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		<title>MarilynMoll.com Redesign Completed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Desmond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I have officially completed my redesign of MarilynMoll.com &#8211; the private blog of The Urban Homemaker&#8216;s owner.  After about twenty hours of work, I took the blog from a basic WordPress blog with all the original defaults to an search-engine-friendly, social-media-optimized, and (hopefully) visitor-welcoming blog. What I Accomplished Updated the WordPress version from 2.3 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-large wp-image-260" title="MarilynMoll.com" src="http://www.natedesmond.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/MarilynMoll-1024x580.jpg" alt="MarilynMoll.com" width="344" height="195" />Today I have officially completed my redesign of <a href="http://www.marilynmoll.com/">MarilynMoll.com</a> &#8211; the private blog of <a href="http://www.urbanhomemaker.com/">The Urban Homemaker</a>&#8216;s owner.  After about twenty hours of work, I took the blog from a basic WordPress blog with all the original defaults to an search-engine-friendly, social-media-optimized, and (hopefully) visitor-welcoming blog.</p>
<h2>What I Accomplished</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.natedesmond.com/updating-wordpress-version-for-marilyn-moll/">Updated the WordPress version from 2.3 to 2.8</a>.</li>
<li>Customized the <a href="http://wordpress.bytesforall.com/">Atahualpa Theme</a> to match Mrs. Moll&#8217;s main website, <a href="http://www.urbanhomemaker.com/">TheUrbanHomemaker.com</a>.</li>
<li>Setup a Feedburner RSS and email feed to boost reader retention.</li>
<li>Optimized the permalinks for search engines.</li>
<li>Added social bookmarking buttons at the bottom of each post to aid in site promotion.</li>
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<h2>What I Learned</h2>
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<li>I now understand how to use the Plesk platform better.</li>
<li>I learned how to use desktop-side ftp clients whereas before I had only used server-side ftp programs.</li>
<li>I gained experience in CSS because I used it to modify the Atahualpa Theme.</li>
<li>I practiced using HTML by creating the subscription widget.</li>
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<p>This was a great learning experience, and I am grateful for the opportunity to hone my web design skills.  Because I enjoyed this project so much, I hope to do more similar projects soon.</p>
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