I came across a really handy reference guide earlier, concerned with the size of typical web banners. It’s taken from Wikipedia, but I’m including it on my site as it’s probably an easier to access resource. (Click on image to view full size) Related Posts:Disable directory browsingMore webmaster toolsDomain name suggestionsFree picture resize toolBuying [...]
If, like me, you like to play around with your web site – occasionally you’ll accidentally break it, as I have. This latest time, I disabled the directory browsing on my site to increase security, but the way that I tried to do it through the cpanel index manager, left my whole site inaccessible. So [...]
Continuing on from my last post about domain name alternatives (HERE), there are other tools freely available online that should be part of any webmaster’s toolbox. This post will include links to the ones that I use most frequently and have found easiest to use. There’s no point in struggling through with your web site, [...]
So, you’ve decided you want to have your own web site – either for a personal blog, interest site, or some business venture (or whatever else) and now you need to decide on the domain name that you want. Unfortunately, there’s quite a lot of other people that have had exactly the same idea and [...]
I came across this picture resize tool the other day and thought I’d share it, since it’s actually quite handy. Not everyone fancies setting up Batch processes in Photoshop to resize multiple images, so this should certainly help in that instance. http://www.picresize.com/ Related Posts:More webmaster toolsDomain name suggestionsUse temporary email addresses to beat spamTypical web [...]
Amazon and Play.com are two high profile sites that have addressed the ‘long tail of search’ and have built their operating model predominantly around selling high volume at low price, where small margins will collectively add up to large profits – and it’s something that seems to be working really well for them. For the [...]
Temporary email addresses are free services available online that allow you to set up and use a temporary email address. They’re all pretty easy to use, but one of the ones I’ve used and would recommend is 10 Minute Mail (link here: http://10minutemail.com). Why use a temporary email address? – Well, for one thing, it [...]
The phrase ‘social media’ is a broad concept, incorporating many different formats; including tools and services such as: social networking sites, blogs and micro-blogs, podcasts, professional networking sites, and online video. Collectively, they’re often referred to as Web 2.0 technologies. This phrase “Web 2.0″ is closely associated with Tim O’Reilly, after he used it in [...]