When you start a website you need three things: 1.  A website developer (That’s me.) 2.  A website host – to learn more about this click here 3.  A domain name A domain name is a unique name or address for websites. The domain name for this site is perryweb.com. Here are some other domain [...]

Before websites were around “above the fold” was a newspaper term. It meant the part of the newspaper that you could see when it was folded in half. So above the fold used to mean what was on the front page of the newspaper above the fold line. For websites what this term means is [...]

As you may know from reading this blog, I’m a big fan of HostMySite.com. They host several of my sites and I often have customers sign up for their hosting. HostMySite is now offering Postini spam filtering. Before I signed up for Postini I was getting about 150 spam emails a day. (I’m not exaggerating. [...]

E-mail injection. Even the name sounds vile doesn’t it? In an e-mail injection attack spammers use forms on YOUR website to send out their spam. The basic idea is that a spammer, let’s call him Lousy Larry, finds a form on your website. It could be anything from a contact form to an order form. [...]

People are always looking for ways to generate extra income from their websites. A good way to make some extra money AND share your passion about a subject is to open an Amazon.com aStore. Let’s start by looking at an examples: http://astore.amazon.com/chardickgadshill - This is my aStore on my Charles Dickens site http://astore.amazon.com/conandoyle-20 - This is my Conan [...]

Have you ever sent online greeting cards? If not, today is the perfect day to give it a try. Here are the three sites that I use: 1. JacquieLawson.com – Jacquie lives in a cottage in England. Her cards are works of art set to beautiful music. They really stand out. You have to be [...]

When I’m talking with customers about a new website one of the things I talk about is website hosting. A web host is a company that provides server space for the files that make up your website. The servers (also known as really big computers) are attached to the Internet. When I work on websites [...]

Have you ever been trying to buy something with PayPal or trying to login to a site when things just won’t work right? You click on help and there it is. “Clear all cookies from your machine and try again.” What is a cookie? How in the world do you clear them? A cookie is [...]

One of my fabulous clients writes a blog devoted to “work, career, life, & how to get from clueless to carefree.” She has interviews with Joanne the artist, Sarah the nurse and now Marsha the web developer. (Yep, that’s me!) Be sure to check it out here: http://www.karenburnsworkinggirl.com/?p=37

Search engines are important to the success of your website. There’s no doubt about that. But how do search engines work? How do website owners get their sites to show up? Do website owners have to pay for listings? What a Search Engine Does Some of the most popular search engines are Google, Yahoo, AOL, [...]