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One thing I really love about the simple portfolio site sale is that I get to make a bunch of unique portfolios for a variety of artists. Tim Paul was part of my portfolio site sale, and he came to me in the middle of it when he admitted that he had wanted to build a site on WordPress, but hadn’t gotten around to it for years. I’m excited to show you what we built together!
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Welcome to another installment of cool things for cool people. I’ve got a mix of cool things for you to check out this month. Don’t forget you can submit your own cool thing using the cool things form!
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When parent company Automattic announced just a few days ago that they were going to be selling user data from WordPress.com and Tumblr to Midjourney (Company responsible for LLMs), at first I just shook my head. I read the details, including the grisly fact that all user data has likely already been scraped and sold, including private data like unanswered asks on Tumblr and private blogs, and put it aside for a moment. Later, a paltry toggle switch to opt-out WordPress.com and Tumblr accounts (despite the data likely already being taken) appeared, and I thought: no.
Continue reading “The Great Migration – Moving from WordPress dot com to Self-Hosted”
Foundation Web Design & Development is excited to announce the launch of a new site for Groveland Gecko, a NH-based gecko breeder and supplies provider.
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Welcome everyone to the inaugural Cool Things for Cool People series! This series aims to highlight some neat things I find on the web or that are sent to me via my form. The things contained within are just meant for a little fun and not necessarily related to web design or online marketing. I just want to inject a little fun into your inbox from time to time!
Let’s get started!
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When it comes to marketing yourself on the internet, it’s a lot to do for one person, especially if you’re responsible for updating your website, updating your social media, and doing everything else to run your business smoothly and effectively. When it starts becoming too much for you to handle social media on your own, you may be looking to hire someone to help you with your social media marketing and presence. How do you determine if the person you pick is right for you? Let’s look at some different social media marketing programs and ways you can tell if a social media marketer is for you! I’ll compare marketing agencies and virtual assistants, and give you some eagle-eye tips for things to look out for when making your decision.
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In the new year, you may be looking to set some goals for yourself, and one of those goals might be taking care of your languishing website. Updating your website is a great goal, and identifying barriers for customers in regards to your digital presence is another goal you should make, and page speed might be it.
One barrier I come across often is a site’s page speed. Is your site a slow loading beast? How can that affect your customers and your potential to do business? What can you do to fix it?
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Having just gone through the pain myself of trying to figure out what’s the proper cover photo size/ratio for Bluesky, I thought I’d share my findings and the helper image I created for it.
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In the age of the digital world, everyone thinks they can just grab any image they want off of Google image search and use it for any purpose they want. While actually protecting your copyright as an artist is a different topic entirely, we talk about how to do your best to ensure attribution is given to you when you’re not there to babysit your artwork.
Continue reading “Keeping Your Artwork Safe: Watermarking 101”
Foundation Web Design & Development is excited to showcase the latest site project in the artists category! Carol F. Creech is a traditional 2D artist, bookbinder, and jewelry designer who was in need of a new look for her portfolio site, and I was happy to help.
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