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Recent articles under the Web Design Topic

Maintain your website or it'll seize up on you

Your online store doesn't rattle, hum or vibrate. There are no sparks, no splashes of incandescent material and no odor of grease, oil or burning rubber. You can't get your hand caught in it. You don't need a hard hat, eye protection or noise abatement to watch it at work on your computer monitor. In fact, it doesn't ACT like a machine at all. And that folks is precisely the problem.

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Chris Kane,  September 12, 2008   07:17 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Starting an Online Business

So, you're thinking about going into business online. I say, 'go for it.' Well, maybe not so fast. First, you need a website. Of course. You knew that. Ya gotta have a website to be online. If your understanding of website creation derives from your perspective of, say, a typical Microsoft Word document with a few pictures thrown in, you need to spend a lot more time researching your plan.

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Chris Kane,  August 8, 2008   06:35 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

What's a website worth?

As a web designer, I cannot tell you how many times each month I am contacted by prospective business owners about launching a website for their new enterprise. Of course, that's a perfectly sound move in 2008. If you are going to start a new business, whether from home or from a 'brick-and-mortar' location, you'll need a website. Most savvy people realize that potential customers might never learn about their products and services without a website.

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Chris Kane,  July 31, 2008   06:02 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Why You Should Never Let "IT" Design Your Website

Good web design doesn't start with an IT guy. When it comes to websites there's a lot of very smart city folks who indulge in the illusion that any website should originate from and be completely dependent upon 'computer guys.' You know, the 'IT department.' The thought process goes like this, "After all, if it's on a computer screen, responsibility must belong to the same people who fix my laptop, connect me to the network, and console me about all that email spam. Right?"

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Chris Kane,  July 30, 2008   07:55 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)