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[16 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 372 views ]
New Site: nobleMother.com!

I’m happy to welcome Raelee Peirce of nobleMother.com to the vAS family of websites. Raelee wanted both a move from WordPress.com to a self-hosted installation and a move from a traditional blog format to a heavily customized magazine-style layout, so I did both at the same time. That’s the beauty of WordPress - you don’t have to stick with what your chosen theme gives you out of the box. You can use it simply as a place to start! The most fun part of this project was creating this logo. …

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[29 Aug 2008 | One Comment | 637 views ]
Why WordPress?

About three months ago, I made a momentous decision where vAssistant Services and WordPress were concerned.

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[24 Aug 2008 | 3 Comments | 710 views ]
Build Traffic With Business Cards

There are lots of creative uses for business cards.

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[23 Aug 2008 | 2 Comments | 501 views ]
New Site: Giggle On!

Come on everybody! Get your Giggle On! Help me welcome Christa to the vAS family! I had SO MUCH fun building this site! I’ve already subscribed to the feed, and I suggest everyone do the same.

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[30 Jul 2008 | One Comment | 408 views ]
Tweak Your Photos With PhotoShop Express

I’ve been using Photoshop since version 7.0 and I’m STILL learning how to do things to my photos with it. But not everyone wants to spend (or has laying around to spend!) a few hundred bucks to tweak their photos. Now, you don’t have to!

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[27 Jul 2008 | No Comment | 393 views ]

If you’ve upgraded your WP blog to WordPress 2.6 and are the only author of the blog, you might want to consider turning off the post revisions feature to keep your database from becoming bloated. Most single user blogs do not require the post revision feature.

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[27 Jul 2008 | No Comment | 319 views ]
Drive Traffic to Your Blog Via Memes

Memes are a great way to introduce your blog to others and build traffic. They’re also great writing prompts, too, which is invaluable when you’re ’stuck’ trying to think up a meaningful blog post. What is ‘a meme’? Well, actually, it can mean a few things. Read on…

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[18 Jul 2008 | One Comment | 952 views ]
Link to Your Own Content Without Mucking Up Your Comments

Eliminate the ‘extra work’ of unwanted pingbacks.

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[14 Jul 2008 | No Comment | 304 views ]

WordPress 2.6 is now available! Let me know if you’d like help upgrading.

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[13 Jul 2008 | 2 Comments | 379 views ]

Excellent list of WordPress plugins to peruse: 50+ Wordpress Plugins & Hacks Candy Store