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Need a live person to run it. Phone number to call?

is it a prepaid card? I had the same problem occur after my first month so I needed to use PayPal instead.

thanks for response. Yes. For some reason, after bouncing, later I found my account current so somehow a gremlin fixed it. Go figure.

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Card bouncing even though i've troubleshot on other end?

Card bouncing even though i've troubleshot on other end?

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Need a live person to run it. Phone number to call?

is it a prepaid card? I had the same problem occur after my first month so I needed to use PayPal instead.

thanks for response. Yes. For some reason, after bouncing, later I found my account current so somehow a gremlin fixed it. Go figure.

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My site is www.FreeOnlineBusinessPlan.com and I want it to STAY looking like this design when I switch it. I

I looked at the link - maybe you changed it - I didn't see a slider. Look at Evolve. It has a slider and 3 display boxes across the middle(or you can remove them) Loads of ways to customize it.
And the best part - its free :)
If you like it and need any help, I can tell you how to change things. I used to have it before my magazine theme.

Awesome I'll look right now!!

AAAAANGELAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! OHHH MY GOSH IT WORKED! I'm goin for it. It's not exactly what I would've done with Genesis but who knows if I would have bought the right one there... this way I will least know most of the questions and answers I want IF I have to buy one later. You are just a sweet angel to keep me in mind! How did you find it? I am going to go rest now lol. THEN WRITE! -Alexx

Same way you did, someone told me about it. I fell in love with it when I found it too :) I'm glad you like it. If you can't figure out how to do something, send me a PM and I'll pull it up on my test site.
There is so much you can do with it. I work from home (of course lol) so I'm always on the PC and check my messages often. I will get back to you.

That is an awesome looking theme for free!

NO KIDDING RIGHT? I'm so excited... but I'm toast for today. Tomorrow I'll kill it! Thanks for checking in!!!

Ok everybody... here's what I'm leaning towards: Genesis (Studiopress) Executive Theme which will be about $100... I'm just double checking reviews on it now and know I'll have to add a widget to do the slider, but it seems that knowing that I'll have the lease chance of problems using Genesis... and can use it readily on my other sites. The particular customization options are really a LOT to figure out on the Themes... I wish there was a cool matrix for it so we could figure it out at a glance! -Alexx

I know what you're going through with the theme, I love getting everything looking right. But if I were you I'd really concentrate on the content first. That will get more attention and rankings than the layout. Got my first referral yesterday and I'm still using Twenty Thirteen. So, no money laid out...
But, if you're determined... I think genesis is a good theme, doubt you'll find a lot of complaints about it. But there may be cheaper options that do the same thing without having to add additional widget.

I have the content down... ;) Until the design comes together anyway. I may seem backwards but I have always designed sites this way... it drove my ex crazy. I would use publisher and draw out my site, full color, everything... and ask him to make it happen, and he did! For the most part. Once I was designing I filled in text. It just flowed. Some people are so visual that the layout CREATES the presentation for them, as it does me. I don't think it's necessarily right though. I just have no challenge with writing material, but boy this is such a biggie for me... thinking that the theme I pick will have to work within my limitations and knowing jack about customization, or even just operation of these things, I have PARANOIA of analysis! lol I'm going to look at your theme right now! I did verify that any of the Genesis themes I want will work with Woocommerce later, be mobile, and a few other things... THANK U SO MUCH FOR MONITORING THIS PROGRESS... I will be so happy to get your opinion on the end result! -Alexx

Hey I'm a photographer - I totally understand the visual thing :) I look forward to seeing your gorgeous site when it's all set up! My theme is VERY boring. VERY. I'll be updating it soon - have the theme chosen and all - just don't have time to do the customisation so it's taken a back seat.

I really like your business theme... it is the look of simplicity I want also... I just want a few more moving parts is all. By the way, I found the phone details thanks to YOU ;)) but I can take out the numbers but the words PHONE AND FAX are still left there on the SKT theme... Lordy. Glad I turned that page! -A

Yep - I had that theme installed for about 5 minutes before I went back. Had about 5 others installed for the same period of time... realised I was wasting time and stepped away from it :)

PS... the phone details are under the Footer section in this theme.. Wrong place, but there it is.

