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Theming 101 on WordPress.tv

Matt Wiebe gave a talk at WordCamp Winnipeg 2013 walking through the basics of theming in WordPress: Direct link to video As Matt says in the intro, his talk assumes you have never built a theme and are literally starting from scratch. You’ll be looking at a bit of PHP…

Facebook Ads for Your Business – Two Part Video Series

I often get asked by clients about Facebook advertising and how to get started with it and so I thought I’d put together a screencast/tutorial video on how Facebook advertising works. You can go watch part 1 or part 2 on YouTube directly or I’ve embedded them below. It’s intended…

Was Your Website Hacked? Google Can Help

Google just launched a site called Webmasters help for hacked sites that walks you through the steps required to get your website back on Google\’s good side if you see something like this in search results for your website: Typically the only time I\’ve seen sites get hacked is when…

Basecamp Power User Cheat Sheet

I use 37 Signals’ Basecamp for managing most projects I work on and I came across this link to a Cheat Sheet for Basecamp users of shortcuts you can use in Basecamp. I like the use of “G” plus a number (1-6) to get somewhere within the website.

Jetpack WordPress Plugin Updated v2.1

Jetpack (download on WordPress.org), the great plugin developed by Automattic – the folks behind WordPress – was updated today with a new feature that allows you to automagically create mosaic layouts of your photo galleries. Previously limited to a straight grid layout, now you can do rectangular, square and circular…