Category Archives: Beginner

Tips for the Unscrupulous Web Developer, Part 1: Code

By Chris | Published: September 17, 2009

Note: For those not as familiar with irony, this series of posts is intented to use humor to illustrate important points about getting a website that works for them, and the potential pitfalls along the way. —ed. One thing you figure out pretty early on in the web biz: You don’t really have to know how to [...]

It’s Not the Technology — It’s YOU, WITH The Technology

By Chris | Published: July 28, 2009

From the Real Simple Success newsletter. photo credit: daniel9d In this week’s issue: It’s the technology plus YOU that makes the technology magic. Don’t forget this, if you want to the technology to work for you. My father came home with his first personal computer in 1983. Time had just named the personal computer its “Man of the [...]

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9 Rules of FaceBook Pomotion [All FaceBook]

By Chris | Published: July 28, 2009

I love this list from AllFacebook.com. Some of the highlights: Go steady. It may take a little more time, but it’s worth it. Don’t expect instant results or blow all your enthusiasm in the first few days, but slowly progress and make progress. Contact your fans directly. Treat each one as a new business lead. Greet them personally, [...]

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Web Nerd Terminology (CSS Tricks)

By Chris | Published: June 26, 2009

Want to know what your web designer is saying? CSS, HTML, server, URL, and many other terms nicely eplained here: http://css-tricks.com/web-nerd-terminology-explained/ addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realsimplesuccess.com%2Fweb-nerd-terminology-css-tricks%2F'; addthis_title = 'Web+Nerd+Terminology+%28CSS+Tricks%29'; addthis_pub = '';

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FaceBook Pages: What You Need to Know

By Chris | Published: June 26, 2009

This week: FaceBook pages I have been having a lot of luck lately with FaceBook pages, and have been creating FaceBook pages for several different clients. This is a good thing, because as CopyBlogger pointed out recently (www.copyblogger.com/facebook-killing-seo/), FaceBook is really changing the game. With reportedly up to 250 million people on the site now, you really have [...]

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WP Tip: Using the Quick Add Panel to Store Post Ideas

By Chris | Published: June 25, 2009

I have noticed that it’s very handy to use the QuickPress panel in the WordPress Dashboard (the page you land on when you login to WordPress), to quickly add post ideas, as they come to me. I can then flesh them out later, and not lose them. It’s very quick to add things here, and you just [...]

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CSS Style Sheets: Why They Matter

By Chris | Published: June 8, 2009

photo credit: JB London For the average consumer of web design services, the move from table-based layouts, to css– or tableless-layouts, probably means little. However, it’s important that you know the basics of what CSS Style Sheets mean, and why you want to find a web designer that uses them. This post is not designed to teach [...]

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