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Recommended Wordpress Plugins

June 26, 2010

Several times I’ve had folks ask what plugins I recommend. Well, there is no single list that works for everybody. There are a couple of plugins I believe everyone should use and then there are the ones that I use a lot with projects and clients.
Let me also make a pitch for making donation to [...]

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Choosing a Web Hosting Service

April 27, 2010

I think the number one question I’m asked is “Which web hosting service should I use?”
And then I get the “Well, this guy told me I should use —” or “I’ve tried 3, 4, 5 web services and they all were awful.” This is usually followed by detailed description of how the person was “ripped [...]

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How the Background Color of Images Can Be Changed

December 7, 2009

Hi Carolyn;
Your tutorial is the simplest and easiest I’ve seen yet.
What I would like to do is change the entire background of all the images that appear on the page.
The theme base isn’t something I need changing so much but all the image backgrounds and logo are what I would like to change. Is [...]

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4 Free Guides to Online Marketing Planning

November 2, 2009

Acutually, this for planning online and traditional small business marketing. You really need to integrate your small business marketing efforts for maximum effect.
What will it take to have “job security” in the future?
Here’s a terrific Op-Ed by Thomas L. Friedman about what has changed in the New Economy and the skills needed to feel financially [...]

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Making Money Online for Everyone

September 23, 2009

Say what you will about the Newsweek slipping in its standards for political and general news reporting (and I certainly do at times), it still produces fine writing on business and social trends. Here’s a wonderfully insightful article the buyout of Mint.com, a small 2007 start-up, by Intuit, makers of Quicken (and financial bully-boys). It’s [...]

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Wordpress 2.8 upgrade problems reported

June 16, 2009

I’m in the process of testing some problems with the upgrade to Wordpress 2.8. I’m not the only person reporting them, but I think I’m one of the few who can test on 3 different hosting services with 3 different server configurations.
Quick Summary of Wordpress 2.8 Issue
It appears that some people are reporting problems with [...]

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Protected: The No BS Guide to Online Marketing

June 9, 2009

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Review of Dreamhost Hosting for Wordpress Sites

April 20, 2009

I have a client who has had some amazingly horrible web site hosting experiences. To say these folks are a little gun shy now, is an understatement. They have been through the wars from web “developers” who provided hosting and then held their site for ransom when they tried to move because the site was [...]

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How Adding Live Plants to Your Environment Can Help You Breathe!

March 30, 2009

I’m not adding my favorite TED presentations in any order (and I have a lot more to add as I get time. If you’re in a hurry by all means head over to TED and start watching them for yourself). But this simple 4 minute presentation by Kamal Meattle presented at the 2009 conference on [...]

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How to Exclude Specific Pages From Your Page Navigation

March 27, 2009

Your page navigation menu uses the Wordpress wp_list_pages tag to display all of your Pages. There are, however, some Pages that are necessary, but you would prefer not to include in your navigation menu such as “Privacy Policy” or “Thank You for Shopping With Us” or “Legal Disclaimers.” How do you tell Wordpress to exclude [...]

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