How To Start Blogging in 6 Easy Steps

Tagged in Social Media, Tips and Tools

Nothing seems to strike more fear in the hearts of new website owners than starting their own blog. You might have flashbacks to Freshman English, or maybe your web publishing experience is limited to forwarding chain emails. Or perhaps you’re one of the few who really knows what you’re doing, but you want to take your blog to the next level and get the most out of every post. These 6 easy steps will help you enjoy blogging and get you on your way to more hits and higher page ranks.

Web Production for the Rest of Us: Providing Excellent Support

Tagged in Client Consulting, Client Training, Hathway, Technical Support, Tips and Tools

There’s something extremely gratifying about bringing a shiny new website into the world, especially when it starts getting real use. But there always comes a time when it’s not so shiny and new anymore, and needs a little TLC. Whether you’re sprucing up one of your own projects for a client or providing services for a site created by another developer, offering support and doing it well can take you to the next level as a web producer. Check out these 3 tips.

Top 5 Reasons to Use a Joomla CMS

Tagged in CMS, Content Management Systems, Extensions and Mods, Hathway, Joomla

In the world of CMS solutions there are three Open-Source giants: Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal. I have worked with all three solutions over the past eight years and although all three have their own redeeming qualities, only one of them stands alone with overall superiority.

Proper Server Setup for a Joomla Website

Tagged in CMS, Hosting, Joomla, Rochen, Tips and Tools

Proper server configuration is critical to maintaining a functional and secure Joomla website. This post goes over some of the common requirements when setting up a new server or choosing a commercial web host.

Web Production for the Rest of Us: Part 1

Tagged in CMS, design, Information Architecture, Joomla, Strategies and Techniques, Tips and Tools

If you’re like me, you’ve picked up a copy of a web design magazine, thinking you are so cool and so pro (“Look at me, fellow book store patrons, I’m a real web designer. I read web design magazines.”) and eventually find yourself lost, confused, and feeling like an amateur. What the hell is jQref? I’m supposed to already be fluent in HTML5? I can’t design for iPad, I don’t even have an iPad yet! Who am I? ...these may be thoughts that cross your mind.