Blazing Moon http://www.blazingmoon.org Musings of a Nonprofit IT Geek Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:13:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.2 Changing a WordPress Page’s Name http://www.blazingmoon.org/2017/04/changing-wordpress-pages-name/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2017/04/changing-wordpress-pages-name/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:05:54 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=1662 “How can I change the title of this WordPress page?” It seems like a simple question—but depending on your site, you might need to check in more places than you’d think. Will this screw anything up? Recently the executive director of a nonprofit I work with asked me whether changing page’s name in the menu […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2016/03/nonprofit-wordpress-manual-launches/feed/ 0 Nonprofit WordPress Episode 7: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress [Video Tutorial] http://www.blazingmoon.org/2015/09/nonprofit-wordpress-episode-7-moving-to-self-hosted-wordpress-video-tutorial/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2015/09/nonprofit-wordpress-episode-7-moving-to-self-hosted-wordpress-video-tutorial/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2015 16:25:07 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=1595 No matter who you are, you can make a website for your nonprofit. In Episode 6 of the Nonprofit WordPress video tutorial series we looked at some of the paid features that WordPress.com offers. With those additions, we’ve taken our website’s WordPress.com incarnation as far as we can. In this final episode we’ll explore the […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2015/09/nonprofit-wordpress-episode-7-moving-to-self-hosted-wordpress-video-tutorial/feed/ 0 Nonprofit WordPress Episode 6: Premium WordPress.com [Video Tutorial] http://www.blazingmoon.org/2015/03/nonprofit-wordpress-episode-6-premium-wordpress-com-video-tutorial/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2015/03/nonprofit-wordpress-episode-6-premium-wordpress-com-video-tutorial/#respond Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:22:31 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=1569 No matter who you are, you can make a website for your nonprofit. In Episode 5 of the Nonprofit WordPress video tutorial series we rounded out our site with social media engagement as well as header and footer customization. Now we’ll look at what we can add by paying a few dollars for premium features. […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2015/03/nonprofit-wordpress-episode-6-premium-wordpress-com-video-tutorial/feed/ 0 Nonprofit WordPress Episode 5: Social Media & Comments [Video Tutorial] http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/10/nonprofit-wordpress-episode-5-social-media-comments-video-tutorial/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/10/nonprofit-wordpress-episode-5-social-media-comments-video-tutorial/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:01:56 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=1552 No matter who you are, you can make a website for your nonprofit. In Episode 4 of the Nonprofit WordPress video tutorial series we added a news feed to our site. This time we’re going to engage our community with social media and comments, as well as customizing the sidebar and footer. The Nonprofit WordPress […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/10/nonprofit-wordpress-episode-5-social-media-comments-video-tutorial/feed/ 0 Nonprofit WordPress 4: Adding News Stories [Video Tutorial] http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/09/nonprofit-wordpress-4-adding-news-stories-video-tutorial/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/09/nonprofit-wordpress-4-adding-news-stories-video-tutorial/#respond Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:55:47 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=1530 No matter who you are, you can make a website for your nonprofit. In Episode 3 of the Nonprofit WordPress video tutorial series we expanded our site by adding a Results page, including a featured photo and an informational PDF. Now it’s time to add news to our site so we can tell visitors what […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/09/nonprofit-wordpress-4-adding-news-stories-video-tutorial/feed/ 0 Nonprofit WordPress 3: Adding Pictures & Documents [Video Tutorial] http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/08/nonprofit-wordpress-3-adding-pictures-documents-video-tutorial/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/08/nonprofit-wordpress-3-adding-pictures-documents-video-tutorial/#respond Fri, 29 Aug 2014 18:03:59 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=1507 No matter who you are, you can make a website for your nonprofit. In Episode 2 of the Nonprofit WordPress video tutorial series we created a basic but working website in less than 4 minutes. In Episode 3 we’ll add another important feature—a Results page—and also learn how to add pictures and documents to our […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/08/nonprofit-wordpress-3-adding-pictures-documents-video-tutorial/feed/ 0 Nonprofit WordPress 2: The 4-Minute Website [Video Tutorial] http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/05/nonprofit-wordpress-2-4-minute-website-video-tutorial/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/05/nonprofit-wordpress-2-4-minute-website-video-tutorial/#respond Thu, 15 May 2014 16:58:51 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=1486 No matter who you are, you can make a website for your nonprofit. In Episode 1 of the Nonprofit WordPress video tutorial series we looked at what WordPress is and how it can help you build a website. In Episode 2 we’ll actually build a simple nonprofit website—in