Funny 404 Error Messages

April 13th, 2007

Web Design

Getting the dreaded 404 error message can be frustrating at times.   I know because I seem to find my share of them!   
CyberNet News has compiled a list of funny 404 Error messages that people use on their website.  Its definitely worth taking the time to read through. 
I’ve contemplated going with something like that on this [...]

Increasing Your Alexa Rank

April 4th, 2007

Web Design

Google SEO expert Garry Conn has been on a mission lately to increase his Alexa ranking. I’ve debated the value of Alexa here before, but regardless of its true value, its a strong factor in how much advertising revenue you can make on your website.
Dosh Dosh recently offered 20 quick ways to increase your [...]

Great Wordpress Video Guides

March 31st, 2007

Web Design

Hone Watson of ZePrez has created an awesome series of video guides that are designed to be like going to a Wordpress seminar.   In the videos you’ll find tutorials that cover all the Wordpress basics, and can be watched individually or in order.   Here are the topics covered so far:
What Is The Dashboard In The [...]

Web Design: Optimizing Your CSS

March 31st, 2007

Web Design

Cascading Style Sheets have been a crucial part of web design for awhile now, as they improve your websites performance by allowing caching of your websites style information, avoiding the need for a hard refresh every time a page is loaded. 
I’ve spent the last few days cleaning up the code on this site, removing the [...]

Improving SEO Results with a Robots.txt File

March 29th, 2007

SEO, Web Design

If you own a website, you’re probably a big fan of improving your search engine rankings.  There are a lot of ways to go about improving your rankings, and as usual JohnTP has you covered.    His latest post is about the importance of using a robots.txt file to avoid penalizing yourself with the search engines.  [...]

Finding the Right Plugins for Your Site

March 8th, 2007

Web Design

After switching to Wordpress, one of the first things I did was make a Best of: Wordpress plugins post, which has quickly risen to become the 2nd most popular post on this blog in only a few months. It was designed as a quick and easy reference for someone new to Wordpress, giving them some [...]