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I am not a theme designer. So, when I say Malayalam Wordpress Themes, its not a new design that I am creating. But, I am trying to modify Wordpress themes to add little Malayalam to it . I am testing this on my dummy wordpress installation where I play with themes. I should install a blog just for Malayalam Wordpress Blogging.

Malayalam blogging community seems to have Ignored Wordpress almost completely.I should try to bring at least some of them to Wordpress platform ( let them bring the rest right ? ).

The reason for Malayalam Bloggers being attracted to Blogger, is the “Transliteration” feature it has. I do not know how to enable this feature for Wordpress. But, there should be some solution . I should find someone who is good with PHP who can make a plugin ( may be ? ) . Please leave a comment if you are someone, or if you know someone.

I need to make a “to do list” of things that I am going to do. Planning makes things easy right ? hmm well planning alone won’t make things easy. Don’t you think so ?

Post a comment . May 16, 2008
Filed under: blogging, me, Array, blog, Bloggers, blogging, malayalam themes, malayalam wordpress, malayam themes, Reason, Wordpress Themes

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I know I don’t have enough experience in Malayalam blogging to actually get in to writing a review about it. These are my random thoughts on writing in Malayalam or few notes on what I am doing there.

(1) I am still trying to learn to type in good Manglish that Blogger will understand, in order to transliterate it in to Malayalam words.

(2) I do not know how Google will index blogs in Mayalam or any language other than English. I am still at zero on SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) in Indic languages including Malayalam.

(3) 99% of Malayalam blogs are on blogger.com ( or blogspot ) and there are only very few people who actually try it with Wordpress.com or wordpress.org

(4) There is a good community of Malayalam bloggers.

(5) There is lot of serious blogging happening. They are discussing politics,history,international issues,poetry,culture.. and lot of serious topics.

(6) Malayalam blogging community is trying everything possible to get more people in to Malayalam blogging.

(7) Most of the Malayalam blogs are 100% in Malayalam.

(8) I am yet to see someone who is trying to make money through blogging.

(9) I need to personally ask Malayalam bloggers if they are satisfied with what they get on Blogger.com

(10) I will try to bring them to Wordpress.

2 Comments . May 16, 2008
Filed under: Malayalam, blogging, Bloggers, Blogspot, google, Indic Languages, Language Other Than English, Lot, Malayalam, Manglish, Money, People, Poetry, Random Thoughts, Search Engine Optimization, SEO

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Yes, that’s right. There may be a theme change soon.

I am waiting for the pbulic release of a new theme. It’s again a designer’s favorite theme, which he was using on his own blog. I think, I will be trying that on my blog, since it looks pretty much attractive.

Why ?

I have got a few feedbacks about this theme. This one looks dull, or colors are not good, header is not right…

What you think ?

What do you think about the current theme ? What are the good features of this theme ? What are the drawbacks ? Do you think it’s good to change the theme ?

Questions Questions Questions !!!

Post a comment . May 14, 2008
Filed under: blogging, blog, colors, Current, Feedbacks, Good Features, New Theme

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Wordpress is my favorite blogging platform and it will remain so, always. However, there is some kind of “soft corner” being formed towards Blogger.

Reason ? …. I found lot of Malayalam blogs on Blogger. Blogger makes it easy to write and publish in Malayalam and few other Indic languages. There is a good community being formed around these Malayalam blogs on Blogger. I did try this Malayalam typing, and found really really easy.

The Malayali Blogging community, is trying hard to Malayalam Blogs popular. I am trying to find information on how to blog in Malayalam using wordpress. I would like to document it, at one place. If you have some information about Wordpressing in Indic languages, or some plugins that you know about, please drop me a comment here

So far, I have managed to post using copy n paste method. I found one plugin too, which is not working here ( may be because its not compatible with the latest wordpress version. ) I will keep you guys updated !!

How to write Malayalam for Wordpress

As I said earlier, we do not have something similar to what blogger.com has. For now, you can either use blogger.com, to create the blog content and then paste it to your Wordpress blog editor.

If you do not want to use Blogger to type in Malayalam, you can use Google Transliteration to write in Malayalam and then paste it to Wordpress.

There is a blogger’s meet being organized on 18th of May, 2008 at Thrissur, ( my district ). I have a family function on the same day, that I can’t avoid. So, I won’t be able to be there for the workshop and the meet up. But, I will do next time for sure.

2 Comments . May 13, 2008
Filed under: blogging, me, Blogger, Blogs, Copy Paste, google, Indic Languages, Lot, Malayali, Paste Method, Plugins, Reason, Transliteration, Typing

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Reliance Mobile has launched a new plan, for both postpaid and prepaid customers. Free Unlimited STD calls to any Reliance mobile in India

I have two cell phones now : why ?

