If you've ever wanted to make a graphic, banner, or Facebook cover image but don't have a fancy schmantzy program to do it with, you're gonna like Canva.com. The service is new and in Beta now, but you can still reserve your username. Then a few days later, you'll get an invitation to join the closed Beta. You should do it. Canva makes making images quick and easy. The other great thing is it's free unless you use one of their premium images. The thing is you can upload your own pictures … [Read more...]
7 Reasons Why WordPress Doesn’t Suck
Why WordPress? Millions know about and use WordPress.com to create great looking free blogs. I think it’s safe to say that WordPress introduced web publishing to the masses. Before WordPress, the art of creating and maintaining a website took a lot of time and was difficult at best. Why WordPress? Today it's so simple that even a caveman can do it. It's easy to confuse WordPress.com and WordPress.org. WordPress.com is the free site. WordPress.org is where you get the self hosted version … [Read more...]
Web Hosting and Your Web Estate
This post is part of a series about Building Your Site with WordPress. Previously, we talked about domains as they relate to our goal of building a Web Estate (website) to promote our products, ideas, or causes. In this post let's look into web hosting for your domain. You'll find a basic hosting definition, and more specific definitions for three different kinds of hosting services: shared hosting, dedicated hosting, and virtual hosting. We'll also look into the cons and pros of free … [Read more...]
