tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52118522743128741532023-07-17T22:07:27.896-07:00How to Design and Publish A Website.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-26606205721980139302013-04-22T16:14:00.001-07:002013-09-04T05:52:45.851-07:00The Implementation of FaviconsAs a web designer, you need to know exactly how to design a favicon. <br />The first question that should always come to your mind is... What's <br />the use of implementing a favicon? It's quite simple when you think about it; Icons are importanticons are the ultimate reason for those re-visits your get from those who happens to lend in your website. <br /><br />HOW VALUABLE ARE FAVICONS? <br /><br />As a web content writer; I do a lot of research, which requires me to <br />save pages or bookmark a website for later usage. After saving a web <br />page, I can go on and do some more research. Later when I return to <br />view my saved pages; the only way to differentiate between those<br />pages I've saved up, is through favicons. If those pages had no favicons, it would be twice as hard to find previously saved information.<br /><br /><br />HOW TO DESIGN A FAVICON?<br /><br /><br />The thing Is... you already have a favicon. That logo of yours is a favicon itself. What you need to do right now is to convert it to a smaller size (16x16) for it to be recognizable to any type of web browser. It’s either you create it yourself or use a favicon generator online. The file name of your favicon should always be 'favicon.ico'.<br /><br />WHERE TO LOCATE A FAVICON? You must always put your favicon in the same folder as your index page. That way it can be viewed directly inside the address bar. A user will recognize it next to your URL. A great example is Technard. <br />-- <br /><br />Bernard Mamabolo <br />Mobile - 0792835062 <br />Email - bernardmamabolo@gmail.com <br /><br /><br /><br />Click to view one/both of my websites! <br /><a href="http://technard.eu.pn/" target="_blank">Technard</a><br /><a href="http://necto.site90.com/" target="_blank">elnecto designs</a><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-92006461471880083662012-12-01T16:04:00.001-08:002013-01-22T02:57:50.015-08:00The Catalyst Of A WebsiteWhile we are still on search engine optimisation. We need to discuss <br />
one of the original SEO implementations practised in a website. That <br />
original event is called a forum. I'm sure you are wondering if it's <br />
really necessary to have a forum in your website. The answer to that <br />
question is YES, you do need one. <br />
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A forum is more like a catalyst. You website will work exceptionally <br />
well without a forum but it will work much better with a forum. As we <br />
all know, every business has a customer and it's not that simple to <br />
convince more customers to believe in your product unless they heard <br />
it from a satisfied customer. A forum can create that platform for <br />
your customers to interact with each other. <br />
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<strong>HOW TO MAINTAIN A FORUM... </strong><br />
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Unlike any other customer relation management system. A forum is <br />
independent. It doesn't relay on the owner to keep it up to date, just <br />
about any customer can start a topic, or ask a question about your <br />
services and this kind of interaction can go on for decades. The only <br />
down fall about a forum is the unpredictable critic you may get about <br />
your services, and this can be harmful to your business. I suggest <br />
blogging as a customer relation system just because you can delete <br />
critics and keep your website peaceful. <br />
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A blog is not that different to a forum. The only thing that sets them <br />
apart is the fact that a blog needs regular updates from the owner.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-77630494847568054102012-11-12T16:38:00.001-08:002013-01-22T02:58:28.056-08:00Optimizing Images For Search EnginesImages are valuable, images are relevant and they can bring traffic to <br />
your website. When I say traffic, I mean more visitors to your site. <br />
As a web content writer/designer, you may know what traffic is and how <br />
important it is to have traffic, but someone out there doesn't know <br />
that. The success of a website depends on the optimizations practised <br />
within a website. In this case, images are optimized for SEO Purposes. <br />
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<strong>HOW TO OPTIMIZE IMAGES FOR SEO PURPOSES? </strong><br />
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The first rule of optimizing an image for SEO purposes is to name the <br />
image. Search engines can find an image only if it's named according <br />
to its description. If you have an image of a blue sky, name that <br />
image blue sky. Don't name it image5, even if it's easy to remember, <br />
search engines won't recognize it. The second rule is to write an alt <br />
tag. Just to be safe, the alt tag and the name of the image should <br />
have the same name. <br />
