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29 02, 2024

What’s The Deal With WordPress Selling Your Data To AI?

By |2024-03-04T22:00:03+00:00February 29th, 2024|I Heart Blank News, WWW News|Comments Off on What’s The Deal With WordPress Selling Your Data To AI?

I've gotten a few emails and this topic has been coming up on the blogs I check in the morning.  It appears that Wordpress and Tumblr are selling data to Midjourney and OpenAI.  Before we get into some of the details, please understand that it appears that this will be for wordpress.com sites, and not self-hosted (wordpress.org) sites.  Now, let's get into some details. What's Happening With Automattic Selling Data A majority of the information I got, at least that made the most sense for me, comes from the Lifehacker article "Tumblr and WordPress Are Selling Your Data to [...]

4 01, 2024

Welcome To 2024 – Updates at I Heart Blank, LLC

By |2024-01-04T17:24:28+00:00January 4th, 2024|I Heart Blank News|Comments Off on Welcome To 2024 – Updates at I Heart Blank, LLC

Hey All...a few things as we crash into 2024. First of all, Happy Merry and Happy New Year!  Now, onto business. Copyrights In the upcoming week, I will update all I Heart Blank, LLC hosted websites with the "© 2024".  To double check, just go to your website and scroll to the bottom.  If you're not seeing it right away, make sure you clear your cache.  If you're still not seeing it, shoot me an email and I'll double check! Price Increases Just as a heads up, small business rates have gone up...thankfully, not a lot.  ; ).  This [...]

15 11, 2023

CCM’s Marketing & Your Online Presence Seminar – February 6th & 8th, 2024

By |2024-01-04T17:12:19+00:00November 15th, 2023|I Heart Blank News|Comments Off on CCM’s Marketing & Your Online Presence Seminar – February 6th & 8th, 2024

The next "Marketing & Your Online Presence" Seminar will take place Feb 6th & 8th, 2024 from 6 - 9PM, 6-hour seminar brought to you by the Center for Workforce Development at CCM.  If you're interested in joining, sign up at ccm.edu/workforce/grantsupported (should be the third one down).  Here's the details... Join the Center for Workforce development for an engaging two-day, 6-hour seminar on your marketing and online presence.  In this business-centric class, you'll learn how to stand out from the crowd and create a unique space for your business to grow. Topics Covered Positioning your business Your website [...]

8 11, 2023

WordPress 6.4 “Shirley” Released

By |2023-11-08T16:31:34+00:00November 8th, 2023|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 6.4 “Shirley” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 6.4 "Shirley" was released today!  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: Many of the features and enhancements in WordPress 6.4 fall in the “small but mighty” category. Along with the adaptable beauty of the Twenty Twenty-Four theme, these updates help content creators and site developers alike save time and effort while delivering the high value, low hassle WordPress experience the world has grown to expect. Josepha Haden Chomphosy, Executive Director of WordPress Meet Twenty Twenty-Four Experience site editing at its finest with Twenty Twenty-Four. This new multi-faceted default theme has been thoughtfully crafted with [...]

8 08, 2023

WordPress 6.3 “Lionel” Released

By |2023-08-08T20:47:28+00:00August 8th, 2023|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 6.3 “Lionel” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 6.3 "Lionel" was released today!  This update has ~500 enhancements and ~400 bug fixes.  Pretty excited to try them out.  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: "Lionel” marks a major chapter in the evolution of WordPress as a tool for expression. It’s the culmination of years of work from hundreds of contributors, bringing a more powerful and cohesive editing experience for crafting websites with blocks. It continues the quest of making web publishing approachable for everyone—so it’s also just a new beginning! Do everything in the Site Editor WordPress 6.3 brings your content, templates, [...]

31 03, 2023

WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” Released

By |2023-08-08T20:48:16+00:00March 31st, 2023|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 6.2 "Dolphy" was released today!  This update has ~500 enhancements and ~400 bug fixes.  Pretty excited to try them out.  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: WordPress 6.2 is the first major release of 2023, covering over 900 enhancements and fixes. It’s also a transition point in the WordPress project’s development roadmap, shifting focus from customization to early exploration of workflows and collaboration. Meet the reimagined Site Editor Now out of beta, the Site Editor has an updated interface, giving you a new way to interact with your entire site. Explore full previews of your templates [...]

