WordPress Design and Development

WordPress Website Winter Break Special

December 27, 2013 By Kathy

Now through January 7, get your website setup and designed in a WordPress template for under $999*.

Your own personalized Website will be up and running by January 13, 2014.

Only a few websites will be selected under this – one-time limited offer – in order to complete them by the above deadline. This requires the web content with the deposit. Clients with no current content and those not accepted for this offer, may choose to schedule for Summer Break or may be referred to other designers/developers, which will be at full price.

Website content and images will be minimally optimized for easy search engines access and will also be integrated with certain social networking sites such as Facebook pages, Twitter, etsy, Pinterest, etc. upon request.

Disclaimer for this Special Offer:

This offer is subject to limited availability.
U.S. clients only at this time.
Offer does not include purchase of domain name, hosting, and other fees.
All sales are final.
Clients will be chosen based on whether they meet the above criteria, have the necessary funds available.
Client is required to pay 50% deposit, which is due up front and the balance upon completion.
Website will not be released until paid in full.
Clients may be declined for any reason, at any time and they are entitled to receive refunds, except the fee for services that have been performed prior to the time of cancellation.
Client social networking sites must already be setup to be included in this special offer.
New account and page setup for social networking sites available for an additional fee.
Custom website designs available starting at $1,200.

Please fill out this form to get started.

Buy Premise Today for $95!

March 7, 2012 By Kat M B 2 Comments

Last Call for Discounts!

Brian and Rafal have finished the new Premise 2.0 site, which means the price jumps to $165 tomorrow at 5pm Pacific.

The $95 early release steal deal includes all the great features Premise already has, plus the ability to:

Build rock-solid membership sites with WordPress
Take recurring payments with automated access management
Automatically drip content out over time
Securely sell ebooks, software, and other digital downloads
Confidently create private forum areas with vBulletin
Quickly set up password-protected content libraries
Easily build check-out pages for PayPal and Authorize.net

But it ends tomorrow. 5pm Pacific on the dot.

From there on, you’ll spend at least $70 more for the same turnkey digital sales and marketing solution. I seriously doubt Brian will offer any discounts quite this deep again…

So get your copy now! Premise 2.0: The Complete Digital Sales and Lead Generation Engine for WordPress

Security: You're Only As Good As Your Password

November 2, 2011 By Kat M B Leave a Comment

For WordPress Owners/Users:

As secure as your hosting company may be, you’re still only as safe as your password is strong. If you’re still using letters only. Consider your door wide open. Sure, you may be fine now, and nothing’s happened to-date. But when your site comes crashing down, you have no one to blame, but yourself.

Now, let’s say you have both letters and numbers. That’s great! Unless of course those numbers and letters are related in ANYWAY to you, your family, your pets, or your favorite TV show, character, etc. Why? Think about it…with the mass of social networking we do, we’re bound to spill, and leave trails of, what we like. Consider your door left ajar. And again, when your site comes crashing down, you have no one to blame, but…yourself.

Now let’s move on to those that have letters and numbers, but they’re in no way related to you, your family, your pets, etc. You might even use a password generator – not bad – and you even have 12 characters. Consider your door, closed, but unlocked. Sure you’re safe, as long as no one tries the handle. ;) Yes, they’ll have to try harder than the above passwords, but it still might not be that hard. Again, when your site…yada, yada, yada…

Now let’s move on to those that use letters, numbers, and special characters. Now that’s a challenge! But only – IF – that password is in no way related to you. Here’s a great example. Let’s pretend my loved one’s name is Robert Downey (uh-huh). I could take his name and change it up like so: R08{r7|)@wN34. Not bad, right? But any hacker can figure that out.

So what do you need to do? Go off the grid with EVERYTHING you know and love, and choose something ENTIRELY random and unrelated. Choose a password with letters, numbers, and special characters, and make it – AT LEAST – 14 characters long. (The longer the better.) Change that password every 45 to 90 days. Pain in the ass? Yes, but you’re taking steps to keeping your site safe.

The other thing you should do, is back-up, back-up, BACK-UP! Why? If a hacker wants in, nothing will stop them. So backing up your data weekly (or as often as you post), keeps your content safe. And should your site go down, you can always install a fresh copy, with all your content in check.

Oh, and One More Thing:

Never, ever, EVER use “admin” (or ANY variation of the word) as your username. You’re just begging for trouble if you do. Why? It’s the first thing they look for!

Now It’s Your Turn:

What’s your most recent security or password nightmare?

WordPress – Adding Images and Resizing

October 27, 2010 By Kat M B Leave a Comment

Question from Michael:

Hi Kath,

I’m uploading images (see sample of engaged couple) this image is 1280×1040 and you can see how small it appears. Do you have a different way of uploading the images so they appear larger other than using the image button on the post section?

Hi Michael,

I use the Add an Image button above, as well, when inserting images (or photos) to my WordPress blog posts. Here are a few options you might have missed:

When inserting an image (or photo) there might be a default size selected in the Add an Image window (see below for screenshot).

Adding an image to your WordPress blog post — WordPress - Adding an image to your blog post

In your case, the Large is too large for the main window (body) of your blog. So you should select the larger size, and follow the instructions below.

Adjusting an image in your WordPress blog post — WordPress - Adjusting an image in your blog post

Now follow the instructions below. (The body of your blog is set to 590 pixels wide, max.)

Re-sizing an image in your WordPress blog post — WordPress - Re-sizing an image in your blog post

And now you have your image (or photo) at the size you want. If it’s still too big (or small), just follow the last two steps until it’s the size you desire.

Keep in mind when a image (or photo) is clicked, it will open up much larger in another window.

Reply to Email: How to Gain Exposure on Your New Website…

April 5, 2010 By Kat M B Leave a Comment

This post in in reply to the following email:

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Chris T. <email@email.com> wrote:

http://brucknerhomeimprovements.com/

Trying to generate some traffic for Chris Bruckner’s new website. I put it together for him for a school project. Pass it on to anyone that could possibly be interested in either having something done at their home, or business in the CT area, or if someone you think might like to see it. Also any other suggestions you have to get it noticed would be welcome. You can send those in reply directly to me and we can implement them as we go. Thanks.

Great job with the content, Chris, BUT it should be kept in the first OR third person. You’re bouncing between both on the home page. I would also remove the more personal content in the About paragraph, and keep it more business, and not so personal. Although this is extremely lengthy, it’s good for ideas: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/about/

I would also make his About a separate page, and mention what he does again, why he likes what he does, etc.

To get his site noticed, you need to have:

good metadata and content in place (Carl might be able to help you with this, but you already seem to have it in place.)
a Facebook Fanpage
Twitter account
list his business on Yelp.com, Insiderpages.com, and any other directory related to his line of work (search Google and be selective)

This should help get him started.

He should also add content to the photos explaining what he did, in as much detail as possible. Or he can maintain a blog with photos, and again, what he did for the client in detail. This will help maintain fresh content on his site, and help maintain placement in the search engines. Fresh, selective content is key. Keep in mind it can take between 3 and 6 months to be found in the search engines, so the extras above are key!

Hope this helps!