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Wake, Woke, Awake, Awoken
- Language & Grammar
- March 15, 2012
A reader responded to my post about irregular verbs last week to express confusion about when to use “awake” and…
Photography 101: Shape, Line, Texture, and Pattern
- Beginner
- September 17, 2013
Now that we’ve covered a number of fundamentals in photography, from composition and light to focus and POV, let’s now…
What Does Your Gravatar Say About You?
- Beginner
- April 23, 2014
Your Gravatar represents you on the web. Learn how to make the best possible impression.
An Intro to CSS, or How to Make Things Look Like You Like
- Advanced
- June 21, 2013
What is CSS? It’s the design of your site — special code that tells your site how to display things…
Blog Taglines to Love
- Beginner
- November 26, 2014
Tagline inspiration to help you perfect the phrase that welcomes readers to your blog.
Measure Twice, Cut Once
- Beginner
- September 10, 2014
Planning your content first can help you choose the right theme.
An Intro to CSS: Finding CSS Selectors
- Advanced
- July 25, 2013
Last month, we introduced a series on CSS (Cascading Stylesheets) and talked a bit about how you can use CSS…
Photography 101: Establishing a Point of View
- Beginner
- September 3, 2013
Today, photographer Lynn Wohlers at BLUEBRIGHTLY walks us through the basics of point of view.
The Art of the Open Letter
- Intermediate
- August 13, 2013
Want to try writing an open letter? Take a look at these examples for inspiration.
A Plethora of Passwords
- Beginner
- June 24, 2014
How to create strong passwords, and why you should care.
How to Publish Posts that Search Engines Will Love
- General Advice & Pro Tips
- March 10, 2016
Explore the six elements that can help push your blog to the top of the search rankings.
The $64,000 Question: WordPress.com or WordPress.org?
- Advanced
- November 14, 2013
If you’ve been using WordPress.com for very long, you’ve likely run into some variation of the grand “com v. org”…
