Still Another SEO Resource
SEO (search engine optimization) still seems to be the most popular topic for readers of my blog. It seems many designers either don’t have the resources to hire an SEO company, don’t trust the SEO companies, or just want to learn to do it themselves. In any case here is another resource that will let […]
SEO Best Practices
SearchEngineWatch has published a wonderful article called “An Introduction to SEO Best Practices” and it’s just what it says. They say “SEO best practices have been constantly evolving since the advent of the search engines themselves. As we enter 2007, this evolution continues, inexorably pushing the Web site owner toward practices that begin to sound […]
What To Do About Blog Spam
I advise all of my customers to have a blog. I think it one of the best things that you can do to help yourself get better search engine rankings. There are several good reasons for having a blog: Having new content on your site if one of the best things that you can do […]
Great Collection of CSS Tools
I get many inquires from my customers about CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). What it is, why I use it and how it works. Proper use of CSS can make all of the difference in a web page. Not only does it control how a web page looks and acts you can also move all of […]
Movie Recommendations – Eulogy – Benny & Joon
I love movies. Since I started my own business I don’t get as much time as I would like to watch them, but since I signed up for Blockbuster’s mail order deal I get to see more. So every Saturday I will recommend a movie or two. Do with it what you will. Eulogy This […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Movie Spider
Here’s something for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Movie Spider, is a free movie and TV site. The company crawls the net looking for the latest movies, tv shows and films. The spider is addng new shows every day. The site is not designed very well, […]
Cross-Browser Transparency
Have you ever tried to place a semi-transparent image or layer on a web page? Because of thy way that different browsers treat transparency it can turn into a real mess. Usually I’ll settle for a picture or just skip it altogether. Matthew Pennell wrote a post called “Easy cross-browser transparency” which gives a good […]
CSS Drop Down Menus
Craig Erskine of solardreamstudios wrote this post about how to make a drop down menu with simple CSS. I like drop down menus and to do them in CSS is a good thing, but because, “Internet Explorer does not recognize the psuedo class :hover on any element except the .a tag” There has to be […]
Software Recommendation – Opcion – A free font viewer
Sometimes when I am working on a picture and I want a particular look in a font for the picture I will add them one at a time. Then recently I found Opcion. Opicon is a free open source font viewer that allows you to view both installed and uninstalled TrueType fonts on Windows, Linux, […]
How To Clean Up Your Computer
When I use other peoples computers what I usually see is how much crap is running in them. Programs that are not ever used or even known about are running and using up resources for nothing. I use Windows and here are some of the things that I do. They work for me, but that’s […]
