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White space and wordpress

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:50:53 +0000

Usually the wordpress editor will strip out any white space formed by just adding enter or using
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To leave a few lines try this

TEXT HERE.

Choosing a Colour Scheme

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:13:01 +0000

I found a wonderful website for helping choose colours schemes for websites: You can choose from your existing business card/print material to help you make a scheme for your website.

Color Scheme Designer

Don’t know what colour your print material is? If you have an electronic copy ( scan it into your computer if you need to) and use this tool

http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/

The #1 Secret of Successful Businesses with Bryan Eisenberg

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:50:50 +0000

Great Video

OralMD

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:16:00 +0000

Moving from an “html” website to wordpress as a Content Management System for easier updating and a new look.

Home Loans Today

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:06:58 +0000

Kevin wanted to update his Home Loans Today website. The content was good but it needed a new modern look.

Here’s the result. The great content is more accessible and it has a fresh clean look.

I updated the website using a theme from Studiopress. It uses a Featured Content Gallery ( the rotating images on the front page).

This new look took about 10 hours of work – $250 for a transformed website! This 8 hours included formating the new images, preparing images for the featured content gallery, adding the new features and customising the theme.

Click on the image to have a look around Kevin’s new-look website.

Adding a forum

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:45:39 +0000

Brilliant youtube video explaining exactly how install a forum using phpBB. phpBB is free!

Giving WordPress Its Own Directory

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:42:01 +0000

When building a website I will often work on it in seperate folder

eg www.buildyourwebsite.co.nz/test

No one will know it is there if you turn off the “Blog Visibility” in the privacy settings. When the website is ready to launch I use this article to move it to the site root.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

Adding Google Analytics Code to your website

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:44:22 +0000

As well as the wordpress stats plugin, I use Google Analytics for getting statistics for a website.

In order to validate your website you need to add some code:

Go to Appearance then (Theme) Editor and find the header.php or footer.php file (I used the footer).

Then paste your code above the < / body > code
Update that theme file

After Life 2

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:14:51 +0000

After using the free Arthemia theme for a while, Afterlife was ready to move to the premium version. I added some email sign-ups for their magazine and a seperate sign up for those wanting to receive emails of all new content. This is a very attractive magazine theme from Colorlabs Project

Transformationsetc 2

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:59:44 +0000

Transformation Etc wanted to update their look and add some extra features into their website. I updated the website using a theme from Studiopress. It uses a Featured Content Gallery ( the rotating images on the front page) to feature some of their work.

The beauty about using wordpress is this update to a whole new look took about 6 hours of work – $150 for a transformed website! This 6 hours included formating the new images, preparing images for the featured content gallery, adding the new features and customising the theme. None of the previous content needs to be moved.

I build their previous website so I was familiar with the client and their needs. It is worth building a relationship with a webmaster:eEspecially one that isn’t too expensive. That means you can continue to Build Your Website to serve your customers and potential customers better.

You can see a screen shot of their previous website here. Click on the image to have a look around their new-look website.