September 6th, 2008 by datacraftus
I wanted to write about the different tools of the web trade. When you set up websites, you will find it useful to know these tools. These tools make it a lot easier to manage your websites. These tools make your job faster and bug free. These tools are not just tools. They are foundations for you web business.
First off, you will need an html editor. DreamWeaver is a good example. They have other ones that are not as complex, but i like my dream weaver. Html editors make it easy to find the line numbers on your site. You can do stuff like text wrapping and template design.
Secondly, you will need a graphic editor. Tools such as photoshop and illustrator will be your weapons against bad design.
Lastly, you will need a great web browser. I used to use internet explorer before i became a web master. Now, i only use firefox. Firefox has so many options. If you build websites, you’re going to need IE and safari to test out your final design. But, for you basic building, firefox is the best.
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September 6th, 2008 by datacraftus
When we think about design, there are a lot of elements. Color is one of the biggest things. If you add the right color for you web design, you can build a very brandable website. But, if you use the wrong color scheme, your site can suffer a lot. It will be a lot harder to build up your brand. That is why you need to think about your design color scheme.
When you start thinking about the colors that you will use, you need to think about using 3 to 10 colors. Pick colors that go well together. Think about your favorite painting. Find a nice looking image on the web and play around with the color scheme. Look to the classic paintings to draw inspiration for your colors.
Once you figure out what colors you will go with, you’re home free.
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September 5th, 2008 by datacraftus
I just got the new 3g iphone. I bought it last week. The iphone that i bought in December 2007 was put on ebay. My wife also has an iphone. I upgraded her iphone as well. With her phone, i put it up for sale on craigslist. I sold the iphone listed on craigs list within hours of posting. I sold it for $335. I sold my iphone on ebay for $425 with a three day auction. It seems clear that selling on ebay is the better choice. But, maybe i could have gotten more for my wife’s iphone if i waited out. Even tho the iphone already sold, i continued to receive emails asking about the phone. One guy offered to pay $400 for it.
The internet is really amazing. You can sell just about anything. I am in the process of finding a new place to live. I wanted to sell off all the old furniture before we move. Ebay is not practical for selling large items, so i will be listing them on craigs list. I think i could probably make over $1000 for all of my used furniture.
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September 5th, 2008 by datacraftus
The best way to test your download performance is trial and error. Test the download speed by downloading a large file. Usually a movie file works because it is the biggest. After you test the movie download performance, you have an idea of which frames may be causing your movie download to slow down. You can delete these frames or edit them to reduce the image size. You can also think about changing the file format.
If you need help in pin pointing the specific frames that need to be tweaked, you can generate a report from your server’s control panel. It is usually helpful to run two different tests. Generate two different reports so that you can compare the two reports and determine where the problem is. Locating the problem file can make it easy to fix the download problem.
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September 5th, 2008 by datacraftus
There are a lot of different e-commerce products and services out in the market right now. These services and products fall into one of three categories.
First there is the simplified e commerce solution. This are usually the pay per transaction solution. They can also be free if the volume isn’t that high. And once you get more traffic and more transactions, you can switch to a pay version. The cut that the site takes is between 1% to 10%.
Secondly, there are the hosted e commerce solutions. These are sites that you rent or lease the service from. You site can be a part of their network. They host your site for you.
Third, you can build your own e commerce solution. If you take this route, you need to know a bit about computer and internet programming. This isn’t for noobies.
I think you should start off with the easy version and then work your way up.
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September 5th, 2008 by datacraftus
If you want to link to a style sheet, you need to create a file that contains the style sheet. The file must be a plain text file. It is just like a regular html document. The only difference is that it has a dot css instead of dot htm or dot html. The file must contain the same style sheet rules that you would use in an embedded style sheet. To link a style sheet to a html document, you need to use the link tag.
You can also link and embed a style sheet in the same document. If you want to have a generic style sheet that applies to all of your html documents, then you would just put the link tag in. Both style sheets affect your document.
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September 4th, 2008 by datacraftus
You can pick the colors you want in various HTML tags. When you set up a website, you want things to look just right. Color plays a big part in design. If you use the color attribute in a font tag, u will set the text color. If you want more control of the color that is displayed, you can specify a color by using a six digit hexadecimal number to indicate the exact mixture of red, green and blue. This is similar to mixing paint in a palette with paint that is red, blue or green. The first two digits represents the amount of red. The next two digits are for the color green. The last two digits are for the color blue.
Play around with the digits and you should be able to get a nice mix of colors on your site. If you use photo imaging software, you can tweak the color without playing the color guessing game.
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September 4th, 2008 by datacraftus
I just got an iphone 3g for my wife. I got mine a while ago and i love it. It sucked that you have to pay more for the service, but it might be worth it cause the phone is so much better. I haven’t experienced the dropped calls and stuff, so i don’t worry about that right now. My wife’s iphone is all messed up. It doesn’t even read the sim card. It says no sim on the top left where it should say at and t. I looked through various web forums to see if others have this same problem, and they do.
The phone doesn’t work today, and we have to waste time and go to the apple store to get a new iphone and new sim card. Sucks. This is really bad for apple. If it was any other phone, i’d just get rid of it and get a new phone. But since it’s the iphone, i’ll give them another try.
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September 4th, 2008 by datacraftus
I am in the process of installing some computer programs on my new laptop. I have noticed that some programs don’t install on the first try. I work with computers all the time, but still don’t really understand all the files and folders that are associated to a particular program. I wish i was a great programmer. I know that it would make my life a lot easier. It would probably help me make more money with my job.
I wanted to take my shot at developing some programs. I want to learn how this is done. I think that the best way to learn something is by tweaking with it. I learn by example, so i like to reverse engineer or just play around with things to get an understanding of it.
Installing programs to your computer shouldn’t be that hard. I was having difficulty because the programs were not the original copy. I guess during the copy or burn, some crucial install files were corrupted or not copied properly.
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September 2nd, 2008 by datacraftus
SEO is an important part of web development. I think that most people don’t really understand what SEO (search engine optimization) is. When you set up a website, it doesn’t just get traffic on it’s own. After you have build your site, you have to go out and market it to others in your niche. Then, you should get links to that site. Only then can you expect traffic from search engines. Links are the most important thing. So called SEO experts buy and sells for you. They tell you where to go for cheaper links. SEO doesn’t happen fast. It usually takes some time for your site to get indexed. If you registered a new domain, it could take even longer then a few months.
The best thing is to buy an aged domain and launch your site on that. Facebook and other internet giants started off their sites that way.
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