November 6th, 2009
Most of the websites I have worked on over the last couple years have been built using WordPress, one of the best Content Management Systems available. It is extremely flexible and powerful, with great tools for Search Engine Optimization already built in.
For a new user, however, it can be a little overwhelming once they log in for the first time. The WordPress backend is a little bit heavy and offers so many tools that it can be confusing for those new to the system.
At first I was spending a lot of time on the phone talking clients through the same …
TAGS:custom web design . how to . Resources . web design resources . web design tips . WordPress
Categories: Articles, Blog, Downloads, Resources, WordPress, WordPress Tutorials.
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April 8th, 2009
I receieved an interesting question from one of my photographer friends Gustavo Fernandez today. “Why do some folk have their address as blog.domain.com vs domain.com/blog? Is there a benefit?”
I started to write back, but in doing a couple quick searches in the name of research, I found enough interesting information that I decided to write a post explaining it all.
Subdomains vs Subdirectories
First, let’s …
TAGS:Hosting . Resources . SEO . tips
Categories: Hosting, SEO.
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April 3rd, 2009
I have recently started using the open source project management app called Project Pier to organize and coordinate my website projects. It is similar to some of the popular hosted services like Basecamp, No Kahuna, or GoPlan with a couple major exceptions – it is FREE and you install and run it on your own server. I will be adding an entire page to the site soon to show how I use Project Pier to …
TAGS:php . programming . projectpier . Resources . tinymce . tips . web apps
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April 2nd, 2009
So I have been using this web app called Batchbook CRM for almost two months now. They let you sort and tag all your contacts with a ton of great features that make keeping on top of your networking so much easier. I won’t go into all the details of how it works here, but one of the things that was holding me back from completely loving it was that they don’t let you send an email from directly within the app. They have ‘mailto’ links that open your email application. The problem for me is …
TAGS:app reviews . articles about me . crm . Resources . tips . web apps
Categories: Blog.
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March 13th, 2009
Danny Brown has been a recent find of mine in the social media and PR world and a great addition to my reading. He is a PR consultant who writes some great articles with a very personal approach.
Continuum or Spectrum?
He recently had an interview with Tom Cunniff. The idea …
TAGS:marketing . Resources . SEO . social media . tips
Categories: Ideas.
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February 11th, 2009
Whenever I am asked to start a new website, especially a Wordpress site, one of the most important questions to consider is the hosting service. There are a few good ones that I constantly recommend and many, many poor ones that I highly recommend you avoid. Unfortunately some clients have already signed up for a service on their own and that can lead to a lot of problems.
Some Qualities to Look For:
cPanel: This is a control panel system that you (or your designer) will use to setup email, control usernames and ftp access. The technical side of things is made …
TAGS:Hosting . how to . products I endorse . Resources . tips
Categories: Hosting.
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February 1st, 2009
In a post last week, PIFPhoto.com talked about Google’s Keyword tool, one of the great free tools made available by Google for free to help analyze, enhance and promote your website. I left a comment mentioning a site called grader.com, which offers a number of great free tools to analyze your site’s visibility to the search engines. It even offers suggestions for how to improve your site specifically. Lindsay at PIF, asked if I would be interested in writing a guest blogger article going into further detail on using the Website Grader. I was happy …
TAGS:products I endorse . Resources . SEO . tips . web apps
Categories: Blog, How To, SEO.
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January 11th, 2009
Eventually I will be sharing RSS feeds that I update when I find articles I think are useful. But for now, I’m just putting up some links from my shared Google Reader folders.
Here is my feed of tips about Using, Designing and Promoting blogs.
TAGS:Resources . tips
Categories: Ideas.
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January 11th, 2009
I thought I would start off the Resource section with a quick nod to some of the developers who provied free plugins for wordpress. I start every new wordpress install with these plugins.
All in One SEO Pack – Great options for manipulating meta data and search engne robots right from the admin panel. By Michael Torbert.
the_excerpt Reloaded – Allows small excerpts to be displayed instead the whole content of posts. By Kaf Oseo.
WP Post Thumbnail – One of my favorites. …
TAGS:Resources . tips
Categories: Resources.
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