Tech Archives - Justine Pretorious

22Dec 2016 by jpretorious 6 Comments

What Do You Love

Art, Photography, Random, Social Media, Tech, Top of Mind, Travel, Whole 30, WordPress

What do you love? It's a simple question but it may be a little tougher for you to answer than you think. My motto is to "Live, Love, Laugh" but sometimes it's hard to remember when life gets in the way. Boy, does life get in the way! Lately I've been feeling a little blue. I can't explain it and there is no "real" reason to feel this way. I just do. (more…)

11Dec 2016 by jpretorious 4 Comments

WordCamp US 2016- What An Adventure

Events, Tech, Travel, Uncategorized, WordPress

A week ago today I was attending day 2 of WordCamp US. It was quite an adventure getting to Philadelphia but I made it there! I am so glad I attended the biggest WordCamp in the United States. It was definitely worth the rearranging of schedules, long plane rides, sleep deprivation, and the anxiety of the unknown. (more…)

22Nov 2016 by jpretorious 6 Comments

Happy 1st Anniversary – A Year Of Blogging

Social Media, Tech, Top of Mind, Travel, Websites, Whole 30, WordPress

Happy 1st anniversary to my website!!! I was reminded today through Facebook memories that I had launched this website 1 year ago. Justine Pretorious - Live - Love - Laugh started out as a way for me to get into blogging about a variety of topics. I wanted to really show off my experiences with WordPress, social media, travel, food, and photography. (more…)

18Oct 2016 by jpretorious No Comments

Carol Stephen & Her Take On TweetChats

Social Media, Tech, Top of Mind

About year ago now I was invited to my first tweetchat. I had no idea what one was or what it was going to be like. I am thankful for that invite from Bridget Willard because it's a FANTASTIC resource! I have learned so much from participating in a tweetchat. I have even co-hosted one by providing the topic and questions. It's a great way to build relationships and learn from one another. (more…)

11Oct 2016 by jpretorious 4 Comments

Why Should You Go To WordCamp

Events, Tech, Top of Mind, Websites, WordPress

It's WordCamp season! Fall brings cooler weather, the changing of the leaves, pumpkin spice everything, and WordCamps! I love WordCamp season and wished I had the money and the time to travel to all the WordCamps here in the US and abroad. What Is A WordCamp A WordCamp is a gathering of the WordPress community organized by local volunteers. They bring us together to meet each other in person, learn new ways to use WordPress, and even how to use it as part of your business. It brings all walks of life together usually over a weekend to listen to presenters, network, and sometimes even to contribute. (more…)

01Oct 2016 by jpretorious 10 Comments

How Did I Get Here

Random, Social Media, Tech, Top of Mind, Uncategorized, Websites, WordPress

It's been a long winding road as an adult to make money and keep my artsy side alive. How did I get here? How It Began I found web development purely by accident. I was working at Sun Microsystems as an administrator. Managing schedules, creating presentations, event planning etc... when my manager challenged me to find something new to add to my skill sets. Luckily for me Sun had lot's of internal classes and at the time the internet had come into play. (more…)

15Sep 2016 by jpretorious No Comments

Securing A WordPress Website

Tech, Websites, WordPress

Recently I migrated a website from http to https for the first time. What does that mean exactly? It means that I secured the website with an SSL certificate so that anyone that visits the website can safely purchase products online. That's the simple explanation! Securing a WordPress website was a daunting experience. I knew I needed to obtain an SSL certificate but that's all I knew. So, what's a girl to do? Well, this girl is resourceful! I asked for help and I did my research! (more…)

03Feb 2016 by jpretorious 3 Comments

To Regram Or Not To Regram

Social Media, Tech, Top of Mind

To regram or not to regram that is the question. I have been pondering the discussions that came out of the #DigiBlogChat I participated in a couple of weeks ago about Instagram and regramming. The topic came up and further discussion was had by a few of us after the chat session on whether it is ok to regram. (more…)

18Dec 2015 by jpretorious No Comments

WordPress Plugins & My Recommendations

Tech, Top of Mind, WordPress

WordPress plugins are amazing! I have been creating WordPress websites for the past 4 years with 25 websites under my belt since 2011. I have discovered some REALLY great WordPress plugins that I use as a part of a standard set up with each WordPress website I create. If you are new to WordPress you may not know what a plugin is or what it does. Let's start there. (more…)

16Dec 2015 by jpretorious No Comments

December Mid Month Recap

Events, Places, Random, Tech, Top of Mind, Travel, WordPress

It's December 16th and it has been over a week since my last blog post. Our household has been busy and there has been no time to blog! However it has all been for good reasons. Here's what's been going on with me and a December mid month recap of the posts I have written so far this month. (more…)