Did this little graphic catch your eye? It’s simple, to the point, but it is eye catching, RIGHT? I do a LOT of feedback posts in forums for people’s websites. The main reason I do it is because in looking at their websites and critiquing them, I am getting new ideas for my websites. One [...]
Someone asked me a non-question the other day. I really didn’t know how to answer it. The question was: “When you make my graphic for me, can you give me the code for it so that people can paste it onto their own website?” I understand where this question comes from, because I had the [...]
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 tutorial step by [...]
I view a lot of websites in my free time. I offer design and functionality feedback to newbies in the online forums. More times than I can count, I will click on a link in one of those feedback forums, and there it is. A SPLASH PAGE. The most annoying and useless page on any [...]
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 reason why your [...]
Well, you’re NOT giving your FILES or FOLDERS permission to do anything. Instead, you are giving yourself permission, as well as other “users”. In the world of web design, there are just two things you need to know. 1. How to change your file/folder permissions 2. What the different permissions mean So lets start. There [...]
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 get it to work at all…it keeps saying connection established but then [...]
Learn what an SSL (secure socket layer) actually is, and what SSL does for your sales. Figure out the difference between SSL and a secure payment gateway. Get a simple, generic explanation of how to make your website meet the standards of today’s cautious e-buyer.
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 is, unless you are an expert coder, [...]
How did you learn to design websites? (polls) Feel free to leave a comment with more information too! I’m trying to make this blog as interactive as possible, so the more people comment, the happier I am, and the happier I am, the more I will write.. And i KNOW you guys want that! » [...]
