<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Velvet Blues Web Design</title> <atom:link href="http://www.velvetblues.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.velvetblues.com</link> <description>Velvet Blues offers a wide variety of website-related services such as: complete websites, eCommerce, design, XHTML/CSS slicing, search engine optimization, and content management with custom or open source software such as WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal. 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If you haven't added a custom banner image to your WordPress.org plugin page, here's a simple tutorial to show you how.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/add-custom-banner-image-wordpress-plugin-page/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Time To Upgrade: WordPress 3.3.1 Has Arrived</title><link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/upgrade-wordpress-331/</link> <comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/upgrade-wordpress-331/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:41:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Development Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=7357</guid> <description><![CDATA[WordPress 3.3.1 has arrived. 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The comment error page is a good example of one page that cannot be directly modified via template. 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However, if your url has spaces, you might run into a problem. Read this article to see how to setup a 301 page redirect for a url that contains spaces.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/htaccess-help-301-redirects-for-urls-with-spaces/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GoDaddy&#8217;s Discount Domain Club: Is It Worth It?</title><link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/godaddy-discount-domain-club/</link> <comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/godaddy-discount-domain-club/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:38:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Domain Names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Development Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[.com]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GoDaddy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TLD]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=7298</guid> <description><![CDATA[Owning a lot of domain names can be very expensive. 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Merchant Solutions</title><link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/5-reasons-godaddy-shopping-cart-beats-yahoo-merchant-solutions/</link> <comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/5-reasons-godaddy-shopping-cart-beats-yahoo-merchant-solutions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:25:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Development Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[e-commerce]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GoDaddy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web hosting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yahoo]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=7295</guid> <description><![CDATA[GoDaddy and Yahoo both provide shopping cart software that makes managing an online store easy and cost-effective. But there are big differences between their products. Here are 5 reasons you should choose GoDaddy's Quick Shopping Cart over Yahoo! 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But after two and a half years of use, we decided to uninstall it, mostly for SEO reasons. Here are the top 4 reasons for removing CommentLuv. 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Here are three recommended web-based tools that are lightweight phpMyAdmin replacements.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/php-mysql-gui-lightweight-phpmyadmin-alternatives/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Useful Insights From WordCamp Chicago 2011</title><link>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/speed-scalability-seo-insights-wordcamp-chicago-2011/</link> <comments>http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/speed-scalability-seo-insights-wordcamp-chicago-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:36:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Velvet Blues</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Development Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Website Performance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[optimization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[speed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.velvetblues.com/?p=7055</guid> <description><![CDATA[WordCamp Chicago 2011 was a success! Not only was it the biggest that Chicago had seen, it was jam-packed with useful information about all aspects of WordPress. 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