasks will automatically stay synced and backed up whenever you’re online. From the SpeedTask website, you can now view, manage, and add tasks to your schedule. You can also subscribe to a iCal file of your to-dos to add them to your favorite desktop calendar app. The webapp is almost as nice looking, but it doesn’t include the cute paper to-do style. Sure would be a nice addition, though!
Conclusion
SpeedTask offers an innovative way to manage your tasks. It’s the closest mix between a calendar and a to-do list, and makes it easy to focus on what’s next. I would have liked to see a scratch list where you could leave to-dos that you weren’t sure when you’d do them, and additionally would like a way to archive previous tasks. Right now, older tasks will be deleted 4 days after they’ve been done, when that date no longer is accessible from the app. Still, though, overall SpeedTask is a nice app, and the free companion webapp makes it even better. If this to-do list app doesn’t look like the right one for you, stay tuned for the rest of our to-do list app reviews that will be coming up soon! Otherwise, let us know how SpeedTask is helping you stay organized on the go and online.
Want to keep up with the latest ideas, advice, and interesting stories shared by some of the best tech and entrepreneurial bloggers today? Hacker Monthly is a new PDF and print magazine based on the best news from Hacker News, and now thanks to a new student offer, any students can read it for free! Here’s how.
Intro to Hacker News
One of the best resources for entrepreneurs, programmers, tech students, and anyone fascinated by the world of computers and startups is Hacker News, an amazingly high quality forum ran and moderated by Y Combinator. Anyone can join in and share their thoughts about the articles and questions shared, and the discussions are often very informational and educational. Plus, the Hacker News community is very helpful, and I’ve received many tips from questions I’ve posted on it.
There’s only one problem with any tech forum: it takes time to keep up with. Several months ago, Lim Cheng Soon of Netizens Media began producing a beautiful magazine version of the best articles and advice shared in Hacker News that month: Hacker Monthly. While you can read the articles for free online, Hacker Monthly brings them together in a beautiful layout that makes it easy to read, on your computer or in print.
Again, it Pays to be a Student
For many of us, though, the biggest objection to Hacker Monthly is the price. It takes time and effort to curate these articles and get them laid out in a readable and beautiful fashion, but when you’re buying textbooks and paying for ever higher classes, there’s not much money left to go around. That’s where the new student promotion comes in. Hacker Monthly is now offering a free one year digital subscription to all college students around the world. Now you can keep up with the latest tips and advice and hopefully learn more than you are from your classes directly from some of the most articulate techies in the world.
If you’re not sure if Hacker Monthly is for you, feel free to check out the free PDF versions of the firstthreeissues of Hacker Monthly. You’ll be able to read them in all of their PDF glory, just like the print version, for free. You can also check out the full archive of back issues, which includes links to the real Hacker News discussion links featuring the articles that were included in the magazine. This is a great resource everyone can take advantage of, as it includes links to many well written articles that you can read for free online.
I’ve found the Hacker News site to be very useful and educational over the past months, and only wish I’d come across it sooner. Now, with Hacker Monthly, I hope to learn even more from the network without having to check it every day!
Over 17 years after launching the Newton platform and jumpstarting the PDA market, Apple today is a leader in the smartphone category that has taken over both PDAs and phones. These devices were originally designed to help you keep your life organized digitally. Although many of us enjoy playing games and goofing off online from our modern iDevices, there are many apps that can help you keep your life organized and productive on the go.
This week on Techinch.com, we’re going to be featuring a number of to-do list apps that can help you stay on schedule and get everything you need to get done, done. Many of us have trouble fitting everything into a schedule; there’s no specific time of the day you need to change the oil or buy that new domain name, for instance. I much prefer flexible project-orientated to-do lists with all of the tasks I need to do. There’s tons of great options for this on iOS, so we’re going to look at a number of different to-do list apps, including some well-known apps and some newer ones:
Plus, we’ve already covered Satchel and Summit, both of which can be used to make Backpack and Basecamp, respectively, into great to-do list tools.
While we all know there’s always more than one way to do anything, it’s impressive how each of these apps has managed to be unique and offer different ways of managing your tasks. Whether you prefer to keep all of you to-dos managed by date or project, sorted with tags, simple or filled with notes and locations, or just a plain list with no extra bells and whistles, there’s an app for everyone that will help you manage tasks just like you want. Stay tuned for our reviews, and then we’ll follow up with a thorough overview to help you choose the app that’s best for you. Or, if you have a favorite to-do list app that you’d like to see featured, leave a comment and let us know why this app is your favorite!
Would you like to take your WordPress powered sites to the next level with advanced WordPress plugins? Recently I reviewed two of my favorite pro plugins for WordPress on WPBeginner.com, a great site to help you get started with WordPress. Here’s a quick summary of the reviews, but be sure to click through and check them out on WPBeginner.com if you haven’t already read the reviews.
Keep Your WordPress Content Safe with BackupBuddy
Most of us backup our computers, emails, and more, but if you’re just getting started with blogging and running your own site, you may have never thought about needing to backup your website. You could always export your database and download each individual file from your site weekly, but this would be time consuming and difficult. BackupBuddy is a great plugin from iThemes that makes it dead simple to keep your site backed up. It’ll backup all the files and posts on your site, saving them on your server, on a remote FTP server, or in the cloud with Amazon S3. Then, if tragedy strikes and your hosting company goes AWOL, you can quickly restore your entire site in minutes using BackupBuddy’s restore tool. I use BackupBuddy with Amazon S3 to keep all of Techinch.com’s data secure, and highly recommend it.
Make Your WordPress Site Mobile Friendly with WPtouch Pro
As mobile devices become more popular, more of your blog’s traffic will come from mobile devices. Unfortunately, it’s often difficult to view full-sized sites on smaller screens, and it wouldn’t make sense to code a new app for your site just to make your content accessible on a mobile device.
That’s where WPtouch Pro comes in. It’s a WordPress plugin that converts your site into a great iOS style interface when you visit it with a modern smartphone. WPtouch Pro includes tons of options to let you customize the mobile site however you want, and will soon be getting updated to support iPads as well. My WPBeginner.com article gives you a good overview of how the plugin works and how you can use it, and then check back here at Techinch soon for more customization articles about WPtouch Pro. I’ve been switching Techinch over to WPtouch Pro, and will be sharing what I’ve done to customize it so you can put it to good use on your site!
Do you have any more WordPress plugins you’d like to see reviewed? Feel free to drop me a note and let me know! And don’t forget … if you want to learn more about WordPress, you should definitely check out the Digging Into WordPress eBook. It’s a great resource that will teach you how to manage your site, write new themes and plugins, keep your content secure, and more.
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