Content Management Systems, Your Website, and You
My schedule this week includes three meetings with clients who are having brand new custom websites built. This is exciting: it’s like having a house built for you, though of course far less expensive....
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At a meeting once I was talking casually with a businesswoman. She told me, as people often do, that her website just didn’t do anything at all for her. I’ve never seen her website, but she told me...
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The subject of typography at your website is a large one, and I’m not trying to cover it. I’m assuming here that you’re not doing the design work yourself, and that what you need is enough information...
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If you use a content management system (CMS) to post your blog or update your website, there are probably buttons you’re very familiar with — and maybe also some things you haven’t taken the time to...
View ArticleThe Myth of WordPress
I attended and enjoyed WordCamp Fayetteville this weekend. I had the opportunity to hang out with people I often work with only online, I won a fine book, and I learned about some useful WordPress...
View ArticleWriting Product Descriptions at Your Website
We’ve been working with Andrea Pascale of Word Decor ‘n’ More on her forthcoming baby products website, Rock a Baby Wall Quotes. The new site uses a proprietary CMS (content management system, the...
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I’m working on a live refresh for the Walton Arts Center, a local arts organization. It’s making me think of the Diocletian Baths, now the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and Martyrs. This is...
View ArticleContent Management Systems, Your Website, and You
My schedule this week includes three meetings with clients who are having brand new custom websites built. This is exciting: it’s like having a house built for you, though of course far less expensive....
View ArticleWebsite Maintenance: the Least You Can Get Away With
At a meeting once I was talking casually with a businesswoman. She told me, as people often do, that her website just didn’t do anything at all for her. I’ve never seen her website, but she told me...
View ArticleFirst Thoughts on Typography for Your Website
The subject of typography at your website is a large one, and I’m not trying to cover it. I’m assuming here that you’re not doing the design work yourself, and that what you need is enough information...
View ArticleWhat’s That Button For? Blockquotes
If you use a content management system (CMS) to post your blog or update your website, there are probably buttons you’re very familiar with — and maybe also some things you haven’t taken the time to...
View ArticleThe Myth of WordPress
I attended and enjoyed WordCamp Fayetteville this weekend. I had the opportunity to hang out with people I often work with only online, I won a fine book, and I learned about some useful WordPress...
View ArticleWriting Product Descriptions at Your Website
We’ve been working with Andrea Pascale of Word Decor ‘n’ More on her forthcoming baby products website, Rock a Baby Wall Quotes. The new site uses a proprietary CMS (content management system, the...
View ArticleThe Limitations of Your CMS
I’m working on a live refresh for the Walton Arts Center, a local arts organization. It’s making me think of the Diocletian Baths, now the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and Martyrs. This is...
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