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Evolving Home Pages Through the Ages- SEO Moving Away from Sliders
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 19 Aug 2016
Search Engine Optimization has evolved over time. Websites and webmasters keep up with changes to Google and other search engines by watching trends and trying to keep ahead of the curve. SEO specialists and webmasters use complex tools to monitor what users do: Where they click, what pages they visit most, what elements they spend
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Referencing Another Blog Post: Guide to Formatting
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 29 Sep 2015
So you love a blog post that you saw on another site, and want to share with your audience? Below is a simple guide on how to format a blog on your page to link to the other blog. Directing traffic through your page is key when it comes to the search engines, so make
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WordPress Basic Training Guide
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 24 Jun 2015
Now that your website has been completed, it is time to move on to learning how to maintain it a bit. At the very least, keep your content current with updates to your blog. This document provides a quick and basic summary of training steps on WordPress. Whether you’re skilled at using computer systems or
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WordPress Maintenance & Security: Website Security Upgrades & Packages Available to Keep Your Cal Coast Website Secure
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 31 Mar 2015
Your website is complete. And it feels so good! Let’s keep it that way. No website is perfectly complete or perfectly secure. Like any marketing resource, they require maintenance. Like any software, they require updates. Most websites have potential “loopholes” that can be a security threat. These security flaws, errors and other vulnerabilities are what malicious users (‘hackers’)
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Basic WordPress Updates: Step-By-Step Guide to New & Existing Posts & Pages
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 11 Mar 2015
Here at Cal Coast Web Design, we offer blog and post creation services. However, sometimes you just want to do it yourself. Inspiration might strike, or you might have something you want to share with your clients, followers, and fans. We’re here to help you out with your website needs! Not only can we build
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“WordPress
is available. Please update!” — Updates, Security, and Your Website: Why Bother? - By calcoastwebdesign
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- 16 Dec 2014
Have you received an email that says, “[Business Name] WordPress VERSION HERE is available. Please update!” Not sure what to do next? Or what the heck it even means?!!??! Every once in a while, your WordPress platform may request that you update it. X.Y.Z version has come out, and it seems oh so urgent that
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Business Networking Event – Internet Marketing Plan for 2015 – You’re Invited!
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 14 Nov 2014
What’s Your Internet Marketing Plan and Online Strategy for 2015? It’s that time of year again – businesses are taking a look at what’s been working in 2014, and how they can improve in 2015. Cal Coast founder, Angie Weeks, has been asked to speak at Saddleback @ Work’s Business Connection on Monday, November 17th on
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Ever-Changing Must Have WordPress Plugins For Design, SEO, Sharing, Content & Usability
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 19 Jul 2013
We know these plugins update ALL THE TIME. Please leave your favorites and updates in the comments. We’ll be sure to update this page with new tested options. Oh, and maybe subscribe to our blog too. That way you get an email when we post more cool stuff like these awesome WordPress plugins. 🙂
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Tips for Picking a WordPress Theme
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 13 Aug 2012
Are you designing a website or thinking about redesigning a website and looking to save on cost, time, or don’t need a custom website? I mean, someones been there, done that right?Why not use a design thats even greater than something you can think of!?!? If you are looking for templates (or themes as WordPress
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Need Images For Your Site? Selecting Royalty Free Images
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 08 May 2012
Looking to replace or dd an image to your website or other marketing materials? Just don’t have the time or talent to take them yourself? Don’t have it in your budget to hire a professional photographer? You may have been asked by a team member at Cal Coast to… “Please be sure to review your
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Guides On How to Change Your WordPress Domain Name and Fixing A Broken WordPress Installation with Go Daddy Hosting
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 17 Oct 2011
Changing your WordPress Domain Name The following instructions are for GoDaddy and Wild West Domains only. If you want to change your domain name click on the following link to follow a step by step walk through on how to change your WordPress domain name. This guide is extremely useful if you changed the name of
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Google Analytics
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 02 Aug 2011
Have you ever wondered who’s checking out your website? Of course you have! Could you believe that there is a way to get rich insights to the views your website gets on a daily basis? Google has developed a powerful, easy-to-use solution that lets you do exactly this. It’s called Google Analytics. Originally developed from
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Real Estate Widgets – 10 Online Tools for Realtors
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 29 Jul 2011
Good job!! Your Real Estate blog is finally done! …. or is it?? Hopefully you’ve built your blog with your potential buyers and community in mind, all about them, instead of all about you 😉 After years of doing SEO for Realtors, we wanted to offer you a list of free widgets you can implement
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Redirecting Your WordPress Blog Feed to Feedburner
- By calcoastwebdesign
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- 25 Jan 2011
Using Feedburner is a great feature to track your blog traffic and setting up the redirects on your WordPress blog is really simple! This only works for WordPress blogs that have a hosting account! This will not work for the free WordPress blog. Below are the steps that need to be done to make your