12.05.07

Alternatives to FrontPage

Posted in Delaware.Net, Web Developer Tools, Real Estate Web Design, Adobe Dreamweaver, Web Design at 9:21 pm by john

Microsoft FrontPage is a web design program designed for beginners. In early 2006, Microsoft reported that they will not release any further versions of their web design tool. They decided to stop making the product for several reasons:

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10.24.07

Web 2.0 Site About California Fires

Posted in Web Design at 8:45 pm by john

My heart goes out to the good folks in California fighting the fires this week.   I heard about a great web site that popped up rather quickly this week to aid those that are affected by the fires.

Here is the site: http://www.calfires.com

Note that it has a great Google map mashup, feeds, and more.   This is a great way for municipalities to get information out using mapping.

I learned about the site from a government webmaster.  There are some good ideas about sharing, syndication, and more with this simple web site.

10.16.07

Web Site Mistakes That Cost You Money - DNS Problems

Posted in Articles, Domain Names, Local Delaware, Web Design at 10:19 pm by john

OK, this is a very basic, but powerful tip that will improve your web site’s performance. It is a problem that I see over and over and over again with web sites that prevents your customers from using your web site. It’s a problem that I have seen on very prominent web sites, and also very basic web sites. It is a very easy problem to fix, and yet many people don’t know that they have this issue.

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