This amazing compilation of facts, myths and information from the one and only Steven/ aka SoftProduct/ aka The Angry Squirrell has gotten tons of great reviews in the zazzle forums and from many respectable internet ratings sites.

  You really really need to cruise thru this book wether your brand new or been around for a while, theres definitly some information for all levels to use and learn by.

  We now have our own custom link to our copy of the book. For now its free access to everyone, but very soon it will become limited access to ZBlog Pros.

  Take a look and see what all the hype is about………..youll be glad you did. The link is in our main menu on the right side here in the resources section.

Enjoy

Bill  on behalf of the Angry Squirrel.

  Look at some of the benefits of this great guestbook below and youll see why we chose it for ZBlogs……….

• Simple and clean interface that integrates seamlessly into /wp-admin.
• Easy import of DMSGuestbook entries into Gwolle-GB.
• Notification by mail when a new entry has been posted.
• Moderation, so that you have to check an entry before it is visible in your guestbook (can be turned off).
• Recaptcha integration. (Fighting spam!)
• Akismet integration (Fighting spam, too!)
• Localisation (currently english, german, french, spanish, polish and dutch). Own languages can be added very easily, check WP documentation on this. If you translated the plugin I’d be glad to include your language in a future release, so please send them to my via mail, thanks!
• different-styled admin entries, so that the visitor can tell which entry is written by the ‘real admin’
• a log for each entry, so that you know which member of the staff released and edited an article to the public and when.
• IP-address- and host-logging with link to WHOIS query site
• Smiley integration (uses the WordPress smiley engine)
• Easy uninstall routine for complete removal of all database changes.

There are hundreds of plugins and services which can provide statistics about your visitors. However I found that even though something like Google Analytics provides an incredible depth of information, it can be overwhelming and doesn’t really highlight what’s most interesting to me as a writer. That’s why Automattic created its own stats system, to focus on just the most popular metrics a blogger wants to track and provide them in a clear and concise interface.

Installing this stats plugin is much like installing Akismet, all you need is to put in your API Key and the rest is automatic.

Once it’s running it’ll begin collecting information about your pageviews, which posts and pages are the most popular, where your traffic is coming from, and what people click on when they leave. It’ll also add a link to your dashboard which allows you to see all your stats on a single page. Less is more.

Finally, because all of the processing and collection runs on our servers and not yours, it doesn’t cause any additional load on your hosting account. In fact, it’s one of the fastest stats system, hosted or not hosted, that you can use.

   Already uploaded to ZBlogs, just activate the plugin in your admin page, then setup the API key. Wich is free also.

  The newest themes are..

eGallery Theme

eGamer Theme

eElegant Estates

eNews

ePhoto

eStore

   Enjoy everyone……..

Bill

 Now this tool combined with sitemaps creator you can actually set every page and posts exactly they way you want it to show up or be sent to the search engines for your future visitors.

 Check it out in your admin panel, under plugins. Just activate, then go to settings and look at the world that has been opened up for you.

   Youll also notice a super kewl section added below the section where you add posts and pages when adding new ones that allows you to control titles, meta words, additional tags and much much more for each specific action you choose.

Bill

   When winter is over you can use it to add leaves, or you can create your own small images and use any custom image you want falling across and down your ZBlog pages.

 Right now you can choose snow, presents or leaves or use your own custom image.

 You can see it in action at http://downloads.zblogs.info/  we are using 11 as the number of images to use.

 Enjoy

Admin

For the next 5 people using ZBlogs that makes an article on their squidoo, facebook or outside blog thats on your own custom domain and you have a ZBlog too, we will give you a free 3 month 1 year upgrade to ZBlogs Pro.

With ZBlogs Pro you get access to extremely customizable themes with their own admin panel, premium plugins and support and much more.

Your article for inclusion must include a link to and talking about the benefits of Free ZBlogs at http://www.freezblogs.com and it must also include information and a link to the ZBlogs Pro program and information can be found about it at the main http://www.zazzleblogs.com in the about menu item. Inclusion of our facebook, squidoo and Twitter pages will help in standings and possibly get you a free 6 month upgrade compared to 3 months.

