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Flash pages; those fancy pages full of moving graphics or text, that flies in and out of the page can be hazardous to your web health and wealth. Why? First off, a Flash page increases the file size that has to be loaded for a …

What people do care about are themselves and their problems. “What’s in it for me?” is the catch phrase of today’s buyer. Most folks don’t buy an item. They buy benefits. Always keep that in mind when writing or speaking about your products or services. …

Five seconds, that’s it! That is the attention span of an average web surfer. It’s not that today’s internet viewer is easily distracted; there are just too many options. People have access to more information today than ever before. And, in this fast pace society …

Photographs should highlight the text content of the site. High quality images encourage the viewer to look closer at what is written. The key is “high quality” images. Today we all can take pictures with our cell phones or pocket digital cameras. While some small …

Don’t Shout ALL CAPTIAL LETTERS IS CONSIDERED SHOUTING ON THE INTERNET! You would never shout at your viewers, so be sure to not enter anything in all capitals. Keep your titles short. Titles should be a teaser for your post, not a complete description. Limit …

Blogs are popular for families, hobby groups, clubs and individuals interested in sharing ideas or thoughts. Just what is a blog? A blog is a term for a web site that has an online log of a person, idea, or anything else that is desired …

Little things on a site make big impressions. Nothing says “I don’t care” like an out of date web site. A web site needs to be kept current. A page that offers a fall special needs to be changed when that season is over. Winter …

Just because you launch a website, it does not mean the world will come knocking your door down. You have to let the world know you are there. Put your web URL (your site name, www.yoursite.com) on every place you can think of. Add it …

For those of you using WordPress, you may be aware of the thousands of Plugins available to make your website do just about anything you can imagine. WordPress plugins are actually php code that modifies or adds to, WordPress. While this is a very strong …

In the last post, we covered searching for, and determining if a plugin is right for your site. We decided that “Slick Social Share Buttons” plugin would suit our needs. You will notice a large Download button, click that and the plugin will be saved …