<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Velvet Blues Web Design &#187; CMS Plugins</title> <atom:link href="http://www.velvetblues.com/category/cms-plugins/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.velvetblues.com</link> <description>Velvet Blues offers a wide variety of website-related services such as: complete websites, eCommerce, design, XHTML/CSS slicing, search engine optimization, and content management with custom or open source software such as WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal. 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If you haven't added a custom banner image to your WordPress.org plugin page, here's a simple tutorial to show you how.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/add-custom-banner-image-wordpress-plugin-page/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is The Top Commentator Plugin Worth It?</title><link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/top-commentator-plugin/</link> <comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/top-commentator-plugin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:09:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[CMS Plugins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Development Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[comments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[links]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nofollow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[subscribers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[traffic generation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[visitor loyalty]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=4614</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Top Commentator WordPress plugin is very popular both for increasing comments and rewarding faithful visitors. 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But that doesn't mean that your 'search engine optimization' work is done. 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However, we have found that it doesn't work as well as it should. In fact, you might find yourself victim of an Akismet attack and have all of your comments regarded as SPAM. 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