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Web site building

How to Make a Web Page Work for You

March 21, 2009

If you are thinking of creating a website for the very first time, well then a “Congratulations” is in order. You are about to enter a world of exciting and rewarding times. You may also be entering into a world of frustration and time-consuming problems. You need to know how to make a web page [...]

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How to Create a Web Page With Photos, Clip Art Or Graphics

March 20, 2009

Phew! Another BIG day of surfing the Internet looking for new info about how to create a web page AND I found this awesome article I just had to share with you!
Check it out below, I’m sure you’ll find it really interesting.
Make sure you come back and click on the link at the end of [...]

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Content Sites – What Are They & Why Use Them

March 7, 2008
Content Sites – What Are They & Why Use Them

Finally, today we’re going to cover our third and final type of site in the Different Types of Website Series. The first type was a mini site. The second was a blog.
What are content sites?
Put simply, a content site is a site filled with … you got it … content. Normally, this content would [...]

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How to Upload Files to Your Web Host Server

February 20, 2008
How to Upload Files to Your Web Host Server

I’ve recently completed writing a “how to” on uploading files to your web host server. I published it on Hubpages.com to test their system. Come check it out.
You’ve grabbed a set of web site building tools and made your own website. Now, all that’s left to do is to upload your website and other related [...]

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What Is A Blog & Why Use It

January 28, 2008
What Is A Blog & Why Use It

Now we’re on to our second website type in the Different Types of Website Series. The first type was a mini site. Today, we’re moving on to blogs.
What are blogs?
In the past few years, blogs have evolved so much that I’m actually finding it hard to define what it really is. Also known as weblogs, [...]

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Mini Sites – What Are They & Why Use Them

January 24, 2008
Mini Sites – What Are They & Why Use Them

Photo credit: Santiago Cornejo

This is the first website type in the Different Types of Website Series.
What are mini sites?
A mini site is simply a one- to three-page website. Maybe 5 pages at most. Actually, technically, a one page website would be more of a micro site but for the sake of practicality, I’m going [...]

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The Different Types of Websites

January 17, 2008

Many newbies get confused about the different types of websites that they can make. In fact, most don’t even know there are different types of websites. Here’s a question that I often get from my subscribers.
What is the difference between a website, minisite and blog. What are their advantages/disadvantages.As a beginner what would you recommend [...]

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50 Beautiful Minimalistic Website Designs

January 16, 2008
50 Beautiful Minimalistic Website Designs

Anybody who knows me knows that “simple” and “fluff free” is my mantra. I preach simplicity any opportunity I get. Why have 3 columns on your webpage when you can have 2 and why 2 when 1 will do the job. I was surfing today and found these posts of beautiful yet minimalistic web site [...]

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Build a Webpage with Squidoo

January 15, 2008
Build a Webpage with Squidoo

I’ve been meaning to write up about Squidoo. In fact, I checked my account and realized that I signed up ages ago. And never quite found the time to create a lens (that’s what Squidoo calls its webpages).
Anyway, yesterday I decided to buckle down and create a Squidoo lens and Walah! within a few [...]

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How to Customize a Website Template – Video

January 8, 2008

I’m a strong supporter of using web site templates to create web sites. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I actually designed my own sites. It just takes way too much time. With so many website template repositories on the net today, there are more than enough choices to pick from.
Although I’m not [...]

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Free Web 2.0 Web Site Templates

October 11, 2007

I was doing my usual surfing today when I bumped into this excellent web template sites. I was looking for free Web 2.0 style web templates.
What’s a Web 2.0 Design?
You would have definitely come across some of these on the net. You just may not be aware of it. There are many ways to describe [...]

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