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Month October 2012

Finding fun and play in your work

Anything you do can be fun and meaningful to you. It’s all a matter of how you look at it. Wayne Dyer says that when you change the way you look things, what you see changes and what you do… Continue Reading →

Hosting a live business event (courses, seminars, classes)

Check out your local library. Many offer space for free or for a small charge. For example, at the time of this writing, the local library here charges $75 for 4 hours on a pay-as-you-go for profit basis but will… Continue Reading →

Forms and assessments for coaches

Check out “Coach U’s Essential Coaching Tools: Your Complete Practice Resource” book. It includes over 500 pages of client-centered and coach-centered assessments, forms checklists, budgeting and organizational aids, tips as well as the essential marketing aids that every coach needs… Continue Reading →

How to find the woman of your dreams

Everyone has a need to feel loved but some people find it difficult to connect with others. It doesn’t help that in North American culture, women will often expect that men will ask them out. It may sound counter intuitive… Continue Reading →

Lorem Ipsum Sample Text

Hmmm. Looks like Michael’s gone off the deep end with this post…. As it turns out, this is actually a tool to help developers test during the development of websites and other applications. Sometimes you need to temporarily put information… Continue Reading →

Language Tagging in HTML

When specifying the language of text or links which does not match the language of the page, the language should be specified using lang=”xx” xml:lang=”xx” where you would replace “xx”. Here is a complete list of language tags used on… Continue Reading →

Resources for Web Developers

Image Repository Canaidan Tourism Commission Media Centre Fotolia iStockPhoto Shutterstock Images StockFreeImages Stock.Xchng On-line Tools Photo Editor Text Comparison Tool Text QuickDiff Tool Subtitle Horse Converters Real-time HTML Editor Programming Languages ASP.Net CSS HTML Javascript SQL VB.net Search Engine Optimization… Continue Reading →

Page Moved or Redirected

Using the correct method of redirection will not only help preserve SEO rakings but it will also help other webmasters when fixing their broken and redirected links on their website. 301 Permanent Moved If you plan on moving a web page… Continue Reading →

WCAG 2.0 – Formatting Links to Downloadable Files

WCAG 2,0 brings with it many recommendations which are not only necessary for accessibility but much overdue when it comes to SEO. Most people don’t realize that search engines are actually blind. As such, they can’t see photos, can’t conceptualize… Continue Reading →

Web Development Validation Tools

WC3 HTML Validation — the W3 validator — checks document mark up WAVE — Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool — web accessibility validation tool Colour Contrast Analyser 2.2 for Web Pages — helps you determine if colour contrast is sufficient AChecker accessibility tool –… Continue Reading →

How to Setup a Local Development Environment for my Website?

Installing a website on your local PC is not a simple task but it is getting simpler. Both Microsoft and the AMPP community have been hard at work to entice developers. At its simplest, you can just start coding in… Continue Reading →

Clearing the Cache in Your Web Browser

Web Browsers keep copies of non-secure web pages you visit on your hard drive and in the memory of your computer. They do this to improve the speed at which pages are displayed since there is no need to go back… Continue Reading →

Easy Website Changelog for Webmasters

Here is a Quick Tip for Webmasters… Create a special hidden, possibly even password protected page on your website where you can list changes made to your website. Websites don’t usually breakdown on their own. Should your’s fail, you’ll be… Continue Reading →

Legal Use of Icons, Images and Trademarks

Did You Know? The use of other companies’ and institutions’ logos, icons, etc. usually require that you obtain permission first, and then the placement must often be in accordance with their rules. Anytime you find graphics on the web, check the… Continue Reading →

Favourite Links to SEO Information

Search Engine Optimization is a pretty hot topic if your business depends on people finding your website through search engines. Here are some of our favourite links to help you stay on top of the whole SEO scene: Search Engine… Continue Reading →

Troubleshooting Your Website

No software is bug free. If you make changes to your website and people are not seeing them, chances are you may be experiencing a problem with your Web Browser or Web Server’s cache. When Changes to Your Website Don’t… Continue Reading →

Using YouTube Videos On Your Website

YouTube Settings YouTube is actually pretty good at resizing your video to the required size. Unless you are looking for optimal quality, try simply uploading your video and see how it turns out first. Why fix something if it isn’t… Continue Reading →

Internet Connection and Speed Tests

Connectivity can vary considerably from one location to another, and is even be dependant on the direction. Connectivity testing to a web server should always be done by the from the location of the client if they are haivng speed issues accessing… Continue Reading →

Meta Description and Meta Keyword Validation

Leading SEO specialists say that, although meta description and keyword tags it have little value with search engines anymore, there is still some little value which is why they themselves put meta keywords and meta description tags in their own website… Continue Reading →

12 Essential WordPress Plugins/Themes for Business Websites

WordPress is a great way to easily create a business website. With thousands of plugins, one could almost say that, if you have a business need, there’s a plugin for that. That being said, not all plugins are created equally…. Continue Reading →

Checking & Fixing Websites for Broken Links with Xenu Links Sleuth

There are few things more annoying to someone browsing the web than to click a link that doesn’t work. While building pages on your site, test each link to make sure it works each time you create a link. Even… Continue Reading →

Zopim on Small Mobile Devices

Zopim offers a great way to add a text chat window right into your small business websites with their free Zopim Lite. While the customization features are limited in any Lite product, it is fully functional and doesn’t have the 30… Continue Reading →

Preparing for a Formal Scouting Group Campfire

Preparation Scheduling (several Months before) This should be put on the Group Agenda for the year as soon as possible in the year, even possibly the previous year. Organization and Contributors (1 month before) Determine who will: Be the Campfire… Continue Reading →

Working with WordPress SEO by Yoast, the Root Relative URLs plugin and Facebook

Having problems getting Facebook Like buttons to work on your website? Are you also using something like the Root Relative URLs plugin to make all your URLs relative to the root of the site instead of to the domain? The… Continue Reading →

My First Business Website – What questions should I be asking?

I often speak with entrepreneurs who wonder how they are going to get their first business website up when they don’t even know what questions to ask. One of the best ways to find out what questions you should be… Continue Reading →

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