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Keyword, Niche and Market Research

Hello,

So, I've spent 2 days searching for images of destinations. For example, Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). I'm familiar with the islands' layouts having lived ther

have you tried wiki....
or
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turks_and_Caicos_island.jpg
try google with searches for specific towns or villages or places with "cc0" at the end of the search....
so 'Turks and Caicos Islands "cc0" ' and google must include the cc0 tag or creative commons 0 - free to use....

Hi Phil,

I appreciate your help. Thank you!

I looked into this and I did find one I like but I have to put the attribution in.... I've never done that so I'll research that too.

I came up with these last night:

- Google’s GEMINI – ‘Make me an image of …’
- https://openart.ai/create - image of Grand Turk was realistic

The Openart.ai/create is giving me what I want so far.

Thanks again, Phil. Have a blessed weekend.

Regards,
Monica

Here are some links to acquire the images you want:

https://turksandcaicostourism.com/
http://www.tci.gov.tc/
http://www.onecaribbean.org/

Inquire at the first URL, they have a contact page you can use. Explain what you want and ask how you my be able to get some images!

Rudy

Hey Rudy,

I appreciate your help. Thank you.

I didn't think about that. I checked the sites and there are some great images. I'm very familiar with many of the areas. I can even see my historical house... the image of it is not very good but it's cool to see it there.

Yes, I see their contact page. I'm on it.

I'll let you know how that goes.

Thanks again, Rudy. Have a blessed Sunday.

Regards,
Monica

You're welcome Monica!

Rudy

You can access the site content area - website tab top menu.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/content/new

I click the highlighted mountain button.

Or You can also use AI images like Bing Creator, Text to Image app via Canva Magic Media, DALL-E via ChatGPT-4 (paid), Leonardo.AI (free and paid) and MidJourney (paid)

That’s also another
https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html

Hey Abie,

I appreciate your help. Thank you!

Oh, cool! I forgot about Chrystopher's post. I remember reading that some years back. Ok... I'm going to be very busy and this will be fun.

I have been using Bing Creator but not specifically for destinations because they look so artificial. I was going to pay for DALL-E via ChatGPT but I feel like it's going to give an artificial look, yes, I looked into Leonardo, same thing. I didn't get far with MidJourney.... it looks like they want me to pay first. And I did look into the Adope Firefly... arrrggg, I can't remember... I'll go back into it again.

I found these two, that comes with free images and look real.... I downloaded a lot.

- Google’s GEMINI – ‘Make me an image of …’
- https://openart.ai/create - image of Grand Turk was realistic

I'll look into Chrystoper's post .... I should be able to find something there.

Thank you, Abie! Have a blessed Sunday 🙏. How are you doing?

Regards,
Monica

👌Perfect, thanks Monica! 🤘

Hey Monica,

Being as you've already received awesome help here, all I can chime in with are the priceless tutorials that Rob (aka boomergp08) created. Hope you find these as helpful as I have.

Hey Trish,

Wow, very cool! I appreciate your help. Thank you!

I'm just trying to catch up. I agree, my goodness, I received all kinds of information from everyone who responded to my question. Wealthy Affiliate members are amazing.... thank God, I'm here on this platform!! 🙏

Rob's tutorials are beyond priceless.... I'm keeping all these. The 'Free Images for Websites - Use Without Any Restrictions', very helpful.

Thanks again, Trish. Have a blessed Sunday.

Regards,
Monica

Hi Monica

You can have AI create some for you, then you can judge if they are accurate enough to be useful.

Frank 🎸

Hi Frank,

I'm sorry to be so late in responding. I've spent another 2 days researching the information ....

I appreciate your help. Thank you! So about AI, I think the two best ones are:

- Google’s GEMINI – ‘Make me an image of …’
- https://openart.ai/create - image of Grand Turk was realistic

Lol... from my research and comparing back and forth to what these AI are showing, it looks legit. I haven't been to all the destinations in my article but I can sure identify them in my head now, I guess after 4 days I should 😂.

Thanks again for your help, Frank. How are you doing?
Have a blessed Sunday.

