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2008 

Hey, look at that!Real Estate Blogger and Active Rain Member Bonnie Erickson is today's TYPEPAD FEATURED SITE Way to go, Bonnie!  Good job!  Ya thinki if I type "YAY!" enough times, this post will count for points?  :-)Okay.  I can't control myself:  YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! Y...
01/30/2008
If you spend any time playing with blog or website design, you may have the need to find the color HEX CODE to match a particular color in a design scheme .... This little tool located here: http://www.2createawebsite.com/build/hex-colors.html  can make the job quick and painless.Here's how to us...
01/29/2008
Let's say you have a domain http://www.mysite.com,  and let's say you started a WordPress blog in a subdirectory http://www.mysite.com/myblog/  and now that your blog is taking off, you are ready for the blog to become the initial starting page of your domain.Here's how to move things around to m...
01/28/2008
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As most members know, I have made a hobby out of writing tutorials.  Not long ago I remarked to someone that a well written tutorial should be like a recipe.  Simple and precise.And I started laughing because it occurred to me I'd never written a recipe.Well, here goes:  A simple recipe in illust...
01/26/2008
My post yesterday Open Letter To HouseValues (CC. Active Rain) stirred up quite a bit of discussion, and I'm glad it did.  I think AR members need a chance to express their questions and concerns.  As Rich Jacobson pointed out, members have "vested a considerable amount of time and content", even...
01/24/2008
First of all congratulations to Jon, Matt and the rest of the AR crew.Now that HouseValues is an investor in Active Rain, maybe some HouseValues people are here on board reading blog posts, and if so, I would like to offer them my suggestions.Dear House Values,First of all, make use of Active Rai...
01/24/2008
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I've mentioned FTP (File Transfer Protocol) before as a tool necessary for installing WordPress themes and plugins.  It is needed for maintaining any web site.Some folks may be new to handling their own web site or blog, and may be unfamiliar with FTP.  Instead of writing an FTP tutorial, I'm sha...
01/20/2008
Do you ever feel like trying out a new WordPress Theme or hacking your present theme ... but you don't want to make your blog inaccessible - or worse yet, scrambled - while you are in the process of testing new themes.This plugin is the answer to your prayers:  Theme Test Drive by Vladimir Prelov...
01/19/2008
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One of my favorite title insurance sales reps retired this month.She stood head and shoulders above the rest because, while she never once tried to sell herself to me, she was always ready to pitch in and lend a hand.  And in my particular market, lending a hand most often means RESEARCH.  Tracki...
01/17/2008
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I don't post financial opinions very often, so everybody enjoy this one.Let me preface this by saying our business is located in a working class neighborhood.  We also have several rental properties, so on a daily basis, we see good, honest people who are basically busting their rears to make a m...
01/17/2008
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