December 23, 2010 – 3:10 pm
One of the projects I am most proud of being a part of is the brand new Stories of Our Journeys produced by Bitwire Media as part of the Making My Life Network. Working with the incredible Kym Huynh, Stories of Our Journeys is a dream come true. Two years ago, Kym and I talked […]
Coming very soon, I’m dedicating a couple weeks to learning about web browsers and HTML and CSS in preparation for moving into the site design and customization aspects of Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course. To help you prepare, today’s tutorial and assignment is to introduce you to text editors. In WordPress, there is a […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Web Design, WordPress, WordPress School, WordPress Themes
| Tags: code, content, css, editors, html, learn wordpress, php, text, text editor, web programming, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials, writing code, writing content, xhtml |
We’ve experimented with image and video embeds in your test site in Lorelle’s WordPress School. We’ve also worked a with WordPress shortcodes in the contact form on the Contact Page, and you’ve gotten a little HTML awareness within your site’s content. Today’s assignment is another form of embed. Today, we are going to embed a […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School, WordPress Tips
| Tags: directions, embed maps, embeds, google maps, learn wordpress, maps, shortcodes, wordpress embeds, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, wordpress shortcodes, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
Press Publish is a one-day conference in Portland, Oregon, and Phoenix, Arizona, described as “featuring inspiring WordPress bloggers and the people behind WordPress.com. I’d rename it to “Rocking Your World with Inspired Authors and Web Publishers on WordPress in the Pacific Northwest!” I will be attending the Portland event on March 28, 2015, and the […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress Events, WordPress News
| Tags: authors, bloggers, conferences, events, press publish, publishers, wordpress events, WordPress News, wordpress special events, writers |
February 12, 2015 – 6:39 am
We’ve just started Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course and you are welcome to join at any time. It is a slow-moving, at-you-own-pace course to learn WordPress from the inside out. As you go through the course, you will need to find more help and resources on WordPress, and this is your starting list. Below […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School
| Tags: learn wordpress, wordpress documentation, wordpress forums, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress references, wordpress resources, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
February 2, 2015 – 4:55 am
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Tony Robbins A website is an intangible, a virtual nothing in which we create something tangible to human perception. When it boils right down to it, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little created nothing with WordPress. WordPress isn’t a physical object you can […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School
| Tags: learn wordpress, site content, site information, site master plan, site organization, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, wordpress tutorials, worksheets |
January 31, 2015 – 3:30 pm
The following are the presentations notes for my workshop called “Blogging Your Passion” at Making it in Changing Times in 2015. In 2010 I was in Chicago for SOBCon, the Successful Online Business Conference, and I had an amazing encounter with a woman on the crowded downtown streets: …I was storming away from the last […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips
| Tags: blog writing, blog your passion, blogging, events, how to blog, speaking, web writing, workshops, writers, Writing |
January 24, 2015 – 4:15 am
I was one of the first asked to write and publish a text book on WordPress. I worked with the BIG NAME text book publishing company for months to create a structure and outline for WordPress users. As a long-time WordPress user, WordPress Codex contributor and editor, WordPress support forums volunteer, developer, designer, and WordPress […]
January 16, 2015 – 3:39 pm
I will be speaking on “Blogging Your Passion” at the Making it in Changing Times conference January 31, 2015, in Portland, Oregon. Produced by author Jessica Page Morrell, this day-long conference is designed to kick your writing and publishing butt in the new world of publishing. The conference features: Cathy Lamb, best-selling New York Times […]
December 30, 2014 – 4:37 pm
By donating generously to Lorelle on WordPress you are doing more than just saying thank you for many years of ad-free helpful advice to WordPress users and bloggers around the world. You help keep the Lorelle engine running. Even before 2003 when WordPress was born, Lorelle VanFossen helped people have their say on the web […]
October 7, 2014 – 10:06 pm
On Friday, October 10, 2014, from 1-5PM I will be presenting a WordPress and Blogging Workshop in Forest Grove, Oregon, at the Forest Grove Senior and Community Center as a fundraiser for the center and part of the Writers in the Grove group. The price for this 4 hour event is $30 ($5 discount with […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Classes, WordPress, WordPress Events, WordPress News
| Tags: class, forest grove, learn wordpress, oregon, wordpress, wordpress events, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress workshop, workshops |
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 11, 2014 – 8:43 pm
The world is grieving the loss of one of our favorite comedic and dramatic geniuses, Robin Williams, and the conversation begins about mental illness, depression, and suicide. The Facts As We Know It: The news arrived about 3:30PM PST that the actor had died due to suspected suicide. CNN reported that according to the Marin […]
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 |