Earlier I wrote about how to make links within your blog posts.   Today I want to talk about lists of links in your sidebar.  In other words, let’s talk blogroll! Links The links in your sidebar are controlled by two dashboard settings.  To start things off take a look at the “Links” button on the [...]

I hope you’re enjoying a nice three-day weekend. Hopefully you’ve got some time to spare today.  If so, why not spend some of it over at Cake Wrecks.  It won the 2009 bloggie award for best food weblog.  More importantly, it always makes me smile.

I use HostMySite as a website host and I recommend them to many of my customers.  HostMySite sent out an email to its cusomers this week.  The email says that HostMySite has acquired Hosting.com.  The email goes on to list numerous benefits of this acquisition.  The list of benefits is filled with technical lingo.  I [...]

One way that people monetize their blogs or websites is by using a donation button.  You might have seen them.  Typically they’ll say something like, “If you read this blog help support us by making a donation.”  It’s not that different from what PBS or NPR does. I don’t  know about you, but I’ve never [...]

Sometimes it’s the little stuff that gets you.  Little things like how to add a link in WordPress.  Sure it seems simple once you know how, but until then it’s a huge frustration.  Let’s take care of that frustration right now! To add a link in WordPress type some text in your post editor.  Then [...]

The Simple Dollar is a financial website that I visit every day.  I’m not alone.  This blog is so popular that it gets about a million visitors a day.  That’s some serious traffic! This is an interesting situation on so many levels.  Trent Hamm, the author of The Simple Dollar, dispenses good, common-sense financial advice.  [...]

Take a look at the beautiful new site I did for the Marysville Historical Society.  The design was done by the ever-talented Jennifer at Pick of the Litter Design.  (That enables me to rave about the way it looks without being immodest in any way.)  I did all the back-end work.  Yes, just call me [...]

In an earlier post I explained what text widgets are and how to add them to the sidebar of your WordPress theme.  Today we’re going to take a look using the text widget to add links and images to the sidebar. For purposes of this example, let’s say that you’ve made yourself a wonderful Amazon [...]

Text widgets enable you to add items to your sidebar.  With text widgets you can add things like: text images links affiliate code Where is this handy little item?  For purposes of this post I’m going to assume that you’re working with WordPress 2.7.1.  To add a text widget to your sidebar click on the [...]

Writing good copy for your website can be tough.  What’s the best way to communicate just what makes your company stand out from the crowd? Here’s a list of ten key points by Alexandria Brown that will help you write effective website copy. Online entrepreneur Alexandria K. Brown publishes the award-winning ‘Highlights on Marketing & [...]