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As promised, here are some great write ups from Blog Solid. Am providing the best article from each of the three categories there. Provided here are the introduction to the topics. Visit the provided link at its end to read the rest.

RSS - No frills guide

RSS is probably the most useful thing about the internet nowadays, yet articles explaining RSS tend to be lengthy and overcomplicated. Here’s my version:

What is an RSS feed?
An RSS feed is a list of the most recent entries on a blog. You get 2 kinds; a full feed listing entire articles and a partial feed listing only post titles or excerpts.

The benefits

• RSS saves time. You don’t have to keep going to the home pages of your favourite blogs to check if they have been updated. Just check your feeds. New items will appear at the top of the list, and by clicking a new link, you will go directly to that blog entry.

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5 Ideas for better blogging with Pictures

• “Alt text” is the additional text information for a picture and is a requirement for pictures online. Most blogging software or services allow you to write alt text for images when uploading or posting them. You can often see the alt text showing up while a picture is still busy loading. Alt text can be very useful, especially when it is clear, thorough and descriptive.
  HTML code for a picture called beach03.jpg would look something like this when alt text is added:
  <img src="beach03.jpg" alt="John playing volleyball on Sunset Beach - on johnsblog.com" />
  You may think it’s silly to add a text description to an image, since you don’t really see the text, just the image. Here are a few reasons why it is actually very important:

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Simple CSS blockquotes and Pullquotes

• When to use blockquotes
  A blockquote is used when quoting text from another source, usually another blog or website. Blockquotes are intended to accommodate a larger amount of text, so as a rule of thumb, use blockquotes when you are quoting more than one or two sentences. Don’t forget to link back to the source.
• When to use pullquotes
  Pullquotes are teasers intended to draw the attention of a viewer by giving a sneak preview of the content. They are quite common in magazines and newspapers and are usually short extracts from the article. Pullquotes are usually separated from the rest of the text by appearing in a bigger, or different font. They often contain surprising, interesting or important snippets, without giving too much away! A pullquote is a focal point on the page. Use them sparingly - more than one or two pullquotes per article, will defeat the purpose.

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