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Frugal/Catalyst Theme Review

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Frugal/Catalyst Theme Review

No more wasting my time searching for the right theme to use. I have found the end-all theme that is now my go-to theme for whichever flavor site I am building. I am sure many of you follow the same process I would follow when starting a new website. 1. Have an idea for a […]

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The Webmasters Must Have Software Toolkit

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The Webmasters Must Have Software Toolkit

The focus on this list is for the beginning webmaster starting out with all 100% free software and using a windows based PC. FTP Client: The best choice here is Filezilla. Filezilla has now been around for many years and has the benefit of being free, and is continually being updated. I have used Filezilla […]

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Some thoughts on TypePad

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Some thoughts on TypePad

Being a fan of WordPress for it’s well written, and very active development community for code, plugins, and themes, and also because it is free and open source. I have always been a little mystified why anyone would want to use typepad, because it is missing many of those components listed above. The big questions […]

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Get Addicted to Smush It

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Get Addicted to Smush It

Smush_it update: Smush_it is now a Yahoo tool and can be found here: www.smushit.com/ysmush.it/ Smush_It will smush a few extra bytes out of your images to make them smaller. In my experience it  shaves a little bit off each image, but if you add up  a few “k” off each image, it could add up […]

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Monitor your Sites

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Monitor your Sites

Now that you have your websites up and running it’s time for some essential tasks. One of the most important tasks to do with your website is to monitor it. How will you know if you website goes down? It could be hours, it could be days, but if you are not able to check […]

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Secure Contact Form to Prevent Spam

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Secure Contact Form to Prevent Spam

If you are looking for a secure and reliable contact form for your website. Please check out www.dagondesign.com/articles/secure-php-form-mailer-script/ The emphases here is on secure, many times these scripts are terribly exploited by spammers, this one seems to be well done. I use this very form on many sites, and it works fabulously. Here is a […]

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CubeCart Review

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If you are looking for e-commerce software to meet these goals: SEO friendly (keyword, and urls) Easy to use (template driven) Low cost (under $200) Ownership (not leased or rented software) Then I would recommend using CubeCart. I found this CubeCart review very helpful as well.

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Rank Checker

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Rank Checker

Seobook has released a very nice firefox extension call Rank Checker. This is a free open-source tool that will show your rank for specific keywords on Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Using a rank checking tool is a real time saver. Rather than try to dig through results to find your site, this will give you […]

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Need a quick website? Learn WordPress

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Need a quick website? Learn WordPress

Do you have a small business and want to get a website up and running quickly. WordPress just may be your answer. WordPress is quite easy to learn and can create very professional looking results. There are lots of plugins and themes available to make your site exactly how you want it to look. You […]

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Getting stats from your website.

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Getting stats from your website.

For me , web statistics are the lifeblood of your website. It is really the only good way to see how your site is doing. I look forward each day to browsing over my sites stats to see what is doing what. It is also a great tool to find problems with your site such […]

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Color Pic

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Color Pic

A must have for webmasters is a free little software tool called ColorPic. This tool lets you select virtually any color from anywhere on your screen. This can be useful when you see a color you like, simply fire up the software and grab the color.

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