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EvoBloggito

EvoBloggito is about web design/development, and using the web for business communication and marketing.
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WordCamp Albuquerque 2012 is official

EvoBloggito ― We’re all official now for WordCamp Albuquerque 2012. The ink on contract with the venue has dried and WordCamp Central has given us full approval. Fellow organizers Karen Arnold, Guy Olds, Mildred Griffee and I can be spotted with that wide... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted 9 days ago
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Recent website launches: all WordPress, all the time

EvoBloggito ― It was a busy fall at Evo. We actually turned some projects away because we could not get to them in the time frame required (which we hated to do, but not as much as we hate working 20 hrs/day for weeks to keep up with everything). We’d like... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Dec 10th, 2011
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A Sanity-saving Approach to Redesigning/Hacking WordPress Themes

EvoBloggito ― A friend of mine, relatively new to implementing WordPress sites, emailed me yesterday asking for some advice. She was using Twenty-eleven as her base, and she had run into some problems bending it into the shape she wanted it. I called her and took... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Oct 26th, 2011
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WordCamp Albuquerque: beyond expectations by any measure (and some code)

EvoBloggito ― I spent an amazing weekend with a bunch (more than 212) of WordPress folks in Albuquerque this past weekend. Which means that for the first time in a while, I didn’t spend the weekend catching up on what I should have been able to accomplish... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Sep 19th, 2011
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WordCamp ABQ presentation: Build a powerful CMS with custom fields and custom post types

EvoBloggito ― Wordcamp abq cf-cpt View more presentations from Evolution Web Development. Slides from my presentation at WordCamp Albuquerque, Sep. 17, 2011. Also includes info about modifying Tiny MCE editor to make it more useful (and less dangerous). The PDF is... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Sep 18th, 2011
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What makes a good CMS?

EvoBloggito ― In preparation for an upcoming presentation for WordCamp Albuquerque, I’ve been doing some thinking about what makes a good content management system. I’ve was involved with providing content management systems for 6-7 years before I... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Aug 16th, 2011
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How to Add Upcoming Events and Events Archive with Custom Post Types

EvoBloggito ― Recently, I had an opportunity to build an events listing that showed only upcoming events, with the next event appearing at the top. That’s pretty easy to accomplish. But I also wanted past events to disappear from the listing and show up... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Jun 28th, 2011
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Why I’m abandoning a land line altogether: bye bye Qwest!

EvoBloggito ― At the end of June, I’ll be abandoning Qwest service entirely, saving about $56/month on phone service. Not that $56/month is outrageous; it’s actually a good bit less than what I pay Tmobile every month, although there really is no... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Jun 16th, 2011
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Hilltop Landscaping: what a company blog should look like

EvoBloggito ― Let’s just come out and admit it: most company blogs are horrible. Either they are never updated (I resemble that remark), or they read like press releases, in that dry, official tone of corporate PR that no one reads because it’s not... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Apr 25th, 2011
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We launched a new website with new EvoGallery CMS WordPress theme

EvoBloggito ― Visit the website» Recently I launched a complete remake of my personal art site: raygulick.com. I’m an oil painter, and my painting site has needed an upgrade for at least 2-3 years. Some opportunities as a painter are beginning to come... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Feb 17th, 2011
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Whew! Launching two websites in the same week

EvoBloggito ― We launched two WordPress-based websites this week, and I’m pleased with both. But I’m really happy double launches are an unusual event. So many things need to happen just before launch, in addition to the inevitable last-minute content... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Jan 25th, 2011
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TED Talks: Jason Fried of 37signals: Why work doesn’t happen at work

EvoBloggito ― I haven’t worked in an office for more than a decade, but this all sounds too familiar. Work needs to be “reinvented” in order to recapture productivity, and these sound like some good suggestions. (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Nov 30th, 2010
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Evo Launches WordPress-based Website for IntelliCyt

EvoBloggito ― IntelliCyt Corp. is an interesting biotech company in Albuquerque. They make high-throughput flow cytometry equipment and software, with a unique patented process. We were fortunate to do their first website (and their logo) in 2007 while they were... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Nov 27th, 2010
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Website Launch: FBT Architects in Albuquerque

EvoBloggito ― We launched FBT Architects’ website this week. It marks an increasingly rare (for Evo) instance of building websites with a custom-developed Content Management System, as we’ve moved primarily to WordPress as a CMS platform. In this case,... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Oct 22nd, 2010
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Why Bad Websites Happen to Good Companies, Part 10: Not Hiring a Writer to Get Clear, Crisp, Compelling Copy

EvoBloggito ― There’s a myth in website design that “no one reads the copy.” It’s not entirely true. While most of the people who visit your website will not read most of the copy, the few visitors who are really interested in what you have... (more)
 Ray Gulick ― Posted on Sep 29th, 2010