less than four minutes. The Nonprofit WordPress […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/05/nonprofit-wordpress-2-4-minute-website-video-tutorial/feed/ 0 Nonprofit WordPress 1: What is WordPress? [Video Tutorial] http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/05/nonprofit-wordpress-1-what-is-wordpress-video-tutorial/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/05/nonprofit-wordpress-1-what-is-wordpress-video-tutorial/#respond Fri, 09 May 2014 14:13:15 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=1449 No matter who you are, you can make a website for your nonprofit. The great thing about WordPress is that it lets anyone, even a non-geek, quickly create a good, basic website. After that, if you’re willing to invest more time you can tweak and extend your site in some wonderful ways. The Blazing Moon […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2014/05/nonprofit-wordpress-1-what-is-wordpress-video-tutorial/feed/ 0 Preventing WordPress Plugin Folly http://www.blazingmoon.org/2012/12/preventing-wordpress-plugin-folly/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2012/12/preventing-wordpress-plugin-folly/#respond Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:58:30 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=1385 There’s no doubt that plugins are one of the reasons for WordPress’s success. They can do some wonderful things. Even so, they’ve been the downfall of many a site. This post discusses the tradeoffs of plugins and how to protect your site from the Creeping Menace of Plugin Bloat. Who this article is for. Anyone […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2011/06/wordpress-backups-hard-easy-backupbuddy/feed/ 0 Caution: Do Your Really Own Your Domain Name? http://www.blazingmoon.org/2011/04/caution-do-your-really-own-your-domain-name/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2011/04/caution-do-your-really-own-your-domain-name/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:32:09 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=1187 You own a domain name. Great. Did you or someone at your organization register the domain name directly with domain name registrar? Or did a consultant do it for you? Maybe a web hosting company or marketing firm set it up? A domain name is like a mask. It’s your public face on the Internet, […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2011/04/caution-do-your-really-own-your-domain-name/feed/ 0 Choose the Right Technology: Goals, Tools, and Match http://www.blazingmoon.org/2011/01/choose-right-technology-goals-tools-match/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2011/01/choose-right-technology-goals-tools-match/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:07:36 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=1033 I try not to use overwrought, hyperbolic drama-words too often in my writing. Okay, so maybe I don’t try very hard. But there’s no other way to say this: the time people and organizations have wasted by using the wrong technology is utterly tragic. It can happen so easily, especially for nonprofits who often need […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2011/01/choose-right-technology-goals-tools-match/feed/ 2 Website Options for Nonprofits — Part 3: Use Your Browser to Build a Website http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/12/website-options-for-nonprofits-%e2%80%94-part-3-use-your-browser-to-build-a-website/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/12/website-options-for-nonprofits-%e2%80%94-part-3-use-your-browser-to-build-a-website/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:15:45 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=941 This is the last in a three-part series discussing website options for nonprofits. Part 1 gave background information about what a website really is and discussed options for where yours can live. Part 2 discussed the traditional approach: installing a web page editor on your computer and using it to build a website. But the […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/12/website-options-for-nonprofits-%e2%80%94-part-3-use-your-browser-to-build-a-website/feed/ 3 Website Options for Nonprofits — Part 2: Web Editing Software http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/11/website-options-nonprofits-part-2-web-editing-software/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/11/website-options-nonprofits-part-2-web-editing-software/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:00:52 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=822 This is the second in a three-part series discussing website options for nonprofits. Part 1 gave background information about what a website really is and discussed options for where yours can live. But whether you’re building a new site or need to update an existing site, you need some way to edit pages. Today we’ll […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/11/website-options-nonprofits-part-2-web-editing-software/feed/ 3 Website Options for Nonprofits — Part 1: Big Picture http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/10/nonprofit-website-options-part-one-big-picture/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/10/nonprofit-website-options-part-one-big-picture/#respond Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:29:26 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=582 If your organization has a web presence of some kind, which it probably does, there’s a good chance you’re not completely happy with something about it. Maybe it’s too expensive. Maybe it’s too hard to update. Maybe it’s just plain ugly. If your organization doesn’t have a web presence, there’s a good chance that makes […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/10/cut-through-computer-clutter-productivity/feed/ 3 Google Voice for Nonprofits