Category Archives: Technical Talk

Moving a WordPress site to a new host is a giant pain!

Moving a WordPress site to a new host is a giant pain.   That is especially true if you are using a lot of plugins and custom work.  In our case we have six old blogs that are sitting on … Continue reading

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The Money is in the List!

I’ve been hearing that for years.  I have always ignored it.  Lists are a big hassle to keep clean.  You need to have unique material  you want to share with your list on a regular basis.  A list is a … Continue reading

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Camera RAW is just a Marketing Ploy

I am one of those amateur photographers who was always impressed with how the pros would start with RAW images and bring out the absolute best from their originals.  When the Canon EOS Rebel T2i was announced the fact that … Continue reading

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18 MegaPixels & Stock Photography

It will soon be possible to buy an 18 megapixel SLR for less than $1,000.  Costco and other stores now offer huge (20″ x 30″) prints very cheaply.  With this kind of power in the hands of consumers and amateur … Continue reading

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EPN Changes

EPN is the Ebay program where website publishers are paid to send traffic to Ebay.  If the visitors buy something the publishers is paid part of the final value fee as a commission.  In the past it has made some … Continue reading

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Using WordPress to re-purpose an old book

I have an old book I am using for background content on ArchitecturalMillwork.com.  This was a book for architects and builders to use for ideas and it doesn’t have the usual chapter structure of a book.  I am new to … Continue reading

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Domain Portfolio Management

The annual renewal fees for domain names become painful when you have enough of them.  With the rampant speculation in good domains a developer must buy names when they become available.  However, it is really easy to buy more domains, … Continue reading

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.htaccess & 301 Redirect

If you are updating an old site that has pages indexed in the search engines you don’t want to just move the content to a new page.  If you do, visitors will get a 404 page not found message.  You … Continue reading

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