Social Media Services

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WordPress Hosting, Software & Documentation

Blue Host - value-priced WordPress hosting from $6.95/month

Media Temple – professional grid hosting from $20/month (please note you were referred by me)

WordPress.org – WP application, plugins, forums

WordPress.com – WP-hosted services (free alternative to self-hosting)

WordPress Codex – WP documentation

WordPress Videos – WP tutorials


More Resources

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The Elements of User Experience – by Jesse James Garrett

Home Page Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed ­ by Jakob Nielsen

Woo Themes for WordPress

Studio Press themes for WordPress

Open Source & Low Cost Graphics - http://www.deviantart.com/

Low Cost Graphics - http://www.istockphoto.com/

The Long Tail http://thelongtail.com/

The Growth of Web 2.0 http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

User Generated Content http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_generated_content

Social Networking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking

Webby Awards – http://www.webbyawards.com

Web Style Guide – http://www.webstyleguide.com

Color Scheme Generator – http://www.wellstyled.com

Style Site – http://www.lab404.com/dan/index.html

Lorem Ipsum (dummy text) generator – http://www.lipsum.com

The use of color in design and on the web – http://www.colorsontheweb.com

Web standards organization- http://www.w3c.org

Lots of tutorials on web design and coding – http://www.w3schools.com

Pop-up HTML and hexadecimal color guides – http://www.visibone.com/popups/deskpop.htm

US Patent & Trademark Office – http://www.uspto.gov