Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media

File Sharing Simplified and Webified with Box.net

If your organization is looking to establish a platform for file sharing without hiring an IT guy, setting up Sharepoint, and all the added rigmarole that comes with old-school file sharing, box.net is a great solution for you. In fact, even if you can afford the IT guy, the server, and the expensive software from ...

Talking About WordPress at Blog Con 2010

At Blog Con 2010 I had the opportunity to talk to bloggers about how to get the most out of WordPress. Below you’ll find my slides from that talk. Topics covered include traffic measurement, the importance of human-to-human promotion, basic WordPress best practices, vital plug-ins, and plug-ins that make WordPress a lot more fun to ...

MSNBC Chooses Quality Over Quantity

I read a ton of useful articles and posts on websites and blogs that have never charged me a thing. That’s simply amazing to think about. It’s all made possible by placing ads against that awesome content, so I’m never one to complain about websites trying to maximize their potential profits. That said, I do ...

Plugin Monday: Customize Your WordPress Site with Advanced Excerpt

photo credit: trekkyandy Oftentimes in working with WordPress I find that I don’t want things to be as automatic as they are by default. Or, more precisely, I want things to be automatic in a very custom way to fit a certain theme and design. An example of this is excerpts, this WordPress function annoyed ...

New at ReadyMadeWeb: Recommended Products

We believe that the web should be easy and that by embracing open software, open standards, and the world of web-based applications, that the web really can be easy.  Companies like MailChimp, Media Temple, 37Signals, SalesForce, Woo Themes, DIY Themes, and FreshBooks are proving that to be true every day. That’s why we’ve launched our ...

Online Stores Made Easy with Shopify

photo credit: Design Packaging Do-it-yourself online stores used to be limited to having a store on Amazon, eBay, or some other service.  It wasn’t really a “store” it was more like having a little kiosk in a behemoth online mall. Enter Shopify.  This great service lets you build an honest-to-goodness online store customized to your ...

Resource Bank Presentation: Now with Audio!

Here's my presentation on open-source software and the wide world of web-based applications. Thanks again to everyone at the Heritage Foundation for inviting me to participate in this event, with special thanks to Alex Adrianson, Bridgett Wagner, and Robert Bluey. Also, thanks to my co-panelists David All and Robert Willington.

Accepting Online Payments

photo credit: kevindooley If you’re interested in accepting online payments, FreshBooks has a great series of posts that exhaustively evaluates the different payment gateway options available to small and large businesses alike. I should also note that FreshBooks is proving to be a great solutions for estimates, invoicing, and expense tracking at ReadyMadeWeb.  It’s a ...

Assorted Links: Joke-Filled Edition

photo credit: whiteafrican Thanks to everyone who sent me suggestions for great tools, tips, and silly miscellany on the net.  Enjoy this week’s links: 8 Websites You Need to Stop Building and How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell. Artisteer is a WYSIWYG template editor for WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, DotNetNuke, and Blogger.  If you’re ...