Zaap Blogs http://zaap.com/space A Family Friendly Blogging Community Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:10:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Move your blog to Zaap http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/27/move-your-blog-to-zaap/ http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/27/move-your-blog-to-zaap/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:04:36 +0000 admin http://zaap.com/space/?p=44  

You can import your blog to Zaap with the click of a button.

Create an account at Zaap.  Then go to Tools->Import.

Blogger Import posts, comments, and users from a Blogger blog.
Blogroll Import links in OPML format.
Blogware Import posts from Blogware.
Bunny’s Technorati Tags Import Bunny’s Technorati Tags into WordPress tags.
Categories and Tags Converter Convert existing categories to tags or tags to categories, selectively.
DotClear Import categories, users, posts, comments, and links from a DotClear blog.
GreyMatter Import users, posts, and comments from a Greymatter blog.
Jerome’s Keywords Import Jerome’s Keywords into WordPress tags.
LiveJournal Import posts from a LiveJournal XML export file.
Movable Type and TypePad Import posts and comments from a Movable Type or Typepad blog.
RSS Import posts from an RSS feed.
Simple Tagging Import Simple Tagging tags into WordPress tags.
Textpattern Import categories, users, posts, comments, and links from a Textpattern blog.
Ultimate Tag Warrior Import Ultimate Tag Warrior tags into WordPress tags.
WordPress Import posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, and tags from a WordPress export file.
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Plugins and Widgets:

FaceBook Dashboard Widget
  Show FaceBook stats on your page.
Sociable  
Link to Digg, FaceBook, Twitter, MSN, Yahoo!, Technorati, Google Bookmarks, LinkedIn, etc! 
Add To Any
Add to Google, MySpace, etc!
NextGen Image Gallery
WP YouTube
WordPress Flickr Manager
FlickrRss
WidgetBox
Add as many widgets from WidgetBox http://www.widgetbox.com/
The Daily Dilbert
Nasa Image of the Day
CNN News
Google News
Stock Quote Sidebar
WP To Twitter
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-to-twitter/
Twitter Widget Pro
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-widget-pro/
Twitter Friends
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-friends-widget/installation/
Random Posts
Weather Widget
Current Date and Time
Skype Online Status
Amazon Search
GD-Star-Ratings
WPMU Recent Posts
WPTouch (Wordpress for mobile devices)
StatPress Reloaded
Digg Widget
Automatically add a Digg account that has your most recent diggs.

Some Widgets must be enabled.  Log in and go to Plugins.  Enable what you wish one by one. 

For content, go to Appearance->Widgets and “Add” the widgets you want to show up on your sidebar.

Some widgets have options.  Make sure to Add and Save Changes first before changing the order or options on the widgets.

Request additional widgets/plugins or changes by commenting.

If you have any useful tidbits on getting widgets to work the way you would like, please post.

Thanks!

Zaap

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After you have created your Zaap Blogs account, login and go to Options.

On the Options->General menu, you will see Blog Title and TagLine options that can be edited and changed.

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Zaap Blogs is packed with over 350 themes!

You can easily change the entire appearance of your blog with a click of a button.  Simply login and go to Appearance->Themes to select your theme.

]]> http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/24/change-your-blog-theme-or-appearance/feed/ Zaap Kids http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/24/zaap-kids/ http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/24/zaap-kids/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:05:18 +0000 admin http://zaap.com/space/?p=32 Zaap Kids is a kid blog and domain setup specifically for children.

You can access any blog via http://ZaapKids.com/ [yourblogname]

]]> http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/24/zaap-kids/feed/ What to do about bad posts http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/24/bad-posts/ http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/24/bad-posts/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:03:48 +0000 admin http://zaap.com/space/?p=29 If you find a post that is not in proper taste, please notify us by sending a comment or message, and we’ll review it immediately.

Thanks for using Zaap Blogs!

]]> http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/24/bad-posts/feed/ Accessing your blog http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/24/accessing-your-blog/ http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/24/accessing-your-blog/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:01:57 +0000 admin http://zaap.com/space/?p=25 Zaap users can access their blog in many ways.

Not only can you access and provide links to others via http://zaap.com/space/ [yourblogname] but you can also access your blog via http://zaapblogs.com/ [yourblogname] as well as http://zaapkids.com/ [yourblogname]

In addition, if you purchase a domain through ElexTechnologies, via GoZaap!, you can setup a direct link from yourdomain.com to your blog for Free!  Just send us a request, and we’ll set it up.

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It’s recommended that you leave these enabled to allow people to get notified when you post new content.

To change the defaults, login, go to Settings->Writing and uncheck the box for both protocols.

]]> http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/24/atom-and-xml-rpc-publishing-protocols/feed/ How to add a new link http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/02/add-a-new-link/ http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/02/add-a-new-link/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:24:51 +0000 admin http://zaap.com/space/?p=7 You can add a new link to the Links/Blogroll widget and change the name of the Blogroll to something else, like Links.

First enable and select the Links widget from Appearance -> Widgets.

Next add a Links -> Link Categories.  Create a new Link Group called Links.

Next add a new Link.  Links -> Add New.  Start adding your links and enjoy!

]]> http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/06/02/add-a-new-link/feed/ Welcome to Zaap Blogs http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/05/04/about/ http://zaap.com/space/blog/2009/05/04/about/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 04:05:45 +0000 admin http://zaap.com/space/?p=3 Welcome to Zaap Family Friendly Blogs!

 

Here you can create a blog for yourself or your family.  You can customize your blog by choosing from a number of styles, plugins, themes, etc.

Zaap Blogs is administored by its users.  If you discover a post that contains inappropriate content, please let us know.

 

We hope you enjoy Zaap!

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