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How To Build A Custom RSS Feed
RSS feeds are a great way to share other stories and other sites with your readers. The only thing is, when you add an RSS feed to your sidebar, you get everything that is posted to that feed and...
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Just Launched: My Business Info!
Affordable And Effective Web Profiles We just launched My Business Info. It’s a new Synaptic Systems initiative launched last night, July 17th 2011 at 8:50PM. What’s it all about you ask? Developing a...
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New Directions At synaptic i
You can’t steer a parked car! On January 28, 2009, synaptic i was launched into cyberspace with this description and intent: It is a small island on this great digital ocean we call the internet that...
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Where To Find Royalty Free Images
Posting articles at Life As A Human is one thing. Dressing them up with images is another thing entirely. While it’s easy enough to do an image search in Google or Yahoo, a great many of the images you...
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TinyMCE Advanced – WordPress Plugin
When I first started building sites in WordPress, I quickly ran into some limitations with the options available in the standard editor toolbar. As well, I was stumped as to why when pressing enter or...
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How To Enter Links In A WordPress Post
Entering links in a WordPress post is pretty easy. We’ll cover linking to external content and internal content. Please note that the screen shots are taken from WordPress 3.3.2 with the TinyMCE...
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How To Set The WordPress Media Settings
One of the first things I do when I set up a new WordPress site is configure the Media Settings. Configuring the settings correctly will give you a much easier experience with your images. It just...
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Regenerate Thumbnails – WordPress Plugin
In How To Set The WordPress Media Settings, I mentioned that if you change your media settings, WordPress will create new image sizes for you as you upload new images but will not re-create your...
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How to Promote your Business using Google Plus Local
While some people hate Google for trying to usurp the local search phenomenon, the truth of the matter is that they’re really trying to make it easier for you to promote your business online. Google...
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Step Into the Business World With a Virtual Office
The need to save money when you’re starting up a business is more often a necessity than a choice. All of the capital that’s spared from initial expenses will allow investments that can help the future...
View ArticleWhatever Happened To Hi And Cheers?
Imagine you are a gardener named Bob. You are sitting in a coffee shop enjoying a cappuccino and a snack. I walk up to your table and say: I need you to come to my house tomorrow and prune my trees....
View ArticleHave You Set Your WordPress Screen Options?
A MEMBERS ONLY POST : One of the first things I do when I set up a new site or train a client on how to use theirs is to set the Screen Options. Almost every page on your dashboard offers screen...
View ArticleA Simple Gallery And Slideshow: Part 1 – The Gallery
A MEMBERS ONLY POST : One of the great new features in the latest version of WordPress is the ability to easily create picture galleries. Add a lightbox, and you now have a beautiful slideshow.
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A MEMBERS ONLY POST : In part 1, we discussed how to build a gallery using built-in WordPress features. Now, let’s set up the slideshow … and more!
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Why Is My Photo Not In The Comments?
One of the questions I get asked quite a bit by folks who leave comments at Life As A Human is: Why do I not have a photo next to my comments but others do? Here is an example comment stream. Eric left...
View ArticleCopy Paste Do’s and Don’t's
A MEMBERS ONLY POST : So you just finished writing some copy for your website using a word processor like MS Word. It’s exactly how you want it. You beam into your WordPress site, start a new post or...
View ArticleImage Titles – Set Them Right!
A MEMBERS ONLY POST : Proper image titles aren’t just important for SEO, but also for your readers. Here is how to set them properly.
View ArticleYour Site Title, Tagline And Description
A MEMBERS ONLY POST : A very important element of setting up your WordPress site is properly setting up your Site Title, Tagline and Description. Here’s how to do it.
View ArticleHow To Insert Videos Into Your Posts
A MEMBERS ONLY POST : There are more than a few ways to insert a video into your posts. I use a plugin called Viper’s Video Quicktags. It’s robust, flexible and easy to use!
View ArticleHow To Insert Videos In Sidebars Or Your Home Page
A MEMBERS ONLY POST : Inserting a video in your sidebar or your home pages is pretty easy. While there are some plugins out there that will do this, I prefer to use our trusty old text widget. We’ll...
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