Archive for October, 2009

Wordpress has advantages over Blogger for a variety of reasons. Doing a conversion from Blogger to WordPress may be tedious depending on how many posts need to be converted, but it just may be worth the work.

On Blogger, should your account accidentally get wiped out there is no way to recover it. The database to recreate those pages is gone even if you publish posts to your own site because it lives on Blogger’s servers and you’ll have to recreate the content manually.

When it comes to administration and customization, WordPress offers a lot more flexibility over Blogger. WordPress supports open source modification of the core files, categories instead of labels, and WordPress plugins for even more features.

Another key advantage of WordPress is the ability to have categories, the same way you have labels in Blogger. This way you can sort your blog posts efficiently and organize them by topic.

Should you consider keeping your blog for the long term, WordPress is a better choice, and since WordPress is hosted on your own account, you regulate your growth and expansion over time. Sure, Blogger is much easier to use, but it’s good to learn how to use WordPress to it’s full potential.

Have a look at these other blog related posts that give tips and advice on writing blog posts, filtering spam, writing to increase traffic, WordPress advantages over Blogger, ways to come up with post ideas and more.

Read my blog post on:
Blogger to WordPress Blog Conversion for Jackmasterson.com

Turn pictures into artwork at Befunky.com for interesting effects to your photos. This useful resource can be used to turn a picture into artwork such as a sketch, painting or cartoon with just one click. Application types include a cartoonizer, warholizer, charcoal, ink, line art, stencil art, sunburst and scribble art.

Simply upload your picture and start editing photos right away, it’s easy and fun to do. An easy way to save new artwork to your computer without having to make an account is by using ScreenHunter. Simply enlarge the newly made art by outlining the image and capture what is shown.

By turning your pictures or photos into artwork, you can put an interesting twist on your small business website. Give your site a special touch or flair and keep your visitors interested in what your website has to offer.

Visit my website page on how to:
Turn a Picture Into a Cartoon, Sketch, or Artwork

The previous custom cms website launch for Masterson Construction earlier this month included an announcement that a matching blog was planned and involved performing a Blogger to WordPress blog conversion. The general contractor matching WordPress blog has been converted and launched.

During evaluation of the blog content it was decided to enhance the seo, or search engine optimization, of all the posts going back two years. Post headlines, URLs, and on page content was changed to improve the seo value. To maintain rank value of these aged pages, custom 301 redirects were included in the htaccess file to forward external links pointing to old file names to the new file names created in the redesign. In addition to posts, labels became categories, plus archive file names all required redirects to maintain the existing seo value, as well.

Moving the existing blog to WordPress provides ease of use and near perfect xhtml code quality, plus optional plugins that were easy to install for added functions of social bookmarks, seo automation, and automatic database backup operation. While Blogger is fine, and my choice for a blog platform, WordPress is considered superior especially for site owners without advanced technical skills.

Have a look at these other blog related posts that give tips and advice on writing blog posts, filtering spam, writing to increase traffic, WordPress advantages over Blogger, ways to come up with post ideas and more.

Have a look at other posts regarding website launches.

Custom CMS web design budget tips and advice for the development of your website design and blog prove to be an invaluable resource. Having a functional website that drives traffic to your company won’t always come easily and takes an experienced website designer to fulfill.

This recent article written by expert author Jim Degerstrom on a wide variety of Custom CMS Web Design Budget Tips could come in useful to have a great functional website and feel good about the price you paid for it.

Some excerpts from Jim’s recently published article:

“Budget funds for as much quality as you can afford for the initial development and launch of your custom CMS web design.”

“Evaluate your options for a source to create the custom CMS web design based on their quality and experience.”

“Plan to add original quality content often to your new custom CMS web design to attract repeat visitors.”

Finding the right website designer to handle your project for your small business may not be as easy as it sounds. Being able to have a site with the ability to add, delete or edit content in plain text without technical skills could be very valuable, and that’s what Jim Degerstrom and myself at CodeRepair offer.

Read the entire article on Custom CMS Web Design Budget Tips

Add a glossary reference to your website to make it easier for visitors to understand difficult terms related to your small business. By making a glossary reference you make your small business website more user friendly and interesting for visitors to learn and want to come back.

