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Author Archives: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen is one of the top bloggers in the world, and host of the Lorelle on WordPress, providing WordPress and blogging tips for bloggers of all levels. A popular keynote speaker and trainer, she is also editor, producer, contributor, and official disruptive thinker for Bitwire Media which includes WordCast, Making My Life Network, Stories of Our Journeys, Life on the Road, WordCast Conversations, and the very popular WordCast Podcast. She is also author of one of the first books on blogging, "Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won't Tell You About Blogging" and the recently released ebook, Social Media for Crafters: Covering the Basics of the Social Web. Taking Your Camera on the Road, founded by Lorelle, is one of the oldest personal websites in continuous existence in the world.

Blogpoly: The New Monopoly for Bloggers

Using blogging software and changing our entire site over to blogging software, I feel like I’ve entered a new world. There are all kinds of words I’m learning like feeds, blog, weblog, RSS, blogrolls, trackbacks, pings, pingbacks….. oh, lots of words. An article on the WordPress Codex called WordPress Semantics helped me learn even more […]

Can I Take My Film and Camera on the Airplane?

Can you take your camera on the airplane with today’s security checks? Yes. Can you take your film on the airplane with today’s security checks? Yes. Can you put your film in your luggage? NO! We get these questions a lot, but I thought I would go into more detail for you so you understand […]

Volunteering for WordPress – Writing for the Codex

For the many months I’ve been overcoming my guilt over using WordPress for free by volunteering in the WordPress Forum and by editing and writing on the WordPress Codex, the official site for documentation on using WordPress. I thought I might tell you about it a bit. While the WordPress Codex is based upon wiki, […]

Translation for Your Blog in Eight Languages

This is on my list of things to try soon, but I thought I would give you a heads up anyway. Angsuman of Simple Thoughts has created a new plugin for WordPress that will supposedly translate your WordPress site in Eight Languages. The languages are Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. According […]

One-Step Web Pages by Stephen Morse

I’ve starting to gather information for my genealogy research, and the process just got made easier with One-Step Web Pages by Stephen P. Morse. An excellent explanation on how to make use of these web pages is found at Eastman’s Genealogy Newsletter in Using Steve Morse’s One Step Portal for Geneaology Research. I’ve been poking […]

Using Javascript In WordPress

Once you enter the world of PHP, it’s really hard to go back to javascripts, but they still serve their purpose. If you can replace a Javascript with PHP code, tags, or script in WordPress, do so. Your life will be much easier. If not, here are a few tips to make your Javascript work […]

Changing planet revealed in atlas

As we travel around the world, especially when revisiting places we’ve been to before, we are often stunned at the changes in the landscape. Once beautiful nature areas are now threatened or non-existent. Once interesting downtowns and small towns are abandoned and left to ruin and grime. This is part of the human existence, and […]

The Popularity of Your Last Name

If you haven’t discovered it yet, the Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and website, and you are into genealogy and family history, check it out. One recent article brought up the subject of The Popularity of Your Last Name. Part of my research into our family history is tracking down who lived in the household during […]

A New Kind of 404 Page Not Found Result

I love 404 Page Not Found error pages. Not always, but when I encounter a cute one, I enjoy it while it lasts. Did you know that there are websites dedicated to collecting 404 Page Not Found error pages? They either link to them or provide screen shots of them. They are wonderful. I’ll put […]

A Raccoon Interrupts My Work Day

People seem to want to know about my life, specifically, my life in the trailer and on the road. For the most part, it’s actually boring. Sure, we live in a tin can on wheels, and while we’ve hauled this thing back and forth across the country, and continue to do so, we are now […]

A Look Back in Time: Extinct Cave Bear DNA Sequenced

The advances in science are fascinating, whether you have an interest in the sciences or are a nature lover like we are. The idea of being able to track down the DNA and learn more about the life that evolved on this planet, though long gone, is amazing. In this article from the BBC News, […]

An IRC Tutorial

I’ve been talking on the Internet since almost its conception. Oh, that makes me sound so old, and maybe I am finally getting “that old”. Still, when the early days of bulletin boards developed into forums, I was there with them, learning along with everyone else. The forums were a huge improvement since we could […]

Leet – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Well, I learned something new today. Leetspeak. Have you heard of it? I guess I’ve been out of the states too long. Someone referred me to Leet, and explained that it is actually most commonly called 1337 or l33t5p34k, 133t, or l33t. Are you shaking your head? I was.

It’s Raining Inside, Again

It’s raining inside, again. For three out of the five years we lived in Israel, it rained more inside my apartment then it did outside, and it’s raining in my trailer now. Right now. Yes, I said INSIDE. In Israel, when it would rain, the water would leak through the roof into my office. The […]

WordPress Press It Features

Just when I thought I had a handle on most of the bells and whistles of WordPress, I find a new feature. With every installation of WordPress comes a little gem called Press It. It is a javascript “bookmarklet” found on the Write Post screen in your Admin. It’s at the very bottom. If you […]