Hosting status

If you’ve chosen to have your website hosted with Tall Poppy Digital,you can now check if there are any problems just by visiting here and looking in the sidebar.

I’ve added a widget there for the Dreamhost Status feed,through Twitter,which gives updates on any issues that may be occurring.

As annoying as . . . →Read More:Hosting status

Auto Excerpt –when the full story is too much

Sometimes a wordpress theme displays the full post. Sometimes this is too much and it would be nice to give your visitors a chance to see more posts and pick to read more if they’d like.

Enter Auto Excerpt,which fixes this up automatically. Just install it and it will automatically shorten,to a reasonable . . . →Read More:Auto Excerpt –when the full story is too much

Twitter and government

In the news today is a report about the Australian government and social networking,particularly Twitter:

Yes,Minister:tweeting could be the new way of working

Compare this to this time last week,when Liberal leadership contender Joe Hockey was humorously criticised by acting PM Julia Gillard for Tweeting colleagues for opinions on Climate Change.

. . . →Read More:Twitter and government

Google Analyticator –stats and all

Google Analytics (as discussed in this post a few days ago) is an astonishingly useful free tool for measuring your site visitor stats (where,when,how. etc) all with pretty graphs.

Google Analyticator by Spiral Web Consulting links your wordpress site directly to Google Analytics without having to go into the back-end code and add . . . →Read More:Google Analyticator –stats and all

Tall Poppy Digital Weekly Twitter Digest for 2009-12-06

#google More on News Corp vs Google:http://cli.gs/RDPE9 # Yahoo &Microsoft search takes shape:http://cli.gs/mSWRn # Had a call from a potential new client today. I ♥ word of mouth! # Why Twitter is here to stay:http://cli.gs/jZN18 # Some iPhone tricks I didn't know:http://cli.gs/S9Y2M # RT @digitalpacific ★★★★ aussie hosting fr . . . →Read More:Tall Poppy Digital Weekly Twitter Digest for 2009-12-06

Old paragigms die hard- Google vs News Corp

Old paradigms are dying in the world of the web. The current argument of News Corp (and other interested parties) is that search engines that give access to news content are engaging in theft. The argument is that by giving access to content so easily,with a simple search query,and providing access to a . . . →Read More:Old paragigms die hard- Google vs News Corp

This week for Tall Poppy Digital

Busy as usual. I should have that tatooed across my forehead!

This week has been more about settling in with the new site,and I’ve got quite a few things working,including Twitter and Facebook (who are now on speaking terms! I’ll write some instructions on this soon,promise!),Google Feedburner,a RSS reader (Really . . . →Read More:This week for Tall Poppy Digital

A good article on small businesses

The Grocery Shrink-Ray by Tony Featherstone

I like (and agree) with the list at the end;it’s good to do your very best for clients,but value your own work too and the time you’re putting into things!

This week for Tall Poppy Digital

It’s been a busy week for us at Tall Poppy Digital,with some rush jobs a new client on the way and a website in-progress!

Waco Tao,CEO of PowerHouse Homes needed a press release for his modular housing business,and you can view the PDF here.

We also had a meeting with a potential . . . →Read More:This week for Tall Poppy Digital

Eating my own (dog) food

The Tall Poppy Digital website is undergoing a conversion to WordPress,the system I’ve been creating clients websites in all year.

It seemed somehow appropriate given the success and happiness I’ve spread around.

The site will be up and running very soon. In the meantime,you can check-out the old site at

http://tallpoppydigital.com.au