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Displaying Quotes on Your Website

Deb — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:21:02 +0000

I was cruising Twitter tonight looking for some fresh ideas for a new articles for my websites when I noticed that Michelle Schaeffer had tweeted some neat quotes. I’m talking about those great “words of wisdom” tidbits written both by famous people and even not so famous people. Heck,
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Why You Should Avoid PopUps on Your Web Site

Deb — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:04:57 +0000

I’m sure you’ve been there … gone to a website and had one or more windows pop up in your face without having been prompted by you clicking something?

They pop up, they dance, they flash, they slide in, they wiggle, they float in from one side of the page
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My MUST HAVE Wordpress Plugins

Deb — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:27:12 +0000

When you install Wordpress, you’re installing what I call an enhanced version of a bare-bones blog and a Content Management System. This is one reason that Wordpress is so popular. The default install gives you the basic system and some additional goodies. From this point on the sky’s the limit!
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I Really Need My Web Site By – Insert Date Here

Deb — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:42:31 +0000

How many web designers have heard this … “I really need my site done by insert date here” ??? I’ll bet there are a lot of them! In today’s world everything is about speed and a common theme is “I want it NOW!” People don’t like to wait
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Someone Stole My Website Content!

Deb — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:32:58 +0000

I’m a bit outraged right now. Let me rephrase that. I’m more than a bit … I’m totally and absolutely outraged. I found that two other designers have stolen entire pages of my web site content and put it on their sites. You’d think I’d be flattered, after all someone
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The Wrong Site Look DOES Make a Difference!

Deb — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:51:28 +0000

A few months ago I noticed that new web sites to develop had slowed down, I wasn’t getting in nearly as many website planners as I had been in previous years. Freelance web designers don’t find it unusual to go through periods of “feast or famine” and so a business
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The Case of the Disappearing Client – Part III

Deb — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:18:17 +0000

I never thought of common courtesy as being an art, but the more I got to thinking about it perhaps it is? In pondering this I came up with the fact that not everyone is an artist, it takes a certain talent to be successful at it. If you don’t
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Themes, Templates, Coloring Books and Christmas Trees

Deb — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:12:10 +0000

The thought came to me the other day that customizing a pre-made CMS theme is like coloring in a coloring book! You can take a page in a coloring book and color it any way you want to. There’s no law that says you have to make polka dots on
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Web Designers Are Their Own Worst Clients – Ugh!

Deb — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:00:32 +0000

If there’s one thing that many web designers have trouble with, it’s designing or redesigning their own web site. Yes, really! I hear that so often in the web design world and unfortunately, I’m one that’s right at the top of the list. I can absolutely love an idea, go
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Do You Really Need a Content Management System?

Deb — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:45:57 +0000

There are web designers who believe in no uncertain terms that every web site developed should use a Content Management System. Some don’t even ask the client if they need or want it, they just do it as one of their own standard operating procedures. I’m not among those designers.
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