WordPress is remarkably simple to use when it comes to adding posts and pages, but things can get tricky quickly when you want to customize the design or create complex page layouts. You can create custom WordPress designs in at least three ways: 1. Learn HTML, CSS, and at least a little PHP, and you […]
Read More3 Steps to a Great Facebook Timeline Design
Creating a captivating cover for your Facebook timeline is easier than you might imagine. With the most basic photo-editing skills, and my Facebook template, you can create a great Timeline Cover Design in three easy steps. 1. Get inspired by great Facebook Timeline designs Some of these designs will blow your mind… These designs are […]
Read More online reputation, social media, templatesHow to create a responsive web design that adjusts to different screen sizes
Many web designers are calling 2013 The Year of Responsive Design. Responsive web design is increasingly popular because the biggest challenge of web design today is that your pages are as likely to be projected on a giant computer monitor as on a tiny cell phone screen. With responsive design, you create one web page […]
Read More mobile web design, responsiveWhat’s the difference between adaptive and responsive web design?
Many people use the terms Responsive Design and Adaptive Design interchangeably, but creating a distinction between them does help clarify two different approaches to the modern challenge of designing web pages that work on small and large screens. In the world of web design, the only thing harder than keeping up with the ever-evolving standards in HTML, CSS, […]
Read More dwcs6, responsive, web designWebinar April 25: Design Trends:
How Looking Good Builds Business Cred
Webinar Thursday, Apr 25, 2013, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Pacific This webinar will be presented by Janine Warner, the author of Web Sites For Dummies, Mobile Web Design For Dummies, and Social Media Design For Dummies. Advice in this webinar includes: – Appreciating the value of customer-centric design Using big images, big fonts, and big […]
Read More design trends, mobile web design, responsive, web design, websiteWhy I started cyberstalking my friends and colleagues
True confession: I started researching people online in an effort to save myself embarrassment. Too many times I met someone at a professional event and politely asked who they were, only to discover they were someone I “should” have known about, such as the CEO of the company that had sponsored the seminar or […]
Read MoreWhen your online reputation matters most
You never know who will search for you on the Internet before your next job interview, business conference, or blind date. The question is, what will they find? Your online reputation is at least as important as a good credit rating or a well-edited resume. You can’t build a good online reputation overnight, but you […]
Read More5 ways you’re making it easy to steal your identity
1. Your password is easy as 123 If your password is as easy to guess as the name of your pet — and you’ve posted photos of your pet with her name on Facebook 27 times already. You’re not alone, using your pet’s name as a password is very common, but if you’re posting the […]
Read MoreWordPress.com vs. WordPress.org?
So you’ve decided to design your website or blog using WordPress, the super popular open-source content management system (CMS), but now you have to answer the next question. Should you set up your site at WordPress.com, which makes everything super easy, but with some limitations and advertising (unless you pay to avoid their ads). Or, […]
Read MoreHow to use the CSS rule definition panel for styles in Dreamweaver CS6
The CSS Rule Definition dialog in Dreamweaver makes it easy for you to choose among the many CSS options you can use to define the formatting and other options you want to include in any style you create. The following article provides an overview of the many options available in this CSS dialog. Bookmark this […]
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