http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/09/google-voice-for-nonprofits/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/09/google-voice-for-nonprofits/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:21:20 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=463 “Google Voice for Nonprofits” isn’t a new Google offering intended for nonprofit organizations. It’s a question. Is Google Voice right for nonprofits? As with any worthwhile question, the answer is “it depends”: on the organization’s size, its culture, its work needs, and plenty of other things. This article takes a look at some issues to […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/08/prevent-and-repair-computer-viruses/feed/ 0 Share Files Online — Part 3: Collaboration Tools http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/05/how-to-share-files-part-3-collaboration-tools/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/05/how-to-share-files-part-3-collaboration-tools/#respond Sat, 29 May 2010 21:11:49 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=337 You need to share files. Whether it’s with friends, clients, partners, or coworkers, there’s some file you need them to see, and vice-versa. My last two posts drew a distinction between whether you’re file-sharing for publication or for collaboration (How to Share Files — Part 1: Overview), and then explored some options for the publication-based […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/05/how-to-share-files-part-3-collaboration-tools/feed/ 0 Share Files Online — Part 2: Publication Tools http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/05/how-to-share-files-part-2-publication-tools/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/05/how-to-share-files-part-2-publication-tools/#respond Fri, 21 May 2010 22:18:53 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=322 In last week’s post, How to Share Files — Part 1: Overview, I drew a distinction between publication-based online file-sharing and collaboration-based online file-sharing. In brief, Publication tools let you put a file where others can get it. Collaboration tools let you cooperatively create a document with others. There’s a lot of overlap between these […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/05/how-to-share-files-part-2-publication-tools/feed/ 0 Share Files Online — Part 1: Overview http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/05/how-to-share-files-part-1-overview/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/05/how-to-share-files-part-1-overview/#respond Thu, 13 May 2010 20:23:25 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=309 Over the last few months I’ve answered a lot of questions about online file-sharing. “Should I upload my files to my own website or put them on a file-sharing service?” “How can I make a PDF available on my blog?” “What about sites like Google Docs and Zoho?” As with nearly anything, the answer depends […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/05/how-to-share-files-part-1-overview/feed/ 0 Fixing a Flickering PowerPoint http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/04/quick-tip-fixing-a-flickering-powerpoint/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/04/quick-tip-fixing-a-flickering-powerpoint/#respond Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:19:58 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=283 This quick tip is for a very specific situation, but I want to make it available since lengthy Googling didn’t turn up an answer for me. I had to solve it the hard way: by actually paying attention. I’m not used to doing that. Google has made me weak. The Problem When I ran a […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/04/quick-tip-fixing-a-flickering-powerpoint/feed/ 0 Decide Which RSS Feeds to Follow http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/03/tip-deciding-which-rss-feeds-to-follow/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/03/tip-deciding-which-rss-feeds-to-follow/#respond Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:37:33 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=259 RSS is a great way to easily follow a lot of websites. This article isn’t an introduction to RSS—that’ll have to wait for another time—but if you’re new to RSS or just a little hazy on the details, I highly recommend you watch the 3-minute video RSS in Plain English. Even though RSS is awfully […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2010/03/tip-deciding-which-rss-feeds-to-follow/feed/ 0 Nonprofit Profiles, Groups, and Pages: Facebook Policy http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/11/nonprofit-profiles-groups-and-pages-facebook-policy/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/11/nonprofit-profiles-groups-and-pages-facebook-policy/#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:58:09 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=233 When creating a Facebook presence for your nonprofit, you need to decide which kind of presence to use. In addition to creating a Facebook Cause—which you should consider as a supporting service rather than a primary presence—you really have three options: a Profile, a Group, or a Page. Profiles are intended for individuals; Pages are […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/11/nonprofit-profiles-groups-and-pages-facebook-policy/feed/ 0 Nonprofit Social Media Resources: A Menagerie http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/09/nonprofit-social-media-resources-a-menagerie/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/09/nonprofit-social-media-resources-a-menagerie/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:00:19 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=198 This week I’m giving a presentation on social media to the Dane County Administrators of Volunteer Service (DCAVS). In a 75 minute talk (including discussion) I’ll