Test Your Webpage's Load Speed
Most mobile web users will wait only 6-10 seconds before they abandon a webpage. Fortunately there are several free websites that will not only measure the load time of your webpage, but also analyze it and recommend improvements. More ...
What is a Captive Portal?
A portal is a website that serves as an entry point or gateway to a specific area of interest. A captive portal is a webpage that is the only one on a website that a visitor is allowed to view until they meet the requirements of the webpage. More ...
Data Exploration Tools
To be sure the data insights you're communicating are correct requires care and attention in the data analysis phase. Here are a few free tools that you can use for some advanced data analysis tasks. More ...
How to Learn the A to Z of Web Design
Most people just buy a WYSIWYG web page design tool like Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft FrontPage so they don't need to learn anything. I recommend that you do NOT use a WYSIWYG web page design tool, but instead start out by hand coding web pages and web sites in a basic text editor. More ...
Dopamine Makes People Addicted to Seeking Information
Do you ever feel like you're addicted to e-mail or Twitter or texting? Do you find it impossible to ignore your e-mail if you see that there are messages in your inbox? These are all examples of your dopamine system at work. More ...
What is "Above the Fold?"
The term 'above the fold' originates in the paper publishing industry where 'fold' refers to the place where a newspaper is folded in half. Of course, on the Internet there is no 'fold', the phrase 'above the fold' now refers to the area visible when a visitor first loads a webpage in their browser. More ...
Building a Church Website
It is becoming increasingly important for many small organizations and groups to build their online presence. This helps in getting their ideals, goals, and mission out to the general public. Therefore at an increasing rate many of us with computer skills are asked by organizations to put together a website. More ...
Proposals, Contracts, and Getting Paid
Your time is money. The reality of any design business, or service business in general, is that you must pay as much attention to the business end of your efforts as you do to the service end. More ...
A Random Walk Down Web Street - Litter Revolution
The best way to learn how to start a business and design a Web site is to study how other people do it and see what works and what doesn't work. In this series of articles, I randomly choose a Web site to review. Today's Web site is litterrevolution.com. More ...
Top Tips for Web Design
You need to consider the consequences of your design decisions and how it will effect the users of your site. The following tips should help you have a positive effect on your site and its users. More ...
Choosing a Domain Name
Choosing a good domain name is an important step in creating a website. If you already have an existing business, try to get a domain name that is the same or close to the name of the business. More ...
How to Boost Your Chances at Having a Successful Web Site
The one thing that is important to know, is that you do have to work to make money online. Just like having a regular offline business, the online business needs to be taken care of, the Web site continually updated. More ...
