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WordCamp LA Slideshow – The Third WordPress

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Wow, it has been too long since I added anything here! It’s been a busy year with building and growing Photography BlogSites. I was honored to be one of the speakers this last weekend at WordCamp LA where I presented a behind the scenes look at Photography BlogSites. Here are the slides from the talk. [...]

Connect WordPress to Pictage, SmugMug and ShootQ!

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Over the weekend I put the finishing touches on a new WordPress plugin I’m calling “Photographer Connections”. It is basically a framework to connect photography related sites to WordPress sites. At launch, it has Pictage, SmugMug and Shootq built in. You can list your Pictage events, add SmugMug galleries to any page or post, and [...]

Learn WordPress at the WPWorkshopLA

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On November 27th 2010 (a week from this Saturday), I’ve been asked to take part in a workshop called WPWorkshopLA. The workshop is run by Austin Passy of Frosty Web Designs, and organizer of WordCampLA, the annual WordPress convention that had over 300 WordPress developers attend this year. We are open to suggestions for topics – anything [...]

PhotographyBlogSites is Launched!

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This project started a looong time ago, when I first started working with Ellen Petty of Identity Kitchen. As we worked together on custom blogs and websites for photographers, we started brainstorming ways to make something similar available to everyone. The goal was to create Affordable, Easy-to-use, WordPress Portfolio Websites for Photographers. Our Goals We [...]

WordCamp Los Angeles

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In the midst of keeping up with client work and a mad scramble to finish the major launch of a website, it was nice to get a break from it all and be a part of my first WordCamp. WordCamp is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress. There are many held around the world [...]

WordPress MU is easier thanks to WPMU DEV

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Easier is not quite right either. Some of the things I have been able to do with WordPress MU would not be possible without the plugins and support of the folks at WPMU DEV. What is WordPress MU and What is WPMU DEV? WordPress has become a well known name as one of the best [...]

SEO Image Galleries

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With every custom blog, especially for photographers, I have usually been required to add some kind of image gallery plugin for WordPress. I have tried several, but found them all lacking in one way or another. Some end up in a Flash player, making them hard to customize and invisible on mobile phones. Some are [...]

Major Security Warning for Anyone Using Ad Services

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A client’s WordPress site was recently hacked by some malware, receiving the dreaded red warning screen. You know the one where it warns that a site may harm your computer? This warning comes from your browser but is triggered by Google detecting that malware is on your site. First, this is NOT a WordPress security [...]

PhotographyBlogSites for everyone! Coming soon…

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Cross posted from IdentityKitchen… Now, you know how proud we are of our Search Engine Optimized, WordPress powered, custom portfolio blogsites. What if there were an entry-level, template-driven, DIY, portfolio blogsite available? No more updating your blog at one address and your portfolio at another. No more calling your webmaster to make changes to your [...]

New Blog Site for Identity Kitchen

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Over the last year or so, I have worked on some great projects with designer Ellen Petty, founder and head designer of Identity Kitchen. I was proud to most recently work on the actual Identity Kitchen site itself, which got a major overhaul for the new year. Identity Kitchen provides branding and identity design as [...]