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I recently wrote about pancakes — specifically, my journey to becoming a confident, consistent pancake-maker and pancake-recipe-tweaker, even though I started as a person who couldn’t trust herself to make decent-tasting pancakes at all. I thought that post was completely non-business related.…
This post was sparked by a question I received from a client who is working his way through Site Setup Kit, my complete guide to building a unique website. Check out Site Setup Kit today. Have you ever wondered why some…
I have a head cold, so my brain is spacing out on anything useful today. Forget web tips, you’re getting a pancake photo essay! Saturday is Pancake Day here at Casa Cholbi. We’ve had this tradition for several years, ever…
I’ve previously explained how WordPress is an internal linking powerhouse, but even the super-easy and super-powerful WordPress link dialog box doesn’t contain a built-in way to add jump links. Jump links, also known as anchor links, are links that take you…
As part of all the tweaking I’ve been doing since my website donned its new outfit on Monday, I made myself a custom 404 error page. Usually, that “File Not Found” page generated by a 404 error is pretty boring.…
Here’s a quick way to fix one of the most common errors when updating WordPress — plus reassurance that it’s not your fault. Let’s say you follow my advice to update to the latest version of WordPress. You log into…
On this very blog, I’ve written up instructions for using WordPress Backup to keep copies of your website files, and also for using WP-DB Backup to back up your database (both types of backup are essential). But what to do…
Last month, AWeber released its official WordPress plugin, so their customers can now install web forms on WordPress websites without copying-and-pasting bits of code. In short, adding a sign-up form to your sidebar just got a lot easier. As a…
Has this website downtime scenario happened to you? You swing by your own website, and your browser seems to be taking forever to connect. With a growing sense of horror, you begin to contemplate the possibility that something is wrong.…
I’ve heard this question a few times recently. Although I do have a list of plugins that I recommend for most new WordPress sites (more on that in the next post), I’d like to go back to first principles and…
I just updated my original How to install a wordpress plugin post with a couple of new screenshots for newer versions of WordPress. Also, it’s now Part 1 of a series on WordPress plugins. I’m playing around with a blog-post-series…
WordPress has a built-in ability to assign both categories and tags to your blog posts (but not pages — this is one of the important differences between posts and pages). So, what exactly are categories? What are tags? What are…
Broken Link Checker is a tremendously useful plugin, one that I include with all my WordPress installs. It does exactly what its name suggests: Checks your blog posts and pages for broken links (automatically, in the background) and lets you…
First things first: If you have less than $500 to spend, go look at my list of tools that will let you build your online empire for free (and don’t forget to read the awesome suggestions in the comments). Now,…
In yesterday’s post, I told you it’s OK to stick with Blogger.com, a free web-based blogging platform, if you weren’t ready to do the whole design-and-manage-your-own-online-empire thing. Today I want to talk about the money part of the equation. Or…