OK I WILL TOTALLY LOOK... I swear I opened and trolled every stinkin' button but who knows...

Try Custom Community

OK I WILL, THANK YOU!!

Ha! I looked at this same theme and got frustrated with it quickly! Then I decided to get my content filled out and get back to the theme later....

I'll using a paid theme, but it's not really necessary. Have you used the filters in the WP search? If you have very specific "wants" like yours the filters can help you weed through themes more quickly. Note I say "wants" not needs. Content is far more important than looks when it comes to rankings.

It's a killer theme, right? I don't mind buying one, but I want it to WORK and this company doesn't have a good rep. Now they finally answered my support ticket and said to click on appearance. BUT IT DOES NOTHING further than what I've done.

Yes I did try the filters after I'd been through each "at a glance" theme, to drill down on what to demo, but perhaps I was too worn out by that time. I may try again. OMG I hate wasting time though! THANKS SO SO MUCH. -Alexx

Try theTempera theme

That is a nice theme too :) I have it on one of my other sites.

Thanks!!! I'm working with Evolve right now but I will check it out!! -Alexx

Hey Angela... I still can't figure out how to get those weird shades off the Evolve bootstrap slider. Also I'm wondering where you found such large pics. I think it's not possible to stretch a pic to be wide enough on the picresizers because unless we go to something super sophisticated it looks like it's only possible to shrink pics. Thx in advance again. -Alexx

When I was looking for images, I just made sure I found ones larger than what I needed.
Not sure what you mean by weird shades?

Could you take a quick peek at my site? The photos have two dark shades along the bottom. They're inserted by the program somehow. -Alexx

It looks as if you are seeing those because your images are not the correct size.
But I see most of them are 1200 x 450. Not sure why when you download the image then it is 1200x450 but when you upload the same size it doesn't cover the full width.
ok I did it on my test site and uploaded an image 1200x450 and it went full width.
Double check the sizes of your images. you can use pixlr.com/editor to enlarge images but if it is too much of an enlargement then the quality will be bad. If you are going smaller, you can use pixlr.com/editor or picresize.com.

OK looking further, your slider is stretching the full width of the main page, that is the issue. Looking now to see where that setting is.
Check in theme options, then bottstrap slider, near the top, see if you have the 100% background checked
http://screencast.com/t/rZNl0eqjOh

only thing I can think of - check that and I will look some more

ok found something else you can check that may affect - go to theme options > general, check the style, width and effect. if you changed any of those, it would change the view of the main page

I did have it checked. Unchecked and seems the same.

The first 2 pics are the exact samples you sent me to use as size models. Hmmm...

did you see my 2nd comment? if the width was changed it would change the view I am thinking.

Switched to 985 wide. Works better on Android (im on my cell this morning) but still have the shadows. The design I want is mostly white and those shades are wrecking it lol -Alexx

only shadows I am seeing ar these 2 places in this screenshot. is this what you're talking about?
http://screencast.com/t/NNSPE1rumL

Those, and the bottom of the page below the middle shadow is a lighter shadow... So three. I forgot that the top menu's shaded too. THANK YOU

not sure about the other 2 but you may be able to fix the menu in theme options. can't remember which it is but check if there's a section for menu, or check the styling section.

What's weird is I changed nothing for it to do this to begin with. You didn't have this problem did you? -Alexx

not that I recall. It has been awhile since I used that theme.

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Can you recommend a theme that will do this.?

Can you recommend a theme that will do this.?

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My site is www.FreeOnlineBusinessPlan.com and I want it to STAY looking like this design when I switch it. I

I looked at the link - maybe you changed it - I didn't see a slider. Look at Evolve. It has a slider and 3 display boxes across the middle(or you can remove them) Loads of ways to customize it.
And the best part - its free :)
If you like it and need any help, I can tell you how to change things. I used to have it before my magazine theme.

Awesome I'll look right now!!

AAAAANGELAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! OHHH MY GOSH IT WORKED! I'm goin for it. It's not exactly what I would've done with Genesis but who knows if I would have bought the right one there... this way I will least know most of the questions and answers I want IF I have to buy one later. You are just a sweet angel to keep me in mind! How did you find it? I am going to go rest now lol. THEN WRITE! -Alexx

Same way you did, someone told me about it. I fell in love with it when I found it too :) I'm glad you like it. If you can't figure out how to do something, send me a PM and I'll pull it up on my test site.
There is so much you can do with it. I work from home (of course lol) so I'm always on the PC and check my messages often. I will get back to you.

That is an awesome looking theme for free!

NO KIDDING RIGHT? I'm so excited... but I'm toast for today. Tomorrow I'll kill it! Thanks for checking in!!!

Ok everybody... here's what I'm leaning towards: Genesis (Studiopress) Executive Theme which will be about $100... I'm just double checking reviews on it now and know I'll have to add a widget to do the slider, but it seems that knowing that I'll have the lease chance of problems using Genesis... and can use it readily on my other sites. The particular customization options are really a LOT to figure out on the Themes... I wish there was a cool matrix for it so we could figure it out at a glance! -Alexx

I know what you're going through with the theme, I love getting everything looking right. But if I were you I'd really concentrate on the content first. That will get more attention and rankings than the layout. Got my first referral yesterday and I'm still using Twenty Thirteen. So, no money laid out...
But, if you're determined... I think genesis is a good theme, doubt you'll find a lot of complaints about it. But there may be cheaper options that do the same thing without having to add additional widget.

I have the content down... ;) Until the design comes together anyway. I may seem backwards but I have always designed sites this way... it drove my ex crazy. I would use publisher and draw out my site, full color, everything... and ask him to make it happen, and he did! For the most part. Once I was designing I filled in text. It just flowed. Some people are so visual that the layout CREATES the presentation for them, as it does me. I don't think it's necessarily right though. I just have no challenge with writing material, but boy this is such a biggie for me... thinking that the theme I pick will have to work within my limitations and knowing jack about customization, or even just operation of these things, I have PARANOIA of analysis! lol I'm going to look at your theme right now! I did verify that any of the Genesis themes I want will work with Woocommerce later, be mobile, and a few other things... THANK U SO MUCH FOR MONITORING THIS PROGRESS... I will be so happy to get your opinion on the end result! -Alexx

Hey I'm a photographer - I totally understand the visual thing :) I look forward to seeing your gorgeous site when it's all set up! My theme is VERY boring. VERY. I'll be updating it soon - have the theme chosen and all - just don't have time to do the customisation so it's taken a back seat.

I really like your business theme... it is the look of simplicity I want also... I just want a few more moving parts is all. By the way, I found the phone details thanks to YOU ;)) but I can take out the numbers but the words PHONE AND FAX are still left there on the SKT theme... Lordy. Glad I turned that page! -A

Yep - I had that theme installed for about 5 minutes before I went back. Had about 5 others installed for the same period of time... realised I was wasting time and stepped away from it :)

PS... the phone details are under the Footer section in this theme.. Wrong place, but there it is.

OK I WILL TOTALLY LOOK... I swear I opened and trolled every stinkin' button but who knows...

Try Custom Community

OK I WILL, THANK YOU!!

Ha! I looked at this same theme and got frustrated with it quickly! Then I decided to get my content filled out and get back to the theme later....

I'll using a paid theme, but it's not really necessary. Have you used the filters in the WP search? If you have very specific "wants" like yours the filters can help you weed through themes more quickly. Note I say "wants" not needs. Content is far more important than looks when it comes to rankings.

It's a killer theme, right? I don't mind buying one, but I want it to WORK and this company doesn't have a good rep. Now they finally answered my support ticket and said to click on appearance. BUT IT DOES NOTHING further than what I've done.

Yes I did try the filters after I'd been through each "at a glance" theme, to drill down on what to demo, but perhaps I was too worn out by that time. I may try again. OMG I hate wasting time though! THANKS SO SO MUCH. -Alexx

Try theTempera theme

That is a nice theme too :) I have it on one of my other sites.

Thanks!!! I'm working with Evolve right now but I will check it out!! -Alexx

Hey Angela... I still can't figure out how to get those weird shades off the Evolve bootstrap slider. Also I'm wondering where you found such large pics. I think it's not possible to stretch a pic to be wide enough on the picresizers because unless we go to something super sophisticated it looks like it's only possible to shrink pics. Thx in advance again. -Alexx

When I was looking for images, I just made sure I found ones larger than what I needed.
Not sure what you mean by weird shades?

