website consulting • management • hosting
There is a great amount of confusion regarding the use of the alt=”” and title=”” attributes in both web design and seo. I would like to help clarify their purpose in the web site and how they should be used. The alt=”” attribute is defined by W3C Schools under the <img> tag as follows: Required [...]
It never ceases to amaze me, the number of people that are oblivious to file naming conventions and their ramifications. We have mostly Microsoft to blame for this… Since Windows 3.1 came on the scene in 1992 (previous versions 1 through 3.0 were almost invisible to the world) PC users everywhere have been able to [...]
Flat out NO CONTEST! I mean that seriously! Fireworks and photoshop simply cannot be compared. They are two very different pieces of software created with two VERY different purposes in mind… Photoshop was create for the Graphic Designer, and is an awesome tool for photo editing Fireworks was created for the Web Designer, and is [...]
Almost without fail, a potential client approaches me and wants a website. As the years have gone by I’ve learned that the vast majority of people out there simply don’t know or understand the various pieces to the puzzle (if you will) that go into creating a complete website. Though I have greatly improved the [...]
It’s about time! Google finally released their custom search tool today. This will allow anyone to create a custom, google powered vertical search directory! This is not at all new to the industry since Yahoo and other’s have had this service for a while now, however; this is one more notch in Google’s belt to [...]
Just doing my daily reading, posting and forums here. It’s a never ending learning experience in this business (that’s one of the things I love about it so much). Anyway.. I was looking at a post at WebProWorld where the poster was asking about how best to set up the linking on their multi-lingual website [...]
The value of a good editor is obvious, which editor is best however is not. This is due in part, to the constant quibbling over editors from within the industry itself. The debate over which editor is best will never end. I hope that I’m able to provide some good information that will assist anyone, [...]
I often come across clients, that I’m working with to help them develop an online presense, who ask me, “What is hosting?”Â. Simply put hosting is what makes your website available on the world wide web. Some people will say, “well my PC is online why can’t I host my website from here? Well if [...]