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50 Social News Websites: A List of General and Niche Social Media Communities
Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by SiteBox.
I recently wrote a beginners guide to social news websites and this article follows up on that by offering a list of the social news websites you can use to get information and web traffic.
There are a great deal of social news sites on the internet, sometimes too many. Most of them are dormant and are no longer active, largely because they were poorly marketed and hence, never had an active community of users in the first place.
For instance, this webpage has a list of over 380 social news sites. Most of them are a waste of your time: they are riddled with spam or are so ill-promoted that they’ll never attract a critical mass of viewers or social news participants.
You don’t have a lot of time on your hands. You want a community that gives you fresh news on topics you care about. You want something that sends prospects and traffic while branding your website or business. You want a social news site with a long term returns on investment. Here’s a list of some of them.
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SiteBox.net on Facebook
Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by SiteBox.
Each month (and often more frequently than that) we take a look at trends in social networking, by the numbers. Recently, we’ve focused on – now up better than 2,500 percent in one year – and Facebook’s climb to become top social network over MySpace. To stay with the social trends and networking SiteBox.net has now been added to facebook … See you there! 
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Stock.XCHNG, the leading FREE stock photo site!
Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by SiteBox.
Whether you just want to browse our huge image gallery or want to share your own photos with others, this is the site for you!
Browse through the categories of our huge gallery containing over 350.000 quality stock photos by more than 30.000 photographers! Need a wallpaper for your desktop or illustration for your blog? Need a pic for your commercial website design? Looking for inspiration? Have a look around.
Share your photos with fellow designers! SXC is a friendly community of photography addicts who generously offer their works to those who need them free of charge. If you have some nice photos that you’d like to share with others, join us! Not only it feels great to share, you will also get a huge exposure for your work!
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WordPress 2.8 Tips and Tricks Collection
Posted on 11. Jun, 2009 by SiteBox.
Now that WordPress 2.8 has been released, it really would be more useful and helpful to get a big list of tips and tricks that addresses several new things in WordPress 2.8 and helps to learn or tweak the new features, these tips come from several users who have been using WordPress 2.8 for sometime and have contributed with several posts that may help you make the best out of the latest version in WordPress.
- WordPress Codex – Version 2.8
- Custom Taxonomies in WordPress 2.8 – Justin Tadlok
- Build A WordPress 2.8 Widget – WP Engineer
- WordPress 2.8 and the body_class() Function – Nathan Rice
- Authentication in WordPress 2.8 – Will Norris
- Loading JavaScript in Footer in WordPress 2.8 – Lester Chan
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WordPress 2.8 Released
Posted on 11. Jun, 2009 by SiteBox.
On June 10th, 2009, WordPress Version 2.8, named for noted trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker, will be released to the public. For more information on this enhancement and bug-fix release, read the Development Blog Announcement and see the Changelog for 2.8.
* New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new widgets API
* Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors
* Browse the theme directory and install themes from the admin
* Allow the dashboard widgets to be arranged in up to four columns
* Allow configuring the number of items to show on management pages with an option in Screen Options
* Support timezones and automatic daylight savings time adjustment
* Support IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite Module
* Faster loading of admin pages via script compression and concatenation
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Freakswitch – New Web site
Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by SiteBox.
Freakswitch has put the ka-bosh on when they will actually be ready to make their debut. Although the passion and drive is there, they as a band do not want to put a product out that is “half-ass”. Major strides have been taken in the right direction (not to be mistaken with their number one hit “Wrong Direction”) to come out with guns a blazin’. But nonetheless, they want to make sure its done right.
The world’s most electrifying website and home to Freakswitch’s official website, new web design backed on word press and plug-ins.
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The Idea Factory
Posted on 26. Jan, 2009 by SiteBox.
The Idea Factory advertising agency has launches a new website.
It’s simple. Were a group of hungry, focused, skilled advertising professionals that are hell-bent on getting results for our clients. How we achieve those results, well, that’s another story.
Start with experienced marketing strategists. Add smart creative types who consistently deliver exceptional campaigns. Finish with a kick-ass account service team that dots every "i" and crosses every "t" and you’ve got the real deal.
By the way, you won’t pay a lot considering the quality of service and work you receive from us. But everyone will think you did.
Call us. We can help. Because it matters.
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Hello world, SBN v5 is here!!
Posted on 08. Jan, 2009 by SiteBox.
SiteBox.net launches new web site ver SBN 5 and is now powered by WordPress. WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. Its a great tool to use for Blogs or as a CMS.
Our new site will also include tutorials, articles, temples, designs and more.
Hope you enjoy our new site as there will be more soon!
~ SiteBox.net Team
