How to Create a Favicon

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When you create a website, one of the things you should do before launching your site is create a favicon. A favicon is an icon that appears next to a URL in the address bar of a web browser. To create your own favicon, follow these steps: Create the image you would like to use [...]

Using WordPress for E-Commerce

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In my post 8 Common Questions About Using WordPress, I wrote that you can use WordPress for e-commerce, but “if the primary purpose of your website is to sell products, you may need an e-commerce solution.” Based on some questions a reader asked, I feel the need to clarify this. You can use WordPress for [...]

Browser Woes

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You’ve finished creating your new website and sent it out into the World Wide Web. You’re so excited, you can’t help visiting it over and over, marveling at what you’ve accomplished (I know — I’ve been there). It looks great — looks great that is, viewed on your computer, using Internet Explorer (IE). But then a [...]

Will This Drive Traffic to My Site?

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This is one of the most common questions clients ask me. With each revision or addition of new content, a website owner hopes s/he has finally discovered the magic formula for driving traffic to a website. Meta tags, Google sitemap submissions, links — do any of these work? And if not, what does? I wish [...]

8 Common Questions About Using WordPress

Last week, I exchanged several emails with a woman who wanted to revise her website. She wondered if she should use WordPress to create her new site. She was hoping to do most of the work herself and, also, wanted to be able to maintain the site. What kind of site could she build using [...]