Category Archives: Tips
How to add Title tags to links
In the edit window, type in the text that you want to show as your link text, such as “More information.” Select it and click on “link” if you are using the HTML editor or the link icon if you … Continue reading
Curly quotes and inch marks
When you type a paragraph into WordPress, the software automatically converts your straight quotes into angled or curly quotes, like so: "Good morning, world!" becomes “Good morning, world!” But what if you are writing something that requires straight quotes, such … Continue reading
Watermarking images
It’s impossible to completely prevent someone from downloading and saving any image that you post on the Internet. As a matter of fact, every time someone opens your web page in a browser, a copy of each image is temporarily … Continue reading
US Postal Rate increase – is your shopping cart ready?
On January 22, 2012, US Postal Service will raise rates on First Class and most package service classes. First-class mail rates are rising from 44 cents to 45 cents, so this might be a good time to stock up on … Continue reading
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Help for the Holidays (especially for introverts)
Uh oh… the holidays. That joyous time of year when we go to Grandma and Grampa’s house to “celebrate” with all those relatives we haven’t seen since last year. Uncle George, who tells the same elk-hunting-in-the-mountains story every single year, … Continue reading
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Free for a tweet? Ummmmm….
I’ve noticed a new marketing trend lately. We’re all accustomed to marketers offering something free — an ebook, a white paper, a useful template or sales tool — in exchange for your email address on their mailing list. That technique … Continue reading
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A Basic Guide to Cloud Services
Question from a client this morning: What do you know about these cloud services — where you can put your files on the cloud so you can access from anywhere — and it is also a way to back up … Continue reading
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How to change the “Admin” user in WordPress
Prior to version 3.0, new installations of WordPress set up the first username as “admin.” If you’ve been upgrading your blog software at regular intervals, you may have the latest version yet still be blogging as “admin.” Using the default … Continue reading
The Great Blogger Outage – How to protect your content
Last week, the Blogger service was down for two days, during which time people could not add posts or comments. Even scarier, several days’ worth of material disappeared temporarily. Eventually everything was restored, but this was yet another example of … Continue reading
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Unselling the Sold: Three mistakes that will drive away committed buyers
In the past several months, I’ve noticed quite a few overly-aggressive companies making some elementary mistakes that resulting in their losing my interest and my willingness to continue receiving material from them. They spent much time and money drawing me … Continue reading
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