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How does the internet work?

November 12, 2017

you blew up the internet

It's magic!Let's not pretend to know how the entire internet works, but we can learn some helpful I.T. basics. If you own (and build) your own website, you need a good web host who is also good at teaching their customers about the services they offer.The DNS hosting I use out of Toronto … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Web Design Tagged With: Hosting

Fresh Baked Web Design

May 24, 2017

baked web desgin

Did I mention that I design and build websites? Yes, for 18+ years now.My first big website was in 1999/2000. That site, as my close friends will recall, was ecoexplorer.com, which we let lapse.Young and foolish, my friend Nick and I thought we would start an ecotourism education … [Read more...]

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Happy New Year, Happy New Website

January 8, 2017

Happy or not, it’s a New Year. Let’s focus on not dying, Canada’s 150th birthday, and how you can use the force!With the darkness hovering over US politics, and the sadness of all the great people who died last year, some of you might be wondering what is there to celebrate?Well, there is still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Journal, Web Design Tagged With: Canada 150

StudioPress and WooCommerce Themes to choose from

May 3, 2016

studiopress

As a web developer, I purchase the pro packages to use all of the professional themes made by StudioPress and WooCommerce. These are two well supported and proven theme developers. Before I build your website, you can choose from any one of the professional themes built by StudioPress or … [Read more...]

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Plugins and WordPress backups

July 12, 2012

This article struck a chord with me. WordPress Plugins: Can You Have Too Many?It addresses a question many competent WordPress web developers have asked recently, especially with the growing number of free plugins available to link our clients’ social media and sharing tools.Ooo! Which shall I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Web Design, Wordpress training Tagged With: Wordpress

How to Disable JavaScript in Safari

January 18, 2012

Some websites are blacked out today to raise awareness about SOPA. I think this is great because I share WordPress.org and many other organizations' opposition to SOPA. But I also share Mashable's sentiment about it being a slight bummer if you wanted to be productive and use online tools today like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Web Design Tagged With: Mac Tips, Tutorials, Wordpress

How to fix WordPress 3.3 Upload Media bug in Safari

December 15, 2011

This video tutorial is for you WordPress users out there who have encountered issues after updating to the latest version of WordPress  3.3 —specifically issues with uploading media into posts and pages. "Sonny", as it is called, is quite slick, but there are issues if you don't empty your cache … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Web Design, Wordpress training Tagged With: Mac Tips, Tutorials, video, Wordpress

Add This: A really neat tool for sharing

September 13, 2011

Here's a great tool for your website that facilitates the sharing of content via social media links. It's called AddThis and you've likely seen the little doodads at the bottom of news articles or blog posts. Heck, this blog sports them too, down there just above the "leave a comment" in this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Web Design Tagged With: Tutorials

A note of caution about a PayPal phishing scam…

September 10, 2011

Be on the look out for a sophisticated phishing scam that seems to be attacking PayPal transaction users and/or account holders. Here's what happened to me recently...I paid for a fundraiser this week through the charity's online payment process using PayPal. I also have a PayPal account for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Web Design Tagged With: security issues

A new website for a website guy

September 8, 2011

As you'll learn on my about me page, I have been building websites for over a decade now. But for too long I fit into the classic stereotype; the web designer's website always comes last. It's like the saying my mom reminded me of, "The shoe cobbler's kids go shoeless". Well, here I am with a fresh … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Web Design Tagged With: Goals

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Chris Gooderham is a WordPress instructor, Mac trainer, coffee roaster, urban forest advocate, and Dad located in Peterborough, Ontario.Read More…

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