WordPress Themes

10 June, 2010 – 6:32 pm

Good article on WordPress, specifically using and tweeking themes.

Orionsweb has been using the power of WordPress as a CMS now for several years to our clients’ great acclaim!

The following article is aimed more at designers looking to use wordpress in their and their clients’ sites, but there is still value to the end user, if only gaining a marginal understanding of how WordPress might be better used in their site.

Enjoy…
http://mashable.com/2010/06/10/wordpress-tweaks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29

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Alt Attribute – article from SEOWorkers

29 April, 2010 – 2:39 pm

Excellent article written by my friend and collaborator, John S. Britsios from SEO Workers. Well worth the read as it goes beyond the basics I laid out in my article compairing the alt and title attributes and gives readers specific details on how it [alt] should be properly used within a website.

Alt Attribute & Image Optimization

Great work John! Thanks!

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

24 December, 2009 – 9:09 pm

Merry-Christmas-2009-OrionsWeb

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Firefox 3.6 Beta Released Oct 30th

31 October, 2009 – 12:50 pm

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Newest Firefox Beta release is out! Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta Release Notes.

Some of the new features are:

  • available in over 50 languages
  • You can change how FireFox looks using Personas in only one click!
  • Alert for plugins that are out of date
  • Video can now be displayed full screen, and there’s now support for poster frames
  • The newer WOFF font format is now supported
  • JavaScript, browser responsiveness and startup time have all been improved
  • and New CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies are supported!

I can’t wait to play with this one!

Remember: Before you download, that many plugins are not supported right away in Beta, it can take time for plugins to catch up! So look before you jump!

By Ron Boyd | Posted in in the news | Tagged | Comments (0)

marciesmusings.wordpress.com

27 October, 2009 – 10:26 am

marciesmusings_wordpress_comMarcie Somers is a Marketing Professional who loves to write and is very good at it! Marcie was referred to me and over the period of about a month I coached her through starting her first blog!

In addition to coaching I also helped our with some graphic customization, and set up as well as trouble shooting some minor bugs as she came across them.

I wish Marcie all the success with her blog, and look forward to helping her with her Professional Website when she’s ready to begin working on that.

Visit Marcie’s Musings, have a read and enjoy! http://marciesmusings.wordpress.com/

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Why Usability is An Important Part Of SEO

23 October, 2009 – 1:23 pm

Awesome article regarding usability: Why Usability An Important Part Of SEO .

I’m constantly blown away by complicated layouts that seem to say to the site visitor.. get outta here we don’t actually want you looking at what’s in our site!.. The above article gives us yet one more reason to make sure our sites are logically laid out and easy to navigate!

Worth the Read!

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Another moment in bad twittiquette

18 August, 2009 – 10:44 am

Peeved Tweetie<pulls out soapbox, steps up on top, begins rant…> I am TOTALLY blown away by how inconsiderate so many tweeple can be! The eternal optimist in me wants to assume that their rudeness is nothing more than ignorance in disguise.

What’s got me in a kerfuffle you might ask? Let me give you the scenario, see if this may have happened to you?

You’re getting your day going, it’s time to check the DMs on your twitter account… Awesome, a bunch of DMs, some from people you regularly converse with and a few from people you just started following, thanking you!

This new followee not only says thank you but begins a dialogue! Awesome! Excellent, how nice! Not spam! yeah!

So you hit reply on your twitter client, “DM username …” and proceed to compose a beautifully elegant response in 140 chars or less… Then you hit SEND… Read More »

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Blackberry vs iPhone

11 August, 2009 – 11:39 am

blackberry-tour-9630As anyone who knows me could tell you, last week I finally took possession of my first smart phone, a BlackBerry Tour 9630.

The journey to my BlackBerry was a long one and at times confusing! For some background: I had recently laid to rest my 5th PDA, an HP iPAQ running Windows Mobile. Prior to that I have owned, used, abused and put to rest a Palm III, a Palm IIIxe, a Palm V, and a Palm Tungsten E. Then I have always had my cell phone, dating back to 1991 when I purchased my first AT&T phone (1lb?) on the Cantel Network.

So the time had definitely come, to merge these two worlds into one unit. But what to get, what to use?

I needed a PDA (calendar, tasks, docs, spreadsheets, email); Internet tool (browser, IM, twitter, facebook (I do specialize in social media and the web lol) and more); Extras? (MP3, Video, Camera?); and of course I need a phone, and a good one! I was sick of lousy reception et al. Also, I wanted a plan that was affordable, and would meet my needs… Read More »

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Marketing 101 – English Teacher in Japan reminds us it’s not hard | Smith’s School of English Soap Box

3 August, 2009 – 10:37 pm

Love this short article by an English Teaching Franchise Owner in Japan. The majority of us get soooo hung up on Marketing online, that we often overlook the simple marketing things that have worked for all businesses for millennium!

A nice surprise at my sports club | Smith’s School of English Soap Box.

Way to go Derek! And the rest of us??? Go ahead wear your business out in public!

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Don’t be a twanker: twitiquette

30 July, 2009 – 6:59 am

twitter-iconRead a great article today @ CTV.ca: CTV.ca | Don’t be a twanker: Common sense should rule with Twitter.

The adage of don’t complain cause no one wants to listen, has, does and will always apply in any social setting, including online social media.

A rant or pet peeve is one thing, but simply whining about your own situation.. no one is interested and it only makes you look bad.

We, as professionals and socially aware individuals also need to be very aware of what we tweet and guard against accidentally tweeting something that could be considered libellous!

The bottom line: watch that tweet, if you don’t keep it safe it could get you in trouble!

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