Teresa Rosché Ott 
Last night I had the pleasure of introducing fellow Atlanta WordPress users to LESS, the dynamic stylesheet language that streamlines web design and development and helps make sites more consistent. Photo by Mike Schinkel The group has a mix of people ranging from beginning WordPress users to designer/developer hybrids like me to experienced PHP/theme/plugin developers, … Read more
People who know HTML know that they have six levels of headings to help effectively communicate the content on the pages they build. Even if you don’t know HTML, however, you should know the point of properly-formatted headings and be able to create them yourself. The explosive growth in the number of do-it-yourself web site … Read more
I’m currently developing a site design for a client with a huge membership, so they chose a content and member management system that doesn’t quite have the elegance of WordPress but is pretty much the only non-custom solution that can handle their needs. Peeked under the hood of the member management company’s blog and guess … Read more
…use WordPress? No – I’m serious (mostly). There will always be people who don’t want to get their hands “dirty” (if that word even applies to typing on a keyboard) by messing around with servers and FTP and whatnot. I’m grateful for these people because they help me feed my family, pay the mortgage and … Read more
In a recent post about web host GoDaddy, Judi Knight echoes my thoughts, as well as my experience. I don’t recommend anyone use GoDaddy for a WordPress site. This is due to very poor, erratic performance and then a tendency, on their part, to blame the customer and try to upsell you to something you … Read more
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Glenn Muske, in his recent post for Small Biz Survival, gives what should be commonsense advice: Research has found that potential customers need to hear or see the name of a new business three to five times before they even recognize that the business exists. Thus, a one-time big advertisement will do little to bring … Read more
Isn’t it exasperating to only be kind of thankful you’ve gotten a thing down pat because you had to screw it up three times in essentially the same way? Of course the solution lies not in perfection, but creativity. Hopefully your mistakes don’t involve fire. Or children. Either of which can be rather unforgiving.
American flag at the courthouse in Douglas County, GA Photo by Teresa Rosche Ott IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to … Read more
It’s tough watching little guys (i.e., mom & pop shops, solo entrepreneurs, new kids on the block) get kicked around in the marketplace because of their inexperience in one key area or another. I’m a firm believer in the free market and the way – if it’s truly free – it rewards people that do … Read more
Remember the one most important feature for your new website. Focus on finding a system you can and will keep updated. That is the only thing that matters. “What to do if you hate your website” from Small Biz Survival Small-town entrepreneur and blogger Becky McCray offers some good advice for small local businesses and … Read more
