What you cannot do on Facebook – Page Admins take note of these rules!
Did you hear about Velvet Burger? They are one of the most recent companies to have their Facebook page deleted for breaking the rules. They waved ‘bye bye’ to almost 10,000 fans in the process. You can read their message to their customers below. You may have also heard Hell Pizza went the same way – losing their page and 20,000 fans along with it. Hell managed to get their page back through someone-who-knew-someone who worked at Facebook, but sadly – in most cases – if this happens to you, you’ll be... Read The Rest →
Removing a White Background with Photoshop Actions
There are a ton of textures available on the internet, like spray paint drips that have a white background. Usually you will want to to remove the background and then bring it to your design. I created some actions that use alpha channels to remove the white background. These actions are very handy for all types of textures. There are 3 separate actions included in this set. Samples Installing Actions After you have downloaded the file, unzip it and save it to a location that you prefer. Inside of Photoshop... Read The Rest →
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Add your machform to your kimtown site!
Is the kimtown website template contact form not robust enough for your needs? Would you like to have the control over creating your own form? Require certain fields? kimtown can now hardcode your machform contact form directly into your template! Interested in this service? It’s just $35 in the shoppe! Share → Tweet
Networked Blogs – How to Syndicate Manually in 4 easy steps
Lately I’ve taken notice (as well as my clients) that since Facebook started rolling out their new updates, Networked Blogs has stopped syndicating…Here’s a quick and dirty of how to do it manually if you want to continue to use them. Take note though, I’ve started using Twitterfeed on the Shoots for a Cure site and so far so good. I’ve not used it long enough to recommend anything, but there it is. Step 1: While logged into Facebook, click on HOME (top right) on the left side of your home page under... Read The Rest →
How to: Fix your Ajaxed for WordPress Comment Error
Since the release of WordPress 3.0, many of my clients, who have since upgraded, have found their Ajaxed WordPress comments acting a little funny. Commenters are able to comment fine, but there pops up a little red “Error Received” after submission. This is due to an addition of one single, little, annoying line of a few characters in the wp-comments-post.php file. ==>> PLEASE NOTE YOU ARE MODIFYING CORE FILES THAT WILL BE OVERWRITTEN IF YOU UPGRADE YOUR WP SOFTWARE <<== So here’s how to fix it… Log in to your... Read The Rest →
11 Ways To Boost Your Blog Readership
Starting a blog is an exciting venture. Whether you’re doing it to help promote your business or just as a personal enrichment activity, it’s your chance to broadcast your ideas to the world. But, as excited as you are about your posts, it will take some time before you build up a significant reader base that is also excited about your posts. Here are eight easy tips you can utilize to help boost your blog readership from the beginning of your online writing adventure. Follow these tactics and you’re likely... Read The Rest →
6 Best JQuery Lightbox Scripts to Show Your Images Using Lightbox Effect
Do you remember life without the lightbox? It wasn’t that long ago, yet lightboxes are popping up everywhere, literally. In 2006, the first lightbox script was released by Lokesh Dhakar and has become a staple for websites and blogs alike. Though they’re mainly used for larger items, even companies like Facebook have adopted lightboxes to display photos in an easy-to-see, easy-to-scroll manner. The original javascript had plenty of good qualities, but it became widely adopted when web developers started making their own lightbox applications. The original Lightbox has not been... Read The Rest →
Mac Monday – Clearing your Cache on the iPhone
As dumb as this might sound, I have never cleared my cache on the iPhone. While I know how to do it on just about any browser across any platform, it never dawned on me that it is possible on the iPhone. But why wouldn’t it be? It’s a regular browser (for the most part) just like on any Apple Computer right? Well in case you’ve had a moment like me and don’t know how to clear the cache, here is a step by step (that is so easy you’ll... Read The Rest →
Security Tips for your WordPress Blog/Site
Do you use WordPress safely? Did you know that there are loads of ways that hackers can attack both your website and your computer using malware or malicious code? In this post, we’ll took an in-depth look at all of the issues, and hopefully by the end of it you’ll be able to keep your WordPress website, and your computer, safe. But let’s start with a fun look at some recent WordPress Security issues – guaranteed to brighten everyone’s morning BlogPress SEO The WordPress community has been abuzz over the... Read The Rest →
Tutorial: Adding a Paypal "Buy it Now" Button to WordPress
If you’d like to accept payment for your customers, but only have a few products (or session fee etc) then adding a paypal button to your site would be beneficial. Many of you have kimtown client sites, blog+sites or blogs built on wordpress. Here is a quick tutorial on how to add a buy it now button to your wordpress site. Step 1: Login to your Paypal account Step 2: Click the MERCHANT SERVICES tab at the top, then click BUY IT NOW BUTTON Step 3: Start filling out the... Read The Rest →