Regards,
Monica

Hi Monica

That’s great! 👍

I’m doing fine and I hope you are, too. 😎

Frank 🎸

Yes, I'm not too bad. I hope I can get my writing faster... 😂

AI should be able to help you there, Monica. 😎

I just trained AI to know me... interesting result as to what it says about me 😂😂, about my style of writing. I think this will help me write faster.

I started using Grammarly Plagiarism Check and that's been very interesting too. I don't know if you're using that but it helps.

I’ve been using Grammarly Pro & ChatGPT 4o, Monica.

Nice! I have been undecided on whether to pay for the ChatGPT 4, is that the same thing as ChatGPT Plus Subscription?? What is ChatGPT4o? Hope you don't mind me asking, what are you paying for the ChatGPT4o?

Hi Monica

Yeah, ChatGPT 4o is the latest version of the paid subscription.

It costs about $20/month.

Hi Frank,

I'm sorry to be late in responding. Yarrr. it's very hot here and I'm not even motivated at the moment, to do anything.

Are Chat GPT 4o images similar to the Bing Create Images? Do ChatGPT4o images look real?

Hi Monica

Yes, ChatGPT4o uses DALL-E 3, and they are high quality.

You can see some examples of the images it makes here: Frank 🎸

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Do any anyone know of where I can get specific images for destinations for free?

Do any anyone know of where I can get specific images for destinations for free?

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Keyword, Niche and Market Research

Hello,

So, I've spent 2 days searching for images of destinations. For example, Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). I'm familiar with the islands' layouts having lived ther

have you tried wiki....
or
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turks_and_Caicos_island.jpg
try google with searches for specific towns or villages or places with "cc0" at the end of the search....
so 'Turks and Caicos Islands "cc0" ' and google must include the cc0 tag or creative commons 0 - free to use....

Hi Phil,

I appreciate your help. Thank you!

I looked into this and I did find one I like but I have to put the attribution in.... I've never done that so I'll research that too.

I came up with these last night:

- Google’s GEMINI – ‘Make me an image of …’
- https://openart.ai/create - image of Grand Turk was realistic

The Openart.ai/create is giving me what I want so far.

Thanks again, Phil. Have a blessed weekend.

Regards,
Monica

Here are some links to acquire the images you want:

https://turksandcaicostourism.com/
http://www.tci.gov.tc/
http://www.onecaribbean.org/

Inquire at the first URL, they have a contact page you can use. Explain what you want and ask how you my be able to get some images!

Rudy

Hey Rudy,

I appreciate your help. Thank you.

I didn't think about that. I checked the sites and there are some great images. I'm very familiar with many of the areas. I can even see my historical house... the image of it is not very good but it's cool to see it there.

Yes, I see their contact page. I'm on it.

I'll let you know how that goes.

Thanks again, Rudy. Have a blessed Sunday.

Regards,
Monica

You're welcome Monica!

Rudy

You can access the site content area - website tab top menu.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/content/new

I click the highlighted mountain button.

Or You can also use AI images like Bing Creator, Text to Image app via Canva Magic Media, DALL-E via ChatGPT-4 (paid), Leonardo.AI (free and paid) and MidJourney (paid)

That’s also another
https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html

Hey Abie,

I appreciate your help. Thank you!

Oh, cool! I forgot about Chrystopher's post. I remember reading that some years back. Ok... I'm going to be very busy and this will be fun.

I have been using Bing Creator but not specifically for destinations because they look so artificial. I was going to pay for DALL-E via ChatGPT but I feel like it's going to give an artificial look, yes, I looked into Leonardo, same thing. I didn't get far with MidJourney.... it looks like they want me to pay first. And I did look into the Adope Firefly... arrrggg, I can't remember... I'll go back into it again.

I found these two, that comes with free images and look real.... I downloaded a lot.

- Google’s GEMINI – ‘Make me an image of …’
- https://openart.ai/create - image of Grand Turk was realistic

I'll look into Chrystoper's post .... I should be able to find something there.

Thank you, Abie! Have a blessed Sunday 🙏. How are you doing?

Regards,
Monica

👌Perfect, thanks Monica! 🤘

Hey Monica,

Being as you've already received awesome help here, all I can chime in with are the priceless tutorials that Rob (aka boomergp08) created. Hope you find these as helpful as I have.

