I have a couple of new textures to add after my trip to Tombstone, Arizona. I was able to get some nice photographs there that I can’t usually get here in the south east. These textures are pretty simple. I hope you like them. Please leave me a comment to show how you’ve used them.
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Arizona Textures
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
13 Texture Photos
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Here are thirteen texture photos for you to use in your graphics. They were all taken by me with my Nikon Coolpix, because my D60 was dead. I’m also entering these in the Thursday Thirteen and I hope that each week I’ll be able to bring you a new pack of resources to keep up with the Meme.
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen below.
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Wordpress Plugins I Use
Monday, May 25th, 2009:: I have added plugins to this list to resubmit for Thursday Thirteen 06/04/2009.
I thought it would be helpful to list the wordpress plugins I use on my own sites and tell you why. I use these plugins because they make maintaining a blog easier and therefore multiple blogs as well. Wordpress has thousands of plugins, which is why it’s my CMS of choice. There are many options out there, but Wordpress is the only one that can do anything and everything, all on the same script. If I want to open a store, create a magazine, anything I want to do is possible with Wordpress and its plugins. It makes it hard to imagine why anyone would choose anything else.
Akismet – This comes with your Wordpress blog and you should enable it right away to keep spam comments to a minimum.
Bubs Button Board – Everyone likes to get a free link, so add this to your site. Get them to come to post their own links, then get them to stay with your great design and content.
Contact Form 7 - Great contact form script with multiple forms. Very easy to use.
Clean Archives – Shows a list of your archives in a page in a clean, easy to read format.
Do Follow – I use this plugin on my personal site because I don’t really care about page rank or anything and I think it’s fair that my commenters get link credit.
FlareSmith – A plugin to match my Feedburner account with my blog.
FlickrRSS – Allows me to display my most recent Flickr photos right on my blog. They’re listed at the bottom of my sidebar.
Get Recent Comments – Allows me to show appreciation to my commenters by listing their link in my sidebar with “do follow”.
I Am Reading – Displays the book you’re currently reading, the page you’re on, and the link to buy it from your Amazon Associate account. Good little way to make some extra money.
Link Hopper – Allows you to mask outside links as links to pages on your own site. This looks good to the search engines giving your site a higher rank.
Really Simple CAPTCHA – Adds Captcha to forms on your site. Used with the contact form or on your posts.
TwitMe – Twitme posts on your Twitter when you post a new post, and also lets you post to twitter from your Wordpress admin. I have separate twitter accounts for my portfolio, my personal site, and my hosting site so this helps me manage them all without having to go crazy trying to remember which one I’m signed in to.
WP-PageNavi – Makes navigation my pages easier. Takes out the “Previous Entries” and lists them as page numbers.
I’m always looking for new, good plugins to enhance my site. If you know of any really great plugins that would be useful, please list them here.
Making Money On A Blog
Sunday, May 24th, 2009Blogging has become extremely popular since people realized you can make money from a blog. I’m not going to hide the fact that I created this site to make money. I have the skills for web design and I enjoy doing it and I’ve always wanted to make money doing something I enjoy. But to supplement the income from the services I offer and to help reimburse me for all the free resources I’m offering, I’ve been looking for other ways to make money from my website.
I found Quick-Est.com, which is a blog that teaches you how to make money from your blog. I guess I always knew you could make money with your blog by doing paid posts, but there’s more you can do as well. The site lists a lot of information about selling advertising on your blog and how to get those advertisers. I can tell the main reason for this blog is making money, there’s ads everywhere and some obvious paid posts. I looked around for information on what kind of income he’s getting from his own blog, but I can’t find anything. Tips are tips, but I’d like to know how well they’re working for him. Regardless, you should check it out if you’re interested in making some money from your blog (probably to pay for your blog).
My name is Amy, and I've been creating and designing websites for 10 years. I live
in the lowcountry of South Carolina where there is plenty of natural inspiration. 
