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8 Sites that should use the WordPress Explorable Theme [Review]

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Recently I had the chance to install the new Explorable Theme by Elegant Themes. It's an excellent choice for travel-related sites, with a giant map on the home page. (Maps are integrated from Google Maps.) To put pins in the map you create Listings. The listings pop up on the home page when a reader clicks a pin on the map. Or they can follow the link on the short description to go to a page with more detail about the location (the theme creates this page for you automatically). You and …

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Social Media and Marketing — the $64,000 Question

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Recently a reader shared with me that his biggest website stumbling block is social: "What do I do to get people to interact with me online?" He asked. That's the $64,000 question. The site alone is just part of the picture. We all know that the purpose of our great websites is to inspire others to interact with us. That might be in the form of comments or questions on the site itself. Or it might be discussions on Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus. Maybe it's sharing images and links on …

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Eleven40 WordPress Theme by StudioPress [Review]

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I just finished setting up a website for a Pilates studio. The owner chose the Eleven40 WordPress theme from StudioPress. The first thing you notice about Eleven40 is that it's w-i-d-e. You don't have a lot of empty space alongside your columns in this theme! I'm a big fan of white space. It's a very important part of design. (As its name implies, white space is the area of background around your images, text or other website items that separates one thing from another.) White space tells …

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6 Ways to Connect with Anywhereist

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Recently some readers had questions about how to connect with Anywhereist. Visit the website. Get weekly emails -- not the posted articles -- from me. Follow on Twitter. Like on Facebook. Follow on YouTube. Leave a comment. If you're reading this on the website, click the comment link or scroll down to the speak your mind area. So there you have it -- six separate ways to connect. …

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