Website Tutorials - Website Services for Small Businesses

How to Start a Brochure Site with Genesis: The Essentials

February 1, 2012

This series will cover everything that we do when preparing and publishing a brochure website. The first article in this series, covered What is a Brochure Website? And Do I need one? Today we'll talk about the essentials in setting up any first website. You will need 3 things in setting up your first website. You will need a website host, a domain name, and software. This video explains those 3 in a little more detail along with some warnings in your selections. Hosting, Domains, WordPress 1. DSWP - our boutique hosting service is every bit as legally valid, except with the … [Read more...]

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How to Insert Flickr Photos into WordPress

January 24, 2012

In this tutorial, we'll cover two ways of adding a flickr image into your WordPress posts or pages. 1. Step One: Log into Flickr 2. Step Two: Click on Share When you click on Share - > More share options, get the BBcode - and it will look something like this: 3. Step Three: Paste into Post You have two options. If you want to place the image (as is), you can use the regular flickr link: Paste this link into the visual editor where you want the image to show up. If you'd like to use the image with the built-in WordPress capabilities - to align it in the text, … [Read more...]

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How to create a Brochure Site with WordPress and Genesis

January 18, 2012

In this new series, we're going to cover exactly what steps we take to create a 'brochure' site on WordPress. Today we're talking about what it is, how to tell if you need one and why WordPress is the best choice for development. What is a Brochure Site? A 'brochure site' is usually characterized by a few static webpages (usually up to 6) that represent a company's online presence. They are often informational in purpose, with very little interactivity built in. The content is usually readily available from the company's other printed and marketing materials. They are fast to … [Read more...]

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FAQ: Is the outage yesterday my fault?

August 6, 2011

This question deserves an answer right away. As do all your questions, and I'll be answering your emails and questions as quickly as I can. Answer: No. This is not your fault. As I tried to explain via the newsletter regarding the outage - this was caused by a variety of factors. Most of which are "higher load" than usual. This is NOT the same as: extra traffic extra plugins bigger or graphically heavy themes videos, viruses or anything else that you've done Sometimes, for some of you, an extra plugin in the last week or two may be contributing. But plugins are par for … [Read more...]

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Domain Name Resources

February 28, 2011

Domain Tools - offers a large selection of tools to test the domain name server. This is helpful if you are trying to use custom domain mapping for blogger Kloth - has tools to monitor domain and DNS (my favorite) MX Toolbox - tool to check your email (MX) records which is useful when you're installing google apps Traceroute - allows you to test your IP from various locations around the world, this comes in handy when you are changing hosts and want to know which host is live with your website InterNIC Whois - one of the reliable sites to show whois info for a domain name … [Read more...]

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10 Tips to Save Time Blogging

December 12, 2010

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...]

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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...]