Network Solutions typically charges $180 for annual website hosting and $38 per year for domain name registration. Other companies charge about half this much. For those who need to use Network Solutions for some reason, it's a good idea to use Coupon Codes for savings. The RetailMeNot.com website has a Network Solutions Coupon Codes page … Continue reading Network Solutions Coupon Codes Savings
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Reduce Twitter Announcement Emails
If you have a Twitter account, and get too many unwanted announcements, you can disable these in Settings > Email notifications. Here's a quick link to the page: https://twitter.com/settings/notifications Scroll to the bottom of the page and uncheck all boxes under the headings "Activity from your network" and "Updates from Twitter." These are the least … Continue reading Reduce Twitter Announcement Emails
Shutterstock Best Practices
Using Stock Photo Websites When using a stock photography service like Shutterstock, follow these general guidelines. While these suggestions primarily apply to Shutterstock, they will be applicable to other services. Daily Plan Have a daily plan to download as many photos as your subscription will allow. Don't wait until you need images to use your subscription. … Continue reading Shutterstock Best Practices
Enterprise Event Promotion Websites
Introduction For larger enterprises, businesses, and educational institutions, there are a variety of options for promoting conferences, workshops, and other events. This page describes some of those options. Using Existing Infrastructure Most larger organizations have departmental categories or sub-pages within their larger website. Within these it's possible to create informational pages to promote and facilitate … Continue reading Enterprise Event Promotion Websites
Site Origin Vantage Theme Header Margin Fix
Site Origin has a great WordPress Theme called Vantage. The only drawback is the large buffer or margin at the top of the page. There's a lot of unused page space pushing critical content further down the page. The following CSS modification will fix this problem. You can adjust the padding (in pixels) to suite your … Continue reading Site Origin Vantage Theme Header Margin Fix
Event Website Launch
There are some events that require a focused web presence, yet shouldn't require setting up an account with a hosting company. This is the purpose of TheEventInformation.com website. It's a preconfigured site, able to serve several events a year. The site morphs from one event to the next, yet retains the basic information from previously hosted … Continue reading Event Website Launch
University of Iowa Website Incorporates Exceptional Engaging Photography
Website Photography Considerations For websites to be engaging, they must include high quality photography that captivates the site visitor. The University of Iowa has recently moved toward a responsive website design that features a full width 1100x580 'slider' (slideshow) featured image collection. Selected photos from 24 August 2014 are shown below. There are a few … Continue reading University of Iowa Website Incorporates Exceptional Engaging Photography
WordPress.com New Editor
Summary WordPress.com is quietly rolling out a new editor in an effort to provide a simpler, more focused, and cleaner interface for content creation. The standard dashboard left column menu disappears so the writer can focus on only the necessary controls. Feedback from WordPress We received the following response from a Happiness Engineer at WordPress … Continue reading WordPress.com New Editor
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WordPress.com User Roles: Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Follower, Viewer
User roles determine the access level or permissions of a person authorized (invited by an Administrator) to use a WordPress.com site.SummaryAdministrator – nothing is off limitsEditor – has access to all posts, pages, comments, categories, tags, and links.Author – can write, upload photos to, edit, and publish their own posts.Contributor – has no publishing or uploading capability, but can … Continue reading WordPress.com User Roles: Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Follower, Viewer