Up and at ‘em.
|16.May.2012I am house sitting for my aunt and woke up tired. Those two things are entirely unrelated.
What is related?
» The design mockups I need to wrap today.
» The other design mockups I need to wrap tomorrow.
» The post I need to finish writing that publishes tomorrow.
Because I will see no one and go nowhere, I just may pull it off.
We’ll see.
In other news?
The face and hair? Me in the morning. Love it or leave it – it’s all I have to offer.
This ceramic mug? A tease. Emelie loves it and used it while the kids were still here with me. The kids left yesterday, so I made sure to use the mug this morning and text her a photo. Her response? “Hmm…burning with jealousy here…clean it good for me?”
Clean? Doesn’t she know I’m busy?! Maybe I’ll leave the dishes for her and Meredith to do tomorrow.
Heh heh
why not ride with the big kids
Throwing reason to the wind is…
Why do perfectly intelligent people stop thinking when they hook up with a web designer? Do they think the designer knows them better than they know themselves?
Time to build your own vision.
Why wait for a second chance?
Show me a bland or poorly planned site and I’ll show you a site that won’t boast many (if any) return visitors.
Aesthetics in Web Design
Ditch Your Blogging Training Wheels
Now is as good a time as ever to ditch your blogging training wheels and start riding with the bigger kids on the block.
Take your Self-Hosted Blog to a New Level.
It’s wise to Organize
Organizing your files on your hard drive is the very first, most important thing you can do.
Back-up To Get Started
Dashing through the Dashboard
I can’t delve in until I’ve properly introduced you to the tools you’ll be working with using WordPress.
Moving Around the WordPress Dashboard
A-A-AKISMET! … Gehsundheit
Tackle the thing that drives all web-addicted individuals crazy – SPAM! Fortunately, WordPress knows that we hate spam, so along with every version comes the wonderful Akismet Plugin.
Installing the Akismet Plugin
Set-up WordPress – Cpanel & Fantastico
Getting Familiar with cPanelSetting up WordPress with cPanel and Fantastico is EASY! One of the options I recommend for a web host is cPanel. Why cPanel? Because you want to make things as easy on yourself as possible, that’s why.
Defining Domain Name Servers
DNS Stands for Domain Name ServerDNS stands for Domain Name Server. In technical jargon, the DNS resolves your registered domain names to your hosted account/IP address.
How to Purchase Your Own Domain
Domain Name DefinitionDomain Name Definition. A domain name is a text name that points to a server on the Internet; basically it is your text “address” or URL on the world wide web.
Setting Up Domain Redirects
Tell Your Readers Where To Find You NowSetting Up Domain Redirects to Your New Weblog. Once you have purchased your new domain name, purchased web hosting and set up WordPress as the publishing platform for your new blog, you’ll likely want to tell your readers at your old blog where to find you now.
How to Purchase Web Hosting
What is Free Web Hosting?If you currently have a free hosted blog at Blogger, or similar – you are using free web hosting. The files that make up your free weblog are hosted on the company’s server. A server is a large computer aptly named because it “serves” your website files online to those who request to see them by typing in your web address or url.
