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Megan Mahoney Horse Training and Riding Instruction
Over the weekend I built and launched a site for my friend, Megan Mahoney. Megan does horse training and provides riding instruction to children and adults, and while she enjoys her work, especially being able to work with children and … Continue reading
Posted in Portfolio
Tagged client work, domain names, Megan Mahoney Training, web development, wordpress
15 Comments
Increasing the PageRank of your photography website
I’m quite aware that I have several photography types that read my sporadic drivel, and this video speaks perfectly to the issue of getting your images indexed and ranking well in Google. At least, that’s the intended consequence of gaining … Continue reading
Posted in Tech Talk
Tagged alt, google, img, matt cutts, pagerank, photos, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, wordpress
6 Comments
Ensure you can recover from disaster – Backing up WordPress files and databases
What would happen to your site if an attack was waged upon it, and you ultimately lost everything? Aside from the anger you might experience, or the dreadful thought of being violated in such a way, could you recover easily … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Help & Tips
Tagged backup, database, disaster, files, restore, wordpress
8 Comments
Spring cleaning before summer starts
I’ve upgraded to WordPress 3.0 and so far the blog is looking good, if not completely different. I decided that I like the new default theme that comes with WordPress 3.0 so much that I’ll just use it for my … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Help & Tips
Tagged Arras, cleaning, plugins, reducing, theme, wordpress
5 Comments
WordPress 3.0 released
I just found out that WordPress 3.0 has been released and is available for download. I took some time to watch the video showcasing all the major enhancements, and I’m pretty impressed with what I saw. I’ve included the video … Continue reading
Free WordPress consulting and installation service with Dreamhost sign-up
Want to start blogging? Want to try to make a little money while you’re at it but you don’t know where to begin? I’m more than willing to help you out, and I’ll even chip in my web development talents … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Help & Tips
Tagged blogging, configuration, domain name, dreamhost, free, install, Make Money, non-profit, services, support, wordpress
5 Comments
Establish a local WordPress development environment using WampServer
If you have ever thought about how you can improve your website without impacting your current visitors, you’re probably ready to establish a local development environment where you can make your changes on your desktop or laptop, and then migrate … Continue reading
Posted in Build a website
Tagged Apache, development, firefox, IIS, install, local development, MySQL, php, wampserver, web development, wordpress
8 Comments
Is your blog DoFollow? Here are some great images to let your visitors know!
I’ve found a new blogger recently that blogs at ExtremeJohn.com and is giving away free dofollow images for you to use on your blog. Pretty damn cool if you ask me, and the image work is pretty nice too. What … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Help & Tips
Tagged blogger, dofollow, extremejohn, free, google, images, links, nofollow, votes, wordpress, yahoo
14 Comments
Archives page is back
Just wanted to give a quick heads up to everyone that I now have an archive page, again. I know a few of you have been scrounging through my site looking for posts to help you with something, so I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Help & Tips
Tagged archive.php, archives, Clean Archives Reloaded, javascript, plugins, Viper007Bond, wordpress
2 Comments
Are you ready to build a porn site?
I’ve got an idea, and I want to run it by you to see what you think. So the majority that responded on the poll said they wanted to read more about “building websites in a specific language”. But what … Continue reading
Posted in Build a website
Tagged Build a website, photo gallery, photos, porn site, series, wordpress
19 Comments
The poll results are in, web development it is
I’ll say right here, right now, this wasn’t the topic I was expecting at all. I thought for sure that more people would respond to the make money, or random crap selections in the poll than web development would. And … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
Tagged application, asp, Make Money, php, SEO, web development, wordpress
4 Comments
New Photo Gallery Page
I was tooling around under the hood here, and realized that I had a plugin installed that I completely forgot about. If you have a Flickr account and would like to install a complete photo gallery, I think I’ll recommend … Continue reading
Dive headlong into blogging and don’t look back
If you’ve been considering starting a blog, what the hell are you waiting for? Right now is a perfect time to start! Don’t worry about what you know or don’t know, just dive right in and start one. If you … Continue reading
Make Money Online Status Report for July 2009
July was a much better month than June was, that’s for sure. Funny enough, it was also the busiest for me in terms of activities external to blogging or trying to make money on the Internet. I had birthday parties, … Continue reading
Posted in Make Money
Tagged adsense, blogengine, client work, diggityhost, ebay, hyperlink, linklistings, Make Money, web development, wordpress
5 Comments
WordPress Blogs Attract the Most Spam Comments
I’m frustrated. I’m also convinced that if you create a WordPress blog, you will attract spam. Since migrating from BlogEngine to WordPress, I’ve seen a huge increase in the amount of comment spam I receive on any given post. Which … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Help & Tips
Tagged attract, blogging, comments, spam, spam comments, wordpress
14 Comments
The importance of using a domain name for your blog
I don’t want to scare anyone, but I’ve been doing some thinking lately. Since I’ve written about a non-intrusive way to integrate twitter, people have been coming at me from all angles about it. Seems it’s a little popular with … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Help & Tips
Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, domain name, hosting, linking, links, migration, typepad, wordpress
14 Comments
A Non-Intrusive Way To Integrate Twitter With Your Blog
I created a new blog that I want to share with you. Twitter.waynejohn.com is the new location of the domain, and the best thing about it is that I don’t need to do a thing with it to keep it … Continue reading
Posted in Social Networking
Tagged automation, blogging, social, twitter, web development, wordpress
25 Comments
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Spammers are dolts. -OR- How to build links like an idiot.
Perhaps the most irritating part of being a blogger is the spam you encounter. Toss anything up on the Internet, and spammers will find you and look for ways to exploit your site for their own benefit. It’s what they … Continue reading →