Resources

Resources, links: Intelligent computing, blogging, & web marketing simplified

Resources will be gradually added and accumulated here as we run across them during our research, our web work, and so on. Eventually, these links will be categorized and described. The better resources will remain listed, while weaker or less applicable information will be removed.

Page contents:

• Uncategorized links
• Selected HTML color codes
• Affiliate programs
• Google+
• Facebook
• Image editing, graphics
• Digital photography
• YouTube marketing
• WordPress
• Why SMM (Social Media Management)?

Uncategorized (Sort ‘em out later)

• Kikolani – Blog marketing – Contains blogging tips, blog/online marketing, SEO, and social media, an ebook on blog post promotion; by Kristi Hines, freelance writer; seems to be a worthwhile site based on a quick review…check it out
• Internet Marketing Patterns – Found while researching the incredible marketing master, Jay Abraham; may revisit
• All About SOPA, the Bill That Wants to Cripple Your Internet Very Soon – Lifehacker
• Site5 – Web hosting used by a partner
• How I Configure Firefox – Daleisphere (2009)
• Easily Configure Firefox about:config Options Safely via GUI – Raymond: Computers Made Easy – extension to simplify configuration of Firefox
• Pay Per Post – Hire bloggers to blog about your company, service, or website. PayPerPost gives you access to a diverse pool of bloggers from all over the world. Make offers, negotiate deals, and approve posts.
• Evernote: Use this free tool (Chrome extension) to capture all kinds of useful or interesting information, then sync all of it between your computer, phone, Internet; Learn more about Evernote; Getting started with Evernote
• What You Said: Favorite Web Clipping Tool – How To Geek
• Evernote Clearly Makes Web Pages More Readable and Transportable Into Evernote – Lifehacker
• TrueCrypt: Critically acclaimed encryption freeware that’s high quality and easy to use
• Windows XP Pro – Demonoid
• Easiest Way to Recover XP and Vista Product Key from Dead or Unbootable Windows – RaymondCC – Computers Made Easy
• Nashville Hiking Meetup – Weekly Newsletter – Kelly S.
• 31 Masterpieces Of Creative And Clever Advertising Concepts – Smashing Apps (2009)
• How To: Rip Your Music Like a Pro – Gizmodo
• Note taking: How to Organize Your Life with Springpad – Lifehacker
• 10+ Free Stock Photo Sites for Designers – Best Free Web Resources (Oct 2011)

Affiliate programs, affiliate marketing

Premium WordPress themes

• Shape5 Affiliate program – Premium WordPress themes, Joomla themes, more
• WooThemes Affiliate Program
• Free Minimal, Swiss Design WordPress Themes (4 Themes) – Smashing Magazine (Jan 2011)

Affiliate marketing partners

• ClickBank Help Center – All the information you need to get started as a ClickBank affiliate or vendor

Google+

• How To Add Google +1 Button To WordPress – Practical WP
• Google+: Add +1 to your pages to help your site stand out – create, copy, and implement code from here
• Google +1 button FAQs
• Google+ webmaster FAQs, more
• Canonicalization: Google webmaster help
• OPTIMIZE THE GOOGLE +1 BUTTON – Blind Five Year-Old – excellent article
• How to Add the Google +1 Button to Squarespace – Big Picture Web

Facebook

Granting admin rights to maintain Facebook pages

• How do I add other admins to my Facebook Page? – Facebook Help
• How to Grant Admin Access to your Company or Brand Facebook Page – eCreativeIM
• Granting Administrator Rights – FanPageHookup
• How to Give an Admin Access to a Facebook Page – eHow.com

Facebook pages

• How to Create A Facebook Page – a detailed Squidoo tutorial

Digital photography

• Viewing EXIF data in the Properties panel – Picasa3 help page about EXIF meta data
• Improve Your Photography by Learning the Elements of Exposure – How-to Geek – Excellent article for beginning photographers including explanations about exposure (What is Exposure?), ISO (International Organization for Standardization), shutter speed (the length of exposure), aperture (f-stops or full stops), color temperature and white balance, and more
• Cameras, Lenses, and How Photography Works – How-To Geek – Focus, aperture and shutter speed, basics about light, more

Image editing, graphics

• 30 Great Photoshop Tips and Tricks to Help Your Computer Graphic Skills – How To Geek

YouTube marketing

• 50 Ways to Win at YouTube – Smart Online Success

WordPress

• SEO Smart Links – WordPress plugin – SEO Smart Links provides automatic SEO benefits for your site in addition to custom keyword lists, nofollow and much more… SEO Smart Links can automatically link keywords and phrases in your posts and comments with corresponding posts, pages, categories and tags on your blog… Further SEO Smart links allows you to set up your own keywords and set of matching URLs. Finally SEO Smart links allows you to set nofollow attribute and open links in new window… It is a perfect solution to get your blog posts interlinked or add affiliate links to other sites…
• Content Link Center – WordPress plugin – Replace words or phrases in your content and manage the links settings in all your wordpress apps in one central manage console…
• SEO Auto Linker – WordPress plugin – SEO Auto Linker is an update to the much loved SEO Smart Links plugin… The plugin automatically links words and phrases in your post, page or custom post type content… The difference is that you no longer have to try and guess what links will appear. Specify keywords in a comma separated list, type in the URL to which those keywords will link, specify how many links to the specified URL per post, and then specify the post type…
• How to Create a Clean Price Table in WordPress – WP Beginner
• Top 10 Ways To Speed Up Your WordPress Blog – Web Hosting Secret Revealed
• Digital Access Pass – Members only plugin for WordPress
• 13 Premium-Like WordPress Themes That Are Free And Stunning – Smashing Apps (2009)
• 21 Premium-Like Free Photoblog Themes For WordPress – Smashing Apps (2009)
• Ten Free 3-Column WordPress Themes for Inspiration – Best Free Web Resources (Oct 2011)
• 30 Best Blog/Magazine WordPress Themes in 2011 – Part 1/3 – WP Smash (Jun 2011)
• 14 Essential WordPress Development and Design Cheat Sheets – SpeckyBoy (2009)
• WordPress Bible (By Aaron Brazell), 2010 – link that shows large portion of the book, from the beginning to page 174

Joomla CMS (content management system)

• About Joomla: Basics, features, etc.
• Getting started with Joomla
• Joomla demo site
• Joomla official documentation wiki
• Joomla FAQ index (Joomla docs wiki)
• Joomla tips and tricks index (Joomla docs wiki)
• Joomla SEO (Joomla docs wiki)
• Joomla extensions – All categories of Joomla extensions
• Joomla resource directory
• Joomla – Most popular extensions

Cheat sheets

• Photoshop CS5 How To Geek Cheat Sheet (PDF) – Photoshop cheat sheet; mostly keyboard shortcuts

Why SMM (Social Media Management)?

5 Must-Do B2B Social Media Marketing Strategies – Fluency Media

Selected HTML color codes: Use for titles, subtitles, etc.

This is a simple resource any blogger can use to add a little color to text — esp. larger text like titles and subtitles. It’s easy, as long as your blogware allows you to edit in HTML view or mode. [ This section was converted to a post; continue reading ]