Building a richer public domain
quoted excerpts from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, topic  reference – The Creative Commons Network, The Creative Commons.org and Flickr Creative Commons

Please Note, the copyright information posted here is subject to unforseen changes being made by the major sharing sites on the WWW. This post has been modified twice already. * see [...]

Quilts and Copyright law: what happened and what could have happened
This article is posted for your information with permission from the author, Paul Rapp of PaulRapp.com
Paul specializes in intellectual property law including copyright, trademark, Internet, and art and entertainment matters. Paul is adjunct professor of copyright and art & entertainment law, Albany Law School
Future [...]

WordPress Plugins to enhance your blog,
part of a series of Internet Skills posts

Many generous software writers are continually developing great plug ins for bloggers using WordPress open source software.

It’s as if bloggers keep adding to a virtual Wish List of Plugins and more free capabilities keep appearing, (numbering the in 1000’s).
If you [...]

Get a new and improved WordPress Editor
part 5 in a series of Internet skills

There was an annoying thing about the WordPress article editor I started out using, the basic editor you might be using too.

Line breaks that I added for spacing effects usually would not be saved. Even when using HTML code, the [...]

3 types of metadata you need for your website
Select the best and appropriate key words
A website’s Name or Title, a useful Description of the site’s purpose and 5-7 Key Words or Key Word Phrases are the most important and in fact essential features in website design.

However, that useful description by itself is not used by [...]

Copying digital photos for the WWW – what’s OK and what’s not – YES, NO, and MAYBE

Please note – this post has been modified twice since 09 09 15 due to changes being made with photo sharing websites, (eg. Creative Commons). Keep updated by visiting the share sites discussed in this post.
It’s very tempting, [...]

engaging blog features help bring repeat visitors
Creating a compelling reason for readers to return to your blog to check out what’s new naturally blends with your goals for becoming a respected blogger and commenter.  Page views will increase, mutual links will form and ideally you will make some sales of your fiber art. (subscription with [...]

Identify Yourself

The primary goal of a blog is building community. Writing excellent posts is part of the task. Making comments at other blogs, responding to those comments and commenting on the response of your own blog are the ways to build community.
If your comments and responses are consistently helpful, informative, interesting and well written, you [...]

a call to action for the Fourth of July
First thing I do when I log onto my Word Press admin is check out comments left by readers. Bloggers love reading and responding to comments. But receiving those comments is often another story.
Paul Cunnngham, of Crane Factory recently wrote, I got  “thinking about all those blog [...]

Magic, Drama, Excitement
a book review of Katie Jane Widger’s guide to dyeing fabrics using fiber reactive dye
Right away I have to tell you that this book is hard to find. I’m writing this review because I feel The New Color Wheel Fabric Dyeing is among the three best dyeing books available for fiber artists who [...]

Darren Rouse’s ProBlogger self-guided Blog Tutorial

Do you know what a Sneeze Post is?
Would you know how to develop an editorial calendar for your blog?
Do you have a plan to boost your blog’s profile and readership?
Luckily, when I first started to develop this blog, I had the foresight to think that I [...]

Moving Beyond Interested Quilters Browsing Interesting Quilt Websites
Now more than ever, artists are faced with the challenges and opportunities of the Internet with its fast changing capabilities to feature artwork. For many artists, traditional art galleries continue to fulfill a necessary market sector. The global reach of the Internet is an attractive addition to the [...]

Are your quilt photos showing your artwork in the best possible way?
Here is what you will need to create better quilt art photos for your blog or website:
1. A digital camera (at least 2 megapixels)
2. A computer with a good monitor (laptops are not the best display for photo work)
3. Software to edit [...]

Looking under the Hood
Search engines are a very competitive environment so how they work is a well guarded secret.  Google in particular is so sophisticated and successful that it represents over 80% of all searches, leaving the impression with many that there’s a giant elephant in the room.