Byte Technology

JULY 4, 2017

It’s no great secret that one of the elements that makes WordPress so incredibly popular is the fact that it thrives on a sense of community. Indeed, message boards teem with useful information that WordPress users, designers and administrators at every level of knowledge and skill share and disseminate.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The vast majority of WordPress users managing and administering their own sites have most likely, at one time or another, received an error message or code that got their hearts racing and induced a bit of panic. WordPress experts agree that most often the white screen happens because you’ve maxed out your PHP memory limit.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 13, 2017

Back in May we gave readers a sneak peek, thanks to WP Beginner editorial staff, of what was coming down the line with WordPress 4.8. Frequent users of WordPress will at once recognize a new element that they’ve been asking for: Media Widgets. The post WordPress 4.8:

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Byte Technology

JUNE 8, 2017

No matter whether you’re a newbie to the WordPress platform or a seasoned professional, one thing that should never be forgotten is the important role security takes in regards to your site. Sure, the core WordPress program comes with fair security features, and if you’re on a hosted server there’s likely a few more safeguards in place.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 1, 2017

Many WordPress site owners and administrators have no doubt experienced an unease or wariness at one point or another when it seems that something just isn’t right with their site. If you notice any of them contact your WordPress website consultant immediately or visit the WP forum board for help.

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Byte Technology

JULY 11, 2017

In Part 1 of this column we learned that, thanks to the vast and incredibly helpful community of WordPress users, there are countless hacks, tricks and tips to make designing, building, editing and administering a WordPress site a lot easier and, often, a lot more fun.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 6, 2009

I’ve been struggling with this for as long as I’ve had this site on WordPress (since January 2007). The problem: From time to time, for no apparent reason and based on no obvious trigger, the theme would revert to the default WordPress theme. I think (hope) I’ve finally found the solution. Sure, that worked.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 26, 2017

Here are a handful of simple actions the WordPress layman can initiate to help in the aftermath of hack. And of course change your passwords immediately, before you begin to attempt any fixes. Then scan your site completely for any and all hacks using a free plugin such as Sucuri WordPress Auditing or Theme Authenticity Checker.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

Forum One worked with the Pacific Science Center to redesign and develop its website in WordPress to highlight the museum’s post-pandemic reopening and connect audiences with its expanded slate of digital events and exhibits. Since then, thousands of volunteers have transcribed hundreds of thousands of image files of the more than 1.7

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 22, 2017

In last week’s post we looked at the importance of keeping your WordPress site in top-notch working order with a few simple maintenance tasks that you should be performing on a regular basis. But if you’re really worried, put your WordPress site into “maintenance mode” or run tests during your low traffic times.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2009

At some point yesterday morning, my WordPress database disappeared and was replaced with a default WordPress install. It looked like this in Safari: That tiny print is the copy that’s on a default WordPress installation, but with the Thesis theme I use applied to it…kind of. To be safe, I changed all my passwords.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

You may not want to change how you currently manage donors, which means you’d like to invest as little as possible in a different solution or approach to donor management. This can streamline everything from new employee onboarding to cross-team collaboration and secure file sharing. Is it worth it to spend the money?

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Minimizing the size of image files and web page caching are just two things that can be done to increase page speed. If running a WordPress website, these changes can be done easily by utilizing plug-ins like WP Rocket and ShortPixel. These changes can be performed similarly on other types of websites. Conclusion.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

I’ve moved it off of Typepad, and onto Wordpress. I’ve been rather impressed by how easy Wordpress was to set up and use, and how easy the migration process was. Choosing a theme Migrate the posts and comments (exporting it from typepad, importing into wordpress – all web gui based, very easy. That’s all.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The problem is that things change. After playing with all the options, I ultimately decided to export the files to HTML, upload online via FTP and serve in a Salesforce custom web tab aptly named "How Do I?" To make finding this info easier, I started building wiki pages for documenting how we at C3 do what we do. Took forever.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #10: Filezilla February 7, 2008 I decided that most of the tools I’ve been talking about so far (except WordPress and Joomla) are internet clients for one type of protocol or another.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The announcement and additional information (including that educators could continue using the platform for free ) came in April and the changes took effect in July. The group was originally set up on Ning, and with the change to a paid-service, Community Links (the organization behind Chain Reaction) helped the network transition to Grou.ps.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 27, 2009

This morning I decided to make the official change to using judisohn.com as my primary domain. None of the content is changing or moving, it’s just about changing what shows in the address bar. Over time, I’ll change the email everywhere it needs to be changed. It makes sense on many levels.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

If over the course of four whole weeks, you are still writing posts (even if they are just text files or emails to each other) then you know you have the stamina to get started. Prepare to Change Directions. If you go a week and can’t get anyone or even yourself to keep going, then you may never get the blog off the ground.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Naples, FL: WordPress Walk-In-Clinic. Baltimore, MD: March Tech & Social Change Meetup. Bagels & Bytes discussed the Windows XP Migration; File Transfer & Cloud Storage; Donor Management Databases and more at their February meeting. Washington, DC: Top Five Tips - Leveraging Technology for Social Good. See you soon!

