Good article on WordPress, specifically using and tweeking themes. Orionsweb has been using the power of WordPress as a CMS now for several years to our clients’ great acclaim! The following article is aimed more at designers looking to use wordpress in their and their clients’ sites, but there is still value to the end [...]
Excellent article written by my friend and collaborator, John S. Britsios from SEO Workers. Well worth the read as it goes beyond the basics I laid out in my article compairing the alt and title attributes and gives readers specific details on how it [alt] should be properly used within a website. Alt Attribute & [...]
Another great background from orionsweb… Flowersmeller’s twitter page was looking great, but as with many twitter pages, they look great at very high resolution but for a huge number of browsers they look as this did here: (the background image is cut off by the twitter central content. So we went ahead and, using Flowersmeller’s [...]
If you’ve no clue what RDFa is, no problem. If you’re not sure, no problem. If you heard about it and want to know more, again no problem! Came across a great article: RDFa and a Practical Semantic Web which really helped clarify many confusions that I had regarding RDFa, what it is and how [...]
A fellow Scouter forwarded me an announcement they received today about the opening of Coleman’s new online ecommerce store for Canada, http://www.colemanwebstore.ca! I enjoy shopping online whenever I can, and we’re actually looking to upgrade some of the Cubs camping equipment soon. So off I go to the site.. First impression, not too bad, aesthetically [...]
Orion’s Web is now offering Twitter Page Customization! From as little as $75 we will take imagery of your choosing or your company website, and translate it to a custom twitter page background. Give your followers more information about you and what you do! Take a look at our twitter page to see a simple [...]
10 April, 2008 – 10:47 pm
There are many ways to redirect site visitors from one page to another. However there are very few ways that are considered proper and recommended by the Search Engines. The 301 Redirect By far, the most Search Engine Friendly way to redirect from one page to another is the 301 redirect. The 301 redirect, initially [...]
29 December, 2007 – 3:17 pm
Here’s a great post dealing with one of my personal favourite topics, usability. To the detriment of many sites, usability is an often overlooked aspect of web design and seo. The value of usability in the architecture and design of a successful web enterprise cannot be underestimated. Check out the article and watch here, in [...]
29 December, 2007 – 3:07 am
Known and well used by those experienced in search engine optimization, Google Webmaster Central is often overlooked by novice optimizers, web designers, and website owners alike (usually because they just aren’t aware of it). Webmaster Central contains a plethora of valuable tools to help you optimize your site, improve rankings and answer all your questions. [...]
