This post is for my clients. I want to list a tool for finding colors to be used on your website.
The common color system used in building websites is the Hex Triplet, which is a 6 digit, 3-byte code that defines the red, green, and blue parts to a particular color. Black is #000000, white is #FFFFFF, and #FF0000 is True Red. To learn more, click here.
Here is a tool to pick colors for your website. Once you have the color that you like, let me know the 6 digits after the # sign:
http://www.colorpicker.com/
Just move around the circle and the arrows on the side bar to get your desired color.
Today, we are officially launching The Entrepreneur School. This is the most significant project I have worked on over the last few years. I am a co-founder & part owner of the company. But more important than that, I studied under one of the faculty members of The Entrepreneur School, Jim Beach, during my Graduate Degree studies in International Business at Georgia State University. It is a big honor to be working with Jim now on this project and I can’t wait to see how this teaching impacts other lives.
The foundation of The Entrepreneur School is to teach low-risk approaches to starting your own business. The site consists of Modules that contain videos, slides, and text. Each module covers a different topic, such as How to Export, How to Find Ideas, and How to Write a Business Plan.
The other major focus of The Entrepreneur School is dispelling myths that keep people from pursuing an idea. These myths could be things like you need to have a lot of money, or you need to be super creative, or you need to be a big risk taker. By countering these myths, The Entrepreneur School puts you in the right mindset for proceeding with your business idea without being hindered by doubts.
Please take a look at The Entrepreneur School. You can watch the first Module videos for free and the rest of the modules can be accessed for just $29/month.
I am currently using the WordPress SSG Google Audio Player on one of my sites. For some reason, it worked in every browser except for Firefox. This was the case for both Mac & PC.
The way I fixed this was by going to the Settings for the SSG Google Audio Player and placing a check mark in the “Omit SWFObject in <head> section.”
Simple solution.
I looked all over for a solution and didn’t find anything. Hope this helps out anyone else having the same trouble.
I just looked around the internet for a while trying to find a solution for sending HTML-based emails. Most newsletters are composed in HTML format through a program like Dreamweaver. But the problem is, you can’t just copy and paste HTML code into Gmail or most of the other email clients. If you want to send out a custom newsletter, chances are, you are going to need to send an HTML file.
If you are using a Mac and have Microsoft Entourage, here is one of the only free solutions I found:
- Open up Entourage.
- Go to the menu item ‘Tools’ and click on ‘Account.’
- Once you are in your account click ‘Options.’
- Under ‘Header,’ type content-type.
- Under ‘Type,’ type text/html.
- Click Ok.
- Open a new message and paste your HTML code.
- Click on the menu item ‘Format’ and make sure that ‘HTML’ is unchecked.
- A good idea is to send the email to a Yahoo account first. The email will open up correctly in Yahoo. Forward it from Yahoo to the email addresses you would like to have view your Newsletter or HTML-based email.
Please note that once you set this up, all emails will be formatted like this in Entourage. So, it might be wise to use Apple Mail as your main email program and use Entourage just for sending out HTML emails.
Paid solutions include using programs such as Constant Contact or MailChimp. Another paid solution is MaxBulk Mailer, which is a great solution for managing a contact list and sending out HTML-based emails.
Here is a list of links you can use to test your website for malware or other problems. Just replace ‘yoursite’ with your actual domain name you would like to test:
I just wrote a blog for The Entrepreneur School on RSS feeds. Click the link below to find out what they are and if you need one for your blog:
http://blog.theentrepreneurschool.com/how-to-set-up-an-rss-feed-1758
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on April 26th, 2010•
These results are ranked in order of full-time staff devoted to Web Design or Development and were published by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. I didn’t make the list this year – ha! Number in parentheses are full time staff devoted to design & development:
- Moxie Interactive Inc. – (108)
- Web.com – (100)
- Definition 6 LLC – (75)
- Engauge – (75)
- Northridge Systems Inc. – (75)
- Razorfish LLC – (73)
- LBI Atlanta LLC – (69)
- THINK Interactive Inc. – (47)
- MaxMedia Inc. – (43)
- IQ Interactive – (40)
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on April 25th, 2010•
I spent hours trying to figure this out and thought I would write about the solution. When turning on Search Engine Friendly URL’s in Joomla, they begin adding an extra index.php within the URL’s so that it looks something like this – http://www.yoursite.com/index.php/category/article.
I want the URL to be http://www.yoursite.com/category/article.
It’s cleaner and better for the search engines.
So, here are the steps I took to remove the unnecessary index.php:
- Go to the Global Configuration area within your Joomla admin.
- Under SEO Settings, click YES for the following two items:
- Search Engine Friendly URLs
- Use Apache mod_rewrite
- Now, go to your htaccess.txt file at the root of your site and rename the file .htaccess.
- Use some sort of text editor (I use text wrangler) to remove the ‘#’ before the words ‘RewriteBase /
- For me, this was around line 53 of the .htaccess file.
- Now, try to navigate around your Joomla website. The index.php should be gone.
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on April 21st, 2010•
Here is a list of my 12 favorite WordPress plugins that I use on nearly every website:
- All in One SEO Pack – the best Meta Tag plugin I’ve used
- Dynamic to Top – sweet little arrow key that shows up when someone scrolls down your page so they return to the top
- Google Analytics for WordPress – Easy Google Analytics implementation
- Google XML Sitemaps – I use this on all my sites and combine it with my Google Webmaster account to make sure Google receives updated sitemaps every time a new page or post is generated
- Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu – Love this one – creates a horizontal menu within the WordPress admin area for better screen use
- SexyBookmarks – Plugin that makes it easy for blog readers to share your posts on pretty much anything
- WordPress Database Backup – See my previous blog posting
- WPtouch iPhone Theme – puts your blog posts in a cool format for those looking on their iPhones
- CForms – Easy to use Contact forms. I usually connect a PayPal feature with this so my clients can take payment after someone fills in a form
- PixoPoint Menu Plugin – Great drop down menu for use on your site – easy to change around, add, remove pages. Also places a nice search bar in your menu bar
- Reveal IDs for WP Admin – a must have for excluding pages in the menu – this plugin lets you know the id of pages, categories, posts, etc. within the admin area
- Content and Excerpt Word Limit – a plugin that allows you to limit the length of a blog post on a page to a certain amount of words or characters. Great for placing more blog posts in a small area
Please comment on this post with your favorite plugins and how you use them.
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on April 21st, 2010•
If you’ve been running a blog or CMS website on WordPress for any amount of time, you’re probably due for a backup of the database. If that scares you, fear not. There are a number of plugins that can assist you in regularly backing up your database.
One that I just came across and have begun utilizing on my sites is the WP-DB-Backup plugin. This plugin allows you to backup your database within the Admin area of your site. Once you have installed this plugin, go to the menu area under Tools and click ‘Backup.’ Here, you will be given the option to save a backup to your FTP area, to your own computer, or have a backup sent to you by email. You can also set the backup to occur daily, weekly, monthly, etc.
This is a great tool to protect yourself should something happen on the back end of your website. At least you will have a backup of all your site content.
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