only be able to scratch the surface of this enormous topic, so I’m providing them with additional resources to help with later planning and learning. I thought I’d post […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/09/nonprofit-social-media-resources-a-menagerie/feed/ 0 Move Your Domain to a New Web Host http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/09/migrating-your-domain-to-a-new-web-host/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/09/migrating-your-domain-to-a-new-web-host/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:28:21 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=174 Web host migration is like skydiving: you know there’ll be a lot of adrenalin, and you hope there won’t be a loud thud at the end. I’ve migrated a few domains recently for myself and others. So far, no thuds. Here’s the process I used. The following assumes (1) you already have a website hosted […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/09/migrating-your-domain-to-a-new-web-host/feed/ 0 Create a Nonprofit Facebook Page in 3 Easy Steps http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/08/create-a-nonprofit-facebook-page-in-3-easy-steps/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/08/create-a-nonprofit-facebook-page-in-3-easy-steps/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:37:11 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=107 Step 1: Contemplate Ask yourself this question: “Why am I doing this?” (This is a pretty good question to ask before doing most things.) If you can’t answer that question clearly and specifically, you should do more thinking before you make a Page. Answers like “Because everybody’s doing it” and “Because somebody asked me why […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2009/08/create-a-nonprofit-facebook-page-in-3-easy-steps/feed/ 2 Install Koha on Ubuntu — Part 6: Going Live http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/12/install-koha-on-ubuntu-part-6-going-live/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/12/install-koha-on-ubuntu-part-6-going-live/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:00:41 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=714 Warning: this tutorial was developed in 2008, and is for versions of Koha and Ubuntu that are now considered quite old. If you want to install the current version of Koha on Ubuntu, please visit Koha on Ubuntu at the Koha Community wiki. This is part 6 of 6 in a tutorial series on installing […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/12/install-koha-on-ubuntu-part-4-koha/feed/ 11 Install Koha on Ubuntu — Part 3: Koha Prerequisites http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/12/install-koha-ubuntu-koha-prerequisites/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/12/install-koha-ubuntu-koha-prerequisites/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:00:56 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/?p=692 Warning: this tutorial was developed in 2008, and is for versions of Koha and Ubuntu that are now considered quite old. If you want to install the current version of Koha on Ubuntu, please visit Koha on Ubuntu at the Koha Community wiki. This is part 3 of 6 in a tutorial series on installing […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/12/install-koha-ubuntu-preparing-linux/feed/ 11 Install Koha on Ubuntu — Part 1: Introduction http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/12/installing-koha-3-on-ubuntu-810-a-tutorial/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/12/installing-koha-3-on-ubuntu-810-a-tutorial/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:34:00 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/news/?p=58 Warning: this tutorial was developed in 2008, and is for versions of Koha and Ubuntu that are now considered quite old. If you want to install the current version of Koha on Ubuntu, please visit Koha on Ubuntu at the Koha Community wiki. This six-part series will help you to install Koha. Specifically, this guide […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/12/installing-koha-3-on-ubuntu-810-a-tutorial/feed/ 33 Thin Clients in Libraries: A Brief Reflection http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/11/thin-clients-in-libraries-a-brief-reflection/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/11/thin-clients-in-libraries-a-brief-reflection/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:54:14 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/news/?p=30 “Thin Clients” are inexpensive computers, throwbacks to the days of computer terminals. The thin client itself has very little power, instead connecting to a powerful shared server for most of its smarts. In many situations these computers can save organizations money in purchasing, setup, and maintenance. I recently developed a brief, 12-minute overview of “dumb” […]

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]]> http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/11/thin-clients-in-libraries-a-brief-reflection/feed/ 0 Presenting to Groups: Principles and Techniques [How To] http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/11/talking-points-presentation-principles-and-techniques/ http://www.blazingmoon.org/2008/11/talking-points-presentation-principles-and-techniques/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:51:20 +0000 http://www.blazingmoon.org/news/?p=21 This week I’m giving a 1-hour presentation about… giving presentations. It covers preparation, visual aids (PowerPoint and otherwise), managing your time in the presentation, encouraging participation, and more. I’ve uploaded the PowerPoint and the accompanying Word handout. “Talking Points: Presentation Principles and Techniques” by Andy Giesler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 […]

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