341 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Building a blogging platform is incredibly easy thanks to WordPress 3.0's Multi-Site feature. I'm using this feature to power my corporate podcasting platform (work in progress).
I wanted to be able to offer my clients a bunch of unique themes to choose from, but wasn't happy with any of the "free" themes available in the WordPress Theme Directory. After digging around I stumbled on Elegant Themes, a subscription based model for 55+ amazing looking WordPress themes.
For $39 a year, y...
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361 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Do you use Mailchimp and have a Facebook Fan Page? Then follow along to learn how to get more subscribers using this great little Facebook App.
First off you're going to need to install the Application FBML to your Fan Page. FBML allows you to simply include HTML directly in to a tab on your page. I used this to create "The Book" tab, and included HTML (and CSS) that tied to my MailChimp signup form.
Get your MailChimp Sign Up Form.
Visit your Lists section in MailChimp then click on the For...
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374 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![Make money building a hosted LESS Service (CSS) [idea]](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/less-logo.jpg&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
LESS is a technique that makes CSS insanely more powerful, using Variables, Mixins, Operations and Nested Rules. It does this by incorporating a little server side code and is available for virtually all popular development platforms.
If you're looking for a new product to generate a little money on the side, this type of service would be incredibly valuable to web designers who don't want to mess with server side code, and are looking for a way to off load their CSS on to a CDN.
Example:...
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376 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
I'm a WordPress junky and obsess about great WordPress plugins, so today I wanted to share 7 plugins I religiously rely on to make 8iFY hum.
After the Deadline by Raphael Mudge (download)
I'm obviously not a master of the written word, but thanks to After the Deadline I can easily identify clichés, passive voice and many other common mistakes that a novice like myself makes.
CommentLuv by Andy Bailey (download)
CommentLuv helps drive additional comments by offering SEO juice ...
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392 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
LESS was originally a ruby gem for Ruby on Rails that made CSS significantly more dynamic. Now there's been ports in PHP, Javascript, and even .NET. None-the-LESS (pun intended), it's worth checking out! This could change the way you write CSS foreva!
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403 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Do you know how to design a WordPress Themes, or know someone that does? This technique is a great way to generate anywhere between $500 and $4,500 a pop without having to deal with too much client BS.
There are a lot of businesses that use WordPress for their corporate sites. Most of them either are using a premium wordpress theme, or a custom built one. These businesses are ripe for the picking, and can be easily sold if presented with a design before they have to buy.
Step 1. Find a...
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