Cherished Solutions Blog – “Solutions to Cherish”

Gmail Keyboard shortcuts

Posted by cherished in Software/Tools on June 16th, 2010

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Keyboard shortcuts help you save time by allowing you to never take your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse. Check out these handy shortcuts for those of you who use gmail:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=gmail&answer=6594

gmail, Google, Keyboard (computing), keyboard shortcuts, Mouse (computing), Mouse and Keyboard, Shareware, Utilities, Windows

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Facebook Artist Pages: Live Links

Posted by cherished in Social Media on June 8th, 2010

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Our Cherished Solutions Facebook artist pages are now direct linked!

For Painting for Life check out: http://www.Facebook.com/paintingforlife and for Something to Cherish visit http://www.Facebook.com/somethingtocherish.

: Image by Cherished Solutions via Flickr

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Artist Pages, Beach, Business, facebook, Homepage, Online Communities, Painting for Life, social networking, Something to Cherish, Web Design and Development, website

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Zemanta

Posted by cherished in Other on June 8th, 2010

Author: Zemanta Ltd.

Zemanta recommends content while you write your post. It helps you enhance it with images, videos, links, and SEO optimized tags. It’s blogging on steroids!

http://www.zemanta.com

Also has a reblog version.

reblog, zemanta

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Google Keyword Data

Posted by cherished in Software/Tools on March 13th, 2010

GOOGLE Keyword Tool

Use the Keyword Tool to get new keyword ideas. Select an option below to enter a few descriptive words or phrases, or type in your website’s URL. Keyword Tool Tips

Important note: We cannot guarantee that these keywords will improve your campaign performance. We reserve the right to disapprove any keywords you add. You are responsible for the keywords you select and for ensuring that your use of the keywords does not violate any applicable laws.
Want more keyword ideas? Try the Search-based Keyword Tool, a new tool that will generate ideas matched to your website.

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

data, Google, keyword, SEO, traffic

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Favorite WordPress Plug-Ins

Posted by cherished in Other on March 10th, 2010

Here is a list in progress of some of my favorite WP plug-ins. If you know of some core WP plug-ins that I am missing here, please comment and share.

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Akismet
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.”

Out-of-the-box SEO

Contact Form 7

Dagon Design Sitemap Generator

Google Analyticator

Google XML Sitemaps

LinkWithin

NextGEN Gallery – Photo Gallery

Really Simple CAPTCHA – ACAPTCHA module intended to be called from other plugins.

ShareThis

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Protect Yout WordPress Site from Attacks

Posted by cherished in Other on February 22nd, 2010

1) Upgrade your Word Press Site when the upgrades are available.

2) Install WordPress Firewall as a plug-in to protect yourself from attacks.

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If you are having a trouble, read this article http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/was-your-site-hacked-redirecting-to-itsallbreaksoftnet-or-paymoneysysteminfo-heres-what-happened/

redirect, trojan, Upgrade, Wordpress

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How to Use Thumbnails in WordPress

Posted by cherished in Blogging, Wordpress on January 16th, 2010

Link for more information on the source.

thumbnails, Wordpress

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Vintage Ad Browser

Posted by cherished in Design, Inspiration, Marketing on January 11th, 2010

Here is a fascinating site if you need a little design, illustration or marketing inspiration from the days of olde. See what the hippest styles and products were for any decade for since the late 1800′s and search for terms that might interest you.