Posts Tagged ‘web design for newbies’

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My favorite Graphic Resources Online

When it comes down to adding graphics to my website, there are a few resources that I always turn to. When adding pictures, iStockPhoto.com is my favorite place. Yes, you have to pay for the images, but the quality of pictures at iStockPhoto is well beyond any of the free ware out there. They also [...]

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Stuff and Nonesense website review

SO your site looks like a mish-mash of styles that CAN be good if you chose just one. Your header looks out of what because of the two blue-ish boxes. You have your large blue box that spans the entire width of your blog, and then you have the blue background of your blog’s title. [...]

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

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 [...]

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Why do i have to give Permission to my files/folders?

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 [...]

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Because oscommerce is so darn confusing…

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.. But here’s the thing, [...]

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And this is why i have this blog…

Well, its not a tutorial on how to design your website, although i will be giving some quick How-To’s as I figure things out. I have been hack-fully (yep its MY word) building a php based shopping cart website using oscommerce for about a year now. I have never, in my life, taken any class [...]

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