Category Archives: Blogging

Blogging Terms

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Blogging Terms and Definitions In a recent article “Website Terms” I explained common terms used when working on your site.  In this article I explain the blogging terms you should know if you are using a blog on your website. I have tried to keep it simple providing definitions for the most common terms and things you may ask about. 1. Avatar An avatar is a graphic image or picture that represents a user. You typically see it next to their comment on a blog. Look …
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Comments or not

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How comments work with WordPress. Love them, hate them, disable them. With WordPress.org or any blogging platform there is an area where visitors to you site can leave comments on your posts. It is usually found under the post with a form your visitors fill in with their website address, email (which is not published) and their comments. I think one reason why people may shy away from blogging is because of the dreaded “no comments”. It’s like no body …
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Make Your Website Content Stronger

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A list of ideas to implement and make your website content stronger. Looking at artists sites I see one thing that  strikes me as odd. Artists are visual people right, image is worth a thousand words and all that. What I see alot, are blog posts with out images and portfolio images with out descriptive text. Make your site stronger by: If you are writing about a process to create a work of art show us images of the process. If you have …
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Guest Post at Artbizblog.com

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Artbizblog.com and I share a name so why not share a post. I invite you to visit artbizblog.com and have a read through my second guest post: Pins & Needles: Proof that words can help you be found on line If you have a success story about how your website or blog has furthered your art career please leave a comment. We would love to share it with our readers.

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Blogging Worked for Me

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Remember these two posts that I wrote about why artists should blog? Blog but not be a blogger The real reason artists need to blog Update 2013 – Pins & Needles Exhibition will be at BANNISTER GALLERY at RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, Providence, RI http://www.ric.edu/bannister/ Tentative dates are end of June to end of July, 2013. Well I get to be my own success story. It works! A couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from New Haven artist …
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