This site will be blacked out for 24 hours, starting midnight on the 18th January, 2012. I urge you to also support this and tell your Congressman to help stop this insane Bill. The last thing we need is a bunch of politicians(who are, at best, lucky to open an email!) controlling the internet. The internet is not to be owned, but to be cultivated, supported and improved. I will fight for our freedom and not allow the US government to take control the world’s internet. But like most things, the US government thinks it runs the show of anything and everything. But no more. We have the voice to let them know to back off and leave the internet alone – period!
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WP Dolly Pro Now Automated
WP Dolly Pro now has automatic(schedule) WordPress backups to Amazon S3, Dropbox, Your Server and Email(database only).
Adding the ability to schedule backups is a huge benefit in backing up your WordPress site/blog. Set your scheduled backups, hourly, daily, weekly or monthly to Amazon S3, Dropbox, Server or Email.
WordPress Copy WP Dolly Pro
After 7 months of development, WP Dolly Pro, a WordPress copy/cloner plugin has been released.
After being really disappointed with the cloners on the market, I decided to create my own. But traveling that path looking for a cloner that was simple and easy to use, was not easy to find, I discovered that there are many so-called cloners available, but most were just difficult to use, especially when they claimed “one click” simplicity.
The popular cloners require too many steps to get the job done. They want you to…
- upload a settings PHP file to your server
- then call that file through your browser (ex: http://mysite.com/settingsfile.php)
- create the clone and download to your computer
- then upload that “clone” and another clone PHP file to the server where you want the clone
- and then call the file through your browser, just to complete the cloning process.
Plus, in most cases, you need a fresh install of WordPress on the target server, before you can even start cloning. When I saw this, I thought about how people new to the internet(newbies) would handle this. The answer is that they would have great difficulty in getting the job done.
WordPress Themes
- Friday June 10, 2011
- WordPress
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When creating a WordPress theme, it is important to provide inbuilt SEO. Most designers just get it wrong, but claim their themes are search engine optimized. The most fundamental seo strategy, is to provide the correct H tag layout.
The home page h1 tag needs to be for the site title. Page/post titles need to be h1, NOT the site title. 95% of WordPress themes do not follow this simple strategy. StudioPress themes follow this rule and are quite successful with it.
Photoshop Designer Series
- Sunday May 22, 2011
- Photoshop
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I have just released 11 Photoshop videos that are entitled the Designer Series. These advanced Photoshop tutorials cover:
Photoshop Advanced tutorials
- How to remove the background from an image in PhotoShop
- How to design buttons for your website in PhotoShop
- How to pick the right format for your image in PhotoShop
- How to add a gradient background to your website in PhotoShop
- How to design header graphics for your website in PhotoShop
- How to get the hex code of a color for your website in PhotoShop
- How to design a logo for your website in PhotoShop
- How to slice a document for use on the web in PhotoShop
- How to create a speech bubble effect for your website in PhotoShop
- How to create thumbnails of images in PhotoShop
- How to watermark an image in PhotoShop
I am sure you will find some value in watching these advanced methods for Photoshop. Again, these are provided free, but you need to be registered to view them. Login here
Photoshop Basics
- Tuesday March 22, 2011
- Photoshop
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Photoshop tutorials are difficult to find that are free and is in video format AND have sound. Well, I have released 32 videos that cover the basics of Photoshop, which will give you a good foundation for understanding on how Photoshop works.
These are great tutorials for beginners, that are easy to understand and follow. These videos are Free, but registration is required. Sign up now!