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The purpose of optimizing this images is to enable a user to find your <br />
website or web page even if they perform an image search.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-69045605009726835732012-11-01T16:56:00.001-07:002013-01-22T02:59:40.415-08:00HOW TO USE IMAGES IN A WEBSITEThere's nothing better than a beautiful image to enhance the look of <br />
your website. It's been said that a book without pictures is as boring <br />
as the author who wrote it. It's not different to a website. A picture <br />
can make a boring website look cooler, but there are limits towards <br />
the use of pictures. <br />
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<strong>PICTURE ALIGNMENT </strong><br />
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In a website or a web page, you cannot put a picture any where it <br />
suites you. You have to think of a way to make a picture likable, not <br />
too destructive to the content. Pictures are important but not if they <br />
hold more attention to the visitor than the content. <br />
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<strong>IRRELEVANT PICTURES </strong><br />
<br />
If the main point of your website is to get visitors to buy insurance <br />
online, don't put a picture of a kid playing soccer. What does a kid <br />
playing soccer has to do with buying insurance? Exactly, nothing. <br />
Rather put a picture of a very expensive car rolling down a cliff. <br />
That's relevant to insurance. Images are more attractive to a visitor, <br />
only when they are relevant to the topic. You can also use images for <br />
search engine optimizing purposes. The SEO image lesson is covered on <br />
the next post.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-62819447270492181872012-10-28T17:53:00.001-07:002013-01-22T03:00:35.029-08:00The Use Of Fonts On A WebsiteAs a web designer, you need to have an excellent eye for small <br />
details. Something as little as a text size or a font colour has the <br />
ability to impact the contents of your website, either negatively nor <br />
positively. Most of the time I come across websites where I find the <br />
contents way too difficult to read. It's either the text is too small <br />
or the font colour is too bright. No one has the patience to go <br />
through a paragraph one word at a time. As a web designer or a web <br />
content writer, you need advanced knowledge on the use of a font <br />
family. <br />
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<strong>HOW TO USE A FONT FAMILY? </strong><br />
<br />
For you to be able to use a font family. CSS needs to come into <br />
action. It's important to know the aspects of using cascading style <br />
sheet(CSS) to enhance your website. Using a font family enables a <br />
designer to include a back-up font to maintain the look of your <br />
website. If a client's computer is incapable of reading Arial fonts, <br />
possibly it can read serif or Times Roman. This is the main reason why <br />
the use of a font family is so important. <br />
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Using a variety of fonts all over a single web page is extremely <br />
irritating to a reader. Don't use more than 5 different fonts on a <br />
single web page. A reader should never struggle to find the main point <br />
of your web page. Always make relevant words easier to find.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-86058289331677419512012-10-25T16:39:00.001-07:002013-01-22T03:01:14.292-08:00How To Keep A Reader Entertained Part IIThe most important factor that can either keep nor loose a reader is <br />
the spelling. It doesn't matter how good your story is; it doesn't <br />
matter how interesting your content is, as long as a reader keeps <br />
correcting your spelling with his/her mind, they can never trust your <br />
words. How will you convince me to buy your product if you can't even <br />
spell? I understand you are human, and I also understand that mistakes <br />
happen but still, I can't trust you. That's the whole point of writing <br />
content in your website; to gain my trust, isn't it? Just make sure to <br />
always double check your spelling. <br />
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<strong>HOW TO LIMIT YOUR CONTENT </strong><br />
<br />
On most occasions, an internet user such as yourself lend in a certain <br />
website with exceptional words which includes few tips you could use <br />
every now an then. As an internet user; if I read an article and the <br />
article seems unending, I loose interest. I don't have time to read <br />
the whole book just to learn one lesson. Too much information on a <br />
single page is clearly a bad idea. If the content was shorter, maybe a <br />
user would click few buttons to check if there was more to read. A <br />
single page should never include more than 500 words. No one has time <br />
to read all that.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-77165027176409572492012-10-24T16:25:00.001-07:002013-01-22T03:01:45.793-08:00How To Keep A Reader EntertainedThere's a big difference between writing and talking. When you talk, <br />
you have the ability to hypnotize me with your voice or your eyes. It <br />
doesn't work like that when it comes to writing. The only thing that <br />
