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Information Architects – The 100% Easy-2-Read Standard

Most websites are crammed with small text that’s a pain to read. Why? There is no reason for squeezing so much information onto the screen. It’s just a stupid collective mistake that dates back to a time when screens were really, really small. So… Type Size Comparison Screen vs. magazine: 100% is NOT big; image …

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Average 1 Year Minimum Costing for Serious Websites (no e-commerce)

Ideal Web Hosting – $85 Domain Name – 3 domains x $9 = $27 Autoresponder/Email Marketing = $10 x 12months = $120 Custom WordPress theme and installation = $400 Content Writer for initial launch=$300 Web Ads for first 3 months=$150 Freelancer to set up directory, listings, social profiles=$100 Total=$1182 On the cheap Web Hosting – …

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Mirroring a WordPress site (back up and restore to a different hosting)

Tools: PhpMyAdmin FTP client (I use fireftp for firefox) or your hosting’s Cpanel file manager WordPress plugin: WP-DB-Backup WordPress plugin: BTE’s WordPress Backup WordPress plugin: Search and Replace notepad for editing Steps A (for original hosting or hosting 1) Turn Off all and any caching plugins (like Total Cache etc.) Use WP-DB-Backup to generate a …

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Recent Projects

Development of SHEDmfi.org website. Development of GameOpsInc.com website. Redesign and relaunch of jenniepperson.com website. Facebook ad campaign for Zen Zest Asia.

Emergency High Traffic Website Optimization (for WordPress Sites only)

Tested only in WP 3.12 Tools CloudFlare.com and its plugin (cloud DNS) imsanity (reduce image file size) Smush.it plugin (reduce image file size) W3 Total Cache or Super Cache plugin (caching but database caching can slow down site by 3seconds) Autoptimize plugin (caching) WP Plugin Organizer (selective loading of plugins) Tests http://www.site24x7.com/web-page-analyzer.html http://rapid.searchmetrics.com/en/seo-tools/site-analysis/ http://analyze.websiteoptimization.com/wso …

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