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Optimizing Photos

By on October 22, 2018
Posted in How To, Images

Optimizing photos is more important than ever since large photos are a big factor in slowing down your site. And page load speed is an important factor to Google. Here are some directions that will help you optimize and reduce your photos: First, check the dpi and change it to 72 if it isn’t already. […]

How to Upload a Video to YouTube

By on July 5, 2018
Posted in How To, Uncategorized, YouTube

Here are simple instructions for uploading videos from your computer or from Google Drive. To upload videos from your computer First, login to your YouTube account. Click the “Upload Video” on the top right of the page: If you want your video shared so anyone can access it, choose “Public” from the drop down list: […]

Create Google Reviews Links

By on September 29, 2016
Posted in Google, How To

Google has been updating Google + and Google Maps. If you created a link to allow customers to review your business on Google in the past, you may want to check it as it’s most likely out-of-date. Here are the directions to create a Google Review link to post to your website or give to […]

How to install Xampp on Windows for WordPress and point to project folder

By on August 25, 2012
Posted in Computer Software Tutorials, How To

Installing Xampp on Windows Xampp is a development tool that allows web developers and programmers to test their work locally before uploading it to the internet. It’s a great tool for testing popular web applications like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal. Before we start, it’s important to know that Skype can conflict with Xampp and create a […]

How to Turn off Facebook Chat

By on August 15, 2012
Posted in Facebook, How To

Do you ever feel like Facebook chat is a bother and you’d love to turn it off so people won’t bother you?  If so, I’m with you. I love chatting with friends, however, I often have Facebook open while I’m working on clients’ Facebook Fan Pages (well, I keep it open to check notifications and […]