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Minimizing JavaScript

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Sometimes a little bit of JavaScript is necessary to control certain features in a website, such as a simple slideshow element on a page, which was a better choice over the heavy Flash animation. But as organic SEO becomes more prominent, we must learn to minimize the presence of javascript among our web page code, […]

How to Tell if Your Website Server is Down

by Bobby Martinez
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Are you asking yourself, “Is my website down?” There are many, many different things that can cause a connection error between you and your website. Just because you can’t load your website, it doesn’t mean that your web hosting server is actually down. If your web browser is displaying a connection error, try these things [&helli

How to Make a Website: 3 Easy Step-by-Step Instructions

by Bobby Martinez
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

You don’t need to be intimidated by the internet. It’s merely a collection of interconnected websites, and websites are actually very simple things. They are files that people can access through Internet Browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome. See? It’s not so scary when you break it down to its simplest [

Quick Tip: Multiple Domain Names

by Jacqueline Sinex
Monday, May 11th, 2009

Having trouble deciding on a particular domain name to represent your business? Keep in mind that you do not have to decide on just one – you can have more than one domain name pointing to the same website presence. Your primary domain is usually the one that you use to advertise on business cards […]

How To Turn a Photo From Color into Black and White For Free in 1 Minute

by Bobby Martinez
Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Update: Since the creation of this article, Picnik has closed. Easy, just use Photoshop, right? Sure, that would be the easiest way. However, Adobe Photoshop can cost anywhere upwards of a thousand dollars, so this isn’t something that just anyone can use. Most likely, you would have to be at a company, or a school, […]

How To: The Easy 3 Step PHP Redirect

by Bobby Martinez
Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Chances are you’ve seen a link like www.example.com/vote that will link you somewhere, even if it is not on example.com. If you own your own website, you’ve probably even wondered how to use this to your advantage. Your initial thought might be, but only an internet wizard of mythical proportions and years of studying the […]

How To Check Your Mail from Home, Work, and Everywhere Else

by Bobby Martinez
Thursday, February 5th, 2009

If you’re like most people, you probably use a mail client (Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, MacMail) to download your email from a POP server. By default, most mail clients download a copy of the mail message, and then instruct the server to delete the original message. This is essential so that mail does not […]

A New Wrinkle in an Old Trick

by Bryan Lokey
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

As we have mentioned before, there are a lot of methods that deceptive domain registrars use to trick you into registering a domain with them. One trick we previously mentioned involved sending a final extension notice for a domain that you never even registered. A new trick these companies are using involves sending an email […]

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