September 18th, 2008
Take the quiz on MySpace!
Which of the EricBrooks.Com characters fits your personality the most? There are four distinct characters. TAKE the quiz.
Notice the “Visit EricBrooks.Com” links at the bottom of all the quiz results? YES! I have figured out how to bypass MySpaces “msplinks” crap and now my link is on countless MySpace profiles, to build my Google rankings back up to the glorious PR6 I used to be….
… And you are paying that SEO Guru *HOW MUCH* instead of paying me?
Seriously though… take the quiz. It’s fun!
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May 1st, 2007
I’ve learned a neat trick over the years. End your post with a question.
“What do you think about…?”
“Is it fair for people to…”
“Will people buy this if it had…?”
I’ve found “Matter of fact/this is how it is” posts just sit there unresponded as there’s really nothing to add, or your readers are ambivalent on the subject.
“Question Posts” require a response. 
Don’t you think so?
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March 19th, 2007
I have comments again, YAY ME!
Not that anyone leaves comments… buuut… 
When I upgraded to Wordpress2, I had a hard time making a flexible theme, so I ditched that idea and decided to parse the code myself (like I did with the original Wordpress). The problem? My individual posts no longer had comments. (UH OH!)
So how do you make a theme that is flexible with your Domesticat-like skinning abilities?
You make a theme inside a theme, of course. 
- Open your wp-content/themes/[yourtheme]/header.php file
- Put in your skinning information in the header like you usually do.
- Open your wp-content/themes/[yourtheme]/footer.php file
- Hard code the variable information that you need, particularly this part…
<?php
$total_skins = 3;
$default_skin = 3;
if (isset($_REQUEST[’newskin’])) {
$newskin=(int)$_REQUEST[’newskin’];
if ( ($newskin<1) OR ($newskin>$total_skins) ) $newskin=$default_skin;
$skin=$newskin;
} elseif (isset($_COOKIE[’skin’]))
$newskin = $_COOKIE[’skin’];
elseif (isset($_REQUEST[’newskin’])) {
$newskin=(int)$skin;
if ( ($newskin<1) OR ($newskin>$total_skins) ) $newskin=$default_skin;
} else $newskin=$default_skin;
include(’/home/yoursite/public_html/skins/$skin/footer.php’);
?>
</body>
</html>
That part is the one that tells your theme what skin the reader has selected using. (It’s slightly changed from the Domesticat version as you can’t set cookies in the footer.).
For whatever reason, Wordpress kills all your variables right after it does its thing. You need to re-code your variables in the footer as well.
See what I mean?
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January 12th, 2007
I’m seeing a surge of visitors who are responding to my flyers posted in the area.
I would assume you’ve heard the tired sales pitches like “Would you let a friend build your house?” or “Would you hire your nephew to fix your electric wiring?”…
Pay now or pay later.
It’s common sense. You let someone who knows what they’re doing handle such important matters. Maybe your friend is a mechanic. Maybe your nephew is a professional technician. I’ll wager 99% of the time they’re not, are they?
Yet, many businesses still take a “Do-it-yourself” approach with websites; taking the most cost-effective route with their “first impression” to the public. If a person walked into their office looking disheveled and seeking a job, they would not hire them… IRONICALLY they fail to realize that their website has the same “turn-off” effect as that. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 22nd, 2006
I just stumbled on this trying to find out what the hell happened to Reverend Mykeru…
Kinja Card for WHUZZUP - It’s… it’s…
Well, I don’t know what it is, but it’s pretty cool! And it ties in to Technorati, Way Back Machine, Alexa and all sorts of goodies. Read the rest of this entry »
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