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How to Add an Additional Color Scheme Option to Shopify Debut Theme
In order to add a new color to the color scheme in the Debut Shopify theme, there are at least 5 files that need to be updated: The basic process is this: Here’s a visual:
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WordPress Home Page Blank or White Due to Default HTML File after Migrating to New Web Host
I had a problem where WordPress had a blank or white home page after migrating from another host. The answer turned out to be that there was a “default.html” copied over that the old web host used, but the new one didn’t. And it was that file that was making the home page of WordPress…
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How to Install WordPress on Root Folder & Sub Folder on a Windows IIS Server at Godaddy
One of my clients uses Windows hosting on Godaddy. They wanted to host a new WordPress website on a new subdomain when a WordPress website was already installed on the their primary domain. I wasn’t familiar with Windows IIS hosting at the time (WordPress is normally hosted on Linux servers), and so gathering this information…
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How I Almost Lost Everything
Well, not everything, but my entire blog. I went to create a blog post yesterday and instead of a publish button, there was a “Submit for Review”. Not really thinking, I just clicked it anyway, the page refreshed, and the post was gone. After doing some research it appeared that the database was full. I…
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How I Use Google Analytics for Business
There are 6 main areas that I check in Google Analytics to get a feel for how a site is performing, where the traffic is coming from, and what the people are interested in. Audience Overview While some may view these as “vanity metrics”, they give you a baseline comparison month over month and year…
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Too Much Content – Advice I Love to Ignore
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been told there is too much content I’d have, like $5. The thing I see right away in the content is that there is far too much content. MORE PICTURES!!” -Sam, Web Designer, 11/16/2012 I agree! We need more pictures. Who’s going to take them? When…
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Content Management Systems vs. Managing Content
If I were tweeting today I would have wrote: WordPress is not so much a content management system as much as a content display system. A content management system (CMS) designed by Erich Stauffer would allow content to be platform-agnostic. In DRY (don’t repeat yourself) terms, the content would be an object who’s repurposing could…
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The Future of RSS
On July 2, 2013, Google killed Google Reader. Thank you for stopping by. Google Reader has been discontinued. We want to thank all our loyal fans. We understand you may not agree with this decision, but we hope you’ll come to love these alternatives as much as you loved Reader. Sincerely, The Google Reader team…
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Amazon Webstore Review
I signed up to test Amazon’s eCommerce Software, Amazon Webstore, mostly because of these two factors: List Amazon.com items on your own Webstore to augment your product selection Take advantage of additional services such as Selling on Amazon, Fulfillment by Amazon, and Amazon Prime on Your Site to grow your business and improve customer satisfaction…