Before the world can see your Web site, you have to publish it on the world wide web. Although you can run your own web server, most people sign up with a web hosting service. Essentially, you rent server space from a web host for a monthly or annual fee, ranging from as little as […]
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Templates come in many shapes and styles on the web. You can find templates for Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, WordPress blogs and more on the web, but not all templates work in all programs. This column is about creating Templates with the .dwt extension – a step that saves time when creating custom sites in […]
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Dreamweaver vs WordPress
You might be surprised how many people are confused about the difference between a website and a blog, and how complicated it is to answer the question about which one is better…
Essentially, a blog (short for web log) is just a special kind of web site. Blogs are designed to make it easy for anyone to post text and images to the Internet (even if you don’t know HTML, the language of web design).
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, web design, wordpressCreate an Online Survey with SurveyMonkey
Want to know what your visitors really think? What do they want to learn more about? Ask them. Online surveys are a great to way to gauge the experience of your audience and to invite reviews. You can also use online surveys as planning tools to poll your audience about how and where they might […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, expression-web, wordpressHow to Add a Favicon Image to Your Web Site
Have you ever wondered how some sites add those little custom graphics to the very top of the browser in the address bar next to the URL? Google adds a capital G, Adobe adds their A logo, we include the swoosh from our logo, and you can add any image to your site, too. Creating […]
Read More browsers, dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, expression-web, web design, wordpressTracking web traffic: Google Analytics vs other traffic counters
Here are three traffic reporting services you can use on any web site. Get all the details with Google Analytics www.google.com/analytics Google Analytics is one of the best traffic counters on the web — and it’s free! You just add a little snippet of code to your Web pages, and Google tracsk your visitors, creating […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, web design, wordpressReview: What’s the Best Way to Add eCommerce Or a Shopping Cart to a Website?
When adding shopping carts and other eCommerce services to your site, you can choose from many options. Familiar brands, such as PayPal and Google, have made major efforts to migrate their online commerce technology to the mobile platform. And a crop of new companies are emerging, with dedicated mobile services that include everything from m-commerce […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, ecommerce, mobile web design, web design, wordpressHow to Test a Website in Different Browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome
It’s a shocking scenario: You create a page design that looks just perfect in your favorite web browser on your own computer. You publish it on the Internet and tell all your friends. And the next thing you know, your cousin in Iowa and your friends in Brazil are telling you that it looks terrible, […]
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Before you start building a website or blog consider your options
When I first started designing web pages, it was relatively easy — and vanilla boring.
More than ten years and a dozen books later, web design is much more complex today, and a lot more exciting.
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, ecommerce, web design, wordpressWhat version of your training should I get if I don’t have the latest version of Dreamweaver?
If you have one of my books or videos and it’s is more than a few years old, you should upgrade. I say that not just because I want you to buy more of my books and videos, this is a problem with an outdated books and videos, especially those on web design, which has […]
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