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Seven things I learned at iThemes Bootcamp
I spent the last two days in OKC learning about iThemes products and WordPress from Cory Miller and his team. They were all really passionate about the WordPress products they are developing and just as passionate about sharing what they know with all of us. Here are seven things I learned. 1. The Builder theme is pretty neat. It offers a [...]
Seven Reasons I Like WordPress
I have used WordPress to build websites for over six months. Over that time I built about a dozen self-hosted web sites. I have fifteen years’ professional experience building web sites and web applications, so I have a solid foundation to compare against my WordPress experience. I have no experience working with other popular tools [...]
Making Your Own WordPress Themes with Artisteer
One of the great things about WordPress is its ability to control the look and layout of a site with a theme. A WordPress theme primarily consists of the PHP and CSS files necessary to display the pages of a WordPress site. Lots of websites let you buy themes or download free ones. Some themes are simple while others [...]
Best Plug-ins for a WordPress Blog
Here are my favorite WordPress plug-ins, the ones I use for my blog and others sites I have worked on. They each provide a unique function that improves this website. You can find all the installs for these on WordPress.org. Admin Management Xtended- makes it easier to update posts and pages. Provides short cuts on [...]
Joy and Despair with Technology
Last night I was ready to move one of my WordPress web sites to production. It has been completed for a while and we were using a pilot group to test. Testing was done. Everything was ready to go. The old site was hosted on another hosting service. I logged onto it, unlocked the domain, got [...]
Getting Twitter Tools to Shorten URLs
I use the Twitter Tools plugin for WordPress to send my new posts to Twitter and to post my tweets on my blog. Sending your posts to Twitter is a great way to build traffic. On the first of April, I and others had a problem with the tweets about our blog post not getting shortened [...]
Problem: Need a place to host web sites Solution: BlueHost
When I started using WordPress, I needed a place to host the websites I was doing for myself, my friends, and some non-profits, but I didn’t know which hosting service to use. There were a lot of them. Here are some things that I knew I wanted: Host that was available (always up). Host that had [...]
Part 2: Using WordPress and Artisteer on a new Business website
Once we had WordPress installed and working, it was time to make the web site look nice. We wanted it to look like our current web site, but with a new color pallet. WordPress is great about separating the function from the look and feel. It uses themes to control the site layout. What were the options for getting [...]
Part 1: Using WordPress and Artisteer on a new Business website
My company, MBO Partners, is branching out to offer our services into some new markets. That means we need a new website. I got an email from the Marketing Department asking if we could get a new site up for a launch in a few weeks. They are pretty happy with the look and feel of [...]
Starting a new WordPress Users Group in OKC
I am starting a WordPress users group in Oklahoma City where I live. It will be interesting to see what kind of interest there is. I used an interesting tool to get it started – meetup.com. It let me set up a group, and before I knew it, the group had three or four members. Meetup.com [...]
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I like to solve problems with technology. In this blog, I'd like to share some of my ideas and also tell you about solutions I am currently working on. Welcome, and please share your own ideas with me by leaving a comment.
