Learn to customize your photography blog!

Quit banging your head on your desk and learn how to do it for real! Hosting? Who? CSS? What? You're a photographer not a computer programmer for cryin' out loud! The next photoblog101 workshop starts the week of October 10...stay tuned for registration information.



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Registration for the January 10 photoblog101 workshop starts today!

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

What better way to spend January than cuddled up at the computer rockin’ out a fabulous blog?  I can’t think of anything that could beat it!  So get registered and settle in!

We expect this one to fill fast because there are so many photogs taking these winter months to revamp blogs and such.

Here is a sneak peak at the syllabus!

  1. Pre-Class Week:  wordpress101
    1. .com v. .org
    2. choosing a domain name, DNS
    3. hosting
    4. FTP & database (including video tutorials)
    5. wordpress installation
  2. Week 1:
    1. Installing a theme (we recommend SLR themes)
    2. Installing plugins
    3. Installing banner, slideshow and background
    4. optional (migrating your OLD blog from blogger)
  3. Week 2&3:
    1. Modifications:  colors, fonts, links, menu customization, linking facebook/twitter
    2. Choosing a header layout
    3. Pages and Posts
  4. Week 4:
    1. Creating regular backups
    2. SEO
    3. Facebook integration / twitter integration
    4. Feeds

Remember that photoblog101 classes focus on basic and advanced customization of wordpress blogs using a free theme.  Also, wordpress.org blogs require paid hosting.  Get more info by CLICKING HERE. If you sign up for hosting at bluehost.com using our affiliate code, let us know when you register & we might be able to offer a small discount off the class fee!

What about the workbook?  Well, what about it?  You get it FREE at the end of the class as well as access to our Graduate Forum which allows you to continue discussion with other graduates.  But the workbook is still on sale if you’re looking to buy it alone.  Get it by CLICKING HERE!

Already have the workbook and want to take the class anyway?  Check the last page for a little goodie from us to you!

See you there!!

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Product Spotlight | Splash Page Editors

Saturday, December 4th, 2010

Tired of the plain ol’ plain ol’ stuff that EVERY photographer seems to have these days?  We thought so, otherwise you wouldn’t be here, reading our info about customizing blogs from scratch.  If you wanted to be like everyone else you’d buy a limited capability template, right?  We know that isn’t you but this product just may be something you can use…

Well, if you’ve purchased a flash site it probably came with a default 3 or 4 link splash page, but those can be boring.  Why not think about doing something MORE fun and more YOU with something completely custom? You can always create a splash-page in photoshop (CS+) using the slice tool and then uploading to your site, but these solutions are WAY more dynamic and inexpensive too!

Deco Imaging has a great subscription software service called “Splash Page Editor” which is REALLY neat.  You only pay when you need to use the service to change your splash page, not every month.  So, you can update 1x for only $15!

OR…

Kimtown.com has the most awesome-ist (that is a word, really!) Splash Yourself Editor.  Kimtown’s is not only very affordable ($35!!) but eASY as well.  It’s JAM PACKED with features.  Check out what Tamsen – a Niagara family and newborn photographer has done over at Creative Clicks Photography.  She’s MAXED her SEO by having two domains and using an effective splash page! (shown in transition of her slide show below)  Wow, her site is looking GREAT!

The Splash Yourself Editor has a full featured back-end area to make modifications.  The thing that makes me love it most though is the slideshow feature.  It has a very “high-end” feel but is super easy to do!  Go ahead, visit Tamsen’s site and check out how cool this looks!

photography-blog-seo-custom-splash-page

As the slow season approaches consider updating YOUR web-presence.  Start at the top with a high-end splash page but make sure it leads to a completely CUSTOM and great blog… our next workshop signup is in just a few weeks so STAY TUNED.  If you want to get a head-start, the workshop workbook is at a low into price of $129 through the end of the month :) .

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