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WordPress Means Do It Yourself, Right?

September 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

3 Popular Misconceptions

WordPress is becoming one of the most widely used website platforms these days with over 25 million installs. Just to clarify, I’m not talking about the blogging site WordPress.com which is a way for people to sign up for a free blog on Automattic’s servers. I am talking about the WordPress software one installs and creates a website within ones own server environment, sometimes referred to as ‘self hosted WordPress’.  Some major players are now using WordPress such as CNN and The New York Times. An excellent article on why WordPress is such a good solution [Read more...]

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Website Management for Non-Coders

July 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Non-Coders Website ManagementPeople today want to manage their own website, and it seems a good idea – on the surface.  I get a lot of calls for little updates and tweaks on people’s sites and much as I love my clients it does break into the day a bit. On their side they hate getting the little bills from me!  I’m not saying I’m not available – far from it! But people kind of like being in charge of their own stuff. What many people don’t realise, though,  is that there are many pitfalls to running your own website – because they don’t understand what websites are.  Here are some simple rules to help you come to grips with your own website. [Read more...]

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And Now The Beautiful

March 25, 2011 By 1 Comment

After my recent rave about CMS sites I have to eat my words in way. I have become an avid fan of WordPress websites and this is my latest creation – my own site.  I am working towards some video which will help my clients be able to get the best out of their WordPress sites.  I do however [Read more...]

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Content Management – The Ugly Truth

October 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

One thing I get asked a lot is “Can you manage my CMS for me?”, and digging a little deeper I find it’s not the content they really want managed but the looks, or styling, of the website – which is a completely different kettle of fries.

There are many different ways of building websites, and many different types of CMS sites. [Read more...]

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