Blogus Interruptus
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ot sure where that half a year went. My joining Brian Lamb in the TRUOL Innovations dept. was a fairly unusual recruiting process. I’ll forgoe the details for the pub, but he needed first to introduce a diagnostic period to determine … Continued
WordPress & Microsoft Word
I know they both have the letters “word” in them, but can WordPress and Microsoft Word really work together somehow? Recently I discovered not one but two ways that MS Word can be helpful in your WordPress work. Copy and … Continued
Stock (free) Images & Clip Art
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he following sites are places you can get artwork and images for free. Be sure to check the terms of use, Some of them require a credit line or other type of attribution. Images Canada Central search access to the … Continued
Handling Content
Wordpress has three standard places to put the majority of your stuff: Configuration settings, pages and posts. There are also some non-standard places to put stuff. You will want to think carefully about where you are going to put your … Continued
Site Planning
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is a quote attributed variously to Benjamin Franklin or Winston Churchill. I first encountered it on a hand produced wooden plaque at my uncle’s cabin. The cabin is constructed on a side hill and depends heavily on a series … Continued
Good Reads: Programming Logic and Design, 8th Edition
Several months back I developed a learning plan for bringing my coding skills up to speed. As I started working with a couple of programming languages it became apparent that I need to buff up my logic and design theory. … Continued
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