I’ve got a number of customers who, each year, need to keep a count of the day. Not the date, the day. As in the number of days that have elapsed since a particular point in time. For more information on the specific use, see “Counting the Omer“. In any case, here’s how I...
Read more →I’ve got a number of clients who are building shopping carts these days, and so I’ve been digging into the excellent WooCommerce plugin from WooThemes. While I really appreciate the flexibility WooCommerce provides (over other shopping plugins like WP E-Commerce, which isn’t too shabby either), some aspects can be hard to wrap your head...
Read more →I recently discovered the “themia” theme from InkThemes. It’s been a perfect starting point for one of my customers. As I was setting things up, I prototyped it on my server (like I always do) and it looked great. Then I installed the them on the production site and noticed there was an upgrade...
Read more →This just makes me nuts. What gets me is that there’s an actual human involved in this. If it was just a robot-spammer, I could shrug it off. It’s an email one of my customers received recently. I’m listing out all of this bozo’s information so you (or your customers) don’t get scammed: Dear...
Read more →The talk I gave for the Ohio Business Broker’s Association was a hit, and I’m grateful for the chance to speak to a group of thoughtful, interested folks. For links to some of the resource material I mentioned, you should check out my earlier post (yes, I’m directing you to another part of the...
Read more →I’m giving a talk today for the Ohio Business Broker’s Association, thanks to a generous offer from Peter Vadas of MBA Business Brokers, Inc (one of my new clients). The subject of my talk? Websites and Social Media (and we’ll probably get into a little SEO along the way). There are a few online...
Read more →There are better ways to improve your website’s SEO than hiring a pantless weasle. Start by reading our FREE series on SEO, Lies and Video Tape. If you still want help, drop us a line!
Read more →A friend recently asked if I would help him set up a website (I get that a lot). He is unable to participate in a traditional work environment, but has some wonderful knowledge and skills that he wants to share online, hopefully for profit. Here’s the email I sent him, which I thought you...
Read more →Your web site. FWIW, IMHO, Caveate Emptor, YMMV, Objects may be closer than they appear, etc etc etc. I’ve been building web sites as an amature for over 14 years now. Being a new member here, I wanted to share some of my thoughts and observations about blogs and websites in general . Based...
Read more →In the first first post of this series, I pointed out that SEO companies sell features that can be done easily by most people, thus avoiding cost. As a reminder, those 4 simple, easy-to-accomplish techniques are: Having a descriptive domain name Creating and submitting a sitemap Descriptive titles and meaningful content Getting other websites...
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