The power of WordPress is exemplified in this new site design. In less than 2 hours I was able to re-design the website using the many editing capabilities in the WordPress Dashboard. I have found, in my own use and in setting up clients with a WordPress static site, that it is an extremely powerful tool in updating and maintaining a website. Outside of blogging, WordPress can be used as a powerful CMS that can be tweaked to your hearts content. I have seen many sites starting to utilize WP solely as a CMS and I am proud to say that I have used it, successfully, in this way for many projects of my own.
Posted on May 14th, 2008 by admin
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Macworld 2008 has come and gone this morning revealing some amazing new products. Say goodbye to netflix and blockbuster as Apple has announced it’s new movie rental service through iTunes. Read the blow by blow over at Engadget.
Here is a teaser from their big notebook announcement:
It fits in a manilla envelope!
Posted on January 15th, 2008 by admin
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I found this article over at Technology Magazine. Some great tools!
Posted on November 30th, 2007 by admin
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I found this great article over at Techlicious
Here is an excerpt:
Duh - does it even need an introduction? Google Analytics helps you learn even more about where your visitors come from and how they interact with your site. It makes it easy to improve your results online. Write better ads, strengthen your marketing initiatives, and create higher-converting web sites. Google Analytics is free to all advertisers, publishers, and site owners.
StatCounter is a free yet reliable invisible web tracker, highly configurable hit counter and real-time detailed web stats. Insert a simple piece of our code on your web page or blog and you will be able to analyze and monitor all the visitors to your website in real-time.
Posted on November 29th, 2007 by admin
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And the winner is… LOBORTIS File Hosting Service. There are a lot of hosting services out there. This is the first I’ve seen with a capacity of up to 5GB! Give it a try and let me know what you think. I did a trial run and it was very easy to use, quick and smooth and the success page was clear as day. It gives you 100 days before erasing off of their servers. My new favorite!
Posted on November 14th, 2007 by admin
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Here is a great article outlining the need for quality links that stand out in your web site or blog. The thrust of the article supports optimizing your web sites for scannability. Readers or viewers are quickly drawn to pictures on a web site, but they are also equally drawn to links because they are underlined and/or colored differently from the rest of your text. Here is an excerpt from the article:
Web design Tip #1: Links on Your Home Page
Unless you are web designing a site that is only made of 1 page, your home page should have links to all the other parts of your website. Bear in mind too that most online readers will scan through your home page much more than they are likely to read it, so you need to make sure that your links speak for themselves and are self-explanatory. However, avoid a home page that is made up only of links, and nothing else. Doing this will defeat the purpose of scannability; the links will no longer stand out. Also, never make your link title fancy or make your readers guess where the link will lead to. Your web design company will also be pleased if you put in links to the other general pages of your site.
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Posted on November 12th, 2007 by admin
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I found this article over at Virtual Hosting. What a great resource! Here is a quick link list. Be sure to read the original article.
- Ergonosearch - accessibility and usability search engine
- Sparkl - web design resources search engine
- CSS Search - Quickly find CSS resources
- Lurpo - “search engine for custom search engines”
- DevX - search resources on web development
- Rollyo - create custom search engines
- Cake PHP Search Engine - search Cake PHP programming information
- Web Designer’s Search - custom search for web design tools
- DevSearcher - “programmers search engine”
- Final Web Portal - searces for the best information on CSS, SEO, PHP, web design, hosting and programming
- SEO Search
- SEO Expert Search - expert advice on how to optimize your site for search engines
- Webmaster Search Engine - searches through sites dedicated to web development
- Search.net - get info on .net sites
- Whois.net - information on domain ownership
- Zippy - information for webmasters
- Internet Archive - search through old internet sites
Posted on November 6th, 2007 by admin
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Check out this article on the 10 biggest web annoyances. I know you’ll agree if you’ve experienced any of these. My biggest pet peeve on the internet is Microsoft’s lack of respect for being standards compliant. Here is an excerpt about compliance from the Computer World article:
“Few things are more infuriating than going to a Web site and being told, ‘The page you have requested requires Internet Explorer to function properly.’
The historical origin of this problem is Internet Explorer’s incomplete (and sometimes incorrect) support for the core standards that are used to build Web pages. Because IE commands the largest market share among browsers, many Web designers build pages not to conform to standards, but to conform to IE. With Firefox’s success, more and more sites (with the notable exception of some Microsoft sites) work properly in Mozilla’s browser. But that leaves users of Opera or Safari out in the cold still. From online banking applications to newer Web 2.0-style sites, pages may not load properly on all browsers, which forces people to use different browsers for different sites.”
Posted on November 2nd, 2007 by admin
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There are a plethora of blogs on the internet today. The figures range from 31-150 million. One of my favorite sites is Stumble Upon, which, sends you to a random site with the click of a button. I would say 70% or more of the stumbles that I do land on a blog. I have found a LOT of great websites offering design resources, tutorials and just plain good advice. The following is a small list of sites that I have discovered and want to share with you:
I hope you have time to visit a few of these sites and take advantage of the great wealth of design knowledge available on the internet!
Posted on September 30th, 2007 by admin
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I just had to write about this one! Adobe recently came out with it’s latest version of Photoshop and it is everything the previous versions are and more (pardon my skill for pointing out the obvious). Some of the capabilities I have been experimenting with are photo extraction, color matching, photo re-sizing, text layer properties, image effects and much, much more!
An amazing feature of Photoshop CS3 Extended is it’s ability to pull images from other documents that contain pictures. Upon opening a document, such as a PDF file or word doc, you automatically get a prompt to view the whole page or one or all of the images contained in the document. This is a great feature for web designers working off of mock ups provided by the customer.
Posted on September 21st, 2007 by admin
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