Today’s Dazzlin Badge of Excellence is awarded to Jen / domestika of Domestik Goddess. I’m not quite sure how to describe how this site makes me feel, but it definitely “ain’t no stinkin’ Martha Stewart”. Somehow, I feel like I could actually be a domestik goddess while being mostly goddess, and not so much “domestik”. Does that make any sense? No? Oh...
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Three months ago, I posted a list of my favorite WordPress widgets and plugins. Since then, I’ve restructured several blogs and changed my mind about some things, so I thought it might be a good idea to revisit this topic and give a similar list that may not coincide exactly with the first. The first section below is a list of a dozen absolutely essential plugins that I would advise anyone to...
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I chose to give today’s Dazzlin Badge of Excellence to Sarah Dopp of Dopp Juice primarily based upon her Practice Senseless Acts of Beauty post. However, I’ve had her blog in mind for a while now because she has an interesting perspective. Her tag line alone, “the seeds and pulp just make it more interesting”, is enough to make me want to know more. So I thank you, Ms. Dopp, for...
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Because everyone needs a little humor and sarcasm mixed in with excellent advice, today’s Dazzlin Badge of Excellence goes to Bloggrrl.com! The irreverent style sweetly mixed with good content is a definite winner. I’d imagine it may not be right for everyone, especially the most conservative of folks, but if you don’t mind a little in-your-face humor now and then, it’s worth...
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In honor of the new design for DD, I’ve decided to present the first ever Dazzlin Badge of Excellence Award. I’ll be giving this award to outstanding blogs that I believe are worthy of a mention. In many cases, these bloggers will be female, simply because women bloggers deserve a little extra credit. No reason why, just cuz… However, I promise to throw an award at a guy now and then...
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In Part 6 of How To Make a Living in Your Pajamas, you installed WordPress, and were rewarded with a site that is ready to go. It, unfortunately, is an ugly site, and no one wants an ugly site. So today’s lesson is a fun one. Let’s beautify the site and give it some personality – hopefully a bit of yours. You are going to find and use a pre-made theme. There are thousands of them...
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After using WordPress for a while now on different sites, I’ve come to the conclusion that WordPress simply rocks. I’m not sure I would ever use anything else for a new site, even a non-blog site. In any case, over time, I’ve used the following WordPress plugins and widgets on some or all of my WordPress sites. Of course, there’s the old standards like Akismet, that no one should...
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