I keep recharging my Vodafone prepaid phone to make STD calls or rather STD “Call” (you know what it means right?).
It’s something that gives trouble to my monthly budget. Now, here is Reliance with it’s new plan : Free STD that too Unlimited !!. So, the very next day, I bought a new reliance connection with LG handset ( which was the cheapest model). I have no doubt, this is the best plan for me. The handset + connection costs almost close to what I spend every month for mobile recharge.

Thank you Reliance !! Read more…

6 Comments . May 10, 2008
Filed under: me, Buddies, Cell Phone, Cell Phones, Handset, Monthly Budget, New Reliance, No Doubt, Prepaid Phone, Reliance India, Reliance Mobile, Rs 500, Std, Vodafone

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I was talking to a friend of mine. She was really happy about her new job and she was sharing her experience with me.

Past

Both of us wanted to be Journalists, when we were on school. We used to discuss everything possible about that career, on our way to school, during our breaks and whenever we get time.

Present

She is a Journalist for a leading Malayalam daily. I am in to Customer Service, technical support etc ……
It was a strange feeling when I heard her talking happily about her job and friends…

I was happy for her, but at the same time, I was feeling something else inside me. I had to take a different route because of many reasons. I know I have done few things, that I should be happy about. But still ….

I know my decision to take up this career was correct and I have no problem with it. I know that I can still learn Journalism and start working for Media, if I want to. I know I can do freelancing too. But, the reason behind this post is my curiosity …

Question

Are you doing a job that you wanted to do ? Something that you planned and tried to get in to during your studies ? Are you happy with it ?

9 Comments . May 07, 2008
Filed under: me, Career, Curiosity, Customer Service, Customer Support, Dream Job, Feeling Something, Friends, Job Sharing, Job Wanted, Journalism, Journalist, Journalists, Malayalam, New Job, Strange Feeling, Technical Support

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If you do not know what cPanel is,

cPanel (control Panel) is a graphical web-based web-hosting control panel, designed to simplify administration of websites. cPanel handles all aspects of website administration in its interface. The software, which is proprietary and distributed by cPanel, Inc., is designed for use by commercial web hosting services, so the company does not offer a reduced-cost personal use license; however, owners of non-profit organizations such as educational institutions and charities can request a license at a free or reduced cost. Reduced prices are frequently available from dedicated-server companies, who install it along with the operating system.

I am familiar with cPanel, and was expecting my new webhost to have it. It’s too common in the hosting industry and I did not look for it in the features list on the plan page. After I got the login information, I started looking for the link to login to cPanel. Nothing !! I have no idea how to manage the website. I went back to the webhost’s site and started looking for cPanel. Well, they don’t use cPanel, but a custom control panel, which they have developed.

It took almost 30 minutes for me to figure out how things are and what I am supposed to do. Setting up wordpress and uploading my theme was easy and somewhat similar to cPanel. Anyways, problem starts when I want to something else other than wordpress. I will have to figure out how to do it before doing it. What if some error comes up ? search for the fix again.

Other than that, I am happy with the service, and performance of the new host. And yes, its always to good to learn new stuff… right ?

Post a comment . May 07, 2008
Filed under: blogging, me, 30 Minutes, C Ontrol Panel, Charities, Commercial Web Hosting Services, cpanel, Custom Control Panel, Dedicated Server, Educational Institutions, Graphical Web, Interface, New Stuff, Operating System, Personal Use, Profit Organizations, Server Companies, Web Hosting Control, Web Hosting Control Panel, Web Hosting Services, Webhost, wordpress

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Yes, that’s a news from Blogger the google’s blogging service. You can now have Scheduled post publishing on blogger blogs.

Have you ever wanted to announce something on a certain date but knew you wouldn’t be at a computer to make a post? Or you wanted to keep posting regularly but knew you’d be on vacation for a few weeks? Scheduled post publishing is here to help you out.

Do we have it on Wordpress yet ? Not comparing, just curious… I think there are some plugins, so far. Isn’t it a good feature to have here on wordpress too ?.

I do have a blogger blog, where I just keep on writing without actually, “thinking”. I am not linking it here, since its not something worth reading, lol. I may use this future post sometime in future. Guess when ? If someone tried this feature, just drop me a comment here.

News Source

3 Comments . May 02, 2008
Filed under: blogging, google, blog, Blogs, google, Guess, News Source, Post Publishing, Worth Reading