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Copywriting Advice for Your Website

If you have a website for your business, your goal is probably to sell something, whether it be goods or services. In order to convert site visitors into customers, you need to give them a compelling reason to spend their hard earned money. Read more

How to Pick a Domain Name

One of the most intimidating steps in setting up a website is picking a domain name. A lot of new website owners feel like they get one chance to pick the perfect name; that’s a lot of pressure to get it right.

Picking out your new domain name doesn’t have to be that hard. Here are a few simple tips to keep in mind. Read more

How Important is SEO?

SEO, or search engine optimization, is one of the biggest buzz phrases in the online webmaster community. If you currently have a website, or if you’re thinking about building a website, you need to know what it is and how it can help you. Read more

Palin E-mail Hacker Convicted

After four days of deliberation, a federal jury today convicted 22-year-old David C. Kernell of two charges stemming from a 2008 break-in of an e-mail account used by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

The former University of Tennessee student was convicted of felony destruction of records to hamper a federal investigation and of a misdemeanor charge that he unlawfully accessed a protected computer, reported the Knoxville News Sentinel and WBIR Radio, also of Knoxville. Read more

What is a website wireframe?

A web wireframe is a visual guide to show what a page in your site should look like. It suggests the overall look and structure without including any actual images or text. It will show the design concept and link placements. Read more

Cascading Style Sheets 2 Attribute Selectors

With CSS2 we can now use the attributes of elements to help define our styles. Before, the only attribute you could use was the “class” attribute. But now, you match any attribute an element might have to define styles for it. Read more

Class vs. ID – When to Use Each Selector

It is often hard to decide when to use a class versus an id for an element. Here is an easy way to think of the difference:

Use a class tag if:

1. The style is used in various places throughout the document.
2. The style is very general.

Use an id tag if:

1. The style is only used once ever in the document.
2. The style is specific to a certain area of the document.

Remember that an id can only appear once in any HTML document. Once you’ve used the id, it should not be used again on that page.

Source: About.com

CSS Hacks for IE

As I was working on coding a new site for a client I ran into some problems with some margins in IE (Internet Explorer). I figured that this would be a good resource for other coders. You can also apply these to any other CSS attribute.

Regular CSS

IE6

IE7

IE8

Apple's German iPad Demand 3.5 Times Higher Than Expected

In Europe, each Apple country orders products from the mothership according to their marketing experience and expectations. According to a reliable source, Apple Germany had ordered only 75,000 iPads. Against all their predictions, they got 250,000 orders.

While Apple is focused on the US launch at the moment, executives at Apple Germany are reportedly amazed by the market response there. Apple Germany is their largest European unit after Britain. Could this be a sign of the state of worldwide demand? If it is, we will probably learn about it in a press release next week.

Source: gizmodo.com

What You Need to Start a Website

Before you start to build your website there are a few simple, and not so simple, things you need to think about and plan out. The more planning you do before a project starts the more time and money you will be saving in the future. Here is a checklist of what you need in order to get started with your new project. Read more