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Archive for March, 2011

WordPress Plugings – Easy Embed

Monday, March 28th, 2011

It’s no secret that I adore WordPress.  It gives people the ability to maintain their own websites without special software or extensive training. But once in awhile WordPress can be a pain.  I’m speaking specifically of the instances when I want to copy HTML, JavaScript, iframes or other code into a WordPress page or post.  [...]

Five Things to Check Before You Publish

Monday, March 21st, 2011

WordPress makes adding pages and posts easy.  However don’t forget the important step of editing your posts before you publish!  Be sure to check these five things before you click the publish button. Spelling – WordPress comes with a built-in spell check.  Be sure to use it.  Typos happen to the best of us. View [...]

Creed’s Blog

Monday, March 14th, 2011

I was watching an old episode of The Office on Netflix and saw this episode. Too funny! Seriously though, if you’d like a blog I’d be pleased to discuss the project with you. Just contact me and you’ll see how easy it is to have an online presence. Share this:

Facebook Problem Resolved

Friday, March 11th, 2011

The problem with Facebook sharing seems to be resolved.  Buttons in all websites that I’ve tested now work as expected.  My Spanish blogger friend confirms that things are fine.  And while the Facebook bug report on this issue hasn’t been marked “closed”, there are numerous comments indicating that the problem has been fixed. In short, [...]

UPDATE: Problem at Facebook

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

As I reported last night, there seems to be  a problem at Facebook.   Sharing pages with social media buttons like AddToAny and Share This no longer works.  Instead there is an error message that says “No Title” and shows a malformed URL that starts, “http://http.” The issue is a little tricky because if a page [...]

Problem at Facebook?

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Hopefully this problem will be solved by the time you read this.  It’s about 9:00 pm PST and I’m noticing some issues with Facebook. Facebook sharing with AddToAny and Share This no longer seems to be working.  The exception is for pages that have already been shared.  Here are some examples: http://www.litquotes.com/blog/2011/03/noteworthy-link-bookstore-people/ – This link [...]

Self-Publishing and eBooks

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Isn’t it amazing  how much the Internet and computers are changing our lives?   Last week I read a news story that  that proved, once again, that we live in exciting times. Amanda Hocking turned to self-publishing when the traditional route of finding an agent and a publisher just didn’t work.  She began selling digital [...]

WordPress Plugin – Share This

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

I’m using a new plugin to enable people to share blog posts via email, Facebook, Twitter and more.  It’s called  Share This and I think it’s a winner. You can see it in action below this post.  The graphics are eye-catching and self-explanatory. Best of all, the code that powers this plugin is simple and [...]

2011 Bloggies

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Are you looking for a great blog to read? Do you blog and are looking for a role model? Are you curious about what blogs are considered to be the best? If any of these are true, visit the 2011 Bloggies page to see the award-winning blogs for this year. The winners were announced on [...]