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February 16, 2015 – 10:48 pm
Last week in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course you were to create your first post on your test site, the first in an article series to help you learn about how to publish posts in WordPress and start of the section in this course on “What Can You Put Into WordPress.” This assignment is […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School
| Tags: article series, content, how to publish a post, learn wordpress, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
September 29, 2014 – 4:35 am
In 2012 and 2013, I did extensive research for the grant program to develop and rewrite the Web Developer degree program at Clark College. This research included an analysis of current and future job opportunities for students graduating with that degree with a solid understanding of WordPress. Now that the program has completed its first […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Classes, WordPress, WordPress News
| Tags: clark college, education, jobs, web content, Web Design, web development, web practitioner, web writing, wordpress, wordpress classes, wordpress education, wordpress jobs, WordPress News, wordpress training |
September 25, 2014 – 2:57 pm
We received a new credit card in the mail today to replace our old one AGAIN. An “unsuccessful attempt” to access our secure security data happened and this is a precaution the bank is taking to protect us. I have no other information so I’m left wondering. Yesterday I received an email supposedly from Home […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, WordPress Tips
| Tags: credit card security, data security, hacked, hacking, identity theft, malware, personal security, privacy, risk, security, security vulnerability, vulnerabilities, wordpress, WordPress News, wordpress security, WordPress Themes, WordPress Tips |
August 1, 2014 – 11:56 pm
The following are the notes for my popular workshop “Your Blog is Your Business Card”. The premise is that today’s business card can’t hold all the contact information necessary to connect adequately with potential clients, but the blog can. It is the holder of your contact information and online identity. The workshop covers the philosophy […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: about page, blog as a business card, blog as your business card, blogging tips, business of blogging, images, profile, publishing, social media, web writing, Writing, writing your about page |
For the Writing for the Web course at Clark College, I wrote an in depth article on “Web Writing: The Editorial Article.” The article serves academic courses on the art of writing for the web, exploring the most common type of web published content found on blogs, the editorial article. Web content represents traditional media […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blogging, editorial, editorial article, how to write an editorial article, posts, publishing, publishing posts, self-publishing, tutorials, web writing, web writing tips, web writing tutorials, writing for the web, writing tips |
In this part of my series on WordPress For Writers, I’ll cover the basic things to consider when using WordPress on site promoting the work of writers and authors. For more on the subject, see other articles in the WordPress for Writers and Authors series. This article assumes you have some basic familiarity with WordPress […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Tips, Writing
| Tags: author sites, author websites, web writing, wordpress, wordpress for authors, wordpress for writers, WordPress News, WordPress Tips, writer sites, writer websites, Writing, writing for the web |
October 29, 2013 – 1:48 pm
Loss is a part of life. This year, I’ve lost friends, family, and pets, and some days the sadness permeates everything. Other days, we laugh and smile. As with all things, in time, the balance between sunshine and dark shifts the scale towards sunshine. Grief is often best when shared, at least during the earliest […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, blogging tips
| Tags: blog exercises, blogging tips, blogging your grief, death, grief, grieving, loss, mourning, personal blog, personal stories, private stories, social media, storytelling |
September 17, 2013 – 4:25 am
I’ve spent years contributing in many ways to WordPress including on the WordPress Support Forums, WordPress.com Forums, and WordPress Codex. The other day I was cleaning out tabs in my browser and stumbled upon an open WordPress.com forum post. I wondered if the user’s question was answered. It was, but not well. I added a […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog exercises, blogging tips, contribute, donate, expertise, generosity, give back, sharing, skills, volunteer |
September 9, 2013 – 9:24 pm
It is September and the number is now up to 9 posts to edit on our monthly Random Editing Day exercises. Each month in the Blog Exercises series, I challenge you to edit random published posts on your blog, adding one for every month of the year. This month is nine posts. You can do […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog exercises, content, definitions, edit, industry jargon, industry terms, jargon, random editing day, random edits, school, school year, terminology, web writing, what does that mean, Writing, writing for the web |
Today it is 8 posts to edit on our monthly Random Editing Day. Each month in the Blog Exercises series, I challenge you to edit random published posts on your blog, adding one for every month of the year. This month is eight posts. Are you ready? It was easier in January and February if […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog cleanup, blog exercises, blogging tips, editing, maintenance, random edit day, random edits, site cleanup, site maintenance, web writing, Writing, writing for the web |
The web world thinks my birthday is January 1. Does the web know your birthday? Among the many Blog Exercises so far this year, I’ve mostly focused on your blog. Today, I want to talk about something related to your blog but mostly to your exposure and presence on the web: your private and personal […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog exercises, blogging tips, contact forms, crime, criminals, cybercrime, email address, family, hacked, hacking, hide email, hide email address, identity theft, obfuscate, obfuscation, passwords, personal, personal information, personal safety, personal security, privacy, private data, protection, security, security vulnerability, theft, trust, vulnerability, Writing |
If you are on WordPress, you are familiar with the concept of Pages and Posts. If you are on another Content Management System (CMS), it is likely you have similar content with a different name. In WordPress, Pages, with a capital P, are pseudo-static web pages on your site. They exist outside of the reverse […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress Tips, Writing
| Tags: blog content, blog exercises, blog writing, blogging tips, categories, content, content management, content order, content strategies, edit, editing, navigation, pages, pageviews, posts, reverse chronological order, tags, wordpress, WordPress Tips |
In a recent article, Noah Weiss shared his struggle to figure out categories and tags on his personal site. I know many of you following these Blog Exercises have also struggled to figure out your categories, so I thought Noah’s site would be a perfect example, He has gratefully given me permission to rip his […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress Tips
| Tags: blog categories, categories, categories and tags, categorization, content, content management, content organization, navigation, post categories, site organization, structure, tags, web writing, what do you blog about, wordpress, WordPress Tips, Writing |
Do you teach or lecture on your site? We all write with a specific “voice” and “style,” representing our perspective on the information we are presenting. On this site, I’m a teacher, sharing with you lessons to help you blog, use WordPress, and publishing on the web. You may share your expertise or your experiences […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Writing
| Tags: blog exercises, blog identity, blog voice, blogging style, blogging tips, blogging voice, how to blog, how to write, how you write, interactivity, lecture, lecturer, style, teach, teacher, voice, web writing, Writing, writing for the web, writing style, writing voice |