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Archive for July, 2009

Diversification May Be Easier Than You Think

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.  That’s what business diversification is about.  It’s a great idea, but how do we do it?  Gina Maddox has written a wonderful post on the topic that shows us it may be as easy as looking at what’s in front of our noses.

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How Does My FaceBook Page Look to Others?

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Have you ever wondered what your FaceBook page looks like to other people?  There’s a way that you find out.  Just go to http://www.facebook.com/privacy/?view=profile.  FaceBook will ask you to log in.  Then look for “See how a friend sees your profile.”  To the right of that phrase will be an area for you to type [...]

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Boy, That Was Fast

Friday, July 24th, 2009

The folks at WordPress found a security problem with WordPress 2.8.1.  So they’ve quickly released version 2.8.2.  (There were only eleven days between the two versions.)  So if you’re on 2.8 or 2.8.1 you should make the move to 2.8.2.

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How to Upload Your Video to YouTube

Monday, July 20th, 2009

In an earlier post I explained how to add a YouTube video to your blog.  But how do you get your videos on YouTube in the first place? The first step is to get a YouTube account.  Once you have an account just follow the steps outlined here to upload your video.

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Upgrade to WordPress 2.8.1

Friday, July 17th, 2009

WordPress has come out with version 2.8.1.  If you’re on version 2.8, I suggest you upgrade.  It turns out that there’s a security issue because of the way that some plugins interact with 2.8. I’ve reached out to all my customers that are on 2.8 and given them a free upgrade.  If I’ve overlooked anyone, [...]

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Scrub-a-Mutt

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Do you like dogs?  I sure do.  That’s one of the reasons I’m proud of the work that I did on this very cute site for a good cause – Scrub-a-Mutt.  I did the back-end work and the design was done by the folks at Pick of the Litter Designs.

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Personal VPN

Friday, July 10th, 2009

I took a small vacation over the Fourth of July. I wanted to take advantage of all the Wi-Fi services available in the airports, libraries and coffee houses on my trip.  However I also wanted to surf safely.  It was time to renew my VPN subscription. What’s VPN?  The folks at WiTopia have a great [...]

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WordPress Services

Monday, July 6th, 2009

I’ve been working on WordPress for years and doing a little more all the time.  I was surprised when I realized how many WordPress services I provide: Creating customized WordPress themes – These themes vary from totally personalized with a custom design to variations on an existing WordPress theme. WordPress Coaching -  I coach customers [...]

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Happy Fourth of July

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Have a fun and safe Fourth of July tomorrow!

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