Web Design, Development and Internet Marketing for Small Business
One of the main reasons I work in WordPress exclusively these days is the extensive – and, generally, fantastic – development community that is so active behind the scenes. Not only are they (seemingly) always working on the WordPress core but the plugin community is vast. Many, many of these amazing plugins are free and [...] Read more »
We often take it for granted, but one of the great things about WordPress (and any CMS, of course) is the separation of data and presentation. So a site re-design often means re-purposing the existing data into a new look. Often we hear, “Wow! Love your new website!” when it’s exactly the same content just [...] Read more »
There are many different business models and strategies you can use to make money from a website. One of these of course is to sell a product – either one that you’ve created yourself or an affiliate product that you are selling on in order to get a commission. This is a highly effective way [...] Read more »
As I’ve indicated elsewhere, I am a great believer in the potential of the Web. The fact that the vast majority of fall way way shy of the mark – well, that just seems to be the way of us humans, doesn’t it? And, rather bemoan our myriad shortcomings, let’s celebrate when one of us [...] Read more »
Wait a minute – isn’t this the guy who told us just a while back the Web Design is Dead…! Yup, that was me. And I meant what I said then … and I mean what I say now. Boy, this guy is talking out of both sides of his mouth – is he running [...] Read more »
So said the Web Designer. Huh? “…long live web design!” Now I’m very confused. I’ve been designing websites for over 10 years. Like everyone else back in the Dark Ages I built my sites using tables and all those wonderful HTML tags such as font etc. It was all so easy in Dreamweaver: change the [...] Read more »
“Your sites are always blue,” so said a graphic designer friend whose opinion I highly value. So I built a website without a hint of blue in it. In fact, it was basically black and orange (yes, I know – Halloween) with various shades of gray. It was okay. We’ve all had that awful feeling [...] Read more »