Adding a glossary reference and even an acronyms list to your website could help your potential customers feel more comfortable with your small business. It’s important for your small business website visitors to understand what you do, and making them a list of commonly used terms could be greatly appreciated.

By helping your visitors become familiar with your business terms, they may want to stay longer on your website and turn into customers. Adding an acronyms list and glossary reference to your small business website is one way to drive more customers to your business from the internet.

Take a look at my glossary references on this website:
Internet Reference Glossary
Internet Acronyms Reference

Other References:
Glossary of Internet and Computer Terms
Saugus Glossary of Computer Terms
Glossary of Internet and Computer Terms
Matisse’s Glossary of Internet Terms
BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Oriented Acronyms
Every File Extension in the World

A new converted website design for Masterson Construction of Los Angeles and Orange County, California launched recently in a cms content management system. Jack Masterson wanted a well-designed layout with quality search engine optimization to attract visitor traffic. My intent is to eventually redesign the blog as well to match the “new look”.

Masterson Construction is a licensed general contractor in California for residential and commercial construction, remodeling, and additions. The conversion of Masterson Construction has recently been completed from static pages to a custom CMS content management system design. Www.JackMasterson.com has been optimized for better search engine optimization by concentrating on how the competition hit google page one and focusing on what people search for to find this business niche.

Success online depends on a growing website. The benefit of having a custom CMS website design is that you can add content to your website without paying your designer for each revision. This allows Jack to upgrade his website constantly by investing time instead of money.

High quality similar to the revised design is what you can expect from CodeRepair. Learn more about the advantages of a cms custom website design by exploring our site, or email us from any page with questions about a new custom website redesign for your small business or for a prompt quote on your next web design project.

Have a look at other posts regarding website launches.

Adding a Google search function to your website can be useful because finding something on a site that’s large can sometimes be difficult. Google search functions give your visitor the ability to find exactly what they are looking for on your website without being discouraged by having to hunt for it.

Adding a Google searchbox to your website can make it easier to navigate your small business website. Visitors will tend to stay longer on your site if they can find what they are looking for easily. Adding a Google searchbox is as easy as copying and pasting the code into your HTML. If you don’t feel comfortable with doing it yourself, just have your webdesigner do this for you.

By adding a Google search function to your website, visitors may stay longer, therefore giving you a better chance of turning them into potential customers, and perhaps even clients. Adding a Google searchbox may be the touch your website needs to keep the traffic that lands on your website coming back. Let your users search your website with Google Site Search

Add a Google Map to your business
Learn how to Add a Google Searchbox to your website
More about Adding a Google Searchbox to Your Website

Also read my blog post on Site Maps for Your Website and Add a Google Map To Your Website

Protecting your computer with an antivirus program is extremely important to ensure the security of your system. Choosing an antivirus which is both safe and secure isn’t always easy. Many antivirus programs are actually adware, malware or spyware which can be more harmful to your computer than good. Many antivirus programs force you to purchase their complete package in order to continue using their software, and make it difficult to be deleted off of your system.

My choice for computer protection is a free download from Rising Antivirus. It’s important to choose an antivirus which is both safe and secure. Many antivirus programs out there are adware, malware or spyware and may force you to purchase the complete package in order to continue using their software. Rising Antivirus is a free download which is adware-free, malware-free, and spyware free.

You can protect your computer with this free download from Rising Antivirus and keep your computer safe from threats. I’ve been using it for a while and have been very happy with the protection Rising has given my computer.

Download Rising Antivirus here
Read more about Rising Antivirus

Review these useful Computer Maintenance Tools:

Use VirusTotal to Analyze Suspicious Files
AML Free Registry Cleaner
Anti-Spyware Keylogger Detector

By announcing new website design launches or projects for your small business, you can drive more traffic to your website. This approach could get you more customers because another post adds one more page you can be indexed by search engines.

Every time I launch a new website I announce it on my small business website blog in order to advertise what projects have been recently completed. The advantage is that people either in that business or looking for related topics may land on my website and see what I can do for them. In some rare cases I’ve found my site even ranked higher for a post I’ve written than the website I designed for my customer. My post then links to the customer that it was originally written to promote.

By announcing new projects for your small business website, you can promote yourself more, get more visitors to your website and eventually turn those visitors into paying customers.

Have a look at other posts regarding website launches.