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Get This: Backupify is Free Through January 31st

January 25, 2010

When all you had was e-mail, backing up your online data was a piece of cake. Now, most people have information spread out over social networks, photo sharing sites, blogs, and more. Backupify backs up all that data so you do not have to worry about losing it if the services you use get hacked, [...]

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Why Your Law Firm Should Use a Content-Management System

December 26, 2009

Guest post by Lauren Pesko.
A law firm’s website should attract new clients, communicate with existing ones, and aid in the sharing of information among the lawyers of the firm. If an attorney website is skillfully constructed and has regularly-updated content, it can be an effective tool for search engine marketing, while still presenting your business [...]

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WordPress Integrates Location Information

November 13, 2009

Following the growing trend of integrating location information with social networking, WordPress now allows bloggers who host their sites through WordPress.com to attach their location information to postings.
WordPress also indicates this is just the beginning of geotagging features—they plan on integrating location of commenters, poll votes, and even an annual report to users showing where [...]

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Download this: Thesis premium WordPress theme (and a new look for Lawyerist!)

April 9, 2009

As regular readers of Lawyerist know, I prefer my software free and open source. But I am no fool; great software is worth paying for. While I love designing websites, I am a rank amateur. When Aaron and I re-launched Lawyerist, it became clear that I was in over my head.
I needed professional help, but [...]

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WordPress overhauls its user interface

October 31, 2008

Think open source is unsophisticated? Think again. Take a look at the lengths the WordPress team went to in order to redesign the user interface.
To make sure users get a better interface, WordPress engaged the Ball State University’s Center for Media Design, Insight and Research (CMD, blessedly, for short).
CMD conducted eye-tracking studies, usability surveys, and [...]

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Online marketing 101: blogs and social networks (part 3 of 3)

April 12, 2008

Hosting provider? Check. Website? Check. Advertising plan? Check. Now it is time to talk more advanced online marketing: blogs and social networking.
Starting a blog or participating in an online social network is more advanced in the sense that both require more time and a bit more comfort with online interaction. But blogging and social networking [...]

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Thoughts on WordPress.org 2.5

April 6, 2008

WordPress.org 2.5 was released a few days ago, and it contains a number of changes. Some good, some bad. For example, the new Dashboard is nice, but the new image insertion is terrible, and the new Write Post page has become an experience on scrolling on and on to find even frequently-used options like categories [...]

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Online marketing 101: websites and advertising online (part 2 of 3)

February 21, 2008

Okay, so you are comfortable with online privacy issues, you have spent some time on Wikipedia and Google learning about the “geek stuff,” and now you want to get going and market your law firm online. Obviously, you want to start with square one: a website. And a website is the logical next step in [...]

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New look for the blog

January 30, 2008

I decided the blog could use an updated look. I prefer simple themes, so I adapted “Limau Orange” by Bob Jiwakacau, former owner of blogohblog.com. It still looks fairly clean, allows smooth ad integration, and allows me to use some cool WordPress widgets like the tag cloud in the right sidebar. Let me know what [...]

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