After watching Marko Saric’s video tutorial of Thesis 1.6, I decided to give it a try on my website and my blog. The installation process on my website went pretty much without a hitch. I say pretty much, because the upgrade didn’t include the code that I had used to design my interface. The reason [...] Read more »
Things to Consider Before Buying Thesis
After all my research on Thesis, I finally found one post that doesn’t glow with kudos. Raju of Technically Personal feels that Thesis is way over-hyped for what it is. He contends that you can find free themes that may suit your intended purposes equal to or better. Three weeks after my purchase, I have [...] Read more »
Saying Goodbye to Free WordPress Themes
I’m in the process of changing this blog’s design, hopefully for the very last time. If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, then you’ll know how many themes I’ve gone through. Too many. For one reason or another, I’ve never been quite happy with the themes that I’ve installed on here, [...] Read more »
Creating WordPress Themes with Artisteer
I played around with the trial version of Artisteer on my husband’s laptop last Friday and liked what I was able to do. Once I finished the preliminary design, I exported it into the WordPress format and uploaded it to see what it looked like. Other than the watermark going down both sidebars, the design [...] Read more »
Blog Upgrades and Overhauls
Last night I began fiddling around with themes, testing them out and chucking them until I found the one that you’re looking at now. My highest priority was finding a theme that I can customize for my How to Create a Custom Twitter Background, blog so that it integrates nicely with my ecommerce site. I [...] Read more »
Book Review: Problogger – Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income
As I approach my three-year anniversary with blogging, I realized that I’ve learned quite a bit about the subject and who the reputable people are. But I haven’t mastered everything about blogging because this tool is always evolving. I’ve yet to learn how to set up a video blog or a podcast, for instance. Darren [...] Read more »
Black Friday in the Blogosphere forces Change
I’m sure you’ve heard all about Google’s attack on the blogosphere. If not, read Andy Beard’s Slapped by Google to get up to speed because this effects everyone who owns a blog. As a result of Google’s latest algorithm change, anyone who uses companies like Text Link Ads to monetize their blogs got slammed. Anyone [...] Read more »
The W-List
We have the A-List bloggers. Blogebrity has created a list of A- through D-List bloggers. I’ve just learned that Liz Strauss at Successful Blog has created a W-List, for Outstanding Women Bloggers. Do you have a favorite female blogger who should be added to that list? Pop on over to Liz’s blog and post your [...] Read more »
Saturday Ramblings
It’s time to whip out the Neo again because since I’ve returned from my vacation, I’ve gotten very little writing done. Designing my husband’s website and finding a job (any job) were top priorities. I managed to land a 3-day assignment later this week, which eased the stress level a little. My husband assures me [...] Read more »
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