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The Power of Need…

Posted on 06/11/2009 by Hisstor

Need drives us to seek out information, community, and ways to share what we know with others. As social creatures we require a way to connect and interact. This article talks about these aspects and how they reflect in Internet marketing, why they are so important, and offers advice as to how to “be real” to your visitors.

“Anyway, we’re in a world where the mainstream social networks want any and all people to boost user numbers for the big selloff and are not concerned with the quality of experience.” ~ Trent Reznor

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Creating Themes: Introduction

Posted on 06/10/2009 by Drakenhart

Welcome to Themes Themes, also known among some as “skins”, consists of the html, css, and images that make a site look the way it does. Those UI (User Interface) designers who do not do a lot of back-end coding can, feasibly, work up a Theme. One doesn’t need a lot of design skill, not with all the tutorials and help sites out there today. But taking that Theme from Image Mock-up to final product requires a little bit more effort. What it requires is the ability to understand a given CMS (Content Managemnt System) and how it outputs the … Continue reading →

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CSS Menus: Sliding Door Validation

Posted on 06/03/2009 by The Artist

I love making dynamic menus of all kinds, and trying to find ways to merge various forms and sorts of dynamic menus. What I don’t like is making menus that rely on any code other then CSS. It’s a personal preference of mine as I find that it keeps site speed faster. Now understand, often it doesn’t scrape off a lot of time, but for image-heavy sites every little bit counts. There is a nifty version of the horizontal menu called a “Sliding Doors” menu. In this the background image(s) are set up so that they grow or shrink with … Continue reading →

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SMO (Social Media Optimization)?

Posted on 05/24/2009 by The Artist

What is SMO? Well, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is all about setting your site up to be a grand winner in the search engine “races”. You work on meta tags, descriptions, word-density in your static pages. and so much more. But is SMO related? In a way yes, but in a very different way. SMO is a term to describe the use of Social Networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, My Space (and to some lesser extent ever YouTube) and more in order to further expanded an individual’s or business’ marketing reach. By using these sites to advertise their products or services, … Continue reading →

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AdRotate Banner Flexibility!

Posted on 01/25/2009 by The Artist

One of the problems I had with AdRotate was that the widget form doesn’t allow for multiple widgets to show different groups of banners in a sidebar. (At the time of this writing.) At least, not using the WordPress admin panel.  But, after reading through the site I realized you can ad banners everywhere. No really…, everywhere! Thinking about that I realized we can even add them to our headers, or better yet use it to replace the header image entirely! *shock* Now one thing I’ve always wanted to do is to have my “skins” change for the seasons. More … Continue reading →

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