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Quick Tip: The foundation for a great WordPress theme: HTML5

On April 13, 2011 By

We recently had one of our readers ask “what are the best practices for cross browser design coding?” It seems almost like an uphill battle when we run into problems when our web pages look differently in various versions of [...]

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Take “posts” to the next level with four WordPress plugins

On March 8, 2011 By

One of the most confusing things for new WordPress users is understanding the difference between posts and pages. We won’t attempt to re-hash this subject as there are plenty of good references but here’s our take to tee up [...]

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Four options for copy editing & proof reading

On February 19, 2011 By

I’ve been writing for almost 20+ years now and I still have some embarrassing typos or grammatical errors pop up here and there. It’s not a big deal when it’s in your personal email but yikes (!) do you want that happening [...]

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Use WordPress to track projects and communicate better

On February 11, 2011 By

Originally published at our sister site: StartupInsider.net

We’re big fans of Basecamp (a relatively minimalist project management web app) around here but it can get pricey if you start adding a lot of projects. We also use Twitter a lot [...]

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Plugin of the week: Autoptimize to speed up your WP site

On February 3, 2011 By

One of the best ways to get new visitors to your website and to keep them coming back is to make sure your site loads up quickly. Most experts recommend having your home page load in about 2-3 seconds. [...]

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Google to fight webspam and improve search engine results

On January 30, 2011 By

One of the toughest challenges running a web site is to get traffic and attention to your site. As we keep emphasizing, relevant content is the way to get visitors to your site. But what if other people are cheating at [...]

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Quick Tip: Cross Browser Test for free with Adobe Browser Labs

On January 25, 2011 By

When you’re building a site, make sure you check out  your site in multiple web browsers other than the one you use regularly.

The ones you want to pay attention to (other than Internet Explorer and Firefox) are Chrome, [...]

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Setup a project discussion site in minutes

On January 23, 2011 By

There are a lot of choices out there when you want to use a web application instead of emails to discuss a project. Our favorite full feature app is Basecamp but it maybe too complicated for some users and it’s limited to one [...]

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What’s in my Plugins folder?

On January 23, 2011 By

A friend of mine asked me about “must-have” WordPress plugins and I thought what a great way to start a post.

For the quick and dirty answer, here’s a screenshot (click it for a full size). It’s quite amazing that these 20 or so plugins [...]

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Plugin of the Week: Google XML Sitemaps

On January 15, 2011 By

Here’s our Quick Tip of the week and Plugin of the Week rolled into one. If you have not signed up for Google’s webmaster tool, we highly encourage you to do so ASAP. First like most of Google offerings, it’s free. What will [...]

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