We did something a little different this year. We have forgone the cutesy custom Christmas cards in favor of a charitable donation in your name. We hope you dont mind that we've forgone the cutesy Christmas cards this year in favor of something I hope you'll find much more meaningful. Thanks to your small business, we've been able to support two new small businesses in developing countries (through World Vision). The micro-loans we've given in your name, will be used to support women entrepreneurs. And after they are repaid, they will be used to support two new entrepreneurs! You … [Read more...]
A little sluggish this afternoon
November 22, 2010
The servers were a little overwhelmed this afternoon. It appears we all had the terrific idea to start blogging this afternoon in the middle of some discrete security upgrades. Things were sluggish for about 4 - 5 minutes. Its all good. And we're all wrapped up securely. … [Read more...]
How to Watermark Your Photos
November 15, 2010
Wendy had emailed earlier this week with a tip for adding watermarks to your photos. The first photo below from Wendy's blog is a little naked at the moment. What we're aiming for is a watermark similar to the photo on the right from the Picky-Palate blog. Wendy, La Phemme Phoodie, with gorgeous photos all over her foodie blog, wrote this: I exchanged messages with Jenny at PickyPalate. She uses Picnik. I have been using Picnik so I was thrilled to hear she was doing it on their site. It's super easy. On the Create tab, click in to Text. Type your text, Add it, and toggle through … [Read more...]
How much does Blogging Cost you?
November 9, 2010
I'm adding up my monthly costs including premium plugins, themes, (negligible when spread out over the life of the theme) domain name, and hosting. Maintenance fees or technical advice if necessary too. How does it add up for you? And do your choices make a difference when you are a hobby blogger or a pro blogger? … [Read more...]
Outage This Morning
November 2, 2010
UPDATE: So Math isn't my strong suit - lol - 9 minutes is .0202% of the month. So we were down for substantially less time than .1%. ----------------------------------------- This morning HostGator experienced an outage - nearly EVERYTHING went down. Not just our server, but 1,000's of them, including your sites, email, ftp, etc. Nothing should be lost and everything should be working now. However, I'm not sure the cause of the loss, and will update as I know more. So there may be intermittent problems or slow loading through the next couple of hours I would guess. We were … [Read more...]
New WordPress Hosting Packages
October 27, 2010
I was reading an article several months ago that inspired these changes. And although the changes have been in place ever since, here is the official announcement: We have increased the limits and value for our two most popular packages! Now you can get world-reknown hosting, reseller prices, and our very popular service for the same price as before! Basic WordPress Package: 1 WordPress installation 1 year of access to the Members Center **60% more than before** 1 Gb of storage 6 Gb monthly bandwidth unlimited subdomains unlimited ftp accounts ***19 more than before*** 20 parked … [Read more...]
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10 Tips to Save Time Blogging
The best things happen this time of year - my kids perform the cutest song/dance routines, I get to dress them up, the pine needles cover the unvacuumed carpet, and I get to indulge in a little eggnog and grown-up drink as we call it in our house. With a little down-time over the holidays, I also spend more fun-time online; doing a lot of extra reading and commenting. I cruise around getting inspiration for my latest creative attempt, learning new photoshop tutorials, sourcing new recipes for sugar-substitutes. Just because its the holidays doesn't mean your website gets to take a … [Read more...]