If you’re thinking about putting up a website one of the first decisions you’ll have to make is what domain name to pick.  Ideally you’d want a domain name that has all of the following qualities: Easy to Remember Make sure that people can remember your domain name.  You want them to be able to [...]

I first posted this article two years ago.  I’ve received emails about it as recently as last week.  It’s an issue that I still deal with every, single day as a website developer.  Websites look different in different conditions.  And here’s why . . . ***************** Have you ever noticed that your website looks different [...]

Once your website is up and running be sure to get a website statistics program.  Exactly what one you get isn’t as important as the fact that you have one.  A statistics program will help you: see where your traffic is coming from discover who links to your site monitor website traffic growth learn what [...]

I posted the following information about search engines almost two years ago.  It’s still a good primer on how search engines work. Pay careful attention to the section on repeating your keyword phrase in the text.  The phrase should be in the page title, included in the text a bunch of times, bolded and included [...]

Did you know that website pages come in many different types? It’s true. You web browser (probably Internet Explorer) is built to handle many different types of website files. .html or .htm – These are “regular” website files.  HTML stats for Hyper Text Markup File. .shtml – SHTML pages are a step up from HTML.  [...]

Do you ever hear people talking about Flash on the web and wonder what the heck it is?  Wonder no more.  Flash is a sort of animated image.  In the olden days of the web it was used just to make moving pictures.  Now it’s also used for things like contact forms and in menu [...]

What do website owners have in common with presidential candidates?  They’ve got to worry about hackers and website security.  Last summer the websites of both candidates came under attack. What can you do to keep your website safe? If you use any third party software on your website be sure to keep it updated.  These [...]

Earlier I wrote about the need to make sure that your website is up and running.  In that article I recommended a sercice that I use called Pingdom. In addition to Pingdom I utilize another low-cost method of monitoring my website.  I make my website the start or home page for my browser.  So everytime [...]

I always ask my customers to check the work that I’ve done.  This isn’t only to make sure I’ve done the work to their liking. I also want to make sure my customers experience their website the way that THEIR customers do. If you have a website be sure to: Use the contact form to [...]

Petrified.  That’s how some people feel when they think about their new website.  Even thinking about revamping an existing site can be overwhelming.  What if I do the wrong thing?  There are so many choices how do I know what to do?  Where do I start? Here are some guiding principles that will help start [...]