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Get Twitter comments for your blog with Chirrup

Back before the days of FriendFeed, it was pretty common to see people post things like, "Just wrote a new blog post. What do you think?" to Twitter. That's a good way of getting your link out there, but if anybody actually wanted to answer your question, they'd probably do it in the comments, not in Twitter. Chirrup is a way of tweeting back at someone and commenting at the same time. A neat trick!

Installing Chirrup is as simple as uploading a bit of PHP or installing it as a Wordpress plugin. Most webhosts support this, and the HowTo on the Chirrup site has straightforward instructions for getting it working. Once it's set up, Chirrup will grab any replies to you that contain a URL from your site, and associate the right comments with the right pages. It also knows how to unpack TinyURLs, which eases character-count concerns considerably.

Filed under: Blogging, Open Source

WordPress 2.1 the (mostly) fearless upgrade


WordPress has a pretty big fan club and an enormous installed base. When an upgrade to one of the world's most popular blogging packages is released, there are an awful lot of long evenings for cutting-edge, version-monkeys and, a whole lot of finger-crossing as bloggers become weekend web admins, flipping the switch on a fresh upgrade and hoping for the best. Lorelle on Wordpress has taken the plunge, and has written a really sharp document to get you through it as well.

Lorelle gives some strong practical advice, as well as a step by step on the process. For those who've been through a Wordpress upgrade cycle before, Lorelle's words are solid and true; Turn off plugins, make backups, follow instructions and don't try to rush. With Lorelle's help and a little patience, even the most neophyte blogger turned weekend web warrior can manage to walk the path leading to WP 2.1 joy, even if you've skipped a version or two in between.

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