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Finding Which WordPress CSS Needs Changing With Chrome, Safari or Other Browser Tools

On April 27, 2012 By

I received an email recently with a request for help that is fairly common.

Hi there,
I have been asked to update a photo on one of the partners blog pages but I’m not able to remove the old photo and replace it with the new photo on his own home page. I think [...]

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Protected: Beginner’s Guide to WordPress 102 – WordPress Set-Up Optimization

On February 11, 2012 By

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Beginner’s Guide to WordPress 101

On February 4, 2012 By

Rather than create a print version of my Beginner’s Guide to WordPress series, I decided to start creating a series of videos that go along with the WordPress 101 Workshop I teach. So below are the initial WordPress how-to video tutorials. You can also download a visual crib sheet to the editing buttons here:  Continue Reading →

Recommended WordPress Plugins

On June 26, 2010 By

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 [...]

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Safe WordPress Upgrades and Technical Troubleshooting Techniques

On June 25, 2010 By

I spent a couple of hours the other night helping a friend de-bug a WordPress 3.0 failure on a website. She had recently upgraded to WordPress 3.0 and discovered the tag function on one of her sites no longer worked. My area of technical knowledge is different from hers, so she sent out an SOS.

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WordPress 3.0 Tags Function Conflict With Headspace 2

On June 25, 2010 By

I just spent a couple of hours helping a friend de-bug a WordPress 3.0 failure on one of her websites. The tags functionality on her posts stopped working after she had upgraded to WordPress 3.0. It turns out there is a compatibility issue between WordPress 3.0 and the Headspace 2 plugin at this time (June, [...]

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Choosing a Web Hosting Service

On April 27, 2010 By

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 [...]

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Beginner’s Guide to WordPress 2.9 Is Now Available for Download

On April 22, 2010 By

Huzzah! I’ve finally gotten to Beginner’s Guide to WordPress, a simple, step-by-step training tutorial for new WordPress users,  updated to version 2.9. And yes, you can still download it for free. You can even give it to students or clients with the Use Guidelines listed below. Downloading or copying the guide constitutes agreement to [...]

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How the Background Color of Images Can Be Changed

On December 7, 2009 By

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 [...]

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Making Money Online for Everyone

On September 23, 2009 By

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 [...]

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