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11 Must-Have Plugins For Your WordPress Blog

One of the primary reasons WordPress has become as successful as it is today is because of its flexibility.  In particular, extending the ability of WordPress through plugins is one of the best ways to make your blog yours by customizing it to your likes.

Some of these plugins make changes to the design of your [...]

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Blogging 101 [Part 2]: Selecting a Topic and Niche

Blogging 101 [Part 2]: Selecting a Topic and Niche

This is where the Muslim blogger (that’s all of us) differs from others.  Let’s get straight to the questions of how to pick a topic and niche (audience) for your blog.
Discover Your Passions
Take a few moments to list all the things you are passionate about.  Don’t stop to think about each one at first – [...]

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Blogging 101 [Part 1]: Start Your Blog in the Right Direction: Pray Istikhaara

Blogging 101 [Part 1]: Start Your Blog in the Right Direction: Pray Istikhaara

It’s easy to get caught up in picking a domain name, a webhost, a blogging platform(WordPress, Blogger), the template, and all the other factors that come into play when launching a blog.  More often than not, however, we forget to turn to Allah to ask Him about the decisions we want to make.
There is a [...]

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Blogging 101 [Intro]: The Complete Guide to Muslim Blogging

Blogging 101 [Intro]: The Complete Guide to Muslim Blogging

Being a Muslim must have a direct impact on our blogs.  At no single moment should we ever forget who we are: the slaves and servants of Allah.  As Muslims, we must find out how to become successful bloggers while fulfilling our purpose in life.  That is the question The Muslim Blogger tries to answer [...]

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