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Publish Posts to Social Networks Automatically

Published November 2, 2011 | By Sarah
If you are still manually adding your posts to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Hellotxt, or Statusnet, it's time to check out TwitterFeed! Twitter feed allows you to automatically pull as many feeds as you like to be published to all of the above mentioned social networks every time new content is added through those feeds. This is a great option for busy people who don't have time to be posting to their social networks continually but who need fresh active content on those networks. Continue reading →
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Conditional Code to Display Login and Logout Links

Published November 2, 2011 | By Sarah
Learn how to easily use conditional code to display a login and register button only when viewers are not logged in while displaying logout when they are already logged in. Continue reading →
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WordPress Membership Plugins

Published October 28, 2011 | By Sarah
I'm currently finishing up the design and setup for a Membership Site. It's a fairly intensive site offering separate forums, live chat, articles, live training, and separate newsletters based on the membership level purchased. There are a ton of membership plugins available and the pricing options vary from free to very expensive. Of course, the features and integration levels also vary extensively. This post explores just three options, the first two being poor plugin examples followed by a really terrific membership site solution. Continue reading →
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Creating a New WordPress Page Template

Published October 24, 2011 | By Sarah
This is a simple tutorial on both how to create and modify a new page template for WordPress using an Artisteer generated theme. We'll focus on creating a special banner area for the home page in this example. Continue reading →
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Recognized by WebHostingSearch.com

Published October 19, 2011 | By Sarah

WebHostingSearch.com is your number one source for quality reviews on the best web hosting available. They’ve done (and continue to do) all of the field research necessary in order to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive listing of available web… Continue reading →

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Handling Multiple Blog Authors

Published October 18, 2011 | By Sarah

There are a lot of reasons for including more than one author or editor for a site. The bigger your site or business is, the better it is to have more voices who can give credibility and authority to different… Continue reading →

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BlueHost Offers Excellent, Affordable Hosting Service

Published October 10, 2011 | By Sarah

I’ve worked with several different hosts while helping clients set up their websites. There are a few I really don’t enjoy working with (Fat Cow and GoDaddy are two of my least favorites). There are a few that I really… Continue reading →

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Adding Social Icons with Hover Effect

Published October 9, 2011 | By Sarah

This is a simple tutorial to demonstrate how to add icons or any other images to your site and give them a hover effect. These can be added to your header, footer, in a spot above your pages, or within… Continue reading →

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Site Upgrades

Published October 4, 2011 | By Sarah
As you can tell, I just renovated the site. Not only did the styling change, but most importantly I've added some important organization and feature changes that will hopefully help viewers more easily find what they are looking for. This post details the plugins that I recently installed. Continue reading →
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Text Widget Basics

Published May 19, 2011 | By Sarah

Text widgets can be your best friend in WordPress. They give you the ability to add a unique div class, html, and other script inside of them making the possibilities for their use almost endless. In some previous posts, I’ve… Continue reading →

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