I make a living building web sites. I'm a web developer. When it comes time to build I find myself scrambling to find the 'assets' the client has provided. The concept of 'Mise en place' can fix that. 'Mise en place' is a french word that applies to cooking but I'm going to apply to web …
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What to do with your old phone
When that old computer dies I hope you take it to a certified e-waste recycler for proper disposal. Of course, before you do that you need to make sure they are legit. Did you know that there are bad guys out there offering free e-waste recycling (they'll even pick it up for free!) that are …
How Apple Pay Works
The big news of the day might be that Apple has launched Apple Pay. That's the ability to pay with just a touch of your phone. Essentially, you connect a bank card or account to your phone, go to a merchant, tap your phone and viola! Payment made! It's called NFC (for Near Field Communication) …
WordPress Gallery and Hosting Options
Here's a small gallery of some of the sites I've built. [nggallery id=1] Here’s what’s included and what I believe… Structure: Basic structure should be a WordPress platform (running the most current version) with setup of automatic security scan for possible holes and inaccurate …
Protecting Your Privacy
In light of the recent the naked celebrity photos hack, the Facebook Messenger flack, and the FBI's new facial recognition jack... This might be a timely post for you. For the record I am one of those 'not so private' people. Almost all my posts are public. The same with the pictures I …
Switch to https now or your website will die!
Sorry for the overly sensational headline. It's reflective of the general misinformed buzz that's going around since Google announced that they were adding https (websites on secure servers) as a ranking signal. Let's put all the mass hysteria aside, take a deep breath and pull up our big boy …
How not to get Hacked #NoHacked
So Google started a #NoHacked 'thing' a while ago asking people to submit your best ideas to prevent or better keep away from being hacked. I've got 3 steps you can take right now to be safe down the road. Ready? I submitted one of my favorites, one that I unfortunately learned from direct …
Inexpensive Websites Built the RIGHT WAY – (that work!)
You can do this and GET found in Search Engines! Every business needs its own website. Your website is your home on the internet. It's the one place you have control over. It's your business card, your brochure, your lead generation machine. Unfortunately you are not a coder, nor a …
Don’t Rent… Own Your Website (for less!)
You can do this and GET found in Search Engines! Every business needs its own website. Your website is your home on the internet. It's the one place you have control over. It's your business card, your brochure, your lead generation machine. Unfortunately you are not a coder, nor a web …
Web Hosting Ideas
In response to my last post about going with WordPress.org - you'll need a domain name and a hosting account. Here's a few hosting options I really like: Click on the tabs to read a little about each. Click on the Image and you'll magically be whisked away to their site! …
NextGEN Gallery Update Broke My Site!
There's a new plugin version for the ever popular NextGEN Gallery coming out. It's version 2.0.0 and it looks like it will do some amazing things! I'm running it here on AreWeConnected. Here's a slideshow I just created. But before you download it, before you update it... What should you do …
The Mailing List App
I've said it before - when it comes to getting our message out - we're all desperate to grab any attention we can get. That's me, that's you, that's everyone. Hey! Pay attention here I'm talking to you! ;) That's why I would LOVE it if you shared all my posts with your social …