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Anatomy of An Awesome About Page
Let me just tell you, I’ve owned a lot of blogs in my time, and writing the about page for the website was always my biggest challenge. I hated it. I didn’t know what to write. Sometimes, I wouldn’t even have an about page because I hated it so much. Other times, I’d just fill…
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How To Add a Watermark to your Photos on iPhone or iPad
Social media is great, but it has its downsides, too. One of these is that on most social media platforms, you don’t actually own the content and pictures that you post. Anyone can take that photo and do what they want with it…including sell them for $100k each. One way you can help protect your…
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Improve Your Website’s Loading Speed with One Simple Tip
I was recently developing a new theme that features large images on the homepage. Somehow, I needed the images to be big and high quality without dramatically affecting the loading time. Sometimes, resizing and and “saving for web and devices” in Photoshop is not enough! Start With a Straight-From-Camera Image I’m starting out with a…
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WordPress Security: Protect Your Site with 2 Simple Tips
Wordpress security is a topic that everyday users don’t usually think of. WordPress is one of, if not the, leading content management software available. Over 60 million websites use WordPress, and we don’t oftentimes hear about WordPress hacks or attacks. But they do happen, and you need to be able to protect yourself and your…
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WordPress 101: Fixing the White Screen of Death
In the world of WordPress, there is a horrifying, mysterious, and ever-infuriating phenomena that is referred to as… *dun dun dun* …The White Screen of Death. The terrifying affliction comes on quickly, and you’re often left wondering what exactly you did to cause it. The good news? It’s not a big deal, and you can…
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Quick Tip: Customize Your WordPress Dashboard in Seconds
I’m not the most observant person in the world and have a tendency to easily overlook things. If you’re like me and you’re a WordPress user, you might have never noticed the fact that your WordPress dashboard–the main screen you see when you first login to your WordPress admin area–is totally customizable. Pretty sweet, huh? Here’s…
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Ask Ashley, Volume 3: Handy HTML Basics
Today’s Ask Ashley post mostly covers some handy HTML codes that I often find people are asking about. While any kind of code tends to look daunting, these are quite basic and learning them comes in handy more often than not! Q: What is the name of your font that you use for “Dinosaur…
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Image Optimization: 5 Basic Tips to Improve Design & Load Time
I see a lot of bloggers making huge mistakes when it comes to the way they display images on their blog. Not only are many of these mistakes ugly and annoying to your readers, making them may slow down your website somethin’ fierce. 1. Limit Dem Images Yeah, we get it, you’re an ahhhhmazing photographer…
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How To Download and Install Fonts
Q: I love your font posts, but I have no idea how to download and start using the fonts on my computer! HELP! No problem, I got you! I’ve been getting this type of question quite a lot lately! Downloading and installing new fonts might seem daunting if you’ve never done it before, but it’s…
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How-To: Make this Wedding Invitation in Photoshop
With wedding season comes wedding invitations, and I’ve seen my fair share of ugly DIY creations this year. Just because you’re on a budget and don’t want to spend $$$ on fancy invitations does not mean you’re stuck with creating a Comic Sans adorned document in Microsoft Word. Grab a copy of Photoshop and whip…