can keep me (the reader) interested in your website; is the way you <br />
use your words. There's nothing more interesting than words. A reader <br />
needs to feel what you wrote. He/she needs to live in your shoes while <br />
in the process of writing your content; and your content needs be <br />
alive. <br />
<br />
<strong>BASICS OF WEB CONTENT WRITING </strong><br />
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If you choose to write your own content, you have to know the basics. <br />
First of all; your content has to be unique. No one can laugh at the <br />
same joke twice. You should keep that in mind before you loose your <br />
first reader. Secondly; your content has to flow like you know what <br />
you are talking about. As a reader; I need to be convinced of <br />
everything you have written in your website. If I have doubts about <br />
the information you provide. I won't come back for round 2. Your <br />
content needs to tell a story. <br />
<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-24789536050965889232012-10-22T16:27:00.001-07:002013-01-22T03:02:41.457-08:00A Step Behind A LogoFirst of all you need to know what exactly is a logo. You also need to <br />
ask yourself the importance of owning a logo. Do you really need it? <br />
Does it matter whether you have it or not? It's natural to have this <br />
kind of questions in mind. <br />
<br />
<strong>THE IMPORTANCE OF A LOGO </strong><br />
<br />
Let me explain it in a way that only you can understand. Imagine a <br />
friend lends you a very interesting book to read. You begin to read <br />
the book and you are loving the book. While in the middle of reading <br />
this book you are enjoying so much, you develop the need to find out <br />
the title of this book. That's when you realise the book has no cover. <br />
I mean how will you identify a book without a cover? How will you <br />
point it out of a bunch of books if you have no idea how it looks <br />
like? This situation clearly states the importance of owning a logo. A <br />
logo is not that different from a cover page. It doesn't hold the true <br />
meaning of its contents but it can be used to identify the contents <br />
within a product, in this case a website. <br />
<br />
<strong>LOGO DESIGN </strong><br />
<br />
Just about anyone can design a logo but then again it has to be <br />
unique, simple but unique. You wouldn't want your logo to be mistaken <br />
for someone else’s would you? No you won't. The are a variety of <br />
software’s you can use to design a unique logo, but you need advanced <br />
knowledge of graphic design software’s. Most web designers are capable <br />
of designing a logo, you just have to find the right one.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-46842609611072818822012-10-11T16:12:00.001-07:002013-01-22T03:03:32.007-08:00A Colour Scheme For Your WebsiteThe second most difficult part of designing a website is to find the <br />
perfect colour scheme. Your website needs to be unique and the only <br />
thing that makes it unique is the use of your colours. Before you <br />
decide on a colour scheme, you need advanced knowledge of the colour <br />
palette. Not just any colour can be used in a website. The are web <br />
colours you need to take into consideration. <br />
<br />
<strong>COLOUR SCHEME TOOLS </strong><br />
<b><br /></b>If you are just like most of us and you think 'any colour looks good <br />
to you', the are colour scheme tools you need to look out for. It <br />
doesn't require technical skills to use colour scheme tools, any one <br />
is capable of using them. Colour scheme tools can be found all over <br />
the internet. If you are serious about hunting them, you'll find them. <br />
<br />
<strong>COLOUR SCHEME GENERATOR </strong><br />
<br />
Most of the time you already have a specific image; lets say a logo, <br />
and you are looking for a colour scheme that can maintain the quality <br />
of your logo. In this case you can upload that image into a certain <br />
website that has the ability to automatically produce a colour scheme <br />
on your behalf. This colour scheme generator will most definitely <br />
fulfil your colour scheme needs.<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-51582779027005910552012-10-06T18:49:00.001-07:002013-01-22T03:04:16.571-08:00A Keyword For Your Website Round 2Have you ever used a search engine to find a product? Of course you <br />
have. If you do pay attention, you noticed that search engines display <br />
only the top ranked websites which relates to the product you are <br />
searching for on the first page. Did you notice how you lazy you got <br />
after viewing only 3 pages? What about the remaining 1000 pages; who <br />
will view them? Definitely not you. Now you can see how important it <br />
is to be top ranked and, for that to happen you need keywords. <br />
<br />
<strong>KEYWORDS ON A WEB PAGE </strong><br />
<br />
If you know absolutely nothing about html and css, your website will <br />
never be top ranked, unless you are in contact with a web designer. <br />
Html is a language used to develop a web page and css is a style <br />
sheet used to design the layout of a web page. You can not use css <br />
