Tag: Plug Ins

The Tools and Features of Adobe Photoshop

Posted on Jul.11, 2009, under Computer and PC Tips No Comments

Adobe Photoshop is one of the world’s leading graphics editing programs, developed by Adobe Systems. Available on Mac OS or PC, Photoshop is used as one of the leading image design programs for the World Wide Web. The most recent version of Photoshop, or Photoshop CS2, “bridges” between other Adobe products such as Image Ready, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, and Encore DVD to produce professional videos and DVDs. Photoshop uses a file format called a .PSD or .PDD to store [...]


Selling To Everyone Means You Sell to No One

Posted on Jun.27, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments

1. Selling To Everyone Means You Sell to No One
If you do not target your offer, it will confuse your customers. People are not patient. In a recent survey, 73% of people claimed to be “insanely busy”. If you do not develop a target customer profile and appeal directly to them, you will lose customers. And they will never come back to your site again.
2. Web Flea Market: Buy a Web Site or Get a Grocery Coupon
People are selling Web [...]


Alternative to Web Site Templates and Design Software

Posted on Apr.19, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

Before I discovered the concept of Web site templates, I felt woefully
inadequate to build my own site. It was the old “catch-22″ where I didn’t
have the money to pay to have a site built, I needed a site to make the
money to have a professional site, and without the knowledge of how to
build a site, I had no hope of getting a site.
But even templates took some degree of technical knowledge. I could
get a reasonably priced site for between $40-$75 [...]


Benefits Of An Accessible Website: Part 1 – Increase In Reach

Posted on Apr.19, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

The DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) states that service providers must not discriminate against disabled people. A website is regarded as a service and therefore falls under this law, and as such must be made accessible to everyone.
Some organisations are making accessibility improvements to their websites, but many are seemingly not making the accessibility adjustments. Disabled people don’t access their website, they say, so why should they care?
Why you should care about disabled Internet users
The statistics on the number of users [...]


Web Design Tips

Posted on Apr.14, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

Web Design is an art, yet following basic steps can help lead even a non-artist to a good design. For the novice or the expert, there is always more to learn with these web design tips.
Web Design Tips
1. Graphic Design of the Site
There is a saying First impression is the last impression. The design of the site is one of the most important aspects to be considered while creating a web page. If the design is good and easy [...]


Other Ways to Look at Things

Posted on Apr.14, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

Many people today are tired of the Microsoft software that came pre-packaged with their operating system. Some have switched over to Apple’s Macintosh line, but for the most part we just put up with what we have. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) has come under a lot of fire as of late for several reasons. Hackers find IE easy to exploit.
These reasons, and many others, have sent Internet users searching for a new, less bug-prone browser. Several browsers have topped the [...]


A Website Checklist

Posted on Apr.13, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

If you’ve just finished building your new website (or revamping your old one), how can you be sure it’s “ready for prime time”? Or maybe your site’s been around for awhile and you think it may be due for a makeover. Because Web technologies, techniques and standards change so rapidly, even a website that seems “cutting edge” when it’s built can look obsolete a year later. Or maybe you started out with a barebones website and finally have the time [...]


5 Ways To Improve Your Website Immediately

Posted on Mar.05, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

If you are reading this, I assume you either have your own website or planning to get one. Either way, these 5 tips can help you create a better business website immediately. Theyll help you draw more repeat visitors and help visitors find their way around easily on your website. When that happens, you sell more of your products and services!
#5: Make Your Website Browser-friendly
While it may seem that Internet Explorer is the internet browser that most people use on [...]


Ten Basic Steps For Building A Web Site That Works

Posted on Feb.22, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

1. Assemble a web site development plan that is integrated with your overall marketing processes; the content should be consistent with offline materials, the graphics/images don’t have to be identical with traditional media, but should be consistent with your overall branding, style guide, usage of colors etc.
2. Hire a web site design firm that understands your market position and one that won’t get “geek crazy” – meaning they are so in love with their own design capabilities, your site gets [...]


Bring Your Web Site to Life With PHP

Posted on Feb.11, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, better known as PHP, is a highly popular, server-side scripting language that can be embedded directly into HTML coding.
PHP can do anything that CGI can do, such as process form data and auto generate dynamic content, but PHP can do much more.
It can be used on all major operating systems and supports most web servers.
PHP is used by inserting PHP code inside your web page’s HTML code. When the page is called, your server automatically executes the [...]