Web Design For Idiots

Fixed Width Centered Website

March 20, 2009
Want to take your entire website and make it a fixed with and have it centered in the middle of everyone's screen? Well, you should. The great thing about having a fixed width and centered site is that it will look exactly the same on everyone's computer monitor. It's a grea...Read More

How to use Fetch FTP

How to use Fetch FTP
March 14, 2009
I recently wrote a tutorial on how to use FileZilla. The reason I wrote that tutorial first was because MOST people have FIleZilla, and the reason why is because it is free. However, if you have an Apple computer, you will be so much better off and you will save yourself so ...Read More

Starting from scratch -table layouts

February 22, 2009
So you decided that you want to start COMPLETELY from scratch and build your website/blog without the help of ANYONE. GOOD FOR YOU! But i bet you have no idea where to start. The easiest, most newbie way, is to start by using one large TABLE to hold your main content. ...Read More

Creating a Contact Form-w/pictures!

Creating a Contact Form-w/pictures!
February 16, 2009
I have ALWAYS struggled with creating a contact form, mainly because there are very few good tutorials out there on how to do it. Well, I finally found a good tutorial on how to make a contact form that WORKS. Now, you have to have dreamweaver if you want to follow this t...Read More

Index.html files in directories.. Why you should use them.

Index.html files in directories.. Why you should use them.
February 10, 2009
If you are new to web design, which most of you are, you might not know the power of the INDEX page. The index page is the page that a browser will default to when it opens a directory (remember, directory and folder are interchangeable in the web world). This is the rea...Read More

Filezilla can really be a monster!

Filezilla can really be a monster!
February 8, 2009
So I have gotten a lot of questions regarding FileZilla and how to get your website or files from your computer to the internet. "I found your email through the wordpress.org forum for themes...do you happen to know anything about filezilla? I cant ...Read More

All About SSL (Secure Socket Layer) – for the web design impaired..

All About SSL (Secure Socket Layer) – for the web design impaired..
February 2, 2009
SSL (secure socket layer) is essentially an encrypted tunnel that you pass all infomation that goes from your customer to your database through. SSL IS NESSECARY TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL STORE. Just check out any e-commerce store, when you go there you will see that they have SS...Read More

A rare Gem in a Sea of Information

A rare Gem in a Sea of Information
February 1, 2009
I think I found it. The perfect solution to teaching yourself HOW to make oscommerce LOOK good. We all know that the stock oscommerce will NOT turn your e-commerce business into a world dominating retailer. Its made to be a skeleton which you should build on.. The thing...Read More

Because oscommerce is so darn confusing…

Because oscommerce is so darn confusing…
January 29, 2009
I have officially been working with oscommerce for 2 years now, and I started by learning the good old fashioned way - that is MAKING MISTAKES!! Thank god that I have the good frame of mind to backup my work before i even START thinking about making changes to my site.. Bu...Read More

Someone called me a non-technical person

September 24, 2008
Hah, i was in a forum today, trying to figure out this debocle with my shared SSL (secure socket layer). What i realized was, my website NEEDS to have a cookie in the users browser, but when you visit a SHARED ssl page, the domain changes, and since the cookie is only valid ...Read More