I’ve looked at, and bought a lot of web design books. These are the three best I’ve found for ease of use and good discussion of basic topics. Web Site Usability First, there’s Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think. Its subtitle is "a self-proclaimed common sense approach to web usability" — and it’s right with [...]
Tired or Sore Eyes?
If you do, you can thank subscriber Ken Kennedy for his inputs into making Terry’s Computer Tips easier to read… This week, I "conversed" with Ken, who was having problems with font sizes on my Terry’s Computer Tips web site. He was using the Firefox web browser, as I do, and was changing his font [...]
Notepad++ – Notepad Plus Plus – the Review
Program: Notepad++ Publisher: team of programmers, http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Category: Text Editor / Programmer’s Editor License: GNU General Public License (GPL) I had been looking for a program like Notepad++, and now I’ve found it. My normal editor for writing the newsletter and web pages is EditPad Pro. The big advantage to EditPad Pro over most text editors is that [...]
Get a Free Domain Name
Ever want a domain name of your own? You’ve got a web site on your Bellsouth, Cox, Charter, RoadRunner or other ISP account and that long tacky URL to get to it — members.isp.net/username, or something worse. Now, you can get your own free domain name from DotTK (www.dot.tk). DotTK will let you have up [...]
NVU Review | Free WYSIWYG Web Design Software
Program: Nvu Category: WYSIWYG Web Design My "Shareware/Freeware Pick of the Week" is Nvu (pronounced "N-view"). Nvu is a good web design solution for a beginner, especially if you’re not really sure you want to do this. Nvu is a free WYSIWYG editor (WYSIWYG = what you see is what you get). You can download [...]
Blog questions and Vista SP2
Ed Pilarczyk wrote last week to ask: Hey Terry, As a long time subscriber, I have to say that you continue to do a GREAT job. Thanks for all your hard work!! Two things. First, I can find no way to register for any of your blogs. I found the link to log in…but not [...]
Blogging to Share and Exchange Information
WordPress is one of the most popular blog software packages and is available free for use in your own web hosting package. Or, as one of my subscribers did, you can create your blog for free at wordpress.com. In one case, my subscriber is using his blog to share genealogical research information with other family [...]
Blogging
One of the fastest growing types of web site is a blog site. What is a blog? The word is a contraction of "web log". It is a site where a user (typically one) posts articles and other users post comments on the article. Some people create their blogs as single-author sites. They may focus [...]
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