3 Spam – blocking Tips

Some examples from my online week: trackback on this site for "international calling cards" 88 spam comments this week (I only posted twice) including some sneaky ones, like "I hadn't heard of this before!  I will be back for sure!" from "00211234@gmail.com" went to a website yesterday that told me I had a "virus" and had a pop up window that I could NOT close except for closing down the browser.  (I am currently running a malware scan in the background to see what kind of interesting tidbits THAT site left for me.) 67 Spammy Emails yesterday to just my personal account only (not … [Read more...]

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A Make-Over for Mom in the City

FireShot capture #046 - 'Mom in the City' - mominthecity_com

Kimberly loves purple.  But she also wanted clean lines and minimal design.  I tried to convince her with some beautiful decorative elements, but although she loved the elements they simply didn't add up to 'minimal'.  After we stripped it down naked, and added a touch of purple - it was perfect. Have a look: … [Read more...]

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Don't forget to use the deals from the November Newsletter

Did you all READ this newsletter?  There are TWO specials for you - 10% gift certificates from now until Christmas!  So if you plan on getting services next year, now would be a good time to stock up on GC for yourself!  I always do this at this time of year with the local restaurants.  We eat there anyway, and this way I get a good deal!  Sometimes a free cup or something, too.  I'm such a sucker for deals.  :) Also, did you hear about Soap Nuts from Lisa?  I just think they are the neatest thing around - and safe for my sensitive skin, which gets even more sensitive'er during … [Read more...]

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Sherry won the 31 Days to BBB book!

She received this awhile ago, so in case you're paying attention, I'm not THIS late in getting it to her - only in telling you all about it!  Through an exceedingly technical process, of "Haley, pick a number between 1 and 7!", we came up with Sherry Kline! She was excited to receive this book as it was on her wish list already.  Sherry is the genealogy author of Family Tree Writer, the new owner of Nutritional Wisdom Today, PLUS we are working on another couple of sites for her.  What a busy lady! Congratulations, Sherry! … [Read more...]

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How to display Random Posts on the Front Page

I found the neatest plugin for displaying some randomness on the front page.  For my scenario, a client wanted to display random answers to her clients' questions.  She wanted to display this on the bottom of the front page. The easy answer is the Random Featured Post plugin. 1.  Through the plugin screen, go to "add new" and search for "Random Featured Post". 2.  Select the first search result and click on "install". 3.  Click on "Activate". 4.  Go to the Settings screen, and select the "Featured Post" screen where you can select the category from which the featured posts should … [Read more...]

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Add Pictures in One Click!

I'm talking about Zemanta!  Its the neatest thing since blogging began.  Once installed, it will show you a grid of 9 or more images that match the content you are writing about, so that you can drag and drop them into your post.  It includes all the information that you need to protect the author's copyright info.  AND it also suggests between 6 and 20 related articles across the internet, as well as LINKS. For example, while writing this post about Zemanta, it suggested the LINK - Zemanta, and the accompanying copyright image that you see here.  All I did was click on them and they … [Read more...]

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Grandfathered Services

Thank you for finding this page! It means you were REALLY looking because this is well hidden! :)  This page is to help our faithful Charter clients maintain subscriptions at the original rates.  Select your product below and click 'subscribe' to create a new subscription. (you must have an existing product at THIS rate to be grandfathered in.) If you have recently joined our services, we look forward to serving you and you can find all current offerings at the WordPress summary page. Classic Retainer ($28/mo) [wp_eStore_subscribe:product_id:19:end] Hosting - Entrepreneur's Pkg … [Read more...]

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