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Finds for Your Website – September 25 2013

Here are some finds to help you with your website, whether it’s for your business or for fun! Quirky Nots Font The Quirky Nots font above by Amit Jakhu was created as a student project for a typography class. Jakhu says, it’s “a little rough, clumsy & fun with a hint of delight.” It is a…
Website Design

Style Website Input Buttons Consistently

Some WordPress website themes style their input buttons so that they inherit the browser styles in iOS. The buttons will be rounded with a gradient as the top button above. If you see this with your theme, but you prefer your own button styles like the bottom button, you will need to add a line…
Genesis Tutorials

Responsive Website Navigation for Genesis WordPress Themes

Mobile responsive WordPress themes need navigation menus that are also mobile responsive, so that they can be used easily on devices with small screens. This custom Genesis WordPress theme uses a technique that hides the normal navigation with a mobile menu button on smartphones. This button technique is similar to that used by the WordPress…
Website Design

What Is Responsive Website Design?

And why does your small business need a mobile friendly website? Responsive website design provides a mobile friendly website for your visitors. This allows your website to be viewed easily on mobile phones and tablets without having a separate mobile website. It allows for easy reading and navigation across all devices – desktops, laptops, tablets, and phones…
Small Business

No Cost Email Newsletter Services for Small Business

Updated: 02/08/18 You’ve heard it before. “Your small business needs to build an email list for marketing. Without an email list, you have no business.” But you’re working with a very small budget right now, so what are your options? Here are three easy-to-use, no cost email newsletter services to use to build your small business…
Miscellaneous

Happy New Year!

(original photo by Amber Pearson)
WordPress Tutorials

Custom CSS with Jetpack for WordPress Website Design

Note: You no longer need the Jetpack plugin to use Custom CSS. It’s now included in the WordPress Customizer. The Jetpack plugin now has a Custom CSS module for you to use to edit your WordPress Website theme. This means that you can customize your website design very easily, and more importantly, safely. Any changes…
Small Business

Do You Find Time For Your Business?

You love what you find time to do~ Anonymous
WordPress Tutorials

How to Use Google Web Fonts in Your WordPress Website

It’s easy to use Google web fonts in your WordPress website. Google currently has over 500 free fonts in their web fonts library. There are all types from classic to handwritten with lots to choose from in between. The easiest way to use Google fonts in your WordPress website is to use a plugin. I tried…
WordPress Tutorials

How to Customize Your WordPress Website Header

The default WordPress themes have some beautiful images to choose for the header, but if you want to customize your WordPress Website header image to match your custom background, here’s how to do it. Previous versions of WordPress did allow you to change your website header image, but you had to resize the image on…
WordPress Tutorials

Get Started with the Jetpack WordPress Plugin

The Jetpack WordPress plugin is a set of plugins developed by Atomattic for WordPress.com blogs, but now available to WordPress.org websites, as well. Jetpack will cover many of your small business WordPress plugin needs. As of this writing, Jetpack is about a year old and has grown from just a few to fourteen separate features;…
Small Business

Enjoy Your Small Business Achievements

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt