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Notes After A Long Silence
First, I want to give a shoutout to the inspiration behind the title, my MassArt Film professor, Saul Levine. I guess part of the reason for my choice is that Saul’s film deals with his life’s turmoil...
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Logging into Your New WordPress Site
Congratulations! You have a new site built with WordPress. Now that you have your new site up and running, you will need to log in from time to time to edit or add new content. Don’t be intimidated...
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Writing Really Useful Content
A few years ago, one of the best plugins for creating a simple thumbnail gallery on a wordpress site was the NextGen Gallery. It was not only free, but it pretty much worked out of the gate. There was...
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Great WordPress Tricks to Customize Your Site
Sometimes, when I’m helping someone to get them acclimated to their new site, I realize that there are a few “Easter Eggs” lurking in the WordPress dashboard. My client is looking to customize their...
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Organizing WordPress with Categories & Tags
Maybe it’s because my first “real” job was working in a library. When I visit a website with a blog, what can drive me crazy is not being able to navigate through posts to find what I am looking for,...
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Top Ten SEO Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
This is NOT how SEO works! What are some common SEO mistakes? Overall it comes down to two issues. One is overdoing it so much that it’s all the reader notices. The other is not doing enough or any at...
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Don’t Let Your Website Flatline!
“Help! My website disappeared!” This is the last thing anybody wants to hear. And if you are the person that built the site, it’s even worse. Now you have to scrub up, rush into the operating theater,...
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Smart Ways to Save & Spend Money on Your Website
While a website for your business should be considered a serious investment, that doesn’t automatically mean that you need to spend top dollar on everything associated with creating a site. When I...
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Link to A PDF or Word Document in WordPress
If you are looking for a way to link text, an image, or a button, to a pdf or Word document on your WordPress site, then this is a tutorial for you. Basically, a Word document or pdf file is viewed by...
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Dive into Divi: Using the Module Library
Image courtesy of Skitterphoto on Pexels One of the best reasons to use a page builder theme like Divi is having a system to create a module library. Why would you want to use the module library? When...
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Dive into Divi: Using the Text and Image Modules
One of the most common types of modules found in a Divi site is the Text module. Clicking on the 3 horizontal bars in the top left of any module will open it for editing its content and settings....
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Dive into Divi: Intro and Basics
Welcome to the wonderful world of Divi! This is the first of a new series on the Jenn’s Web blog that will help you to understand how to edit a WordPress website built using the Divi theme. I have...
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Managing Email with Siteground Hosting
Siteground is a hosting company that I recommend to some clients if they are looking for a way to utilize email addresses with their domain name. Of course, you can also use GSuite (which my other...
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Last week I was coaching a client through the basics of keeping a blog on her site updated. As we talked about ideas like a content calendar, publishing to social media, how often to post etc., I could...
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Fun With Robots
So my carefully planned afternoon of work on client projects took an unexpected turn today when I opened up an email from somebody I had met at my Friday BNI meeting. He had googled my business’ name...
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A Visual Guide to A Web Page
I recently had a phone call with a client that went something like this: Client: “You know that top of the page section with the slogan?” Me: “Yes” Client: “Can those slide through a little bit slower...
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Domain Names and Hosting: What’s the difference?
New Jenn’s Web Client:”Ok, I can’t wait to get my new website up! I have an account with Godaddy so you can just log in and get started!” Me: “Actually…all you have on your Godaddy account is the...
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Using images in WordPress? Size matters.
At least once a month, I get a panicked email/text/phone call from someone. “The website is loading very slow/ the hosting company says we are using too much bandwidth/ etc..” So I go to log into the...
View ArticleA Shout Out to the Ladies
In the spirit of International Women’s Day, Jenn Mears Web Design would like to give a huuge shout out to all my fellow female business owners! Working with you all and learning what you do and how you...
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Creating a Podcast Site
Podcasts are a great way to get people to listen to your content. Think about how busy your day can get and before you know it, it’s 11 o’clock at night and that article you opened to read over morning...
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