Hey Trish,

Wow, very cool! I appreciate your help. Thank you!

I'm just trying to catch up. I agree, my goodness, I received all kinds of information from everyone who responded to my question. Wealthy Affiliate members are amazing.... thank God, I'm here on this platform!! 🙏

Rob's tutorials are beyond priceless.... I'm keeping all these. The 'Free Images for Websites - Use Without Any Restrictions', very helpful.

Thanks again, Trish. Have a blessed Sunday.

Regards,
Monica

Hi Monica

You can have AI create some for you, then you can judge if they are accurate enough to be useful.

Frank 🎸

Hi Frank,

I'm sorry to be so late in responding. I've spent another 2 days researching the information ....

I appreciate your help. Thank you! So about AI, I think the two best ones are:

- Google’s GEMINI – ‘Make me an image of …’
- https://openart.ai/create - image of Grand Turk was realistic

Lol... from my research and comparing back and forth to what these AI are showing, it looks legit. I haven't been to all the destinations in my article but I can sure identify them in my head now, I guess after 4 days I should 😂.

Thanks again for your help, Frank. How are you doing?
Have a blessed Sunday.

Regards,
Monica

Hi Monica

That’s great! 👍

I’m doing fine and I hope you are, too. 😎

Frank 🎸

Yes, I'm not too bad. I hope I can get my writing faster... 😂

AI should be able to help you there, Monica. 😎

I just trained AI to know me... interesting result as to what it says about me 😂😂, about my style of writing. I think this will help me write faster.

I started using Grammarly Plagiarism Check and that's been very interesting too. I don't know if you're using that but it helps.

I’ve been using Grammarly Pro & ChatGPT 4o, Monica.

Nice! I have been undecided on whether to pay for the ChatGPT 4, is that the same thing as ChatGPT Plus Subscription?? What is ChatGPT4o? Hope you don't mind me asking, what are you paying for the ChatGPT4o?

Hi Monica

Yeah, ChatGPT 4o is the latest version of the paid subscription.

It costs about $20/month.

Hi Frank,

I'm sorry to be late in responding. Yarrr. it's very hot here and I'm not even motivated at the moment, to do anything.

Are Chat GPT 4o images similar to the Bing Create Images? Do ChatGPT4o images look real?

Hi Monica

Yes, ChatGPT4o uses DALL-E 3, and they are high quality.

You can see some examples of the images it makes here: Frank 🎸

See more comments

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Everything Wordpress

Hello,

I get the message from my Dashboard, in the list of Posts, there’s the SEO heading. The 'T' (Title) shows blue on a published post and when I hover over it,

Yeah I wouldn't worry about those indicators :)

Thank you, Abie! I appreciate your help!

Regards,
Monica

No problem, Monica :)

Hey Monica,

Please provide a screen print of the prompt you're seeing so that we can better understand what you are referring to?

To add your screen print, simply click on gear icon on the right, under your question title, and click Edit. See screen prints below...

Hi Trish,

Thank you for coming to my aid...

Here's a screenshot.

You do not have to worry about those; they're not important :)

Ok, Abie, thank you very much. I appreciate your help.

Have a wonderful day.

Regards,
Monica

You are incredibly welcome :)

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What does this mean ‘built from page seo meta input’?

What does this mean ‘built from page seo meta input’?

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Everything Wordpress

Hello,

I get the message from my Dashboard, in the list of Posts, there’s the SEO heading. The 'T' (Title) shows blue on a published post and when I hover over it,

Yeah I wouldn't worry about those indicators :)

Thank you, Abie! I appreciate your help!

Regards,
Monica

No problem, Monica :)

Hey Monica,

Please provide a screen print of the prompt you're seeing so that we can better understand what you are referring to?

To add your screen print, simply click on gear icon on the right, under your question title, and click Edit. See screen prints below...

Hi Trish,

Thank you for coming to my aid...

Here's a screenshot.

You do not have to worry about those; they're not important :)

Ok, Abie, thank you very much. I appreciate your help.

Have a wonderful day.

Regards,
Monica

You are incredibly welcome :)

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Everything Wordpress

Hello,

Yes, me again! I've looked in Customizer - Colours. When I hover over the menu heading it's dark gray and hard to read. My menu text is black. Can you please tel

What theme do you use?

