Category: WordPress
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Stop CryptoLocker Virus by Showing Extensions
There’s a deadly new Windows virus going around: CryptoLocker. Take all the usual precautions. But if you haven’t already done so — change your Windows folder options to show file extensions. Then don’t click open anything that looks like a data file (PDF, JPG, DOC, etc.) but ends in .EXE. Because then it’s a wolf…
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Are All the Good Domain Names Already Taken?
Are all the good domain names already taken? No, they arenât! Millions of the best, most valuable website domain names are lying around unclaimed. Ripe for the picking — waiting to be registered by someone just like you. Youâve heard the opposite. The world is full of pundits telling you that all the good website…
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Is It “Egotistical” to Own Your Own Name on the Web?
Is it “egotistical” to own your own name as a dot-com? Elitist? Pretentious? Narcissistic? And does it give you an “unfair advantage” over others? Certain readers have been asking questions like these, ever since I started urging you all to register your own names — whenever possible — as dot-com Internet domains. Like I did…
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Owning My Own Name — Part 3
Thank you, Google! By that I mean, thank you for your continuing campaign to raise your search-engine rankings for good, content-driven websites, and for your escalating war against sleazy ones. You’re catching hell for this, Google. But keep giving it back, and keep it up. You’re doing the right thing. By “good, content-driven websites” I…
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Owning My Own Name — Part 2
A few weeks ago, I voiced my elation at acquiring the web domain GaryMatthews.com. (This very website, which appeared on 28 January, 2013, one day after the domain became mine.) Since then, I’ve put some effort into designing the site, and figuring out how best to promote it. There’s a huge amount of work. Fortunately,…
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10 MORE Reasons to Choose Weaver II
I’m crazy in love with a WordPress theme called Weaver II. Maybe tomorrow I’ll find a new love. Web fashions are fickle! But I’ve played the field long enough to know that Weaver II is extraordinary. Let me explain: As a web designer, I’m partial to WordPress: It’s simply the easiest way to build a…
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What is an Astonished Tamale?
Just what is an âastonished tamaleâ, anyway? Several people have asked me what the name means and why I chose it for this blog (AstonishedTamale.com). There are several answers. The first two were promptly pegged by my friend Patricia Visser, in her thoughtful comments on the first article: 1. I love to be astonished! Itâs…