Question: My SEO team recently located a large number of pages on my website that needed to be blocked from Google crawling, so they suggested that I added those pages and directories to my website’s robots.txt file. The pages not only need to be blocked, but removed from Google’s index as well. I’ve already done […]
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WordPress SEO: How To Supercharge Your Website Traffic
SEO – An area of WordPress that’s truly fun. It’s definitive, widespread and the rules have been established. There’s probably no larger community of folks on the planet that can guide you and tell you, “Yep, been there and done that.” All the mistakes have already been made, so all we have to do now is […]
How To Enable God Mode in Windows 10
Do you know where to go in Windows 10 if you wanted to defragment and optimize you hard drives? What about if you wanted to view some event logs? Okay, how about changing your time zone or viewing your devices and printers? If you do, that means you are very familiar with Windows. The funny thing is, […]
Add More Footer Links to My XenForo Site?
Question: Like everyone else who installs XenForo forum software, I see a set group of footer links down at the bottom of my website. Here’s what they look like. I changed the phrases for some of them, so they’re not totally default, but I haven’t added or removed any of the links. I was thinking […]
4 Must Follow Tips For Getting Started with Social Media
I’ll be the first to tell you – I’m late to the party. I’m no expert at social media. I’ll also tell you that I like to dig into what I’m not familiar with. And when I say dig, I mean really dig. What I have very little experience with one day, I’m near expert […]
Renaming Files While Importing to Adobe Lightroom
If you work with a lot of photos and are an organization freak like I am, renaming your photo files to something recognizable is a really good idea. I mean, say you’ve got hundreds of folders full of images and all those images had names like “IMG_1724” or “DSC00526” (Yes, I am looking through some […]
Examples of Creative Lens Focus
When it comes to photography, focus is huge. Besides lighting and composition, focus is one of the most important aspects to consider. The adding of purposeful blur along with the absence of any blur at all can truly make or break an image. There’s truly nothing else that can evoke emotion like a tack sharp […]
Using the Photoshop Home Screen
The home screen in Adobe Photoshop has got to be one of the most ignored areas in the entire program. I’m not sure I’ve ever used it. I usually enter Photoshop straight from either Bridge or Camera Raw, so I don’t generally see the home screen. Sometimes though, I do simply open Photoshop to edit […]
Brightening Shadows in Adobe Camera Raw
Brightening shadows in a photograph during post-processing has got to be one of the most rewarding tasks because the change can be so dramatic. Depending on the image, dark shadows that look completely like silhouettes can be transformed into objects with detail and clarity. It’s amazing, really. In today’s post, I’ll be sharing the simple […]
Adding Metadata to Photos Using Templates in Adobe Bridge
Oftentimes, photographers and graphic designers find it necessary to add certain bits of information to their photos or graphics in the way of metadata. Examples of metadata might include a copyright, address, email address, phone number, etc… There are many pieces of data someone can attach to an image, given they’re using a piece of […]