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Blogging

WordPress Changes Lives

by John Lacey on March 3, 2009

I adore WordPress. It is such a far cry from the hand coded pages I created ten years ago. Back then, in an attempt to streamline my workflow, I would make page templates – essentially HTML files that included a header and a footer and some information about the way the page would be formatted. [...]

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Adding Sidebar Widgets In WordPress

by John Lacey on February 19, 2009

I was recently asked how to change the sidebar in the atahualpa3 WordPress theme. The easy answer is through the use of widgets. However I have also made a PDF explaining this process in greater detail with lots of pictures to help along the way. You can download it below. Adding Widgets To Sidebars In [...]

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What Should I Blog About?

by John Lacey on January 6, 2009

What should you be blogging about? Well let me answer with that question with another question. Who is your audience? Now if you’re blogging as a business then part of your audience should be your customers and prospects. However even Wiggly Wigglers founder Heather Gorringe admitted recently that in a practical sense she could only supply customers in the UK even though her blog/podcast audience reached much further.

You want to be covering the topics your audience are interested in, while pointing out how your products and/or services can help them… but without sounding like an advertisement!

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Why Start A Personal Blog?

by John Lacey on January 5, 2009

People will tell you that personal blogs are the bane of the internet. Pundits of the idea will tell you that they they are self indulgent and have too broad a focus. However I recommend you start one. Why?

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