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CSS: Where Did the Layers Go?

CSS: Where Did the Layers Go?

When you are first working on a responsive site, well, actually, when you are learning CSS in general, layers tend to disappear on you. At first it’s very frustrating, but maybe the layer is actually there, just not visible.

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Plugin Writers Don’t Have Crystal Balls

Plugin Writers Don’t Have Crystal Balls

… they can’t foretell every possible situation where people will want their plugin (or theme) to work. That means that just because a plugin is supposed to do a specific job, it doesn’t mean it will do what you want, in your specific case. Sometimes the reason a plugin is …

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Cookin’ and a’Codin’: On not Throwing out Learning and Lemon Peels

Cookin’ and a’Codin’: On not Throwing out Learning and Lemon Peels

What Can You Do with Citrus Peels? After juicing the lemons, instead of throwing away the peels, cut them into strips and cut as much of the white pith and section skins off as possible. That leaves strips with mostly the zest and a little bit of white. Boil the …

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CSS: Lining up Page Elements Horizontally

CSS: Lining up Page Elements Horizontally

What I Want to Accomplish I don’t want these two Amazon book listings on my site to stack vertically. I want them side-by-side. I can do that with CSS. What the Browser Does without Extra Instructions The browser goes down the list of items/elements you want on a page and …

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Web Development Tools: Taking a Database Dump with PHPMyAdmin

Web Development Tools: Taking a Database Dump with PHPMyAdmin

  I have been adding quite a few posts and images to my new website. If I don’t have a backup plan, I could lose it all. If my site is hacked, I could lose it all. 4 options I have for backing up my database are: 1) pay my …

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Part of Website Planning is Figuring out Categories and Names

Part of Website Planning is Figuring out Categories and Names

If you have two files or folders or categories or whatever with the same name, you confuse the computer.

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Should I have a Phone Number in the Banner?

Should I have a Phone Number in the Banner?

The banner of https://montanawebmaster.com now has a Contact link and form. Is that enough? What are the benefits and drawbacks of having a phone number in the banner too … where it is easy to use?

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Making Lousy Use of Website Navigation

Making Lousy Use of Website Navigation

The closer you can come to meeting the Viewer’s agenda, or at least promising to, the more likely they are to allow your agenda in their picture. Ideally, your agendas match, reciprocally. Your navigation should help your viewers find what they want, not what you want.

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Now, How Did That Happen? Debugging your Website

Now, How Did That Happen? Debugging your Website

Every home page “Feature Box” where I used the WordPress logo has a faint icon behind it (see screenshot 1). It’s not from the WordPress logo; it’s from the Kahuna theme. Time for some debugging!

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Companies That Use LinkedIn for Cold Calls

Companies That Use LinkedIn for Cold Calls

The following are my response to companies who abuse LinkedIn by having sales people to connect with me, only to send me a sales message.

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