Could you take a quick peek at my site? The photos have two dark shades along the bottom. They're inserted by the program somehow. -Alexx

It looks as if you are seeing those because your images are not the correct size.
But I see most of them are 1200 x 450. Not sure why when you download the image then it is 1200x450 but when you upload the same size it doesn't cover the full width.
ok I did it on my test site and uploaded an image 1200x450 and it went full width.
Double check the sizes of your images. you can use pixlr.com/editor to enlarge images but if it is too much of an enlargement then the quality will be bad. If you are going smaller, you can use pixlr.com/editor or picresize.com.

OK looking further, your slider is stretching the full width of the main page, that is the issue. Looking now to see where that setting is.
Check in theme options, then bottstrap slider, near the top, see if you have the 100% background checked
http://screencast.com/t/rZNl0eqjOh

only thing I can think of - check that and I will look some more

ok found something else you can check that may affect - go to theme options > general, check the style, width and effect. if you changed any of those, it would change the view of the main page

I did have it checked. Unchecked and seems the same.

The first 2 pics are the exact samples you sent me to use as size models. Hmmm...

did you see my 2nd comment? if the width was changed it would change the view I am thinking.

Switched to 985 wide. Works better on Android (im on my cell this morning) but still have the shadows. The design I want is mostly white and those shades are wrecking it lol -Alexx

only shadows I am seeing ar these 2 places in this screenshot. is this what you're talking about?
http://screencast.com/t/NNSPE1rumL

Those, and the bottom of the page below the middle shadow is a lighter shadow... So three. I forgot that the top menu's shaded too. THANK YOU

not sure about the other 2 but you may be able to fix the menu in theme options. can't remember which it is but check if there's a section for menu, or check the styling section.

What's weird is I changed nothing for it to do this to begin with. You didn't have this problem did you? -Alexx

not that I recall. It has been awhile since I used that theme.

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I would like to think I can post a page today and update it any time without it effecting any gains I've made in ranking later. Does anybody know how this works?

Thanks in

Hey big brains out there... How about if you change your page title / slug? How does that effect your SEO? I just did a change like that yesterday, then realized... OH CRAP I did it for SEO reasons, so I'm certain I want to leave it, but just want to know for the future. -Alexx

Changing the permalink will mean than any previous links you made to the page will now return a 404 page not found, including if your page gets indexed in Google.

Cool. I'm OK with that. And that's what I thought. Thanks - Alexx

Expertly, I don't know the answer to your question. However, with the little I have learned so far, I believe that nathaniell is correct that updating with updated content should help google ranking positively rather than negatively. All the best!
~Rochelle

Updates should work in your favor, not against you!

I guess if you removed a BUNCH of content and changed a lot of things, it might hurt, but if you are adding updated content, or changing stuff around, or improving it with more images, video, etc then you'll be fine, and will probably see improvement in rank.

That's because Google will see fresh content on your site. I don't know if that's really how it works, but that's the general idea.

Sweet! Thx N!

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How do site updates effect seo ranking?

How do site updates effect seo ranking?

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I would like to think I can post a page today and update it any time without it effecting any gains I've made in ranking later. Does anybody know how this works?

Thanks in

Hey big brains out there... How about if you change your page title / slug? How does that effect your SEO? I just did a change like that yesterday, then realized... OH CRAP I did it for SEO reasons, so I'm certain I want to leave it, but just want to know for the future. -Alexx

Changing the permalink will mean than any previous links you made to the page will now return a 404 page not found, including if your page gets indexed in Google.

Cool. I'm OK with that. And that's what I thought. Thanks - Alexx

Expertly, I don't know the answer to your question. However, with the little I have learned so far, I believe that nathaniell is correct that updating with updated content should help google ranking positively rather than negatively. All the best!
~Rochelle

Updates should work in your favor, not against you!

I guess if you removed a BUNCH of content and changed a lot of things, it might hurt, but if you are adding updated content, or changing stuff around, or improving it with more images, video, etc then you'll be fine, and will probably see improvement in rank.

That's because Google will see fresh content on your site. I don't know if that's really how it works, but that's the general idea.

Sweet! Thx N!

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