You can look up their docs or contact their support if premium :)

I'd check Customize again :)

Hi Abie, thank you for your help.

Yes, I went back again into Customizer, the Colour... and I was able to achieve what I wanted. And Eric and Rudy helped.

Sometimes, the smallest issues take me forever to figure out and I lose patience.

Have a wonderful day.

Regards,
Monica

I'm using Generate Press Premium. What theme are you using?

I mostly use the Blocksy premium :) I also have the GPP, Divi, Oxygen, and CrocoBlock

Oh my, and wow! Very interesting. Thank you, Abie for sharing! My mind won't be able to handle all that.

Have an awesome day and weekend.
Monica

You are welcome, Monica :) Enjoy your weekend.

The easiest way is to go the customizer, click on colors, then click on primary navigation. This opens to show you the:

Navigation Background
Navigation Text (THIS ONE)_
Sub-Menu Background

Select Navigation text- You will see three circles:

The first one is the initial color.
The middle is to show the hover color
The third circle shows the current color.

Choose a color for the initial color. This will represent the menu items color.

Select a hover color. The hover color will show you what the menu item will look like when you hover.

The best part about using the customizer is you can see the changes as you do them before publishing the changes.

The third circle shows the color of the selected page.

Home, Contact, About and Blog

The 'current' color will show which page you're on.

If on home page, the home menu item will be a different color than the rest of the menu.

Each page will be highlighted on the menu bar with tat 'current' color.

Hope that helps!

Remember that dark colors on a white or light background show up better.

Use a complimentary color for the hover, and a third color to show the current page.


Rudy

Hey Rudy,

Thank you. This is awesome.

I went back into Customizer...I have the hover colour to the colour I want now and the text is visible.

Thanks again!

Have a wonderful day.

Monica

You're welcome, Monica!

Rudy

I have a new logo and I changed the header image too. All white. Lol... I got tired of the blue.

Hope all is well with you!

Regards,
Monica

Awesome! Will take a look later!

Hi Monica,

I love the new logo. Check your side bar, you will see the old logo there, you might want to change that out!!

Rudy

Hey Rudy,

Ummm, yes, thank you. It was late ... I changed it now. The logo looks a little small on the right side.

Have a wonderful weekend playing pool...
Monica

Here you go. You’re looking in the right spot.

Hey Batman!

Thank you. I watched it just now. Very cool! I went into Colours > Content > Link

I like the consistency of having the same link colour. I was going for a pale blue for my hover colour and that worked. I copied the colour code and pasted it into the 'Choose Initial Colour' but it changed the colour of my post titles to pale blue and it's hard to read. I'm leaving the 'Choose Initial Colour' to black.

How can I change the colour from black to a lighter colour (see image)? I can't read the text when I hover over the menu item.

Regards,
Monica

You change the hover color, the initial color, etc. all from the customizer just like in the video 👍🏼 That's exactly what the customizer is for. You just have to pay attention to what is labeled what or you might be changing the color of what you think is the text in your menu, meanwhile it's actually referring to something else, so you have to pay attention.

When you're doing these changes it will show you in real time what those links look like, so don't publish the changes until you have it right. If you can't get it how you like it or you start to confuse yourself, you can just cancel out and start fresh without any of those changes taking affect.

They only take affect when you hit publish which is a good thing. Play around with it. You'll get it 💯

Hi Eric,

Thank you! I'm tinkering around with it. I'm understanding it a lot more. Thank God, I'm able to do this in real-time without publishing. I'd have no hair left if I couldn't do that.

I accomplished what I wanted, yeaaa! Thank you again.

Regards,
Monica

yeahhhhhh!!!!!
That's the beauty of the customizer. it's like a sandbox you can play around in without the changes being concrete until you hit publish.

Great job, Monica!

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How do I change the hover colour in my main menu?

How do I change the hover colour in my main menu?

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Everything Wordpress

Hello,

Yes, me again! I've looked in Customizer - Colours. When I hover over the menu heading it's dark gray and hard to read. My menu text is black. Can you please tel

What theme do you use?

You can look up their docs or contact their support if premium :)

I'd check Customize again :)

Hi Abie, thank you for your help.

