From the category archives:

Quilting Websites

After creating yesteday’s video, I realized it would be a good idea to include a quick tour of the WordPress Dashboard in order to familiarize you with what you’re going to see when you log into the backend.  So, I created this quick video tour:

WordPress Dashboard Tutorial

Next up… Selecting a theme:

Register your domain and set [...]

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The quilting website tutorial was derailed for a bit, but I’m getting it back on track right now!  Here’s Step 2 – Setting Up WordPress.
From this point on, I’m going to be using a sample site called www.QuiltingBlog.com.  You’ll be able to go and check it out as the site progresses.  At some point, I [...]

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I’m almost ready to start putting up the In A Good Way website (just waiting for some content and images), but I realized that the very first steps in getting your own website up and running were not covered – registering your domain, securing hosting, and changing nameservers.
So, I’ve put together three short videos on [...]

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A lot of you helped out Teddi with In A Good Way, the charity that works with Native Americans looking to get their lives back on track.
Teddi has been working on getting a website developed for the charity, and now I’ve decided to help out and work with Teddi to build the www.InAGoodWay.org website.  And, [...]

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I’m writing a quick post to get something out before “Bones” starts at 8:00 pm (the whole family loves that show).
First off, I wanted to let all of you know about my Christmas Super Bonus Package giveaway at my other site, www.MyParentMagic.com.  Over the next four weeks (starting this Friday), I will be giving away [...]

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I received an unsubscribe request a week or two ago, and because the advice was so good, I wanted to personally respond to the unsubscriber. Here’s the note she included in her unsubscribe request (and yes, I did remove her from the email list):
Hi Chuck, just a quick word of advice:
When a reader writes [...]

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One of the top questions I received recently was about starting a quilting website, or improving an existing website.  I’ve been developing websites for well over 15 years, and have spent a lot of time evaluating the best ways to get things done.  I’ve coded sites by hand, used Front Page and Dreamweaver, and have [...]

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