WordPress Redirect Auto-IM Hack Fixed

One of my clients recently had their site hacked so that whenever someone tried to go to the main blog page, the page would show for just a moment and then it would get redirected to some auto-im advertising page. Not good! But it turns out that it wasn't a difficult...

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So Many Shopping Carts!

I've been hunting for shopping carts lately and there are so many out there it's difficult to choose without a recommendation. There are some that are standalone like 1ShoppingCart, and although they have everything that you many want in a shopping cart they are very...

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My Sweet Bertha

Yet again I've lost one of my lovely chickens.  Well, four of them actually, but only one had a name so far - Bertha. We had some bear troubles and it showed up twice and marauded our hens, killing two each time before we chased it off with bear spray again and...

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WordPress Private vs Password Protected

Sometimes folks get confused which would be better to use on their Wordpress website: Password protected vs. Private posts/pages. Password protected posts/pages are easily defined - anyone can view them if they have the correct password.  Simple!  For example, if...

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POP3 Accounts in Gmail ~ How to Get Your Old Sent Mail

It's really not that difficult, depending on how many Sent emails you have anyways.  But here I go jumping into the solution without an explanation: A client of mine wanted to use Gmail to access her company emails, so we set up her account through POP3 in her...

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New Member of the Family ~ Pi

He's the Pi-Guy, our little Pi-Pi, my little Sweetie-Pi, the Pi-Man, etc. etc. As usual our newest member of the family has ended up with a few different names!  I have no idea why that always happens, but it does. Here's a few pics, I have never before seen a kitty...

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Hostgator Support is So Awesome

Have I mentioned before how Hostgator support is so awesome?  I highly recommend them just based on that fact alone. If you're looking for hosting, definitely you should seriously consider Hostgator.

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Auto PDF Reader in Firefox ~ How Irritating!

I don't know about you folks but I have been so irritated with that automatic PDF reader that's suddenly attached to Firefox.  I much prefer to have the choice of whether I want to save the darn thing or open it right away, and I certainly don't want it to open the...

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Content Aware Sidebars in WordPress

Have you, or one of your clients, ever wanted to have different info on the sidebar on different pages?  I've come across that many times and now I've found an easy solution: a plugin called Content Aware Sidebars.  Hooray, dynamic sidebars! This plugin lets you...

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Aw Shucks, I Didn’t Win

Last month I mentioned how I was nominated for the West Kootenay Most Influential Women in Business Award - the awards were yesterday and turns out I'm not the one.  Boo hoo! Oh well, still quite an honor to be nominated, if only I knew who put my name forward in the...

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SMac Nominated for Influential Women in Business Award

I've been racking my brain trying to figure out who might have nominated me for the Influential Women in Business award, but I just can't figure it out!  Oh well, how exciting! I'll find out tomorrow who the winners are, they pick 3 for the West Kootenays.  You can...

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