Website Development

Domain vs. Subdomain

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

When you get ready to set up a professional blog, one of the first decisions you will need to make is if you want to use a domain, subdomain, or a free option, such as blogger.com.
I recommend treating a blog just like any other website, especially when it comes to the hosting. Some hosting companies allow you to [...]

The Slovenian Designer

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Recently I had the pleasure of seeing some of the work of a graphic designer, known as the Slovenian Designer. I was so impressed by what I had seen, that I decided to take a look through his blog.
WOW!
This is definitely a site worth spending some time on.
Not only is he an extremely talented web [...]

Best Web Development Tips

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

One of the best teachers that any of us can have is the voice of experience. Over the years, the tips that I have learned from others has been invaluable to me. When it comes to learning web development skills, the little bits of information we pick up here and there can make all the [...]

Expression Web Designer Beta

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

I had been anxious to check out Microsoft’s new Expression Web Designer, not because I had any issues with FrontPage 2003, but because I like playing with new programs. I was thrilled when I received the download notice for the initial private beta, which they have since offered to the general public.I am probably not [...]

New Articles and Resources

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

Our new Tech Training group provides instructor led structured tech classes to supplement the classes provided to members of our Small Business Website Development Training Center.
This training currently includes RSS feeds, installing WordPress, PC maintenance & security, and installing forms.

Part of this training will include several new articles and tutorials. The newest of these is [...]

Developing Quality Content

Friday, May 27th, 2005

Developing quality content for your site is likely the biggest challenge you face while building a successful online business.
Your site visitors do not know you. You will have to depend on your words.
Everything you learned about good writing skills in school will only go so far when it comes to writing for the web. The [...]

Writing Strategies

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

Web Writing Strategies
You may be starting to realize that you are going to be doing a lot of writing if you are going to develop quality content on your site. This is an essential part of creating pages the will place in the top 10 results in the search engines.
For many of us, Website Content [...]

Website Content

Thursday, March 17th, 2005

Creating Website Content
Search engines will return search results in the exact order of their perceived relevancy to the search phrase requested.
The more relevant your site is to the search requested, the HIGHER your page will show in the results.
Tape the above statement somewhere that you will see it repeatedly. That single statement is the key [...]

Firefox Growing

Monday, January 24th, 2005

Why on earth am I bringing up the fact that Firefox users are increasing rapidly?
IT CAN HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON YOUR BUSINESS!
Over the past few months I have watched Firefox users (a browser) increase rapidly. For the first time, my stats show that Internet Explorer users have now fallen BELOW 90%.
Recently there was another [...]

Basic HTML Training

Monday, January 10th, 2005

S.R. Emerson, Programmer/Web Developer
S.R. Emerson owns and operates SRT Services located in British Columbia, Canada. SRT Services started out in the 1980’s as a company servicing the local glass industry by providing shop drawings and estimating services.
As computer and internet use grew S.R. Emerson got involved in computers. After a number of years of self-teaching [...]

Microsoft FrontPage Resources

Monday, January 3rd, 2005

If you are a Microsoft FrontPage user and you do not yet know the program inside and backwards, you may want to consider these incredible resources.
FPlist – FrontPage Help For All Version Users!
This list has been set up for all users of Microsoft’s FrontPage Web authoring software by Tiffany K. Edmonds. This is a high [...]

301 Permanent Redirect

Monday, September 6th, 2004

Creating a 301 permanent redirect is very simple and can be done in less than two minutes. Truth is, I spent months trying to figure these out on my own, before a friend finally stepped in and walked me through it.
There are many reasons why you might eventually need a 301 permanent redirect for your [...]