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Get a Vanity URL for Google+

So you would think that if Google is trying to get more people to use their Social Network service called Google+ they would make it easy for people and business to promote their pages via easy to remember URL's. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn do it. So why not Google+? I can't answer the why but…
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How to reset your browser view

Lately this question has been coming up a little more often from clients. I don't know if recently it has become easier for people to accidentally zoom in on their browser window or perhaps people are clicking on the zoom control some mouse's now have; but either way here is how to get your browser…
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How to prevent spam form submissions

reCAPTCHA is a free CAPTCHA service that protects your site against spam, malicious registrations and other forms of attacks where computers try to disguise themselves as a human; a CAPTCHA is a Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Human Apart. reCAPTCHA comes  can be added to your blog, forum, registration form, etc.…
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WordPress – Theme Options

The given theme contains the Settings option. These settings allow for easy and quick change of the theme color palette, the items order, items on /off etc. In order to use these settings please go to Appearance > Theme Options. General settings Body styling – you can select the body color and background pattern. Header…
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WordPress – Plugins and Custom Widgets

The most common widgets used in the templates are listed below WP PageNavi Download: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-pagenavi/ Description: For page navigation. Contact Form 7 Download: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/ Description: Contact form for contact page. Please note, these are the most used plugins of our templates. Your particular template may include different plugins with different names and functionality. Please refer…
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WordPress – Shortcodes

Shortcode is a powerful content building tool http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode.Shortcodes are easy to use. First please make sure that the editing mode is set to visualThen please click the button for the shortcodes. Please select the shortcode you want to insert. There are following shortcodes available: Basic Recent Posts – for recent shortcodes with a number of…
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WordPress – Posts and Categories

Adding a category Review the following link for more info on adding categories: http://codex.wordpress.org/Manage_Categories_SubPanel Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard). Click the Post tab That done, click Categories for blog posts Type in the name of your new category With that done, click the Add New Category button Creating a blog post Log…
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WordPress Page Templates and Sidebars

Please note, these are the most used page templates of our templates. Your particular template may include different page templates with different names. Please refer to your template documentation for the most accurate information. Page Templates Default Template (the default page template with a right sidebar position) Full Width (a page template with one column…
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Separate mobile site versus responsive site

What if you could have both a great user experience and use content from the main site. Now there is a solution. Blackrock Networks, Inc. is now providing its clients with a mobile content management system. It can pull content from your main website and make it more mobile friendly. Yet, it has features targeted specifically to the mobile user. Click to call, Photos, Directions, Social Share, Yelp Reviews all at your fingertips.
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Tribute to Boston

At Blackrock Networks, Inc. our hearts and prayers go out to all the families whose lives have been touched by the events in Boston on Monday. The other night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert opened the show with a tribute to Boston. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire…
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Ending Support for Older Browsers

Many people ask why we don't continue to support older web browsers when it comes to email or website development. The answer is simple. You can't live in the past forever. Our webmail is supported in the following browsers, but even the list below can be challenging when you have multiple tool-bars and plugins installed. These…
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Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10

There have been  reports that  drop-down menus on some website aren't working with Windows 8. The issue in not Windows 8 per say, but with the version of  Internet Explorer 10 that it ships with.  To fix this, open up Internet Explorer from the desktop. Go to the menu bar, click > Tools > Compatibility…
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