Ask MyWebGal, Deb Augur

Awesome WordPress Plugin

Deb Augur — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:50:10 +0000

This WordPress plugin is not new but I just found it and had to share it with you. It’s called the “Ultimate TinyMCE.”

A lot of my clients and friends are going to want to install this plugin right away. It simplifies many of the things they want to do but often don’t because of the level of difficulty.

With a click of a button you can add YouTube videos (with just the share link), AND add, create and manipulate tables! There’s also advanced features for images and ordered and unordered lists.

It adds a lot more text formatting capabilities, too. You’re going to love it! Popup windows, image mapping (hot link multiple areas within an image), use short codes and so much more!

Check out the video to see how easily you can do these things (and more) with this awesome WordPress Plugin …

Let me know what you think about it!

Does this sound like something you would like to have?

Do you already have this particular WordPress plugin? (If you do already have it, why didn’t you tell me about it! LOL)

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Just Say No to SOPA PIPA – TED Talks Video

Deb Augur — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:09:29 +0000

“Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea”

In this TED “Talks” video Clay shares the real impact of the SOPA PIPA legislation and warns us that even if it’s not passed we need to be prepared for a fight because that won’t end it. He tells us how for the past twenty years there has been efforts to stop us from sharing things we enjoy with each other.

In fact, if any legislation similar to SOPA ever passes, we could lose Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+ and much more. We may have to close comments on our own blogs.

But the most startling thing that this video brought to my mind was the story about a bakery and children’s artwork of their favorite characters. Very sad! And I never thought about this type of thing.

What’s the full story?

Watch the video below. It’s in the first minute or so and I’ll bet you will be shocked!

Please leave your comments, while you still can…

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Protest SOPA / PIPA

Deb Augur — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:24:59 +0000

Many websites (such as Wikipedia and on WordPress.com) are blacked out today (Wednesday, January 18, 2012) to protest proposed U.S. legislation that threatens internet freedom: the Stop Internet Piracy Act ( SOPA ) and the Protect IP Act ( PIPA ). From personal blogs to giants like WordPress and Wikipedia, sites all over the web — including this one — are asking you to help stop this dangerous legislation from being passed. Please watch the video below to learn how this legislation will affect internet freedom, then scroll down to take action.

Add Your Voice to the SOPA / PIPA Protest!

Go here to learn more and to email or call Congress >>

(from WordPress.com)

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How far will Protect IP/SOPA go?

Deb Augur — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:29:42 +0000

As far as we let them take it…

In fact, according to FightForTheFuture.org/ the government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. “Under this bill, sharing a video with anything copyrighted in it, or what sites like Youtube and Twitter do, would be considered illegal behavior according to this bill.”

They even tried to take down a video off YouTube that showed a toddler dancing to a copyrighted tune. This bill can easily go far beyond what you might think. Your site or blog could even be shut down because of a comment made on a post! After all, you would be responsible.

Watch this video to learn what SOPA is and why you should care:

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

Here’s more information about this: http://www.techi.com/2011/11/visualizing-sopa-the-internet-blacklist-bill/

Have you heard about this yet? What do you think?

Are you willing to take a stand and contact your representative in Congress about it? This site makes it easy: http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa

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Your Own Online Store in 3 Simple Steps (Here’s How)

Deb Augur — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:37:59 +0000

What is Goodsie.com and why should you care?

I had the good fortune to run into this sweet setup for creating an ecommerce store that was amazingly simple! I do believe anyone could do it… yep… even technophobes! Absolutely NO CODING required.

Straightforward, easy to follow step by step setup plus great support should you need it. It also ties in with PayPal and Google Checkout.

There’s just no reason to put off building your own store anymore.

Check this out:

Goodsie.com from Hiidef on Vimeo.

I’m not worried.

While there are lots of DIYers in the web world, my expertise will always be needed. And I truly adore DIYers and that’s why I write this blog. To help you and offer valuable resources.

Goodsie ecommerce stores — free for the first month and then $15 per month thereafter, no transaction fees. You can see some “store of the day” picks on their blog here >>

What do you think? How’s that for simple?

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