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| Randa Clay has a laser-sharp eye for graphic design. She does beautiful design and her turnaround time is second to none. ~Ryan Caldwell |
WordPress is increasingly being used as a content management system, and I think we’re about to see many blogs follow the trend we’ve seen recently in sites like Problogger, from simple blog to “portal”. These portal entry pages are more of an overview of all the content the site has to offer, featuring all the [...]
I recently received an e-mail from a representative of the English National Opera letting me know of their new interactive mini-site, which includes a multi-author blog, that has been designed to give a behind-the-scenes look at their upcoming production of Carmen. This is a use for blogging that had never occurred to me, but I [...]
I apologize for any trouble anyone might have had today trying to get to something in the archives. My permalinks have suddenly stopped working, and I have no idea why. I have had them set up as follows: /archives/%postname%/ almost since I began the blog in January, and they have worked fine. I was barely [...]
Need some mindless entertainment that might leave you with crossed eyes? Try finding the face in the baked beans and the face in the coffee beans. Curious to know if your content is being copied? Check out Copyscape (via the useful post at Design Adaptations about protecting your work) Take the Problogger Test at Daily [...]
Meet the newest author at Wisdump! Haven’t heard of Wisdump? It’s former blog of Paul Scrivens, of 9Rules fame. It was sold to Splashpress Media, who owns such sites as Performancing and Blog Herald, and I’ve been asked to contribute over there on a weekly basis. My first article is one on some really basic [...]
I recently posted about the four reasons your blog needs a logo, and the need to visually differentiate yourself from the millions of other blogs that are out there. Some of you probably thought, “that’s great, but I’m not a designer and I don’t know how to customize my blog anyway.” In the spirit of [...]
“If no one hates you, you’re doing something wrong” This is a quote from a recent post on Copyblogger. Do you think that’s true? While I agree that you can’t water down your content so much that no one will ever take issue with it, stating firm and well thought out opinions does not have [...]
Just returned from a long weekend spent camping in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. While it was heaven for my son (pictured above), it was not quite my cup of tea. Though we did have a good time despite buckets of rain the first night and ridiculous humidity, I just don’t think having [...]
A recent commenter asked, “how critical is it that a blog have a logo?” That’s a good question. Whether your blog should have a logo really depends on what you’re trying to accomplish, but in the end I believe that if you are serious about building a presence online, you will benefit from having a [...]
I usually hesitate to include a link to a post at ProBlogger, because I sort of assume everyone is reading Darren’s blog, but in this case I thought he had such a good idea I’d include it here anyway. It’s a very interesting group writing project called 7 Days to Rediscovering Your Blogging Groove Are [...]
