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Technology, Wordpress · September 16, 2019

How to Reduce SPAM

If you have a form, any form at all, you're going to get some SPAM. How to Identify, and Eliminate Virtually All SPAM from your Website Let's start with a few simple rules that we can all agree on RULE #1:The simpler the form, the greater the response.The harder the form, the less …

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SEO, Wordpress · August 27, 2019

Are You a “Tool”?

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A funny thing happened to me the other day on my way to writing a post. I was going to write something educational and then this thing happened and well... I'm a little upset and I'm going to name some names. WHAT IS A TOOL? Depending on the context, a Tool could be good. My wrenches all …

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Gutenberg, Technology, Wordpress · May 14, 2019

Setting Up in the new IDXBroker Dashboard

For better purposes the title should really be "How to setup Showcase Widgets and Saved Searches in the new IDXBroker Dashboard" As this post and video are going to focus on just 2 things... Creating new Showcase Widgets, andCreating new Saved Searches (they call them "saved …

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Gutenberg, Wordpress · February 12, 2019

How to Embed a Video

A better title would be "How to Embed a YouTube Video in Gutenberg Properly" I'll bet if you been using Gutenberg (WordPress 5.0+) for any length of time you've embedded a video. It seems easy enough as there's a handy dandy block for YouTube video right on your dashboard. BUT... If …

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Wordpress · January 23, 2019

Don’t justify an image

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Yes I'm going to do a video to show you something about an image and why you should never justify an image. Of course what we're talking about here is putting an image to the right or the left side of a block of text and having that text 'wrap' around the image. In this I'm going to assume 1 …

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Gutenberg, Wordpress · January 15, 2019

How to (properly) add an Image

Images are everything when it comes to a good blog post. Images add visual interest, add to the story or compliment the story you are trying to tell. Images can break up the "wall of text" and help the reader actually read all the way through your post. Images are good! Here's how to properly …

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2MT, Wordpress · January 8, 2019

What does BLOG stand for?

It might seem a little strange, but after I launch a new client website I subscribe to their blog. I want to see what they are writing and how they are using it. I read everything in my feed reader and I can usually zip through several hundred (really) posts in a short period of time. One of my …

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Wordpress · January 2, 2019

New Years Resolutions For Your Website

I've had this post planned for a while but every year it just doesn't feel right unless it's the first day of the year (or in this case the first biz day of the year. That's kind of funny as I'm not a big maker of resolutions and even if I was I have always felt that you don't wait for a starting …

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Gutenberg, Wordpress · December 18, 2018

How to write a “basic” post in Gutenberg

In this post I’m going to show you how to write what I see as a “basic” post using the Gutenberg editor found in WordPress 5.0+.  I’ll cover from start to finish what you’ll need to do using just the simplest of techniques. What is a “Basic” post? Good question. I’ll suggest that most of …

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Gutenberg, Wordpress · December 11, 2018

Understanding Gutenberg

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Warning: I'm going to be writing, videoing and maybe even podcasting a lot of posts in the coming months on the topic of Gutenberg. It's the new editor inside of WordPress 5.0.  You can follow all the "gutenberg" related posts here. While I wanted to dive right in and start the in-depth …

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Gutenberg, Wordpress · December 5, 2018

WordPress 5.0 (Gutenberg) Drops

WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg is here

"Drops", "pushed", "launches" - choose your lingo. The fact is that like it or not, you are going to wake up and there's going to be a new version of WordPress ready for you to update. Or maybe your site will auto update. Or maybe you heard about this and fearing the worst you've installed an Anti …

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Technology · November 13, 2018

Understanding DNS

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Let's use this post as a bookmark of sorts. You really don't need to know this, I just want to be able to point clients here when I need to for reference.  That said shouldn't we all keep on learning new stuff? What is DNS? This is a great place to start.  You've seen the acronym in your …

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Wordpress · October 23, 2018

How to properly do lead capture

Ok, I know that sounds kinda of lame for a title but bear with me - I'll make it way less salesy. Let's start with this. Fill out this form, please. Yeah. Right. You see, simply asking for your email address is pretty much going to be a No Go, no matter what our relationship is. Heck, I …

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Gutenberg, Wordpress · October 16, 2018

How to do EVERYTHING in Gutenberg

I'll keep saying it - there's a HUGE change coming to WordPress. If you have a site that I built, I've also included a section in the backend titled "Need Help?" In it you'll find a variety of helpful videos that will walk you through most anything you need to do on your site. Here's what that …

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Wordpress · October 2, 2018

Plugins: When to update and why

When it comes to WordPress, I generally see two different kinds of site owners... The ones that never (ever) update their site. We're not talking about updates like posts or pages, we're talking about the updates to WordPress core, Themes and Plugins.  I've logged into existing sites (not …

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Wordpress · September 25, 2018

A FAQ on making your site Secure, SSL and https

So last week I had a wonderful question from a past client on making her website secure. Ok, truth be told, it wasn't as in-depth and thought provoking as you might be imagining. It was more like Yeah that was literally, it. In case you were wondering, I answered that "SECURE" wasn't a …

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Wordpress · September 18, 2018

350 Words

All to often I'm asked the simple question. How many words should I write? I guess I buried the lede with the title on that one, eh? Well, actually I didn't. Because 350 words isn't always correct.  If you want a quotable snippet, Your post should be the minimal amount of words …

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Wordpress · August 20, 2018

Free SSL Certs

If you haven't figured it out yet, there's almost always a cost to FREE, not necessarily a monetary cost but a cost none the less. Free Advice usually isn't the best advice - right? Free TV (your local broadcast) comes with commercials - right? Free WiFi usually comes with an ad screen from the …

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Wordpress · August 13, 2018

There’s a storm coming

There's a storm coming to WordPress

First, let me preface this and that I officially don't like bringing up negative things. I'd much rather focus on the positive - but when everything is rolling along fine you just don't pay attention. I get it. I do the same thing. But there's something coming, and coming very soon, that is going …

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Wordpress · August 8, 2018

Getting back to blogging

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First of all - I apologize. The months of June and July were crazy busy. Not that that is an excuse but to be perfectly honest, there's only so much work I can get done in a day and my first priority has to be to my paying clientele. Hey, I even stopped riding my bike except for the weekly group …

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