So, write a simple article on your personal blog, facebook or squidoo and get a free ZBlogs Pro upgrade.
First come first serve 5 winners only, and you must supply us with a link to the article being used.
Send all inquiries to support@freezblogs.com

Have Fun
Bill
http://www.freezblogs.com

   Simply go to your admin panel, and the sitemaps listing is aleady in your settings tab. Open it up, make any tweaks or changes you want.

  Then simply create a new post and itll take over from there automatically. It even automatically updates your sitemap and notifies the major search engines automatically for you as you make a new post or add a page.

 Enjoy

 Simply go to your admin panel to activate the gallery plugin, then hit the settings section at the bottom left of your admin panel.

 Load single photo’s, bulk batches of photos, insert into pages, posts, sidebar widgets and more. You can also create slideshows and dozens of intergration methods.

 It also comes with dozens of short codes you can use. They are listed below, as well as in our new FAQ section and in the forums at www.zuhelp.com

= Features =

* Templates : You can add custom templates for your theme.

* Media RSS feed : Add the Cooliris Effect to your gallery

* Role settings : Each gallery has a author

* AJAX based thumbnail generator : No more server limitation during the batch process

* Copy/Move : Copy or move images between galleries

* Sortable Albums : Create your own sets of images

* Upload or pictures via a zip-file (Not in Safe-mode)

* Watermark function : You can add a watermark image or text

* JavaScript Effect : Use any available popular image effect : Shutter, Thickbox, Lightbox or Highslide

* Multiple CSS Stylesheet : Use a nice shadow effect for your thumbnails with your own CSS file

* Slideshow : Full integrated slideshow as jQuery or Flash solution

* TinyMCE : Button integration for easy adding the gallery tags

* Sidebar Widget : Show a slideshow, random or recent picture at your sidebar

* Language support : Translated in more than 30 languages

* Translation downloader : Download with one click the new translation file

* Upload tab integration : You have access to all pictures via the upload tab

* Tag support for images : Append related images to your post, create a image tag-cloud

* Meta data support : Import EXIF, IPTC or XMP meta data

* Sort images feature

Go to your post/page an enter the tag ‘[nggallery id=x]‘ or ‘[slideshow id=x]‘.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

When writing a page/post, you can use the follow tags:

For a slideshow : **[slideshow id=x w=width h=height]**

Example : http://nextgen-gallery.com/slideshow/

For a album : **[album id=x template=extend]** or **[album id=x template=compact]**

Example : http://nextgen-gallery.com/album/

For a gallery : **[nggallery id=x]**

Example : http://nextgen-gallery.com/gallery-page/

For a single picture : **[singlepic id=x w=width h=height mode=web20|watermark float=left|right]**

Example : http://nextgen-gallery.com/singlepic/

For a image browser : **[imagebrowser id=x]**

Example : http://nextgen-gallery.com/image-browser/

To show image sorted by tags : **[nggtags gallery=mytag,wordpress,... ]**

Example : http://nextgen-gallery.com/gallery-tags/

To show tag albums : **[nggtags album=mytag,wordpress,... ]**

Example : http://nextgen-gallery.com/albumtags/

To show random mages : **[random max=x ]**

To show the most recent added mages : **[recent max=x ]**

 Plus with the new intergration you dont have to join gravatar or some other outside source, you simply browse and upload your new avatar. You can even upload a large image, then use the built in tools to crop just the part of the image you want to use as your avatar.

 You can see a sample of it on our main page, lower left showing off the current ZBlogs Pros.

  Its located in your admin panel, then settings, then look at the bottom for “blog avatar”.

One of the biggest challenges faced by WordPress Multisite and WPMU site owners is that the default interface can be a bit too complex for younger, older and novice users.

Easy blogging solves that by providing your users with the option of a much simpler interface that will completely demystify the WordPress dashboard.

Swtiching between interfaces is as simple as clicking on the ‘Go to the Easy Admin Area’ or ‘Go to the Advanced Admin Area’ at the top of their dashboard.

Best of all Easy Admin area interface has been designed to work well with our Supporter plugin adding all the extra supporter tabs! Grab this plugin to make blogging much easier and more enjoyable for your users and watch you membership grow!

