(Please note that I’m assuming you have some experience editing your WordPress templates before you read this article.)
While creating the KurtSchweitzer.com website/blog I wanted to have sidebars that were both dynamic (meaning I can edit them via the control panel without writing any code) and different for different portions of the site. Why? Well, for one thing I wanted the home page to be relatively advertising free, but the posts need to have ads on them so I can make some money from my writing.
WordPress provides a mechanism to do this, but I found the documentation somewhat confusing. This post is my attempt to document what I did that actually works. Read the rest of this entry »
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I’ve been looking into ways to make money through my website. Here’s a list of a dozen tools or approaches I’ve come up with: Read the rest of this entry »
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I’ve been noticing differences between Facebook and Twitter. Have you been seeing them too?
Facebook seems to be easier to hold conversations on. Discussions on Facebook get captured in threads, allowing them to occur over time rather than relying on a bunch of people all being online at the same time and willing to talk about the same topic.
Discussions on Twitter Read the rest of this entry »
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After years of inactivity on this site, I’ve finally decided it’s time to set up WordPress and start blogging.
Having a blog here will give me an opportunity to post about more topics that interest me than I can do at Urban Village Scooters. That site is, and must be, focused on scooters and the world of two-wheeled (well, sometimes three-wheeled!) transportation.
Here I expect to post more about using the Web and business matters. Gee! I wonder where that subtitle “On Using the Web for Fun and Profit” came from?
If you feel like commenting on something I’ve said, feel free! I encourage comments. I’m even willing to argue with you if you like, but remember, I control what comments get published. Get insulting or spammy and out you go!
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