Yes, I went back again into Customizer, the Colour... and I was able to achieve what I wanted. And Eric and Rudy helped.

Sometimes, the smallest issues take me forever to figure out and I lose patience.

Have a wonderful day.

Regards,
Monica

I'm using Generate Press Premium. What theme are you using?

I mostly use the Blocksy premium :) I also have the GPP, Divi, Oxygen, and CrocoBlock

Oh my, and wow! Very interesting. Thank you, Abie for sharing! My mind won't be able to handle all that.

Have an awesome day and weekend.
Monica

You are welcome, Monica :) Enjoy your weekend.

The easiest way is to go the customizer, click on colors, then click on primary navigation. This opens to show you the:

Navigation Background
Navigation Text (THIS ONE)_
Sub-Menu Background

Select Navigation text- You will see three circles:

The first one is the initial color.
The middle is to show the hover color
The third circle shows the current color.

Choose a color for the initial color. This will represent the menu items color.

Select a hover color. The hover color will show you what the menu item will look like when you hover.

The best part about using the customizer is you can see the changes as you do them before publishing the changes.

The third circle shows the color of the selected page.

Home, Contact, About and Blog

The 'current' color will show which page you're on.

If on home page, the home menu item will be a different color than the rest of the menu.

Each page will be highlighted on the menu bar with tat 'current' color.

Hope that helps!

Remember that dark colors on a white or light background show up better.

Use a complimentary color for the hover, and a third color to show the current page.


Rudy

Hey Rudy,

Thank you. This is awesome.

I went back into Customizer...I have the hover colour to the colour I want now and the text is visible.

Thanks again!

Have a wonderful day.

Monica

You're welcome, Monica!

Rudy

I have a new logo and I changed the header image too. All white. Lol... I got tired of the blue.

Hope all is well with you!

Regards,
Monica

Awesome! Will take a look later!

Hi Monica,

I love the new logo. Check your side bar, you will see the old logo there, you might want to change that out!!

Rudy

Hey Rudy,

Ummm, yes, thank you. It was late ... I changed it now. The logo looks a little small on the right side.

Have a wonderful weekend playing pool...
Monica

Here you go. You’re looking in the right spot.

Hey Batman!

Thank you. I watched it just now. Very cool! I went into Colours > Content > Link

I like the consistency of having the same link colour. I was going for a pale blue for my hover colour and that worked. I copied the colour code and pasted it into the 'Choose Initial Colour' but it changed the colour of my post titles to pale blue and it's hard to read. I'm leaving the 'Choose Initial Colour' to black.

How can I change the colour from black to a lighter colour (see image)? I can't read the text when I hover over the menu item.

Regards,
Monica

You change the hover color, the initial color, etc. all from the customizer just like in the video 👍🏼 That's exactly what the customizer is for. You just have to pay attention to what is labeled what or you might be changing the color of what you think is the text in your menu, meanwhile it's actually referring to something else, so you have to pay attention.

When you're doing these changes it will show you in real time what those links look like, so don't publish the changes until you have it right. If you can't get it how you like it or you start to confuse yourself, you can just cancel out and start fresh without any of those changes taking affect.

They only take affect when you hit publish which is a good thing. Play around with it. You'll get it 💯

Hi Eric,

Thank you! I'm tinkering around with it. I'm understanding it a lot more. Thank God, I'm able to do this in real-time without publishing. I'd have no hair left if I couldn't do that.

I accomplished what I wanted, yeaaa! Thank you again.

Regards,
Monica

yeahhhhhh!!!!!
That's the beauty of the customizer. it's like a sandbox you can play around in without the changes being concrete until you hit publish.

Great job, Monica!

See more comments

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Authoring & Writing Content

Hi,

I finally finished my FAQ ... it grew larger than what I was expecting. The questions are what I would ask and I did my research on it as well.

In my 'Conclus

I am with Dale on this and good call :)

Hey Abie,

Thank you for confirming. I did what Dale recommended. I like my CTA.

I had the FAQ as a post and just changed it to a page and stuck it in my main menu. It feels better too.

Have an awesome rest of the week.

Regards,
Monica

Thank you Monica, I appreciate you :)