Transform your career – learn Google Analytics and become a “Creative Data Scientist” David LaFontaine has created a new series of videos for Pluralsight, aimed at teaching creative professionals to learn Google Analytics, and get over their fear of the spreadsheets, numbers, charts and graphs in web analytics. These are some of the topics covered […]
Read MorePart Four: Tools that let amateurs look like professionals
This is the final installment of our epic coverage of social media tools, what they’re good for, and how you might want to use them. In this list, we will be taking a look at tools that you can use to help improve the quality and professionalism of your posts, as well as some tools […]
Read More about.me, addthis, agorapulse, bazaarvoice, bit.ly, rebelmouse, shareby, social media tools, tinyurl, twubs, twylahBest social media tools part 2: Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest
In Part 1 of this series, we took a look at tools that manage multiple social media accounts. Part 2 was about analytics that dive deep into the social streams and emerge with data that helps you understand what’s happening. These were top-level tools; this post is going to get a lot more granular, taking […]
Read More best practices, FakeFollowers.com, how-to, Instagram, justunfollow.com, Meshfire, pinterest, tools, Trendsmap, Twitalyzer, TwitterHow do you preserve Google rankings when you redesign a WordPress site ?
When you redesign a website, you often have to change the URLs of some or all of the pages in the site. And when you do, you risk breaking links to your website, and confusing Google, which can hurt your page rankings in search engine results. Google recommends that if you change the URL of […]
Read MoreHow can you tell if a WordPress theme is Responsive or not?
Hi Janine, In your creativeLIVE courses you recommend that I get a template for my WordPress site that uses Responsive Design, but how do I know if a template works on phones and tablets? Thanks, John Hi John, You can tell if a template is responsive by clicking and dragging the […]
Read MoreWhat are the best ecommerce themes for WordPress?
Hi Janine, My husband, Harold and I have really enjoyed your webinars on creativeLIVE, especially Creating Websites the Easy Way with WordPress and WordPress Galleries and Portfolios. During a broadcast of another of your creativeLIVE webinars, you had mentioned (3) WP Theme Design sites specifically for Photographers with eCommerce capability. One was Zenfolio […]
Read MoreHow do I change the name of my blog?
I am new to the world of WordPress and I have a blog that I have not messed with much. The whole thing is a little daunting to me. Anyway, I would like to change the name or title of my website. I am not sure how to do this or if I can even. […]
Read MoreWhy are traffic reports from Google Analytics different from Blogger, Adobe Feeds, and other services?
Hi Janine, Do you have any idea whats wrong with Google Analytics. Google Analytics shows me a ridiculously low number of page views including today’s post. Through Adobe Feeds alone, I have 140 clicks but Google Analytics shows me only 78 page views. For the same post, Blogger reports 560 views. Who should I believe? […]
Read More SEOI have a custom WordPress design, do I dare change the theme?
I just clicked the button to purchase your wonderful course on creativeLIVE. Wow… i love that place and learn so much. I missed getting to ask a question in the chat room and thought you might answer me by email. I have a WordPress website (blog) that was “created” by a person who did design at one […]
Read More customize blog appearance, themes, wordpressShould I use pixel, pica, em or rem to set the size when I create styles with CSS?
When you create CSS Styles, you can specify sizes for fonts and other elements in so many ways that confusion (and frustration) can set in pretty quickly. Historically, most of us used pixels or ems as the sizes of choice (see explanations below), but today an increasingly popular choice is rem, a seemingly magical option […]
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