Category Archives: Excel blog

Website Wiki

I’ve added pages for my sites at the AboutUs.org website wiki. Contextures Excel Pivot Tables Excel Theatre Debra D Because the site is a wiki, you can create an account and edit your own pages, or other pages. It seems … Continue reading

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Excel Videos Page

I’ve added a new static page to this blog – Excel Videos – using the TubePress plug-in. It was really easy to install and set up, and you can show YouTube videos for a specific user or playlist, or show … Continue reading

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Move Blog to Different Web Host

Last weekend I transferred my domain registration for this site to a different web host. That went smoothly and quickly, despite the warning that it could take 5-7 days. It’s Complicated With my confidence bolstered by that success, I was … Continue reading

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RSS and Blog Backups

Today I was backing up my RSS feeds in Google Reader, and was shocked to see that I’m subscribed to 386 feeds. Wow, that’s about double what I would have guessed. There are only a few blogs that I read … Continue reading

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FTC Disclosure Icons

New FTC Disclosure regulations for bloggers took effect on December 1st. I’ve added disclosure information to my blogs and website, and hope that’s sufficient. On Louis Gray’s site today, there’s a set of FTC Disclosure icons that you can download, … Continue reading

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Web Host Problems

This blog was down for most of the day, but seems to be fully functional again. It’s hosted on DreamHost, and the System Status forum there was full of complaints, as you’d expect. Apparently the servers were down for a … Continue reading

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Online Excel Tutorials

Do you learn about Excel online, through blog posts, websites, or video libraries? I’d really appreciate your comments on these two questions: A. What kind of online Excel tutorials do you like best (explained below)? What type of online Excel … Continue reading

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Adding a Policies Page

In April, Google announced that all sites that used AdSense advertising had to post a privacy policy. So, I looked at a few other sites, and cobbled something together, and posted it on my Contextures website. Recently, the FTC decided … Continue reading

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Wrapping Up the Excel Giveaway

On the Contextures Blog, I ran a week long Excel giveaway, with a nice collection of prizes from some generous sponsors. The entries included some hilarious Excel horror stories, and a few creative Excel Hallowe’en costume suggestions. I enjoyed reading … Continue reading

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Online Tool To Help Publish VBA Code

On the Contextures website, I’ve got many pages with sample VBA code for Excel. When I feel ambitious, I colour the code before I publish it, using green for the comments, and blue for the keywords. For example, here’s some … Continue reading

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