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The Interactive Web – Class in Montrose, Colorado

This is a free class for beginner and intermediate internet users as well as business owners, sponsored by the Montrose Regional Library and Zoomla Design.  The class is taking place on Tuesday, December, 8th, 2009 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm at … Continue reading

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How Google Docs Can Help You

Google Docs – Have you ever worked on creating a document only to have some sort of catastrophe: you didn’t push the right button to save changes, or had some freak electrical failure or crash? After possibly calling your computer … Continue reading

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Explaining RSS Feeds and Readers

Another great online tool: RSS RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It is represented by an icon that looks like this: . It can be used to quickly get information out to people, as well as act as an organizer … Continue reading

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10 Reasons Why a Website is a Good Thing to Have

1.  More people than ever rely on the internet to get information. People are entertained, find ideas, plan their vacations, decide where to eat and purchase items online.  By having a presence on the internet, your business and/or ideas can … Continue reading

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Changing the Link Order

Here’s a bit of code that allows you to order the links in the sidebar in a self-hosted wordpress site.  Ordinarily, they would show up ordered alphabetically – which may not be what you want. It was originally posted on … Continue reading

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Help Your Customers Find Your Business

If you’re an independent business owner who is wondering how to start negotiating the internet world, one of the first things that you can do is sign up with Google’s Local Business Center.  It’s easy, it’s free, and is a … Continue reading

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Why It's Important to Blog

Blogging serves different functions for different people. What it does for everyone, regardless of the range of topics, is that it gets their presence out into the world. There are many different kinds of blogs. Some blogs are more personal … Continue reading

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WordPress Comments

WordPress supplies a very impressive architecture for setting up a website, blog or a combination of both. I use and appreciate it every day. On one site, however, the comments were not working and as I went through the process … Continue reading

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