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In Business, Honesty Can Be the Best Medicine

By Karri • May 4th, 2008 • Category: small business

The other day someone emailed me to inquire about helping them build a website for a new business venture. I responded to the inquiry a day late because I didn’t notice it in my inbox right away. The automated subject header (”Internet marketing inquiry”) was missing and in it’s place was the phrase “not human.” [...]

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WordPress Lesson 3: Support Forum - Use it or Lose it

By Karri • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: technology

For the love of learning, use the WordPress Support Forum . I know, I know. What if you have a silly question and everyone on the planet suddenly realizes that you’re not the God(dess) of Smart? Trust me, the WP Support Forums are not exactly the hottest hangout in town. People go there to get [...]

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WordPress Lesson 2: Use Plugins Judiciously

By Karri • May 1st, 2008 • Category: technology

A good plugin is pure joy. A buggy one can make you want to spit at your computer. Fact is, not all WordPress plugins are created equal when you consider things like ease of use, version compatibility and impact on page load. And if your WordPress site is acting weird, try deactivating your plugins one [...]

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WordPress Lesson 1: If New is Improved, Wait for the “.1″ Version.

By Karri • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: technology

Web development veterans will generally advise to wait for the “point one” version of a software release before getting all cutting edge about things. I tend to agree. When I began seriously working on this site in April, 2008, I hastily updated to WordPress 2.5.0. Not much later along came 2.5.1 all shiny and [...]

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Lessons from WordPress Land

By Karri • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: technology

I made it. No idea how I made it. But I did. My old, outdated site that I built in FrontPage (blasphemy!) back when I was a wee sprite getting my feet wet in the online business world is history. Sniff. It was a charming little website, for a newbie. Maintaining it was also akin [...]

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