Recently had an issue with the Amazon Associate (Affiliates) SiteStripe bar not showing up. Was screensharing with my good friend Jodi and we were both mystified as Amazon showed that the SiteStripe bar was enabled / active. Solution to the SiteStripe not showing up It was just hidden / minimized! Doh! I can’t get it […]
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Your Obligation to People Visiting Your Web “House”
Yahoo is in the midst of sorting through the wreckage of a massive hack. Over half a billion accounts may have had their info stolen. The verdict is still out on Yahoo’s culpability: could they have prevented this, who was ultimately responsible, etc. No matter the case, Yahoo and its users will be experiencing a […]
Properly setting up email with Google Apps for Domains
Behold, my killer guide for how to set up email for a website using Google Apps for Domains (Essentially giving your domain Gmail accounts) I’ll be adding to this as I have time. If you have any questions, please drop them in the comments. Don’t want to DIY? Have my company, LimeCuda install and configure […]
Make a Quick List of 301 Redirects with Excel
I did a quick video showing how you can use Excel to create 301 redirect (or a similar spreadsheet program like Google Spreadsheets) and create the 301 redirected using a formula to join cells together. Formula format: =A1&B1&C1 Any tips on how to make this process better?
Style Links with CSS by Category – WordPress
A recent WordPress project required having a recent posts widget that each link was styled differently with CSS based on what category the post came from. A bit of a jargon loaded sentence I admit. Basically, if a “recent post” link in this widget was from the “Tools” category (for instance) then it could be […]
Quickly Add MX Records for Google Apps
This is a wicked quick way to add the necessary MX records to your site so that you can use Google Apps for Domains. This is probably only useful and worth the effort if you are like me and create dozens of these setups for clients. Here is where you can download Texter. Here are […]
Style Wikipedia Links Automatically – CSS and RegEx
I recently got the idea to have all my external links to Wikipedia have a little “W” icon next to them in order to indicate that the links went to Wikipedia. The solution I came up with is to use some CSS and Regular Expressions to automatically add the image to any URLs that have http://en.wikipedia.org/ […]
MailChimp – How to Add Images to RSS feeds in WordPress
A client needed to import her RSS feed into a MailChimp campaign but the image wasn’t showing up. Here is how I finally got it to work. MediaRSS You first need to make sure the feed (yoursite.com/feed usually) is correctly bringing in the first image. I used a plugin called wpRichFeeds plugin removed, here is a […]
Track Amazon Price Changes Over Time > theTracktor
Ever wanted to see how prices for an item on Amazon have changed over time? Eh, maybe not but a new Chrome Extension does just that. It is called theTracktor and here is a screenshot to show what it does: I installed it because I am going to be buying my second Canon Powershot (Great […]
Accidentally Changed the WordPress Site Address?
If you have accidentally changed the WordPress Site address in General Settings and now cannot access your site, this post is for you. Inspired by this Smashing post, What Is The Worst Design or Programming Mistake You’ve Ever Made?, I decided to share mine and hope that this post can be my “Iceberg, dead ahead!” cry. […]