Not everyone follows instructions. When upgrading your WordPress site not following the upgrade instructions can cause some really unpleasant things to happen and give some scary error messages. Maybe you messed things up through ignorance. Or if you're like me you might just try doing it wrong … Read more about Errors Upgrading WordPress – Troubleshooting Tips
When Hosting Goes Bad
Web hosting is not a 100% thing. I tell people that while most reputable hosts legitimately claim 99% up time things do break. It doesn't matter whether they are mechanical or electronic. Bad things happen from time to time. That 99% figure is an average. What that means is that during any given … Read more about When Hosting Goes Bad
Add Functionality to WordPress with Plugins
WordPress is a powerful web publishing platform. That statement almost goes without saying. Because it is open source there is a tremendous amount of support for the platform freely available out there. And you can really add functionality to your WordPress site by adding plugins. What Plugins … Read more about Add Functionality to WordPress with Plugins
We’re Blog of the Day at FuelMyBlog!
Just saw the email letting me know SuccessCREEations has been named Blog of the Day at FuelMyBlog. How totally cool! Thanks, guys! Even sent me a snazzy new icon to put in my sidebar letting everyone know 'bout it too. So go ahead and click on it and fuel my blog! … Read more about We’re Blog of the Day at FuelMyBlog!
Consider Carefully What Name You Use to Comment
Lorell VanFossen has a great post up over at the Blog Herald asking the question What Do You Put in the Name of a Comment Form? It is something to consider carefully. As Lorelle points out you have three basic choices of what to enter in that field when you leave a comment. You can type in … Read more about Consider Carefully What Name You Use to Comment
See Which Pages Others are Viewing with Who’s Among Us.
I've been test driving a little blog widget from a service called Who's Among Us. So far I've got to say so far I like it. It is elegantly simple in what it does. It shows which pages other folks are currently viewing on your site. What it does When you install their widget on your site … Read more about See Which Pages Others are Viewing with Who’s Among Us.
3 Reasons Why You Should STOP Forwarding Those Emails
I'm not a fan of email forwards. There is so much junk flowing around these days and quite frankly I don't have time for all that. It can be addicting, I know. You may not realize it, but there are some very good reasons why you should control yourself from hitting the Forward button, piling in a … Read more about 3 Reasons Why You Should STOP Forwarding Those Emails
Switching to a Mac
We've got enough going on here at SuccessCREEations these days that it is time to upgrade my computer. I've been putting it off for quite a while now but decided the time had come. This computer has served us well in spite of me asking it to do far more than it was designed to handle. When we … Read more about Switching to a Mac
FeedBurner Stats PRO and MyBrand Now for Free!
If you are using FeedBurner to manage the RSS feed for your web site/blog (and there aren't many reasons not to be) there's a new treat in store for you. You can now upgrade your FeedBurner account and get Stats PRO and MyBrand - For FREE! Check out their FreeBurner for Everyone post on their … Read more about FeedBurner Stats PRO and MyBrand Now for Free!
One Gadget Behind
But it's the right gadget for us! Gorgeous and I are talking about getting Treo's. The key idea is to get a tool that will help us get a grip on our schedules, and help us keep all our contact info, appointments, etc. organized. Believe it or not the whole thing was her idea! That kind of … Read more about One Gadget Behind
Reduce Windows Freeze-ups and Crashes with MemoKit Memory Manager
Windows Problems I don't know if you're like me but my computer's not very sporty. When we bought it the idea was that we were buying a basic no frills computer for my not-so-techie (but Gorgeous!) wife so she could have a reliable machine for email and cruising the web. I would get a machine … Read more about Reduce Windows Freeze-ups and Crashes with MemoKit Memory Manager