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3 Steps to Start a Website and Run It

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Start your dream website by following these three steps. Don't stop with the web development alone, you have to maintain and promote it to survive in the web world. This can be done easily by outsourcing web maintenance and promotion to a well-experienced web development company.

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What You Really Need to Know About Web Site Design

Friday, February 27th, 2009
You might select a car for its looks but you don't buy it until you know how it is going to perform on the road and in all weather conditions, think about your website the same way. These 10 points will get you closer to what you are supposed to get from a web site.

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Color Scheme - The Most Important Part of Any Web Design

Friday, February 27th, 2009
When you start building your site, it's important to spend time deciding on your site's color scheme. The base colors that your design elements rely on can make or break your website, so choose carefully.

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Flash - 99% Still Bad?

Friday, February 27th, 2009
On the 29th of November 2000 almost 8 years ago Jacob Nielsen infamously stated that 99% of Flash is bad. In his article he stated that "Flash on a website constitutes a usability disease" and summarized that Flash breaks design. In this article we look at how true this is of today's high standard of web design.

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Does Offshoring My Web Design Project Really Save Money?

Friday, February 27th, 2009
A lot of people in the US are excited about getting web design and development done on the cheap, especially during a recession. Many foreign companies offer $10 - $15 per hour. Is it too good to be true? It can be. Below are some of the pitfalls of a low, low price website and how you can avoid them.

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7 Things to Look For in a Business Web Designer

Friday, February 27th, 2009
How do you find a business web designer who will make your business website all it can be? These are 7 things to consider when looking for a business web designer.

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Change the Web Challenge

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

We’re excited to be part of the Change the Web Challenge.

Basically, the contest is to create a plugin, widget, mash up, hack, or other variety of web application that helps people find and share opportunities to take action. The grand prize is 50 benjis, and the best WordPress plugin will also be featured in the Plugin Directory. But the real prize is spreading a little more love in the world.

Click here for all the details.

“Writing a Plugin” in the WordPress Codex is where I got started when I needed to get hooked in to WordPress. Others might like to grab one of the over 4,000 open source WordPress plugins and tweak the source. If in need of a little help, the Plugins and Hacks forum is full of friends to assist you wrap your head around the code or debug a problem. Social Actions also has provided some developer resources.

Let’s show them how we change the web the WordPress way!

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How Accessibility is Important

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Web accessibility is a big question for the webmasters. This is the only thing which takes most of the time in releasing a website. While designing a website, designers and developers take proper care of the accessibility of the website.

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Flash Templates - Advantages and Disadvantages

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Flash templates - sweet poison. There are many aspects of flash templates which you should take into consideration before using a flash template for your website. I will try to discuss some, so that I can make your life easy. Let's start with advantages.

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3 Basic Elements of a Successful Website

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Website development is a complex procedure. It is an amalgam of several small processes in coordination with one another that makes up the larger picture. There are millions of websites on the World Wide Web. However, some are more successful than the others and some lag behind likewise.

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