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title: Information Publicizing and Blogging
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In the early days of the World Wide Web, it was known as the “information superhighway.” From its inception, the web’s primary goal is information. The open nature of the Internet allows anyone, anywhere to say anything, provided they can connect a machine to the network. In fact, there are software products to handle everything except creating the content; all you have to bring is the ability to form a coherent thought, and type that thought into a box. [WordPress](https://wordpress.org "WordPress") is one of the most popular <abbr title="Web Log">blog</abbr>ging platforms in use today; it allows authors to concentrate on the content of their websites, rather than forcing authors to turn into programmers.
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## Custom-Built Sites
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- We developed and maintained the site for [Emerald Mountain Christian School](http://www.emeraldmountainchristianschool.org)<small> (<nuxt-link to="/solutions/emerald-mountain-christian-school" title="Emerald Mountain Christian School • Bit Badger Solutions">about</nuxt-link>)</small> for 9 years, where they had information about the type of curriculum they teach, the school’s 40+-year history, a calendar of events, and how to get more information.
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- We built and maintained the site for [Photography by Michelle](https://www.summershome.org)<small> (<nuxt-link to="/solutions/photography-by-michelle" title="Photography by Michelle • Bit Badger Solutions">about</nuxt-link>)</small>, which had information, prices, and samples of the photographer’s work, as well as the ability for customers to view proofs and make photo selections online.
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- The site for [Bay Vista Baptist Church](https://bayvista.org "Bay Vista Baptist Church")<small> (<nuxt-link to="/solutions/bay-vista" title="Bay Vista Baptist Church • Bit Badger Solutions">about</nuxt-link>)</small> utilizes a “static site generator,” where the entire site is generated from source files, then served. It requires no back-end database, which means that the server can send pages as fast as its clients can take them. This site even has a generated podcast feed! Adding content to these types of sites requires a bit more technical knowledge beyond “typing text in a box,” but it is a great way to build ultra-fast, scalable web sites.
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- This site is also a statically-generated site, utilizing the [Nuxt](https://nuxtjs.org) project for the [Vue.js](https://vuejs.org) JavaScript framework. Using Nuxt’s content plugin, the majority of pages are written in Markdown (a very writing-friendly format). We can include data at the top of each file that controls how it is displayed; this gives us both the flexibility of a database and the speed of not actually having one! (It’s [open source](https://github.com/bit-badger/bitbadger.solutions) if you want to see how we did it.)
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## WordPress Design, Customization, and Support
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- For [Futility Closet](https://www.futilitycloset.com "Futility Closet")<small> (<nuxt-link to="/solutions/futility-closet" title="Futility Closet • Bit Badger Solutions">about</nuxt-link>)</small>, we moved their site from a shared hosting platform to its own <abbr title="Virtual Private Server">VPS</abbr>, securing it from intrusion attempts and enabling it to handle its ever-increasing traffic.
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- We took over [Mindy Mackenzie](https://mindymackenzie.com "Mindy Mackenzie")<small> (<nuxt-link to="/solutions/mindy-mackenzie" title="Mindy Mackenzie • Bit Badger Solutions">about</nuxt-link>)</small> in advance of the release of her eventual _<abbr title="Wall Street Journal">WSJ</abbr>_ best-selling book _The Courage Solution_, and continue to support her as she hosts the annual _You First Integrative Leadership Summit_.
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- We helped <nuxt-link to="/solutions/cassy-fiano" title="Cassy Fiano • Bit Badger Solutions">Cassy Fiano</nuxt-link> and <nuxt-link to="/solutions/dr-melissa-clouthier" title="Dr. Melissa Clouthier • Bit Badger Solutions">Dr. Melissa Clouthier</nuxt-link> both move their blogs from Blogspot to their own domains.
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- We migrated <nuxt-link to="/solutions/liberty-pundits" title="Liberty Pundits • Bit Badger Solutions">Liberty Pundits</nuxt-link> from a custom blog platform to WordPress, and set up and maintained their server, which routinely cleared 100,000 hits per day in its prime.
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- <nuxt-link to="/solutions/tcms" title="The Clearinghouse Management System (TCMS) • Bit Badger Solutions">TCMS</nuxt-link> and <nuxt-link to="/solutions/nsx" title="NSXapp • Bit Badger Solutions">NSXapp</nuxt-link> both used WordPress as their front end, which also provided a public web presence that the customers could update themselves.
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On _[The Bit Badger Blog](https://blog.bitbadger.solutions "The Bit Badger Blog")_ you can browse the [WordPress](https://blog.bitbadger.solutions/category/wordpress "WordPress • The Bit Badger Blog") category for information on plug-ins, and we have supported theme customizations for nearly all of the WordPress sites linked on the sidebar/footer of the home page.
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