New Blog Site for Identity Kitchen
Over the last year or so, I have worked on some great projects with designer Ellen Petty, founder and head designer of Identity Kitchen. I was proud to most recently work on the actual Identity Kitchen...
View ArticlePhotographyBlogSites for everyone! Coming soon…
Cross posted from IdentityKitchen… Now, you know how proud we are of our Search Engine Optimized, WordPress powered, custom portfolio blogsites. What if there were an entry-level, template-driven, DIY,...
View ArticleMajor Security Warning for Anyone Using Ad Services
A client’s WordPress site was recently hacked by some malware, receiving the dreaded red warning screen. You know the one where it warns that a site may harm your computer? This warning comes from your...
View ArticleSEO Image Galleries
With every custom blog, especially for photographers, I have usually been required to add some kind of image gallery plugin for WordPress. I have tried several, but found them all lacking in one way or...
View ArticleWordPress MU is easier thanks to WPMU DEV
Easier is not quite right either. Some of the things I have been able to do with WordPress MU would not be possible without the plugins and support of the folks at WPMU DEV. What is WordPress MU and...
View ArticleWordCamp Los Angeles
In the midst of keeping up with client work and a mad scramble to finish the major launch of a website, it was nice to get a break from it all and be a part of my first WordCamp. WordCamp is a...
View ArticlePhotographyBlogSites is Launched!
This project started a looong time ago, when I first started working with Ellen Petty of Identity Kitchen. As we worked together on custom blogs and websites for photographers, we started...
View ArticleLearn WordPress at the WPWorkshopLA
On November 27th 2010 (a week from this Saturday), I’ve been asked to take part in a workshop called WPWorkshopLA. The workshop is run by Austin Passy of Frosty Web Designs, and organizer of...
View ArticleConnect WordPress to Pictage, SmugMug and ShootQ!
Over the weekend I put the finishing touches on a new WordPress plugin I’m calling “Photographer Connections”. It is basically a framework to connect photography related sites to WordPress sites. At...
View ArticleWordCamp LA Slideshow – The Third WordPress
Wow, it has been too long since I added anything here! It’s been a busy year with building and growing Photography BlogSites. I was honored to be one of the speakers this last weekend at WordCamp LA...
View ArticleMultiSite Improvement Ideas
WordPress Multisite has a few areas I would love to see improved. Mainly it is the process of signing up new users and sites and then improving how those sites and users are moderated and managed,...
View ArticleThe end of the beginning…
This is at least the 5th relaunching of my web presence. I’m not talking just redesigns of the different sites I’ve had over the years (which were aplenty). I’m talking total rethinking and redoing...
View ArticlePAINLESS now available on Paperback, Kindle, and Goodreads!
Paperback and Kindle I am happy to announce that PAINLESS is now available on both paperback and Kindle, through Amazon! Once a book is listed, the author also gets to claim an author page and link to...
View ArticleMeet The Author Event – Holmes Public Library – Halifax, MA
Over the weekend, I held my first ever “Meet the Author” event at the Holmes Public Library in Halifax, MA. It marked the start of promotion for my psychological horror novel, PAINLESS. I wasn’t sure...
View ArticleA Soundtrack for PAINLESS
Introduction I listened to a lot of music while I wrote PAINLESS. Most of the list below was part of that — some of it played many, many times. Other songs have connections to the personal side of...
View ArticlePainless Blog Tour
For the next couple weeks, Painless will be making the rounds on a blog tour, thanks to the incredible help of Xpresso Book Tours – http://xpressobooktours.com. If you have a book to promote, I highly...
View ArticleMedical Thriller Giveaway! Three Books at Once, Including PAINLESS!
I’m excited to announce a special multi-author giveaway with some fellow medical thriller books! The Books Painless By Me! The debut psychological-horror novel from author Marty Thornley is a...
View ArticlePodcast Interview – Haunted Nights Live
Earlier today I was interviewed about Painless for the Haunted Nights Live podcast, part of the Authors On Air network on Blog Talk Radio. Thank you to hosts Tamara Thorne and Alistair Cross! The post...
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