Archive for January, 2008
In: OS WebMaster, Web Help

101 CSS Tips, Tutorials & Examples

How are your CSS skills coming? This great list should help you a lot, whether you’re just starting, or well on your way to Mastery… before the next CSS version makes it’s way to the next generation of browsers. It’s remarkable how much knowledge is online, and how when you pull the right “list” together, you have a sort of web based “book” written by many

In: OS WebMaster, Web Graphics Help, Web Help

Designing Visualizations for Time-Based Data

There’s a reason that great leaders are called “visionaries.” There’s a reason that the power of the imagination fueling the arts, architecture, science fiction, and engineering, leads and then manifests what it sees — in reality. I remember when there were those arguing that websites and web pages were best left without graphics. Of course, that was when data transfer was much slower, but again

In: Blogging Help, Social Media-Marketing

Social Media and Full Court Marketing

By Scott Lindsay

TalentDatabase.com Site Home Page
Above, the homepage for TalentDatabase.com is well thought out, and well designed. Each section (I looked at Comedy and Magic) has a well designed section graphic, and is populated already by a number of listings. [Ed.]

It would seem that the marketing potential of social media sites is a fairly open book. I came across a social networking site called… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, Copy Writing

Seven Common Usage Errors

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Here’s another article in our series on Copy Writing Techniques. Ever notice that newspapers, magazines, ad agencies, and other professional publications employ writers AND editors? Well, a lot of Bloggers are trying to wear the “do it all yourself” hat. And that can be OK when you learn professional writing, AND editing techniques. But a powerful

In: Blogging Help, OS WebMaster, Social Media-Marketing, Web Help

The Case Against Outsourced SEO

By Adam McFarland

About a week ago I got a phone call from a college buddy of mine named Paul who runs a soon-to-launch online business. Here’s how the conversation went:

Paul: “We want to hire your company to do the SEO for us. Whatever the price is, we… Continue reading

In: Web Graphics Help, Web Help

HTML Web Template Options

by Sharon Housley

Web Template Providers

HTML website templates can significantly ease the burden of designing and creating websites by providing webmasters with a ready-made web layout, structure, basic graphics, and color scheme. Templates can generally be edited and customized with any HTML editor. The biggest advantage for webmasters using ready-made templates is the amount of time that can be saved. There are a number of websites… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, Copy Writing

The Six Writing Hats

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Here’s another article in our series on Copy Writing Techniques. It’s largely about the creative writing techniques that fiction writers use, with some great tips for non-fiction writers. Sometimes you need to get creative in your work as a BlogMaster, advertising copy writer, and even in SEO copy writing. So get ready to juggle some hats as