If you want to prepare your blog posts in advance, but want them to come out at regular intervals rather than all at once, you can easily schedule your posts. Simply go where you would normally click Publish and click Edit to schedule instead. This works great, especially when implemented with a social media plan…
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Email Links Not Working on Websites? Here’s How to Fix It
I noticed a while ago that when I clicked the email icon or link on a website that it was just opening to a blank page instead of opening my email client, like it used to. I ignored it for a while but finally figured it was time to fix it. Then I found this…
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If You’re a Nonprofit, You Should Know About This
Google Grants Imagine what you could do with $10,000 USD of in-kind advertising every month from Google Ads, an online advertising solution from Google. You could recruit more volunteers. Attract more donations. And share your story with audiences all over the globe. It’s all possible with Google Ad Grants. Find out more here: https://www.google.com/grants/
Happy 17th Birthday, WordPress!
Today WordPress celebrates its 17th birthday. It’s been 17 years since the first release of WordPress. That’s right, it’s been 17 years since a 19-year-old freshman, Matt Mullenweg, and British web developer, Mike Little launched the initial version of what would become the Web’s most popular Content Management System (CMS). Read this article for some history….
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Technology 101
Have you ever been on the phone with tech support and had no idea what they were talking about? Don’t know a modem from a router? Then this presentation is for you. Before you purchase a website, learn all the basic terminology you need to know.
Add Images to Your RSS Feed for Your MailChimp Campaign
If you don’t already have a subscription option for your posts to get emailed out, you should. I use Mailchimp because it’s free for my number of subscribers and has great features. Speaking of which, if you haven’t already signed up for my newsletter, you should! I have Mailchimp set up with automation so every…
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Adding Icons After Post Title
I recently had a client who was doing podcasts with each article and wanted people to know they could also listen, so she wanted an icon after the title of each post like shown above. One way to add the icon, would have been to simply put the code after each title, but since it…
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WordPress Online Events!
This is reposted from the WordPress Meetup Network: Upcoming Online Events With much of the world either on lockdown or in recommended self-isolation, organizers all over the world are taking their events online. The WordPress community is no exception to this trend as many meetups, WordCamps, and other events in the community are being streamed…
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WordPress 101: Creating your Business Website with WordPress
These are all the basics you need to know to get a small business website up and running with WordPress. This is a special presentation I prepared for my class at Francis Marion University’s Kelley Center. It includes 99 slides full of all the details you need to know to get your website off to…
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Come Take My Class at Francis Marion University!
If anyone is in the area, please sign up for my WordPress 101 class at the Kelley Center for Economic Development at Francis Marion University. I’ll be teaching two classes on March 3, 2020. One at the Florence, SC campus and one at the Lake City campus. Check out this flyer for more info!