How To Password Protect Directories and Files
In addition to designing websites, I am getting requests lately to just manage data for clients. For example, shopping cart databases, Google or Open Office Documents. Some password protected and some not. I have found that the simplest solution is probably the best one. The htaccess file is simple to use and has good security. […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – My Tracks
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) I have written before how much I like my G1 AndroidTM phone. The applications keep on coming every day. Here’s one that I’m trying out today when I go out for a skate. It looks very cool. […]
Check Out Their Site First
A couple of years ago I was approached by another website “designer” because he supposedly had too much work and wanted to outsource some of the overflow. I had just started my business and sure needed the work so I agreed to look at what he had. The first thing I did was go to […]
Words Or Pictures Of Words?
I answered a question the other day from someone who was wondering why they were not getting any traffic from Google. When I looked at their first page I could see right away what the problem was. The entire page was one big picture. It was chopped up into smaller slices to help it load […]
Great Free Tool, 224 Pure CSS Layouts
Here’s a wonderful page with a collection of 224 full Grade-A browser supported CSS layouts. That means these layouts will look the same in almost any browser. This is a wonderful tool for anyone who is making a website. They are free for you to use and I highly recommend them. These layouts are done […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – StumbleVideo
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) I bought myself a new phone for Christmas. It’s a G1 with Google’s new operating system called Android. You probably already know that I’m an Open Source kind of guy. I think that even though the iPhone […]
Another Smart Way To Cut Costs
The economy today is making all of the news. There is a good article in the Wall Street Journal that talks about how businesses are saving money by spending on updating both their hardware and software. While it never bad to look at your programs with an eye toward improving their efficiency, it continues to […]
Think Before You Email
I was speaking with a customer the other day about ways that he could use email marketing to promote his business. He was belt tightening like most businesses today and he finally realized the possible value and low cost of this kind of promotion. When I first built his site he asked for and I […]
Do You Know Where Your Advertising Budget Is?
I have noticed lately that even in our current bad economy, the money, time and effort being spent on Internet advertising in all of it’s forms has held pretty steady and even increased. Things like pay per click advertising and buying leads from third party providers can be cost effective compared to other mediums and […]
Should You Be Conceerned With New Algorithms?
Everyone is constantly talking about what will be the next “Google Killer”. New search engines appear and older competitors are trying new ways to be more effective in locating and displaying what you are looking for. Recently Microsoft has begun trying a new search theory called BrowseRank which relies more on human visitor elements by […]
