In an increasingly online world, the question “Do I need a website?” is one which you should consider carefully. The main thing to think about is the purpose of the website you may make. If it is for personal use, then a social network such as Twitter or Facebook may be better. However, if...
It is my belief that for anyone who is passionate about writing and not so keen on developing websites, WordPress is the best content management system (bit of website software) to build and manage a website. WordPress is great because it is fully open source (so no cash needs to be handed over to...
Last night I noticed that on one of my sites there were hundreds of duplicate files being crawled. These files were all generated by the WordPress Theme as it appended a version number to the end of each javascript file each time an edit was done. However, there was nothing in place to “remove”...
Just came across this – Drupal Gardens - http://www.drupalgardens.com/ Like Ning, but using Drupal. More like WordPress.com really, but using Drupal. Many people have a free website for their personal blog or business. Generally they opt for WordPress.com, Blogspot.com, Google Sites or just make do with a Facebook page these days. Drupal is an open...
BBC News is looking extremely sleek today. At first I thought I was on the wrong page! I always read their Health News pages and today was pleasantly surprised by the vibrant and modern new look. The BBC have decided to remove the old fashioned left sidebar and now have all their navigation along...
An interesting discussion has been kicked off by Kim over at Cre8asiteforums.com – what types of website should be emotionally engaging, which should be minimalist, clean, “professional”? And what is meant by “professional style” in web design? A site for Children will look very different from one for stock brokers, but both will surely...
Sometimes the easiest way to make a quick and dramatic change to a website is to change the font. There are several popular font families that work well together to keep the appearance of your website the same across a range of different operating systems and web browsers. Her we provide a list courtesy...
Just found this fantastic tutorial on adding widget areas to any WordPress theme. I successfully set up a new widget area below the content of my posts on another blog I write for in about 5 minutes. Addwidget Area to Theme: Step 1. In the index.php file in your theme directory, add the following...
We are proud to announce that we have been chosen the host the MotleyHealth.com logo competition. MotleyHealth.com has decided that it is time to upgrade their current logo, and have decided to search for a new logo by way of a competition. The logo should be on the theme of Fitness, Strength and Weight...
If you are moving a site to a new server, or building a site for a client, and wish to test it before updating the name servers, then this task is very simple to do, especially if you have a Linux PC. All you need to do is add a line in the etc/hosts...
One thing that I struggled with for ages was posting code to a blog, as the code would invariable be processed, meaning that it could not be shown. However, a bit of googling revealed that there are several online solutions which convert php or html code into blog safe code. This one is very...
Yesterday I managed to successfully transfer a Google Blogger generated blog over to a WordPress platform. The blog (actually 3 blogs) are hosted on my own domain (like this) and not on Blogspot / WordPress.com. But you can transfer from Blogger blogspot to WordPress.com if you desire too. With WordPress it was actually very...
OK, I attempted a Drupal upgrade as soon as I made a test area for my Drupal CMS installation, and managed to get it wrong from the start. So, to recap, here are the upgrade instructions from Drupal (after backing up): Log on as the user with user ID 1 Place the site in...
The first time I looked at Linux was when I used a Knoppix Live CD. The reason I used the CD was actually to rescue some files from my wife’s hard drive after her windows installation died. While browsing through the applications on Knoppix I was quite impressed with the Bluefish HTML/web designers editor....
Making websites is easier than ever. With free web editing tools such as NVU, an adundance of code shared online and free FTP tools and cheap webhosting, building and publishing websites is easier than ever. Here are a few of the main tips I have used over the years. Open Source Templates – The easy way...
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