Andy Gambles

Internet Entrepreneur / Consultant / Mentor and Tea making guru 
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December 14, 2009

Just enabled Facebook Connect on all my blogs

Some of you may be aware that I use Posterous for all my blogs. It is an awesome system and I really recommend you give it a try. 

Recently they enabled Facebook Connect for blog comments. Being a bit of a geek I thought sonds like something I should set-up. The instructions were easy to follow and users on all my blogs now have the ability to comment using their Facebook ID.

If you are asking yourself "why?" then think of it as another way to promote your blog. The user finds it easy to make a comment and they promote their Facebook profile on your site. You also get the benefit of the users profile then linking back to your blog and driving potential traffic to you.

For instructions on how to enable Facebook connect on Posterous click here.

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June 24, 2009

Migrating to Posterous

This morning I finished migrating my blog to Posterous.

The blog was originally a self hosted WordPress blog. This worked pretty well. However it may seem strange being an IT guy but I was getting tired of applying updates to WordPress and some of the plug-ins I was using. I wanted to move to a more simpler system. Something which meant I would spend the time writing on the blog rather than messing with themes and plug-ins!

Posterous makes it so easy. I like the fact I do not have to mess with a theme. I like how clean it looks and how easy it is. In fact I like pretty much everything about it. The import from WordPress took about 30 seconds - very cool.

But the best way to test technology is to use it. So I have moved the entire blog and domain over to Posterous. This could be a genius move or a total disaster (I hope it is not the latter). If it all goes well I may even think of using it to run the new ServerTastic blog I have planned.

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