Simon Wakeman - marketing, public relations and digital communications

Upgrading to Wordpress 2.1.2

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007 at 7:38 pm

I’ve just upgraded the blog to run the latest version of Wordpress - v2.1.2 - which was released yesterday.

Tags: Wordpress, wordpress+2.1, wordpress+2.1.1
Categories: Wordpress

Redesigned website goes live

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 at 7:25 am

It’s been a busy few evenings as I’ve been working hard to get my new website design live, and now it’s here.

Tags: andy+wake, Blogging, dont+panic, dont+panic+projects, event+management, News, Web development, websites, Wordpress, wordpress+2.1
Categories: Blogging, News, Wordpress

Measuring blog engagement - the Fedafi approach

Monday, January 29th, 2007 at 9:38 pm

Gary Reid from Fedafi has some interesting thoughts on a model for measuring engagement in blogging, plus a Wordpress plug-in that is going to help deliver the metrics that make up the model.

Tags: Blogging, fedafi, Public relations, RSS, RSS+analysis, RSS+marketing, RSS+subscribers, Social media, Software, Statistics, research and analysis, Wordpress, wordpress+2.1
Categories: Blogging, Public relations, RSS, Social media, Software, Statistics, research and analysis, Wordpress

Comparing Google Analytics, Statcounter and Feedburner Site Stats

Sunday, January 28th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

I have three different website statistics packages running on my blog - Google Analytics, Statcounter and Feedburner. Here’s what I think of each and why.

Tags: blog, blog+stats, Blogging, blogs, feedburner, feedburner+site+stats, google, google+analytics, statcounter, statistics, vodafone-second+life-social+media, Web development, Wordpress, wordpress+2.1
Categories: Blogging, Web development

Somewhere to play

Thursday, January 25th, 2007 at 9:48 pm

Running a website means everything that happens on the site takes place in full public view. Any design tweak, software upgrade or testing you do can be seen by anyone who visits your website which can make you look unprofessional if things don’t go according to plan.

Tags: blog, blog+design, Blogging, personal+branding, Software, Web development, web+development, websites, Wordpress, wordpress+2.1
Categories: Blogging, Software, Web development, Wordpress