Author Archive

31
Jan

Launching Website Redesign: How to Redirect Legacy Links

WordPress Plugin Redirection

From a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) perspective, one of the key issues is redirecting legacy links to the new pages.
Legacy links are links from your old site that get broken when the new site goes live.
For example, your product page might have been at:
www.mydomain.com/products.html
And now it’s at:
www.mydomain.com/products
But after you go live, you may still be …

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16
Jan

Conference Websites with WordPress

Are you looking for a way to enhance your conference website template year after year, without having to spend a fortune in the process? Do you want your conference website to have a fresh look and feel year after year, yet with the basic content intact?
This is a case study of one of our conference …

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29
Dec

New Whitepaper Released – How to Hire a Web Developer

We’ve released our first whitepaper “How to Hire a Web Developer”, in which you you can learn how to:

Define your project
Find some suitable candidates
Select the right developer

Learn the questions you must ask before making the decision to hire someone to work on your project.
Download it now!

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13
Dec

WordPress vs. Drupal

The era of hand-coding PHP and HTML scripts has largely gone by the wayside, thanks in large part to Content Management Systems, or CMS’s– and that’s a good thing. Today’s site creators, however, are left with a tough choice: Drupal or WordPress?
When you’re trying to choose a database-backed, open-source CMS that can be easily managed …

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04
May

WordCamp San Francisco 2010 Impressions

Matt Mullenweg taking questions at WordCamp SF 2010

I attended WordCamp San Francisco once again this year, the annual geek lovefest for all things WordPress, and here’s a summary of highlights.
Matt Mullenweg taking questions at WordCamp SF 2010 courtesy of BloggingPro
First the keynote speech by WordPress co-founder, Matt Mullenweg, State of the Word.
WordPress 3.0 will have the following:

New default theme Twenty Ten, with …

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09
Feb

Workshop on How to Generate Leads Using the Internet: Feb 19 San Jose

Philippe Alexis and Juliette Donohue will be teaching a 2.5 hour “Workshop for Generating Leads Online” in San Jose next Thursday, February 19 from 9 to 11:30 am in San Jose ($200 before February 16).
It will give you a solid foundation into the principles of Internet marketing, and how to put them into practical use …

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16
Dec

How to choose a Theme for your WordPress site

Arthemia from Indonesian designer Michael Jubel

Themes are skins which are implement on top of WordPress installations. The way WordPress works makes it possible to switch from one theme to the other without affecting the content of a site.
The beauty about WordPress themes is that there are thousands available, both free and for less than $100.
We often tell clients that we …

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15
Dec

New Major Version of WordPress Released: 2.7

0812-plugin-screen

The much awaited 2.7 was released.
Much-awaited because it is a giant leap for the backend admin interface, which should make it easier than ever to introduce newbie clients to updating content.
Also it has a built-in upgrade function for both the WP install and the plugins, saving a lot time. Talking about plugins, you can search and …

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10
Dec

2006 Tech Exchange Workshop

I’ll be speaking on Ecommerce this Thursday December 14 at the Entrepreneur Center of the SBDC TAP (Small Business Development Center Technology Advisory Program, 84 W. Santa Clara St – downtown San Jose 95113)
The holiday party starts at 6pm and will include:

15 Minute Technology Demonstrations on Mobility, e-commerce, Finance, VoIP
Valuable door prizes
FREE online subscription to …

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17
Aug

“Hidden Gems” Blog in Palo Alto Weekly

Yesterday this blog was menioned in the Palo Alto Weekly newspaper in an article entitled Living in a bloggers' world – Proliferation of blogs creates new communities within Silicon Valley .
It's about how different Palo Alto residents use blogs, and includes Jeff Clavier's Software Only, David Hornik's VentureBlog
Pamela Hornik’s Silicon Valley Moms Blog and …

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