  And to really make life easier, for either novices or pro’s alike we have also intergrated the Blogging Wizard and Blogging Tool Tips thru out all the ZBlogs admin pages and interface.

  We are truly now the easiest and fullest free blog source out there.

  No more shrunkin text, no more emails when there not supposed to and best of all, all the security holes have been fixed and taken care of.

 I apologise to everyone for the issues over the past few days, and every little plugin will be back and up to date with latest releases by the end of the day.

 Including a few that are custom just for ZBlog Users.

Thanks Everyone

Bill

 At this time we are going to be going thru and deactivating and reactivating all plugins and themes over the next 48 hours.

We as that no one please make any changes to your plugins, widgets or sidebar items at this time. You can still make posts and pages..just no plugin, sidebar or widget changes.

 These updates and test will make some plugins and widgets unusable at times, but they will all be back to original state once were done.

   Please try to refrain from making changes till we repost that all updates and changes have been completed.

Guess, what? Soon this will be available on ZBlogs too. You can choose what you want to show, in posts, pages and more. You can easily edit from your admin wich images, ads or content to put in there.
Want to showcase specific items for holidays or events? This will be the perfect tool for it.

Its coming soon……….

You can see it in action on the right side of our site here, just under our links section.
Want to add this feature to your ZBlog, just join the ZBlog Pro’s, or utilize ZBlogs Hosting and well include it at no extra charge.

  If you have never played around with post via email then check the following how to and faq’s for more information…

http://www.zuhelp.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=177&p=309#p309

 With this new plugin you can make custom forms on the fly with simple drag and drop tools built into the plugin.

Great for contact forms, getting information, contest and lots more………

You can see it in action on this ZBlog in HotStuff section for requestion new plugins and themes…

http://zazzleblogs.com/hot-stuff/custom-plugintheme-request/

 Be sure to stop by and friend us, add your links to your facebook, your zblog or even your personal sites, just stop by.

 Here is a direct link…..

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Zblogs/175558335791630

 Or you can click on the “Follow Us” tab on the right side of the site here.

  Its not ready yet, so there is no need to use it or try to use it at this time, as there will be no changes youll see. As soon as its available well make a new post about it.

     It will also remove ads and such from your ZBlog pages………..its coming soon!

   We are willing to setup a full Hosted ZBlog for you, take care of monthly fee’s, and even purchase your domain name of choice for you in exchange.

 Plus, on the given social format, well also give you primary advertising use of it tooo. Meaning, while its about ZBlogs overall, you can insert ads for your wares, products or services on the same page. Kinda a way of us saying more thanks for the help, plus you get the ZBlogs exposure as we continue to grow.

  So if your interested in running a Facebook page, squidoo, digg, flickr or any other social media site on ZBlogs behalf, simply reply using the Support Ticket system located at www.zblogshosting.com

    That will be the quikest contact method at this point while were doing so many upgrades and changes.

   To access it, simply go to your admin panel, then to “appearance”, then “widgets”, youll now see it listed for use.

 Remember though, you will need a cafepress shop, 

You’ll

need your CafePress store id (ex. http://www.cafepress.com/mystoreid, last part of the url),

API Key and a label name for your widget. You can obtain API Keys from http://developer.cafepress.com/apps/register

    There are more setup details and information about the widet in the following support forums post……

http://www.zuhelp.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=153

 Its available in your plugins section, and you can adjust the chacteristics of it in the settings section.

 There is a full break down of what it can do and a support forum for it at…..

http://www.zuhelp.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=152

   NoBody else gives you as many choices and options as ZBlogs does for free blog hosting.

 Sign up today, and take advantage of the new”Choose Your Domain” option.

 You can choose from……….

 ZBlogs.biz

ZBlogs.com

Z-Blogs.com

ZBlogs.info

ZBlogs.us

ZBlogsCafe.com

ZBlogsZaz.com

   You choose and its still free, and still an independant sub-domain, interlinked with all ZBlogs on the ZBlogs network.

       How kewl is that?

Sign up for a new ZBlog is see all the choices………..