You’ve done it!  You’ve got yourself a Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn account.  You want to advertise it on your website.  Where in the world do people get those cute logos you ask?   My Social Buttons is the answer.  They have numerous icons for the social media sites I’ve mentioned as well as a slew of [...]

When you’re writing a post in WordPress you may have noticed an area on the right labeled “Tags”. I’ve circled it in green in the below photo. WordPress calls tags “micro-categories for your blog.”  In this area you can write keywords that apply to your post.  If your template is tag enabled then your tags [...]

If you’re thinking about putting up a website one of the first decisions you’ll have to make is what domain name to pick.  Ideally you’d want a domain name that has all of the following qualities: Easy to Remember Make sure that people can remember your domain name.  You want them to be able to [...]

A List Apart has just published their 2008 survey of people who make websites.  About thirty thousand people responded to this survey. It appears that most website developers are men. (I knew this before.)  More than 50% of respondents were under 29. (I had no idea.  When did this happen?)   About 20% of those who [...]

Check out Twitter for Beginners by Charlene Kingston.  This eBook covers what Twitter is, how to select a goal for for your Twitter account, Twitter culture and much more.  Another really amazing thing about this valuable resource is that it’s absolutely free!

I love using WordPress software.  Sometimes I get so caught up in the day-to-day aspects of it that I forget there’s a backstory.  Here are just a few things you might like to know about WordPress. Before there was WordPress there was B2/Cafelog. B2/Cafelog was blogging software created in 2001.  As there are branches in [...]

Between Demi Moore and Google, Twitter is all over the news today.  What is Twitter you ask?  Watch this short video for an explanation.