If you search for any term in Google, you will see a series of ads that appear on the right column of the search results page. These ads are driven by keywords that any individual/business can purchase according to the type of service being provided. These keywords are called Adwords and they are driven by Read the rest of this entry »

When designing web layouts for information-based (as well as experiential) websites, content is king. This is why the best approach for this type of layout is to begin by dropping in all the content bits on a solid structure and seeing how those bits relate to each other before getting distracted by fancy yet less relevant things Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, so you’ve got your blog installed on your very own URL, how exciting! Now you need to figure out how to start posting entries to it or it won’t be much of a blog at all. The first thing you need to do is to go to your Wordpress Blog admin section. From here you can control all aspects of your blog. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been setting up Wordpress-based sites for other people for years now and had never actually set one up for myself. It really is very easy to setup once you have your domain name and hosting established. Here are 5 steps to follow to get your own Wordpress blog up and running. Read the rest of this entry »

Using photography is something everyone needs to do at some point and it is sometimes a challenge to find ones you can use that are reasonably priced. iStockphoto is a great resource to get images that are affordable. I’ve been using it for a while and even though sometimes it’s challenging to find images that look natural, it is possible to get good ones and you can’t beat the price. They even have a subscription model that we’ve been considering. Read the rest of this entry »

This is something that I’ve recently found very useful in helping a page be easy to read. One particular recent project that I worked on was a financial website similar to Mint. The first pass I took I only used one size (14) and I began differentiate the type only by using color and weight. It helped the page feel very clean Read the rest of this entry »

What are pretty permalinks? A permalink is a basically the direct URL to your page or post within your blog. By default these are given an ID number that displays something like this “http://yourblog.com/?p=845″. This is definitely something that you might want to consider changing if only because Read the rest of this entry »