Archive for the ‘Tutorials & Tips’ Category

Free Webmaster Tools

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Tools for Noobs..

Tools 4 Noobs

Tools 4 Noobs

If you’re like me and don’t like shopping around on the internet for some basic free handy online tools, then why not try this website.

It’s a website providing free online tools all on one site. i.e. Google Pagerank checker, and my favourite; a Valid XHTML YouTube embed code generator!

It seems kind of new so theres room for improvement however, it serves its purpose. Take a look here..

Click here to visit site

Flash Websites - When Good Flash Goes Bad

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

I stumbled on this page from Web Pages that Suck - by Vincent Flanders.

It reads…

Unnecessary Flash

Flash is a tool and like any tool it can be misused if it’s used incorrectly. If you’re cutting down a tree for firewood, a chainsaw is a good tool for the job. If you’re trying to taper the leg of a table, a chainsaw is not the right woodworking tool.

Designers — like woodworkers — often make two fundamental mistakes. They confuse: (more…)

Bad Web Design - Worst Website?

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

over-the-topFrom time to time, I like to share with you some websites I feel have not been constructed properly, by either displaying far too many images, animated gifs, flash, high contrast colours, poor text etc.

The reason for displaying such examples is to hopefully show people what to avoid when designing your own website.

The first time i submitted an example I personally thought was a good example of a poor website, some people didn’t seem to agree with me. Which is fine as everyone is entitled to their own opinion, however… and I stress HOWEVER… (more…)

Levi Roots Speaking at the British Library

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Interesting! Very inspiring. - Enjoy!

Google AdWords: Keyword Tool

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

If you’re looking for a free Keyword tool, there are so many options out there.

one of them is to use the Google Adwords keyword suggestion tool.

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Google Adwords: Keyword Tool

Click here to go directly to the site.

I found it useful and it saves me a lot of time and resource.

Its completely free!

You can also select to include synonyms in the results or even filter your results.

I will be adding another approach to this in a later post which is a little more manual as I believe you should use more than one tool to get maximum results.

Enjoy!

Sitecube Website Builder - Please don’t

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Ok. If I see another website built using Sitecube, I will scream!!

Here are just some reasons why you’re better off leaving the designing to us professionals:

  1. Your website will resemble many other websites who use the same website builder tool as you.
  2. Your website is not unique and lacks personality
  3. First Impressions count. If you set a bad first impression, you’re going to have a hard time asking viewers to return!
  4. Your image, your brand.. matters. Get it right, and you’ll profit. Get it wrong and may end up distrusting the web.

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What is DPI?

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Often clients ask me “what is 300dpi?”

I’ve had to explain this to them on numerous occasions. However I felt it was better to place a better explanation on here. WiseGeek explains this far better than I can. So here it is:

DPI (dots per inch) is a measurement of printer resolution, though it is commonly applied, somewhat inappropriately, to monitors, scanners and even digital cameras. (more…)

HOW TO: Manage Multiple Social Media Profiles

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

multiplesocialmediasitesStart counting the number of social media websites you have a profile with, right now. Out of fingers yet? Facebook (Facebook reviews), Twitter (Twitter reviews), Flickr (Flickr reviews), and YouTube (YouTube reviews) are just the start of it - for people active on social websites, you could have several dozen social media profiles, half of them using a really old picture of you. Heck, some of them probably have inboxes filled with strange messages from some girl named “Leota” who wants you to visit her sexy singles website.

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