Entries by High Peaks Media

Social Media Internships in Nederland, Colorado

Are you a student seeking an internship in social media? Are you a business or organization that would like help promoting your cause? High Peaks Media will work with students and organizations in the Nederland Colorado area, to provide mentorship and oversight of activities such as Search engine optimization: help review and improve an organization’s online […]

Nederland Colorado Facebook Groups and Community Pages

Hey Nederland Colorado – here’s a list of Facebook Groups and Pages for our community (and a few websites too). Did we miss your group or page, or would you rather have it removed? Have suggestions? Contact the page moderator (see end of the post). Nederland Local Calendar Oh, and did you know about the […]

Custom Login and Redirect Plugins for WordPress

Custom WordPress login forms and redirect plugins add functionality on websites where visitors are creating user accounts, for example on membership, ecommerce, and directory sites. Here are is a list of useful plugins. To customize the basic Wordprss login screen with a background and logo, I prefer a plugin that creates a form where the “Lost Password” […]

Hosting Services: Shared vs VPS vs Dedicated vs Cloud vs SSD

Different hosting services (Shared vs VPS vs Dedicated vs Cloud) were describe to me like this: Shared Hosting is very similar to living in an Apartment Complex. All residents are in the same location and must share the available resources with everyone – such as the pool, parking lot, and play ground. In shared hosting, […]

Calls to Action in WordPress Website Headers, 2015 Theme Review

Calls to Action (CTAs) in the Header regions of WordPress themes are reminders to customers to act: “Do This Now!”. This post is a review of contemporary WordPress themes that offer the compelling CTA options in their headers. The post explores how the CTAs appear during scrolling (are they ‘sticky’ or not?), and how they […]

Webmaster Tools on Google and Bing

Webmaster Tools are key for verification of your site with the various search engines. Here’s how, or let us help you. Google Webmaster Tools At Google Webmaster Tools (click here), you must first “Add a Property”. Site verification is required, for example by uploading a file by FTP to your site (e.g., on Hostgator cpanels, select the […]

Dropbox – File Synchronization on Multiple Computers

Dropbox is a popular and powerful platform for synchronizing files across multiple computers and devices, as well as sharing files among Dropbox users. Dropbox offers personal, pro, and business tiers of services. Dropbox personal offers 2 GB of free cloud storage space (at the time of this writing), and stores file versions for 30 days. […]