Category: Web Development

  • Why I charge a lot for a website

    Googling “web design price” returns so many price variations it would drive anyone — especially a newbie freelance web designer/developer — up the wall.  It’s not funny.  You’ll see prices like “$299 for a 4-6 page website,” $350 a homepage & $75/page,” etc. This is cheap, but usually they’re also ugly because these websites use…

  • Creating a favicon in WordPress

    You’ve probably noticed some websites having an image in the address bar, like so: These are called favicons (short for “favorites icon”) and in this post I’ll show you how to add one into your website. Create an image you want to represent your website (most likely you already have a logo for your blog).…

  • WordPress plugin to create Google XML-Sitemaps

    Here’s a WordPress plugin that will create an XML-Sitemap that can greatly enhance your website’s presence, which is supported by Ask.com, Google, Yahoo! and MSN Search. Here are also some links to help you with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) ranking: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html http://about.ask.com/en/docs/about/webma… http://search.live.com/docs/submit.aspx Hope you find this post helpful.

  • Free Microsoft Press e-book offer

    Just sign up with your Windows Live/Passport account and you can download all three e-books by Microsoft Press.  It includes the following: Enjoy!

  • Web 2.0: Gray out the screen

    This snippet grays out the screen and allows you to create a modal environment. A gray out is useful for creating a DHTML dialog box, or showing off a picture or video. While a gray out is active, most interactive elements on the page (links, etc.) are inactive – you’ve probably seen this on the…

  • Easiest way to install IIS 7 on Vista

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    By default, IIS 7.0 is not installed on Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate, but installing is pretty simple. You can do it via Windows Features in Advanced Options under Programs in Control Panel. However, there is an easier way: Step #1: Run the following command Open up the command prompt and paste the…