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How to Create Email Subscription, Special Offer and Info Bar Popups
[su_note note_color=”#22a1c4″ text_color=”#f9f9f9″]This tutorial is accomplished using a premium plugin.[/su_note] You know this already. If you’re running any kind of website, you need to offer your visitors a way to subscribe by email. You’ve probably also found dozens of services and plugins for creating popups. But what if you need more? What if you’d like…
Read MoreHow I Use Canva to Make Blog Images
I’m active in a lot of blogging and WordPress communities and one of the questions I see posted again and again is “What is the best tool to make blog images?” My answer is always Canva.com and in this post I’ll tell you why and show you exactly how I utilize it to make blog images and…
Read MoreWhat the Hell is CSS and How Can I Simply Change the Font on My Site?
I’ve experienced it myself and I’ve seen many other non-developers struggle with the same question. “How do I change the font (or colors or a multitude of other design elements) of my blog?” The design, or more specifically, the styling of things on your blog theme like fonts, link colors, menu backgrounds and more are…
Read MoreReceive and Publish Guest Posts the Easy Way
[su_note note_color=”#22a1c4″ text_color=”#ffffff”]This tutorial is accomplished using a premium plugin.[/su_note] I just finished creating a form on this site to accept guest posts. To be clear, it’s an interview form for bloggers to submit their guest posts answers about why they chose self-hosted WordPress for their blogs and businesses. It has the standard form fields you…
Read MoreHow to Add Closed Captioning to your YouTube Videos for Better Search Results
In this post I’ll show you exactly how I add closed captioning to my YouTube videos. But first, let’s talk about why I do this and why you should too. What is closed captioning on YouTube? Closed captioning (or captions) are simply written text overlaid on the video as it plays. You can see captions…
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