Archive for the ‘DIY’ Category

Using Google Analytics on a WordPress Site

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

One of the awesome things about web-based marketing communications is that it can be measured in many different ways. I’ve long been intrigued with web metrics tools and have used a few different platforms to assess visitor volume and usage of both personal and professional websites. Since I’ve heard great things about Google Analytics, and have been impressed with both its online product demo and some of the vids at Google’s Conversion University, I decided to give it a try here on my WordPress site.

Setup was pretty easy. For a site I coded myself, I would have known right where to place the all-important code that makes Google Analytics tick. However, now that I’m using WordPress (with a pre-designed theme) I had to poke around a little to find the right place to paste it. Hopefully this post will save you a little time if you are trying to accomplish the same thing. (more…)

Fun With Cable Modems

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

We subscribe to a Comcast service bundle at home — “Triple Play” is it called? The device that delivers our digital phone and broadband internet service is an Arris Touchstone Telephony Modem , which I attempted to relocate the other night in hopes of attaching our wireless internet router to a Blu-ray player. Why not connect wirelessly you ask? Our player doesn’t have the capability — most don’t unless you want to spend twice as much. All went well with the Blu-ray network connection and internet service continued unaffected for the most part, but I could not get our phones up and running again. (more…)