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  1. Thread: Dmoz

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    Yup that pretty much sums it up. It's sort of...

    Yup that pretty much sums it up.

    It's sort of like the yellow pages for the internet. It holds the same sort of info, and much like the yellow pages it's mostly irrelevant these days.

    DMOZ was...
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    Check out Shopify maybe. Very easy to use ecomm...

    Check out Shopify maybe. Very easy to use ecomm platform, run by a bunch of very cool Canadians.

    Volusion has more features, but it's terrible to use and the people who run it give me the...
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    I have to say, this would be a turn off for me...

    I have to say, this would be a turn off for me (although to be fair, I'm not likely to use other people's themes for much).

    Specifically it seems like you would be reinventing the wheel a bit....
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    Hi Molly, I'm here in PDX too. What's your...

    Hi Molly,

    I'm here in PDX too. What's your cart about? Are you mobile or which lot/pod are you in?

    For those not familiar, Portland has a booming food cart community. Some move around, but most...
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    We don't have a fax line, or even a physical...

    We don't have a fax line, or even a physical voice line to the office for our small company. We use cellphones for everything.

    Our incoming number is a Google Voice number, and we use electronic...
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    Good content especially for designers who want to...

    Good content especially for designers who want to move from static xhtml/css to WP.

    In practice, these days we really have to spend time training our clients on a case-by-case basis. The more we...
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    YouTube is hugely useful for some folks and has...

    YouTube is hugely useful for some folks and has an added benefit of being awesome for SEO.

    LinkedIn is ok, but is less about marketing businesses and much more about marketing people (basically a...
  8. This thread maybe? Guy is confused? ...

    This thread maybe? Guy is confused?

    https://www.small-business-forum.net/website-reviews/4291-review-our-search-engine-optimization-usability-marketability-etc.html#post42441

    I wouldn't worry...
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    The tricky thing is that it's not really a free...

    The tricky thing is that it's not really a free vs self-hosted thing.

    It's a WordPress.org vs. WordPress.com thing.

    WordPress.com offers a free account, but then they sell upgrades to get the...
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    One note: You are using html comments in your...

    One note: You are using html comments in your stylesheet? If so...that's not right. You should use /* comment */ instead of <!-- comment -->
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    Mediawiki has a fairly steep learning curve. It...

    Mediawiki has a fairly steep learning curve. It should be able to do what you need, but setup and management of it can be tricky. Not sure how I would tackle this, but a wiki seems like a good place...
  12. Thread: Disqus

    by mattbeck
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    I think the key thing about systems like these is...

    I think the key thing about systems like these is that the actual comment system is not part of your site, they typically get generated and pulled in using javascript/API calls.

    So they can be...
  13. Thread: Spams

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    The main problem with these is it really screws...

    The main problem with these is it really screws with the usability of the rss feed.
  14. If you don't know, it's probably Linux. There...

    If you don't know, it's probably Linux.

    There are a lot of windows servers out there serving up web content, but most hosting companies prefer linux and most developers do as well (unless you are...
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    Pretty much think the visual things have been...

    Pretty much think the visual things have been well discussed, but you have a bunch of validation errors as well that you should really take care of.

    w3c validator for 501graphicdesign.com
  16. Categories are groupings of posts. Menus can...

    Categories are groupings of posts.

    Menus can contain any links, most commonly to your pages, but could go anywhere (offsite, to a category page, whatever).

    Plugins extend what wordpress can do....
  17. Just thought I'd toss this in: Try not to go...

    Just thought I'd toss this in:

    Try not to go crazy with plugins, 90 percent of WordPress problems are solved by removing faulty plugins or cutting down the number of installed plugins. Good ones...
  18. Nope! Payments and personally identifiable info...

    Nope! Payments and personally identifiable info are the main reasons.

    There may be other edge cases, but that covers 99.9&#37; of why you need one.
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    I use foursquare, which I like for certain...

    I use foursquare, which I like for certain things, but I already disabled most of the places stuff.

    I really don't like the way FB keeps trying to hand over control of that stuff. It's one thing...
  20. What you are looking for is the 'other' CRM...

    What you are looking for is the 'other' CRM (Customer Relationship Management), something like salesforce.

    Useful Project Management doesn't ususally follow the same sort of sales pipelines that...
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    Oh! I had no idea that cutline was the same guy....

    Oh! I had no idea that cutline was the same guy.

    I also made the assumption that you were using the self-hosted version.

    But yeah, that explains it.

    FWIW, I think Automattic made the right...
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    Did you (or another admin) run an automatic...

    Did you (or another admin) run an automatic update to the theme?

    That will overwrite the theme you are using with the new version of the base theme.

    ALWAYS rename the theme in style.css and...
  23. Thread: PSD to HTML

    by mattbeck
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    It can be that easy, or it can be a lot harder....

    It can be that easy, or it can be a lot harder. It really depends on the PSD and the framework you are using.

    Generally I'd say you are over-simplifying things a bit.

    Slicing it up and...
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