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Handy Plugin – Proper Network Activation

November 18, 2011 by Bill Forsyth III

Ever had a plugin that worked wonderfully in “single site” WordPress, but when switching to multi-user mode (WPMU), it doesn’t work on any other site than the initial site? Here’s why. And even better “there’s a plugin for that!” This handy plugin will make some of those stubborn plugins work beautifully under WPMU. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/proper-network-activation/ From … Read more

Alternative to EventBrite?

November 4, 2011November 2, 2011 by Bill Forsyth III

Stumbled across an interesting possible alternative to EventBrite. It’s called “Event Expresso“, and it looks like it can be a completely self-hosted equivalent to EventBrite. In some ways, it may be more trouble than it is worth, but if you run a number of paid events through EventBrite, it will definitely be cheaper to buy and host your own version of Event Expresso, rather than paying EventBrite’s transaction fees.

Color Choice Can Make the Difference on a Sale

November 4, 2011June 14, 2011 by Bill Forsyth III

Minuteman Press in Stow, OH offers one of the best summaries of how color affects buyers:

Whether you know it or not, your buying decisions are oftentimes based on color. The next time you’re looking at an advertisement or packaging for an item you’re considering, pay special attention to the colors you see. Observe how those colors make you feel. Once you understand the effects of color on buying habits, you can make marketing decisions based on that knowledge.

Easily tidy up your video posts — and it’s free!

November 4, 2011May 20, 2011 by Bill Forsyth III

Adding video to a website can make it easier to get your message across. Nowadays you can record video on many handheld devices. Unfortunately, many times there’s additional material in your video clip that is unnecessary and distracting.

Beat Techozoic Fluid into Submission

November 18, 2011May 18, 2011 by Bill Forsyth III

One of our favorite off the shelf themes is Techozoic Fluid. It is extremely customizable and very easy to use.

Every once in a while we come across something that we wish Techozoic Fluid could do and we’ve found the author of the theme to be very accommodating. We’ve seen many of our suggestions and requests incorporated into the theme.

Low Cost or Free Stock Photography sites

February 6, 2024May 14, 2011 by Bill Forsyth III

When developing a website, it’s always very handy to have stock photography to work with. Problem is, the starting costs at big-name stock photography sites can be $20-$50. If you’re searching for that perfect image for an ad campaign, it’s worth every penny. If you’re looking for some filler images for your website, that can get quite expensive quickly.

Here’s where “Microstock Photography” comes to the rescue. Listed are some less expensive stock photography sites that we’ve come across. We’ll catalog them as we use them. At the bottom of the list are sites we’ve stumbled across but haven’t actually used yet.

Plugins We Install on Every WordPress Site

November 18, 2011May 9, 2011 by Bill Forsyth III

(In No Particular Order) Google XML Sitemaps – Arne Brachhold Contact Form 7 – Takayuki Miyoshi Contact Form 7 to Database Extension – Michael Simpson Cloudflare – Ian Pye (CloudFlare Team) All in One SEO Pack – Michael Torbert Broken Link Checker – Janis Elsts Redirection – John Godley MailChimp List Subscribe Form – MailChimp … Read more

What’chu talkin’ ’bout, Willis?

November 4, 2011March 5, 2011 by Bill Forsyth III

A friend of ours who is a web developer called us saying they were disappointed with how their recent WordPress installation was performing with the search engines. While they liked using the WordPress back end, they felt like they lost enough ranking that they were considering dumping WordPress.

What’chu talkin’ ’bout, Willis?

Color Theory in Web Design

November 4, 2011March 4, 2011 by Bill Forsyth III

So your website is up and running. You’ve followed the advice about not over-cluttering your website and you’ve ensured that it is organized in an intuitive way. All the links are up and running and hits are starting to roll in.

But how do you maximize the number of hits you get outside of what you’ve already done? There are many things one can do to achieve this, however, something that many don’t consider is color and how color theory plays a very important part in how we feel about certain things.

Rocket Past Your Competition Using WordPress

November 4, 2011March 2, 2011 by Bill Forsyth III

WordPress is, by far the heavy hitter in open source content management systems (CMS). With a WordPress CMS all the power of a world class online presence is delivered, stable and at a click of a button. Not only does WordPress provide the ultimate in content management it also is highly extensible using a myriad of freely available plugins for your site. Everything from event calendars to photo galleries can instantly be integrated into your web presence giving you new ways to interact with your target audience.