Catch Up For those who would like to catch up with previous articles in this series, here they are: WordPress – How To Have Your Own Web Site – Introduction WordPress – How To Have Your Own Web Site – What You’ll Need WordPress – […]
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Search Engine Optimization, or SEO for short, is an important part of web site design. There is actually a setting in WordPress that lets you shut off, or deny, access to search engines. Unless you want to set up a web page strictly for personal
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This is the sixth installment of the on-going WordPress series and I’d like to talk about security. Security is an important aspect of any computer user’s thoughts. There are tons of bad guys out there and they don’t merely focus on the normal every day user. They
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This may be out of sequence a bit, but I thought Themes, Plug-ins, Widgets and Headers ought to come before delving into the intricacies of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). WordPress is a system that allows you to do just about anything when it comes to changing
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Kangaroos are cute. Kangaroos are neat animals that live in a place called Australia. Jim does, too. James Hillier, as many of you know, lives in Australia. He is our beloved DCT editor and probably knows something about kangaroos. I haven’t asked him of late
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When I install a new Windows operating system on a computer there are several steps I take in a particular order. One of the things I do, after paying attention to all the necessary drivers and such, is install all those utilities and applications that
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In this fourth installment of the series I would like to talk about the WordPress Dashboard and cPanel. To make sure we’re on the same page here, let me point out a definition of terms. “Dashboard” and “Back End” refer to the same thing. They
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Solid State Drives (SSD) are the new kids on the block in the computer hardware neighborhood. As far as upgrades go, SSD’s and RAM are the best two to address if you want your computer to run faster– much faster. SSD’s have dropped in price
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What is a Firewall? – Hardware vs Software As the image suggests, it is an enforced protection between your computer and the rest of the world. There are both hardware firewalls and software firewalls that you can implement on your computer system. Let’s talk about
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This is round three in a series of articles about WordPress and creating your own web site. In this post, I will briefly cover installing WordPress. WordPress is very easy to install and, in many cases, your web site hosting service will install it for
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We all know that Windows breaks from time to time. It is part of the daily chore. If you’ve never had a Windows installation break then I can only presume you’re a master or a magician. It could be that you’ve never used Windows in
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In my last article, WordPress – How To Have Your Own Web Site – Introduction, I tried to give you an overview of what you might expect when it comes to setting up your own web site. In this installment, I’ll get more specific about
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Introduction In the old days, everybody wanted to own a bar. You know, serve drinks, commiserate, make people happy, solve their emotional problems, and possibly make a buck or two along the way. Now days, everybody wants to have a web site. They believe it
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Windows Update Windows provides a native updater that is very good and easy to set up and use. Sometimes, you may miss an Update or HotFix along the way. Here’s some help… Today I’ll talk about a little utility that may let you play catchup.
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