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

To rank for image packs you may also want to consider adding your keyword to the image file name. How to add a sitemap on Google and WordPress. I’d recommend using the free Google (XML) Sitemaps plugin if your site is built on WordPress. How to use a Robots.txt file to lift search rankings. Page Speed.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Anyone who has ever designed, used, owned or administered a WordPress-based website should be well aware that keeping your site safe and secure is of paramount importance. Unfortunately, far too many WordPress sites are still lacking in strong security measures that go beyond what is provided with the base version.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Our guide will help you sort through your options and choose the tools that will help you raise more money and change more lives. Cloud storage: For file sharing and storage, you can start with Drive through Google Workspace, so all documents can be stored in a convenient, accessible place. How much tech skill is required?

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Then click the “Create Audience” drop-down and select “Customer File.” CSV file or MailChimp list to import. In terms of lead generation platforms, for WordPress sites, Thrive Leads is the go-to plugin. Depending on the topic of the post the headline and call to action changes: 6. MaxTraffic.

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John Kenyon

JUNE 25, 2019

Website management tools like WordPress leave your nonprofit’s website vulnerable to attack, hacking or being held hostage. A majority of nonprofits use Content Management System (CMS) software tools like WordPress to manage their website. The popularity of WordPress makes it a top target for hacking and attacks. CMS Issues.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

Dokuwiki is different in a number of ways, most primarily in that it is one of the wiki systems that stores things in files, not databases. It’s a great replacement for text or word processing files. I’ve always liked wikis, and I have used MediaWiki a lot in the past, and I do like it.

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Care2

JANUARY 30, 2014

What technologies (platforms like WordPress or Drupal and development environments like Ruby or PHP) do they have experience with? What changes will you be able to make to the site without their aid, or that of another designer? What changes will you be able to make to the site without their aid, or that of another designer?

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

However, a small organization with a small budget can make some pretty big changes. We focused on action and making change for the patient. Change is terrifying. Spending money on change is horrifying. The way I saw it, if we were going to make this kind of leap, now was the time to do it when we were still small.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Office Open XML is Microsoft’s XML-based file format which is now native in Office 2007. Instead of adopting the already ISO approved Open Document format, it attempted to get through ISO a standard that, among other things, depends too much on non-standard, non-publicly available legacy file formats.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Ive been using CMSs for a while now and Im really involved with wordpress. It is unfortunate – it would be great to be able to get lots of themes for free (like for WordPress – the theme I’m using was a free one.) It will probably take you less time than a generic HTML site will. { at 7:34 pm Hi there, nice blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

First, they are putting the wraps on a new version, and there are some interesting projects happening, like integrating voter files, phone banking , and my favorite, case management. Some really interesting things are brewing with CiviCRM. I’m excited to see what community-driven development can do! It looks interesting.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

In a time when climate change and developing the green economy are somewhat passé, nonprofits have not given up on the mission. The organization is one of the most prominent front -line, direct-action environmental nonprofits addressing the problem of global climate change. We use and nonprofit WordPress for our microsites.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

They have a site, with the URL: [link] which is a link to a windows.exe file, which is a simple, sweet Debian installer. Changing one file (/etc/apt/sources.list) and running a few commands, should do the trick. But, the computers are networked, so it would seem – there must be some easy way, right?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2016

We create the bulletin with the intent that each and every church member will hold on, write copious amounts of spiritually inspired notes from the sermon, and hang on to them indefinitely, cataloged in a special file folder at home (OK, I digress; that's probably just me). Most of us don't like change too much. Not even once.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

If my house is clean, my filing done, and my laundry folded, you can bet the ‘net is down and I’m grumpy about it. If my house is clean, my filing done, and my laundry folded, you can bet the ‘net is down and I’m grumpy about it. 2 Pamela 02.27.07 2 Pamela 02.27.07

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Your website is often the first introduction people get to the amazing work you do to change the world. If your site is on WordPress you might consider using the WP-Touch plugin. Sometimes you only have moments to get people’s attention before they move on.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Many nonprofits have Linux file servers in their back offices. It’s sobering – as much as I love technology, it scares me how much damage it can do to both people and the environment, once we’re done with it, and ready to upgrade to something new. This was to appease the European Commission. Hmmm, think it was that keyword?

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