Archive for the ‘Articles’ Category

15
Feb
2008

Content Management - will it save me?

February 15th, 2008 at 11:20 pm by stevestuff in Articles, Search Engine Optimization, Website Designing

CMS - PMS Databases - dynamic website pages - PHP and mySql - ASP/Microsoft SQL - content management (CMS) systems. It’s all about automating information via the internet.

I must admit, most clients-to-be fail to realize the immense savings, both of time and cash, when choosing a content management system over static HTML content for their website. And most people who fill in my contact form, fail to realize the need for as well as the price of dynamic pages.

This is their (your?) lucky day! Through my subscription to SEOmoz News & Updates, I got news of this article. Along with his SEO perspective, CEO Rand provides an answer about Choosing the Right CMS Platform for your Website. This article, along with all the comments, should give you a good idea for your decision on whither or not to employ content management - even if you only skim through it. As everyone who rated this article, I also give this article a thumbs-up.

Click on the image above (from Answers.com) to get an excellent visual of what a content management system does.Answers.com goes further in depth about the database here.In this issue of Industry Insider, Seth Gottlieb gives key incite into selecting an open-source CMS. And oh - by the way; you’re reading material posted here through a content management system.
- This one is known as WordPress, a blog CMS.

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1
Jan
2008

GREAT ARTICLES for Webmasters!

January 1st, 2008 at 02:17 pm by stevestuff in Articles, Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Statistics, Website Designing

Woman with surprised look This list is a reference for myself, my classmates, my clients, and all inquiring web masters. It is semi-inspired from my December 2007 Web Design Meetup Group in Gig Harbor, WA. I will be adding content here when I find additional noteworthy articles, so be sure to BOOKMARK THIS NOW! Photo from Stock.XCHNG

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27
Jun
2007

Human-to-Human Design

June 27th, 2007 at 11:20 am by stevestuff in Articles, Website Designing

As with any adventure, a little strategic thought is needed to ensure that the experience is enjoyable.Sharon covers 5 key points to consider with your web design:

Respect me: your viewers are intelligent beings
Tell me a story: get them emotionally involved
Engage me: make their visit an experience
Inspire me: to take action

The principles of good human-to-computer interface design are simplicity, support, clarity, encouragement, satisfaction, accessibility, versatility, and personalization. While it’s essential to heed these, it’s also important to empathize with and inspire your audience so they feel you’re treating them less like a faceless user and more like a human being. In doing so, you will extend their affinity with the design and foster positive attitudes towards your brand, company, or product.

(Sharon Lee director of richapplefool.com)

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10
Apr
2007

7 Things you don’t see in websites today

April 10th, 2007 at 09:18 am by stevestuff in Articles

Does anybody remember what the Web looked like in 1999 when IE 5 was all the rage and it came bundled up with Windows 98 SE. Apart from the most obvious things like better design, usability along with standards there are 7 main things about the way a website just looks and feels different in 2007.

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4
Mar
2007

Website Design & Management Article Feeds

March 4th, 2007 at 12:53 pm by stevestuff in Articles

Here’s a website that will supply you with news and article feeds, both FREE and pay-for content. Shown here is the content w/o the feed since Blogger posts doesn’t like JavaScript … and this template goes wacko when I enter JavaScript in a sidebar.

With MagPortal you can add headline feeds and a magazine article search engine covering topics relevant to your site. They also supply an affiliate program, so you can earn a little cash with them, too.

On Wall Street March 2007 Gerri Leder	Your Web Site Essentials Here is how can financial advisers make the most of their online calling cards. [mark] [similar]
Entrepreneur March 2007 Melissa Campanelli	Spic and Span Does Web need a little sprucing up? See what AJAX can do. [mark] [similar]
PC Magazine February 14, 2007 Matthew D. Sarrel	Success With Search Engines What if you had a Web site and no one came? [mark] [similar]
Oracle Magazine Mar/Apr 2007 Steve Muench	Breaking Out of the Browser Simplify your Java desktop applications by using Oracle ADF Swing. [mark] [similar]
Oracle Magazine Mar/Apr 2007 Daniel F. Savarese	A Development Gem Ruby on Rails speeds development with Oracle Database. Before diving into installing and using Rails, here is a review of what a Web framework offers from a Java perspective, so you can appreciate how Rails differs in its approach. [mark] [similar]
Linux Journal January 1, 2007 Ben Martin	Ajax Timelines and the Semantic Web Explore anything that has a time component with a little Timeline Ajax code. [mark] [similar]
Linux Journal January 1, 2007 Reuven Lerner	At the Forge - Prototype Prototype eases the burden of using JavaScript in Ajax. [mark] [similar]
Linux Journal January 1, 2007 Dave Taylor	Work the Shell - How Do People Find You on Google? Getting back to Apache log analysis by ending with a cliffhanger. [mark] [similar]
Information Today February 5, 2007	Near-Time Service Lets Publishers Monetize Content Near-Time, Inc. announced the launch of a paid hosted membership service that provides the necessary tools to launch commercial publishing and collaborative marketplaces. [mark] [similar]
Wall Street & Technology January 23, 2007 Cory Levine	VASCO Bolsters Tokens The strong authentication vendor has bolstered its hardware authentication offerings with the release of two new user authentication products for online commerce. [mark] [similar]

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22
Nov
2006

Articles on Web Content

November 22nd, 2006 at 10:23 am by stevestuff in Articles

Easy Process for Creating Great Copy

by: Jenn Givler

The absolute key to writing copy is that it must help you make a connection with your customers. If you are not connecting with your customers and potential customers, your copy writing will not work. You must show, through your copywriting that you understand your customer’s needs and that you can help solve their problems.

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3 Steps to Usability

by: Drew Stauffer

Websites are built for specific types of viewers and must appeal to a definite target market. Users must be able to view your site, scan everything, and immediately understand what the website is about. Similarly, for maximum usability, your website has to appeal to the needs of search engines. Usability comes down to three main areas …

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Getting Keyword-rich Content
by: John Case

A crucial part of getting your web site noticed by the search engines is having lots of fresh keyword-rich text content on your site. Fortunately, there are many efficient and affordable ways to add new content to your site. Here are just a few of them.

Hire a Ghostwriter

Keep a Blog

Create a Forum on Your Site

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How to Make Your Web Site Sing

By ERIC A. TAUB Published: November 15, 2006

Build a bad-looking small-business site filled with poorly written text, and your potential customers will go away. Build one that is attractive, compelling and clever, but crucial design mistakes will still guarantee that few people will know that the site exists.

“A site must have addictive content,” says Vincent Flanders, a Web design consultant in the Seattle area who is the creator of Webpagesthatsuck.com