Manage Your Google Reputation Free!

June 19, 2008

Have you typed your name into Google lately? What do people find when they do?

Your reputation can be intentionally managed: Read more

Plugin Free Wordpress Profile Gravatars - Enable Them In Your Blog Comments Now!

June 18, 2008

As a web designer, I’ve long held the stance that it was better to have the visitors of your website upload the photo / picture of themselves to use for profiles and comments directly on your site ( local avatars). I knew of many third party websites that with plugins allowed you to use a universal avatar, but making each of your visitors leave your site and sign up it’s own set of problems. Plus there were lots of competing ones to choose, which third party service should you use?

With the new release of Wordpress (the most popular online publihsing platform in the world) support for an globally recognized avatar (gravatar) is built right in. Read more

Should You Use Wordpress To Build Your Next Website? Beginning Wordpress Basics

June 12, 2008

photo credit: Sicos

Wordpress is web software for online publishing. Notice that I didn’t use the word blog, even though wordpress is blogging software. It has been expanded to be A LOT more then that and shouldn’t considered in the same class as most blogging software. It’s a robust CMS (content management system) that empowers every type of website with users that include CNN, Playstation and the New York Times.

With website technology changing daily, choosing the right content management system or simply the actual software that organizes and runs a website is absolutely crucial to your success online. For most websites I’d highly recommend building with Wordpress and here is why: Read more