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articleFacebook Cover Graphics
Posted on April 25, 2012 in the Social Media Category

With the launch of Timeline for Businesses, recently..everyone has been scrambling to add a cover graphic to their Facebook page. It’s important to keep in mind that Facebook has very stringent rules regarding your cover image. Per Facebook Terms of Service – cover images may not contain: Price or purchase information, such as “40% off” [...]


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articleGoogle’s Recent Page Layout Algorithm Improvement
Posted on March 1, 2012 in the Design News,Plugins,SEO Category

Due to complaints by users, Google recently changed its algorithm with respect to page layout. Users complained that they were having difficulty “finding the content” on some websites. Ads placed in the top of a page or large rotating images were causing confusion (mostly ads). Let’s face it, ads placed above the fold DO work. [...]


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articleTurning a Negative into a Positive
Posted on January 9, 2012 in the Design News,Wordpress Development Category

This is the story of a WordPress website nightmare… On Tuesday, January 3, 2012 I was back in the office from a Holiday Break. I had an immediate need on my schedule for that day. A client needed to move their WordPress website to a new host. The old hosting account would be expiring on [...]


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articleWhat is a QR Code and Why Have One?
Posted on September 5, 2011 in the Business Image,Design News Category

A QR (Quick Response) code is a matrix bar code readable by camera phones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded in a QR code can vary from information about an upcoming event, to a code that will take the “reader” directly to the [...]


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articleWordPress and Architecture
Posted on September 1, 2011 in the Using WordPress Series Category

Website Architecture is the organization of (sometimes complex) online content into categories and the creation of an interface for displaying those categories. It is very important that your website architecture is compatible with your target market. Your site structure should be easy to navigate, and flow well for the people you intend to provide a [...]


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articleUsing Themes
Posted on August 24, 2011 in the Using WordPress Series Category

Just what is a WordPress Theme, anyway? A theme is your WordPress website’s template or skin. It’s what makes your site look good and work well. Depending on how it was designed, your theme should also have built in functions for the site, including menus (for upper, side, and bottom navigation of the site), widgets, [...]


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