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hCard

Yoga Prakasa — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:53:00 +0000

f0101 theme still have one or two tricks up its sleeve. I use its hCard feature and put it on the footer area. hCard is somewhat similar to vCard used commonly in mobile phone and email message. This is my first time using hCard, and more about it can be read here. Supposedly, the embedded format can be retrieved and referenced easily within page context.

I refrain from putting my address and active phone number there, for obvious reasons. Instead, I use my Skype number, hence the strange country code. I may probably make a separate Contact page with active direct email submission just like in version 2.0. However, the hCard still serve its purpose to embed my contact info in all the pages within version 3.0.

FeedBurner

Yoga Prakasa — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:02:46 +0000

As version 3.0 grows in size, some of you might be interested in having the updates “pushed” to you instead of keeping you checking in regularly (though, I don’t mind). Therefore, I put the prepackaged Subscription widget (courtesy of f0101) in the footer section.

The Subscription widget enables reader to subscribe to either version 3.0’s Posts or Comments or both. I have enabled FeedBurner feeds for version 3.0 since this site is now CMS-based, just like I did with nearly all of my Blogs. Since FeedBurner has been acquired by Google, it would encourage you to subscribe through Google Reader, but actually you can subscribe through most news and RSS aggregators. I think exporting through FeedBurner can provide me with a uniform technology, wider base, better functionality and better stats. What’s not to like?

I might put headline animator later just like on version 2.0. Granted, there’re still plenty of empty spaces available, but I don’t want to rush filling them out in a day only to disassembling them for the next month. It’ll be there if it’s fit.

Google Analytics

Yoga Prakasa — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:48:25 +0000

I have put Google Analytics plugin on my WordPress. I think it’s much easier using plugin than hard-coded JavaScript meta. It’s just copying the meta, yes, but I think my website is not based on simple HTML anymore, so I don’t know what JavaScript code would do to it, if at all effective. This is also the reason why I departed from using Sitemeter as my hit-counter since it is based on JavaScript, and it even acknowledge its ineffectiveness on CMS-based website.

Note – Many of the Premium Features are dependant upon use of Java Script which is not compatible with all weblog templates. If in doubt please check with your weblog provider before signing up for our Premium service to determine if it is compatible with 3rd party Java Script.

Beside, Google Analytics seems to deliver better overall functionality, including its support for Adsense. Heck, I might even use Google as my primary web tool since I already use its email and chat app, among others. Google Analytics may have better reporting as well, but I won’t know that yet since there has been no new visitors in this past several days. More on this in the coming months, I guess.