‘Simple Social Icons’ Plugin Tutorial

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With the recent update of the Simple Social Icons plugin, I thought it was the perfect time to blog about this little piece of gold. (A few new icons were recently added to the plugin- which makes me very happy =) This is one of my favorite plugins for  many reasons, but mainly for its [...]

Add a Google+ badge to your blog or website

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Image Source I’ve been receiving emails from clients inquiring how to add a google+ button to their blog or website. One of my goals this year is to gain more connections with my google+ business page, and soon after the new year I began trying out different plugins for this. To make a long story [...]

WordPress vs Blogger

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*UPDATE* I am no longer offering custom blog designs for Blogger. If you are interested in a custom wordpress design, please visit this page. I get asked the question ‘WordPress or Blogger?‘ by my clients all too often, and I thought it was time to finally sit down and do a little comparison for you. [...]

How to Install WordPress

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Working with Widgets in WordPress

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Today I’m going to show you how to manage your wordpress widgets- we’re going back to the basics ;) The wordpress widget systems allows you to drag and drop your widgets and essentially ‘re-arrange’ them until your heart is content. You can also have widgets in different areas beside your sidebar(s)- header, footer, below posts, [...]