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One Starbucks Visit Leads to Leadership Reminders

October 25th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Business, Cafes, Think

In just one 5-minute stop, Marla and I observed leadership in action while we sipped on hot coffee. Leadership comes naturally to Jeremy at Starbucks in the Gardens Mall (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida). Nothing very complicated happened, but that one trip reminded us of the importance of the small things we do that make a huge difference in the overall outcome of our endeavors.

At Coffee Shop Journal, Marla has committed our experience to her journal. It is a quick read, full of takeaways for your business.

Coffee Shop Journal:

You don’t want to miss it. Just five quick points to ponder!

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    MacBook Air and USB727 Photos

    October 25th, 2008 | 3 Comments | Posted in Tutorial

    Here are some photos of the USB727 attached to the MacBook Air without the use of an extension cable. As you can see, it does work. It is much better with the cable, but in a pinch, you can put a magazine under the MacBook Air.

    And another look:

     

    With the MacBook Air, the USB727 fits, but I have trouble working with it on the desk. I have solved the problem two ways:

    1) With a USB extender cable.

    2) With a USB Swivel Adapter from Radio Shack.

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    Crossover for Mac 7.1 Update

    October 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Tutorial

    For those of you who are using Crossover for Mac, the latest update (version 7.1) is now available. As I have outlined in previous posts, installation could not be simpler:

    • Download the .dmg software file.
    • Double-click the .dmg to mount it.
    • When the panel comes up, drag the Crossover icon to the Applications icon.
    • Open your Windows software of choice.
    • Allow Crossover to updated the files (less than a minute).

    It’s that easy.

    The whole process takes less than 5 minutes (once the .dmg file is downloaded). From a decent high-speed connection, the whole process should take less than 5 minutes including the download time.

    I did not experience any glitches. Info Select booted up as normal.

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    WordPress Title Tag Fix for SEO

    October 22nd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Tutorial

    I have been reading “Building Findable Websites” by Aarron Walter over the past few weeks. I have been mulling over the concepts and adding features to my own sites as quickly as I can. One of the things that really bugged me about WordPress is the <title> tag used by many of the themes.

    For example, the title for this page used to be:

    Office Cafe » Blog Archive » WordPress Title Tag Fix for SEO

    But a better title is:

    WordPress Title Tag Fix for SEO | Office Cafe

    I agree with Aarron that it needs to be changed. Fortunately, Christopher Ross published a very easy fix to this problem on his website!

    Simply change the <title> tag (found in header.php) to this:

    <title><?php wp_title(”); ?> <?php if ( !(is_404()) && (is_single()) or (is_page()) or (is_archive()) ) { ?> | <?php } ?> <?php bloginfo(’name’); ?></title>

    Read more here: WordPress SEO Tips - The Title Tag

    I will be implementing this on my WordPress sites immediately! Thanks Christopher!

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    Changing WordPress Themes? Think Again!

    October 18th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Tutorial

    Avoid Trouble Changing WordPress Themes

    Are you changing your WordPress theme? Sure, go ahead, try a few! But if you decide to activate a new theme, just remember that you might “break” something when you do, so think again. I forgot to think again and lost two days of Blog Stats as a result of my mistake.

    Perhaps this idea should be posted under the title “Measure twice, cut once” but that’s already taken by the home improvement crowd. So I will coin a new phrase to help us remember:

    “Check twice, Activate once.”

    For example, when you add WP Stats or Google Analytics, you are instructed to add code to your pages in order for these plugins to work. In my set-up, I chose to put this code in the footer.php file.

    When you change themes, the footer.php file will most likely be overwritten by a different footer in the new theme. If you forget to go back and put the necessary code back in, you’ll be disappointed to find that your stats or other such plugins suddenly stop working.

    As shown here, this line needs to be put just above the tag in footer.php:

    <?php wp_footer(); ?>

    If you have any questions, check with the installation or faq pages of the plugin that you are using.

    Fortunately, if you put the code back, you only lose stats for the time that it was missing. All of your old stats will still be there.

    So if you change themes, take some time to Think Again!

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