How to Choose a Web Designer
Written by Denise Witter Wednesday, 23 June 2010 10:33
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) or is it?
How to pick a Web Designer for your small business.
You've put in the thought and you've put in the time and now you have your own business to show for it. You've heard about the dismal failure rates of small businesses just starting out, and you don't want to be in that group. So the question arises, how do you market your business effectively while trying to keep your cash flow positive?
You get a Web Site.
Fortunately (and unfortunately) there are plenty of web designers from which you can choose. Within this large group of web designers is an even larger range of web design prices. Some web design companies charge very low prices of a couple hundred dollars and some charge into the thousands of dollars and higher.
Subdomains Explained
Written by Denise Witter Tuesday, 22 June 2010 11:18
So much can be said about domains, but here, I'm going to stick to the use of domains and subdomains.
You might have heard the term "top-level domain" or more simply put, "TLD," but wondered what is it exactly? A top-level domain is the part that is the furthest right on a domain name. For example, for a site that I've created, www.innovatien.com, the ".com" is the top-level domain. Since ".com" is the top-level domain, the word "innovatien" is the second-level domain. This translates to a string of numbers that computers can read and find your web site.
How to Link to a PDF in Joomla
Written by Denise Witter Monday, 21 June 2010 11:34
Having your web pages render flawlessly in Joomla! is one of the benefits of using the Joomla! CMS. There are times, though, that you might want to display information in ways other than standard website format. One of the easiest ways to display this kind of information in Joomla! or on the web in general, is displaying it in PDF format. Linking to a PDF in Joomla! may not be intuitive at first, but once you get the hang of it you'll see that linking to a PDF in Joomla! isn't hard. There are just a few steps you have to follow. Click on the "Read More" link below to see the tutorial of how to link to a PDF in Joomla!
Official Twitter iPhone App
Written by Denise Witter Friday, 21 May 2010 07:48
I like Twitter.
There, I said it.
I like it because I can get news updates quickly. I like it because I can see what others in my industry are up to. I like it because I can learn new things from it.
Now, on the other hand, I LOOOOOVVVE my iPhone. Just love my iPhone. My iPhone allows me to streamline my day and activities so that I'm not always bound to my computer. I can step away from my desk and not lose track of anything.
I've tried a few different apps for Twitter on my iPhone and the one I like best is TweetDeck. I can set up TweetDeck for my desktop and my iPhone.
I mostly like TweetDeck except for the inability to view links in landscape mode. But that wasn't enough to really turn me away from TweetDeck... until now.
I just saw on CNN that Twitter now has an official Twitter app. And this app allows me to view links in landscape mode. It's easy to use, easy to view, and is really easy for me to see the lists I made on Twitter. And it's free.
Thanks Twitter!
Paste from OpenOffice
Written by Denise Witter Thursday, 14 January 2010 14:53
This post is an experiment of sorts. I'm not writing it in Joomla. I'm writing it in Open Office. With formatting.
I wanted to test out the "copy and paste" ability of OpenOffice to Joomla and see how well the post makes the transition. I've read plenty of "Don't Do It! Don't Paste From Word to Joomla!!" horror stories, but I was curious as to whether pasting from OpenOffice would be as bad as pasting from MS Word.
OpenOffice is so awesome and works perfectly for me in many of my word processing needs. In the past, I had always wanted to try out OpenOffice, but MS Word was working well enough for me I just didn't get around to it until I bought a new computer last year. A Windows Vista 64-bit computer that wouldn't run my MS Office 2003 Suite.
Such a shame.
I could've just upgraded to MS Office 2007, but really, I was pretty disappointed. And it was just the impetus I needed to give OpenOffice a real chance.
I haven't looked back since.
I just published the post and viewed it. Even with the pasting, the Verdana font, the italics, and other little formatting bits were preserved. The only issue I had with it, was it added extra space between the paragraphs that I had to go back and remove.
All-in-all though, not too bad.
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