Comments on: WordPress Plugin versus Custom Programming

By: Jeri Kail

Jeri Kail — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:39:21 +0000

Excellent website you have here but I was curious if you knew of any discussion boards that cover the same topics discussed here? I’d really like to be a part of community where I can get suggestions from other knowledgeable individuals that share the same interest. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Bless you!

By: Jayson

Jayson — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:26:30 +0000

Yeah indeed what’s the sense coding something that already exists

By: Jason Yeager

Jason Yeager — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:47:32 +0000

I think we all get lazy at one time or another. I like to code, but if there is already a program or script out there, I generally go with it rather than write my own. Can’t blame you for using a public plugin!

By: Jacky Supit

Jacky Supit — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:59:33 +0000

hey nice thought. i did the same long time ago, then just like what you did, i use the already exists plugins.
easier and faster and securer

By: CyberCoder

CyberCoder — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:46:53 +0000

@Garry, thanks for the mention, and I am glad I could help you. @George, thanks George. I know I have reinvented a few wheels in my day! Now, if you could drive down I 59 just south of you to Praseks Smokehouse and send me some kolaches!! Man, I miss South Texas.

By: George

George — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:26:40 +0000

I agree, it’s best not to reinvent the wheel. I do it all the time. Great post, stumbled.

By: How Hard Do You Work To Make Your Blog Perfect?

How Hard Do You Work To Make Your Blog Perfect? — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:03:50 +0000

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By: CyberCoder

CyberCoder — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:05:29 +0000

@Alex, Yes I did say that about the Sitemaps, but I changed due to volume of blogs. I use the default SEO Pack settings, except I add Tag Pages. The tag & CSE pages listed on each post have greatly increased my SERPS and income. I think tag pages are the most overlooked item on most blogs.

@beth, I can not disagree with you, and there are few more picky than me. But when dealing with as many sites as I do, and limited time, it is nearly impossible to be that picky. Plus I have the advantage of being able to rewrite any plugin to fit my needs.

By: beth in greensboro

beth in greensboro — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:38:45 +0000

I actually did the opposite, I tried the plug-ins for awhile and found they rarely ever met my needs. Then again I am picky.

By: alexander

alexander — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:52:17 +0000

Hi David,
this is one of this posts with which I come up with alot of questions.

1) All in One SEO Pack: which settings do you use for this plugin ?

2) Google XML Sitemaps: in a post on BMB you suggested to use the software Gsite crawler to generate the sitemap. Do you now use this plugin instead ?

3) I’ve noticed that you use a lot of tags and Google Custom Search keywords on the bottom of each post. Do you think that having so many tags and keywords could hurt ?

ciao
alex