How-to password protect your WordPress blog

A client requested that their entire site be password protected. I thought I could easily use .htaccess but found out that life with WordPress is a bit more difficult. Fortunately, the WordPress developmnt community is robust and found this pluging along with this nice update to make it work with WordPress 2.5+. Yeah!

40 Years Is Enough

The Fall Of Conservatism “In order to seize the Presidency in 1968, Nixon had to live down his history of nasty politicking, and he ran that year as a uniter. But his Administration adopted an undercover strategy for building a Republican majority, working to create the impression that there were two Americas: the quiet, ordinary, … Read more

Yeah for Equality!

Equal Right To Marriage What is right for one is right for all. Why can gay white men not see that? Why can “straight” white Hillary supporters not see that? We want equality. That is all. Nothing more. But certainly nothing less. While I am overjoyed that the court did something Good™ in this one … Read more

YVOD’s 2-Year Plan

Your Very Own Dragon (YVOD LLC) is a Limited Liability Corporation formed in 1998. We own the domains yvod.com and yvod.org. YVOD is expanding and we are all very excited about it! YVOD is in the process of receiving Apple Enterprise certification. We are also collaborating on a reservation/tour project in Belize. Below are a … Read more

Who comes to my site and why should I care – the case for user personae

What are personae? User personae are archetypes of typical customers. They are based upon our research of your services and the information you have given us about your customers and their habits. Personae consist of personal information about the user as well as their mindset and technological comfort level. How does YVOD use personae? YVOD … Read more

Is It Really Fun To Build Website?

YVOD makes building websites quick and painless. We have developed a tried-and-true 6 Step process that our clients have called “quite enjoyable“. Hard to believe? Think about this for a second… You know who your intended audience is. You may not know how to find them online (that’s our job) or to create a great … Read more