28 09, 2022

The Ultimate Cache Flushing Guide

By |2024-03-04T18:54:51+00:00September 28th, 2022|WWW News|Comments Off on The Ultimate Cache Flushing Guide

Web browsers can be fun! Sometimes when I update or overwrite someone's website, they reply back to me and say they "can't see the changes."  Most times this also happens to me as well.  It happens because (typically) me, and the business owner, are on their sites more often than the average joe.  This often means we cache the site more often.  'Cache' essentially means your computer is storing a copy/version of the website so it can load it faster next time you visit it.  When something changes on the website, sometimes the cache doesn't notice the change because [...]

19 09, 2022

CCM’s Marketing & Your Online Presence Seminar – September 20th & 22nd

By |2022-09-19T21:37:34+00:00September 19th, 2022|I Heart Blank News|Comments Off on CCM’s Marketing & Your Online Presence Seminar – September 20th & 22nd

Tomorrow starts the two-day (Sept 20th & 22nd from 6 - 9PM), 6-hour seminar on Marketing & Your Online Presence seminar brought to you by the Center for Workforce Development at CCM.  If you're interested in joining, sign up at ccm.edu/workforce/grantsupported (should be the third one down).  Here's the details... Join the Center for Workforce development for an engaging two-day, 6-hour seminar on your marketing and online presence.  In this business-centric class, you'll learn how to stand out from the crowd and create a unique space for your business to grow. Topics Covered Positioning your business Your website presence [...]

5 09, 2022

Upcoming “Out of Office” for I Heart Blank (September – October Edition)

By |2022-09-01T16:29:33+00:00September 5th, 2022|I Heart Blank News|Comments Off on Upcoming “Out of Office” for I Heart Blank (September – October Edition)

Here are the dates that I Heart Blank will be closed in the upcoming months. I will have limited access to the internet. If you have an emergency during these times, please call or text (908) 509-1013: September 5th (Labor Day) September 16th October 21st October 27th - 31st  

1 09, 2022

Hosting Migration at I Heart Sites Is In Progress!

By |2022-09-01T15:22:54+00:00September 1st, 2022|I Heart Blank News|Comments Off on Hosting Migration at I Heart Sites Is In Progress!

After a slow start, I Heart Blank has started moving hosting accounts to its new server! I'm hoping to finish this process in the next couple on months. Why the new server? The old hosting server was getting a little out of date, and getting updates installed on both WHM and cPanel were getting harder. The new server is waaaayyy faster and has the most updated versions for WHM and cPanel for you to use (as well as a bunch of backend features to make sure the hosting runs smooth)! Here's what's happening The backup and restore process is [...]

24 05, 2022

WordPress 6.0 “Arturo” Released

By |2022-05-24T20:32:21+00:00May 24th, 2022|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 6.0 “Arturo” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 6.0 "Arturo" was released today!  This update has ~500 enhancements and ~400 bug fixes.  Pretty excited to try them out.  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: https://youtu.be/oe452WcY7fA Enhanced Writing Experience Writing improvements abound, whether you’re writing a brand new post or adding elements to an existing page. Explore more ways to streamline your content creation process, including: Select text across multiple blocks for easier copying and pasting. Type two open brackets `[[` to quickly access a list of recent posts and pages. Keep existing styles when you transform some blocks from one kind to [...]

26 01, 2022

WordPress 5.9 “Josephine” Released

By |2022-01-26T00:39:48+00:00January 26th, 2022|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 5.9 “Josephine” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 5.9 "Josephine" was released today!  This update seems to be heavy on Wordpress and Theme customization.    Pretty excited to try them out.  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: Full Site Editing Control your whole site, right in the Wordpress admin. Twenty Twenty-Two Theme And say hello to the first default block theme in the history of WordPress. This is more than just a new default theme. It’s a brand-new way to work with WordPress themes. Block themes put a wide array of visual choices directly in your hands, from color schemes and font combinations [...]

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