October 2010

Dreamweaver for Mac

Can anyone point me in the right directions for some good beginner tutorials on Dreamweaver for Mac?

My needs are rather specific – in that I don’t want to learn about every single feature. But rather I need to learn how to use the shortcuts etc to work on an existing site.

Every thing that I have come across is either A to Z (too involved) or too complicated.

Aha – what I need is a quick start guide. Any suggestions?

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After this weekend – sigh – I have been reminded of what victim of circumstance really means. Any swim parents out there? Think standing on deck on Saturday for 5 and 1/2 hours timing – with no break. Think getting splashed to the point that your jeans are wet from ankle to mid thigh. Think [...]

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BlogHer Text Ed Discussion

This is the final week of the LG Text Ed discussions on BlogHer – and the topic is heating up. Teens and texting while driving. Yikes! This is a dangerous proposition – and what kind of example are you setting for your kids? Read what other moms are saying about this side effect of the [...]

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Launching a New Site

I have been busy. Between apple picking, the pumpkin patch, corn mazes, and all the usual fun fall festivities – I have been working on a new website as well. And I am taking it slooooooow. Step by step I am building this baby from the ground up. I figure – if I do it [...]

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Texting and Driving

The week four topic in the LG Text Ed feature at BlogHer is Texting and Driving – a deadly combination for anyone but even more so for inexperienced teenage drivers. As my own son approaches driving age – I am acutely aware of all of the modern distractions that were not issues for me when [...]

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Prepaid Phones for Kids

For some reason – my mind is on phones today. I’ve done a lot of discussion about cell phones and kids on this site – but one thing that I never really thought about was using prepaid phones for kids. My older two children have cell phones. I have a family plan and added each [...]

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Using Google Voice on Kids Forms

I came across this tip regarding Google Voice recently that I wanted to pass along. For those unfamiliar – Google Voice is a free service that, in a nutshell, allows you to receive calls at all your phone numbers. When you sign up – you get a single phone number from Google. When anyone calls [...]

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Fatal Error in WordPress

As if I didn’t have enough troubles today. Sigh. This is what showed up in my sidebar – mere moments ago: Fatal Error Don’t you love it? It would seem the world is coming to an end. Those words alone make the heart beat faster and bring a thin film of nervous perspiration to the [...]

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The Best 60 Dollars I Ever Wasted

Yesterday I wasted $60. You can just paste the word s*cker across my forehead but I succumbed to an internet scammyish thing. Well, it wasn’t really a scam. Let me explain. I have had this site – which I loved. It was a coupon site called I Love A Good Sale. Really. I do – [...]

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Setting the Ground Rules For Your Kids Mobile Phone Use

As many of you know, I am an LG TextEd Ambassador and along with BlogHer we have been discussing lots of concerns that parents of teenagers have when it comes to cell phones. This is kind of uncharted territory – as this is the first generation of teens that predominantly are equipped with mobile phones. [...]

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I’m An Online Butterfly

I am really good at coaching others at how to succeed online. I know the steps – I know just what should be done. And I find my own advice so hard to follow. Start a site. Write about something that interests you- and that has the potential to draw in lots of visitors. Low [...]