By Owen | November 17, 2008
It’s great to see that there’s a new beta of Wordpress 2.7. It’s currently in Beta 3 and looking just fine! I have it running on a couple of websites and it’s only time that has stopped me rolling it out to my other blogs. My favourite feature is the fact that a couple of [...]
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By Owen | November 3, 2008
Interesting idea down at Snowlist.com, a free classifieds site for the Utah Mountain Community. They are giving a free lift pass to all members who submit 10 free items in their free listings section. It’s bound to attract some traffic and help improve the presence of the website.
Here’s the press release
FOR NEW AND RETURNING SKIIERS, [...]
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By Owen | August 12, 2008
Do you have an online routine? I mean, a set of sites you visit first thing in the morning, or a sequence of different sites you always check out? I must admit I do (how boring). When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is log onto my savings accounts and [...]
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One thing to remember when building a website is that users come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences and your website needs to be as easy to use as possible. One great example is SearchMe, the visual search engine, which always seems to take an extra step when it comes to usability. For example, [...]
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One thing you start to realise when promoting websites is the importance of finding good keywords for your website. It’s one thing sitting down and trying to make some up, but you can also use tools that utilise search terms on Google to provide you with more terms. One of these is this keyword tool [...]
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It’s terribly important that your offices are always in tip-top shape. Not only does it have a positive effect on staff morale, but it also helps to give current and potential clients a good impression about your company and it’s services. If you live in the Dallas area, check out Dalwoth Clean, one of the [...]
Do you use Microsoft Publisher much? I’ve used it in the past for the occasional flier or to produce birthday invitations, but I’ve just realised that it can be used to produce websites too. Sounds a bit scary really, so I’m not quite sure what it does, but I will give it a whirl in [...]
Ms Kat asked me recently where i got my laptop backgrounds from, so I thought I’d share this treasure trove on my blog. It’s a website called Digital Blasphemy that is the showcase for Ryan Bliss‘ work. He’s an amazing artist working with digital media, creating images using 3D tools like Poser and Bryce. He [...]
Just put together a website for Birchwood Building and Construction. The website is build around WordPress and uses a theme I’ve used before. I tried a different theme initially (I have tons on my laptop now), but this one is brighter and works better. One nice touch is a plugin called mBox I’m using that [...]