without html but you can use html without css. <br />
<br />
Don't let the acronyms confuse you. If you can use Microsoft word; <br />
html is a walk on the beach. A keyword needs to be written in the <br />
title of your page, a heading and inside a meta tag. <br />
<br />
<strong>HOW SEARCH ENGINES FIND A KEYWORD IN YOUR WEBSITE </strong><br />
<br />
Search engines are programmed to look for keywords within the first <br />
100 lines of your code. Placing a keyword in the title and meta tag <br />
seems like a good idea. The further you put your keyword on a web page, <br />
the more likely your website won't be found in a search engine.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-38003915162103778332012-10-04T17:12:00.001-07:002013-01-22T03:05:02.686-08:00A Keyword For Your WebsiteLets say you do find yourself a web designer. Does it end there? Will <br />
you have a complete website by the time the sun sets? The answer to <br />
those questions is NO. Why? Because you haven't found a topic, in <br />
other words, a keyword you'll be using in your website. This is the <br />
hardest part of designing your own website. You got to have a topic to <br />
write about or a product to sell. If you already have a business then <br />
at least you have a product to work around, but if you are just looking <br />
for ways to make money with your website, you have a lot of research <br />
to do. <br />
<br />
<strong>HOW TO FIND THE BEST KEYWORD??? </strong><br />
<br />
The best place to find the best keyword is the internet. When i say <br />
the internet I mean Google. Everything is there, you just have to know <br />
what you are looking for. In this case you are looking for the best <br />
keyword. The are a bunch of Google webmaster tools you can use to find <br />
the best keyword. You'll even come across the most searched keyword <br />
which is LOVE. We all know what love is and how everyone always have <br />
an opinion about it. This is the main reason why love is an easy <br />
target. You should keep that in mind while you select the best <br />
keyword for your website. <br />
<br />
<strong>HOW TO ARRANGE A KEYWORD </strong><br />
<br />
Having a perfect keyword doesn't mean your website will appear at the <br />
top of a search engine. You need to know how to arrange a keyword and <br />
where exactly should you place a keyword. That's where html and css <br />
comes in. lesson continues in the next post...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-19747083514024758182012-10-01T17:13:00.001-07:002013-01-22T03:05:45.217-08:00Freelance Web Designers VS Web Design CompaniesThe best part about designing your own website is that you don't have <br />
to design it yourself. You can actually get a dedicated someone to do <br />
all the hard work for you. As easy as it sounds, its most definitely <br />
costly. <br />
<br />
It's been said that to make money, you need to loose money. In the web <br />
designing field, there are freelancers and web design companies. It's <br />
up to you to decide your best option depending on the amount of cash <br />
you are willing to spend. <br />
<br />
<strong>FREELANCE WEB DESIGNERS </strong><br />
<br />
In this field, you get to work directly with an individual. You have <br />
to make sure this person holds a very impressive portfolio and a <br />
variety of web development skills. Freelancers are cheap and creative. <br />
<br />
<strong>WEB DESIGN COMPANIES </strong><br />
<br />
The one thing a company has that a freelancer is unable to provide is <br />
a team of talented web gurus. You get to have all this talent in you <br />
website but it costs, big time. Web design companies provide high <br />
quality websites with a minimum time frame. <br />
<br />
I recommend a freelance web designers just because I am one.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948561072928202818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211852274312874153.post-67728939064383237332012-09-29T18:06:00.001-07:002013-01-22T03:06:40.717-08:00The Easy Way And The Hard WayWhen it comes to designing your own website and to also have the guts <br />
to publish it. This requires a lot of planning. Without a plan you can <br />
not design a website. There's the easy way and the hard way. <br />
<br />
<strong>THE EASY WAY </strong><br />
<br />
If you do not have the time, patience and skills to design and publish <br />
a website, you can actually hire a web designer or buy a website <br />
builder. The problem is that a web designer can only design your <br />
website not forgetting that you need content in your website. This <br />
means you also have to hire a web content writer and for publishing, <br />
you need to hire a copywriter, then you have yourself a fully <br />
functional website. <br />
<br />
<strong>The Hard Way </strong><br />
<br />
Now this option you need to think and rethink this option. This is the <br />
do it yourself option. You need to know the graphic design software’s, <br />
web development programs, the concept of SEO, web hosting, domains, web <br />
content management systems, Google tools and the implementations of <br />
social media. <br />
<br />
I'll be clarifying the easy way and the hard way in my next posts...<br />
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