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The Beginner’s Guide to *Camping
Reading time: 3 minutesHello, my name is Mitch Canter, and I’m a camp-o-holic… It’s no surprise to anyone that I am a career *camper. I travel quite a ways to jump in on BarCamps, PodCamps, and WordCamps all over the country. Honestly, I’ve lost count as to how many (I know it’s in the upper 20s) I’ve been…
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WordPress BootCamp: Categories vs Tags
Reading time: 2 minutesThis is the second post of Mitch Canter’s “WordPress BootCamp” series… it showcases the ins and outs of WordPress to new users, and highlights some of the more popular (and some overlooked) features that make WordPress fantastic. You can catch all of the posts here. I get a lot of questions on this: “What’s the…
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WordPress BootCamp: Setting a Static Front Page
Reading time: 1 minuteIf you’re new to WordPress, you may be wondering how in the world WordPress could be anything more than a simple blog.
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Top 5 Things to Do After Installing Your New WordPress Blog
Reading time: 2 minutesSo you’ve gotten your new website up and ready to go – and you’re chomping at the bit to add some delicious content. But don’t jump the gun just yet – there’s a few things you need to do before you start releasing your new site to the masses. 1. Change your Permalinks Right now…
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Westward, Ho! (aka, It’s Nearly BlogWorld LA) [#bweny]
Reading time: 2 minutesGet. Stinking. Excited. It’s that time again – as if BlogWorld New York wasn’t awesome enough, now I’m getting a double dose of awesomeness – west coast style. I just got my acceptance email stating that I will be speaking at BlogWorldLA. It’s November 3-5 at the LA Convention Center, and if it’s even HALF…
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A Few Amazing Sites That Can Be Built With WordPress
Reading time: 2 minutesI always tell people that, in my mind, there’s no question that WordPress can take anything you throw at it. I’ve been building websites on it for nearly 4 years now professionally and I’ve found quite a few fun little projects have come my way. It’s always a challenge to make WordPress work in a…
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WordCampFayetteville is in Full Swing
Reading time: 1 minuteAs you can see by the photos we are having a blast here at WordCampFayetteville.
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WordPress 3.3’s roadmap has been set… at least, it will be.
Reading time: 3 minutesHere’s the email I received of some of the proposed changes to WordPress – a lot of them look super exciting (goodbye IE7!) and plenty of them are just amazing. What’s your favorite? User Feature: Media Uploader (azaozz) · Definitely v1: Integrate Plupload into dashboard. (GSoC project) · Probably v2: Improve our image manipulation and…
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How to set up multiple “layouts” in a post loop (a la TechCrunch)
Reading time: 3 minutesI’ve seen a lot of hateful comments on TechCrunch regarding their new design. I’m going to officially go on-record and say that (from a design standpoint) I really like where they’re going with the new style. But, beyond that, under the surface, there’s a few other things that appear to be going on (I say…
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How Do You Stay Organized?
Reading time: 1 minuteI will start this by saying that I am the MOST unorganized person I know. I don’t know what it is, but the idea of organization just drives me up a wall. I am the “organized chaos” or “piles of files” kind of guy, you know? It served me well… up until I started taking…
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