Over the holiday weekend I updated this blog to WordPress 2.7.  Here are my first impressions: The dashboard is very different from previous versions but I like it.  When the dashboard changed in 2.5 it took me a few sessions to find my way around.  With 2.7  I felt comforable very quickly. I played around with [...]

I’m posting a day early to send you greetings of the season.  May your holidays be happy and 2009 bring you peace, good health and joy.

Did you know that website pages come in many different types? It’s true. You web browser (probably Internet Explorer) is built to handle many different types of website files. .html or .htm – These are “regular” website files.  HTML stats for Hyper Text Markup File. .shtml – SHTML pages are a step up from HTML.  [...]

This is an updated version of something I originally posted back in June of 2007.  I send the link to clients on a regular basis as this is a common issue when people are first using WordPress.  Everyone wants to know the difference between a page and a post in WordPress. ********************************* I’ve been helping [...]

I’m obsessed with chickens.  I’m not sure how it happened.  When explaining my work, I sometimes use chicken metaphors.  I find interesting sites that have chicken coop plans.  My love of chickens even came into play earlier this year when my new logo was being designed.  Sure I ended up with the cute coffee cup.  [...]

WordPress 2.7 has just been released.  It’s features include: An updated dashboard that’s flexible and easy to personalize Easy plugin installation Automated WordPress updates Here’s a video about 2.7 from WordPress (Note:  This video doesn’t seem to work in FireFox but there’s no problem in IE):

Do you ever hear people talking about Flash on the web and wonder what the heck it is?  Wonder no more.  Flash is a sort of animated image.  In the olden days of the web it was used just to make moving pictures.  Now it’s also used for things like contact forms and in menu [...]

Earlier this week I was doing some CafePress coaching with one of my clients.  Things were going fine.  We went over adding images, making products and setting up her store.  Then we came to the issue of coffee cups. CafePress allows you to make custom coffee cups.  Here’s one of mine from my shop. It [...]

The other day I typed a URL into FireFox, my favorite Internet browser, and I mistyped.  Instead of seeing the usual “address not found” display there was a strange message from my Internet service provider, Qwest. Qwest has launched a new service Qwest Web.Help Qwest Web.Help will help you quickly find a destination website that [...]