Jul 24th, 2010
by MeanDean.
What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church? A Parable:
I think I encountered this particular ‘brand’ of Church marketing when I first moved down to the Raleigh burbs of Apex.
It does inspire me to want to ‘reel-off’ a parody of “what if Amazon.com sold books like a Church website?”
Hmmmm …
Jun 3rd, 2010
by MeanDean.
It’s NEVER a good idea to test new designs, programs and/or learn new stuff on a production website. This article describes how to create multiple virtual servers on a Windows 7 platform using XAMPP to create a perfect Linux/Apache like test bed.
May 23rd, 2010
by MeanDean.
Once more, I’m live blogging from WordPress WordCamp Raleigh (#wcraleigh) here at the Sheraton in Downtown Raleigh. I’ll be posting notes from sessions on managing events in WordPress and how powerusers can get the most out of multimedia via WordPress. Stay-tuned, I’ll be posting often all morning.
May 22nd, 2010
by MeanDean.
As I anticipated, it’s been GREAT meeting all sorts of neat people here at WordCamp Raleigh (#wcraleigh).
1:00 PM Grant Swaim
How to biuld a membership-style website
The presentation is at Google Docs.
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Basically the presenter is reciting the google doc … I’m going next door to the sitecast.
1:00 PM Ryan Duff
Saving Youself TIme WHen Setting UP a [...]
May 22nd, 2010
by MeanDean.
One advantage to living in the peak of good living, Apex, NC, is that I’m about a 15 to 20 minute drive from downtown Raleigh, the site of WordCamp Raleigh 2010 – where today I’ll put on my best effort to live blog about the various sessions and people I discover here.
I already know it’s [...]
May 17th, 2010
by MeanDean.
I’m getting very excited about the upcoming Word Camp Raleigh … just so long as we don’t get so focused on premium themes, theme frameworks and plugins at the expense of discussing how-to develop a sensible information architecture that suites the goals of your church and/or charity.
Apr 26th, 2010
by MeanDean.
I’m pleased to announce the initial release of my 2nd social media plugin, the Facebook Activity Widget Plugin for Wordpress. Simply put, it automates the display of a Facebook Activity Feed on the sidebar of your blog by making it a easy-to-configure widget.
For those who may not be aware of what the Facebook Activity Feed is, it is a ’social plugin’ displays the most interesting recent activity taking place on your personal website and/or blog.