http://woodswebdesign.com simple solutions to a complex technology Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:30:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en http://woodswebdesign.com/11/10/welcome-to-woodswebdesigncom/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/10/welcome-to-woodswebdesigncom/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:55:31 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/?p=71 Copyright © 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. 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Send me an email so that we can talk about how I can help you do that: thomas@woodswebdesign.com.Copyright © 2008 This [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/10/20/now-supporting-facebook-users/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/06/10/domain-names-and-site-hosting-services/ http://woodswebdesign.com/06/10/domain-names-and-site-hosting-services/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:08:30 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/02/13/domain-names-and-site-hosting-services/ When you decide to go online with your business, there are two things you need to acquire before you start the actual work of making the web site: a unique domain name web site hosting services A domain name is the address, or URL, of your web site; the part that comes after “www.” Most commercial sites end [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/06/10/domain-names-and-site-hosting-services/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/06/10/first-impressions-count-in-web-sites-too/ http://woodswebdesign.com/06/10/first-impressions-count-in-web-sites-too/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:10:40 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/02/10/first-impressions-count-in-web-sites-too/ The first impression your business makes on a web site is important. This probably comes as no surprise to you, because it sounds like common sense. But some Canadian researchers have quantified the theory in a study published in January 2006. Web sites judged in a blink TORONTO, Ontario (Reuters) — Internet users can give Web sites [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/06/10/first-impressions-count-in-web-sites-too/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/06/10/email-addresses/ http://woodswebdesign.com/06/10/email-addresses/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:09:39 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/02/13/email-addresses/ If you’re using an email address for your business that you got from your internet service provider (ISP), or an email address from one of the many free email services, such as Hotmail or Yahoo!, then your potential customers may not be getting the best impression of your business. Wouldn’t it be better if they [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/06/10/email-addresses/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/01/10/breeze-designs-unlimited/ http://woodswebdesign.com/01/10/breeze-designs-unlimited/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:00:14 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/06/10/breeze-designs-unlimited/ BreezeDesignsUnlimited.com is a web site I made for a home designer that highlights his home designs as they have been built.Copyright © 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/01/10/breeze-designs-unlimited/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/01/18/how-to-use-rss-feeds/ http://woodswebdesign.com/01/18/how-to-use-rss-feeds/#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:16:11 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/01/18/how-to-use-rss-feeds/ Many web sites are making the content of their sites available through a service called RSS, which stands for “really simple syndication”, and this service allows readers of those sites an easy way to keep up with what’s new.You can read about RSS in detail on wikipedia.org, but here is a quick summary in five [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/01/18/how-to-use-rss-feeds/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/01/17/how-to-add-photos-to-your-wordpress-posts/ http://woodswebdesign.com/01/17/how-to-add-photos-to-your-wordpress-posts/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:09:00 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/11/17/how-to-add-photos-to-your-wordpress-posts/ The way to upload a photo is to click on the Upload button when you’re posting a new message on the site. Here’s what the upload button looks like, with a few notes added to show the steps:   Following the instructions in the green arrows, you’ll do these three steps:  Click on the Choose File button Type in a [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/01/17/how-to-add-photos-to-your-wordpress-posts/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/12/29/a-camera-phone-blog/ http://woodswebdesign.com/12/29/a-camera-phone-blog/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:03:36 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/12/29/a-camera-phone-blog/ Here’s a site I created so that I could upload pictures from my camera-phone. It’s a simple design that focuses the viewers attention on the images, so it doesn’t have a lot of text or links on the main page. It’s online at this is what I see.net. Want help creating a camera-phone blog? If you [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/12/29/a-camera-phone-blog/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/05/shameful-typos/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/05/shameful-typos/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2005 17:06:21 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/?p=7 I created ShamefulTypos.com for fun, and a grammar buddy of mine also contributes typos she finds. Hey, everyone makes typos, it’s only shameful when you don’t correct them.Copyright © 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/11/05/shameful-typos/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/05/jlwoodscom/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/05/jlwoodscom/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:06:38 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/?p=2 Here’s a sample of a web design I created. www.JLWoods.com is an example of what I would call an “online brochure” for a company that provides services, not products. In other words, www.JLWoods.com doesn’t sell anything through the web site, it acts as a brochure that reaches thousands of potential customers.Copyright © 2008 This feed [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/11/05/jlwoodscom/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/the-buffalo-bike-taxi-co/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/the-buffalo-bike-taxi-co/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:13:16 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/?p=4 I am a busy guy, I’ll admit it. In addition to my day job and the web design I do in my “spare time”, I also own and operate The Buffalo Bike Taxi Co., and I think the web site I made for that business is pretty good. The Buffalo Bike Taxi Co. web site [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/the-buffalo-bike-taxi-co/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/divas-pizzeria/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/divas-pizzeria/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:16:54 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/divas-pizzeria/ I enjoyed putting this web site together for Diva’s Pizzeria. When I went to the pizzeria to take the pictures for the web site, they made me a pizza, and boy was that good pizza! One of the great features I included in the pizzeria’s web site was a calendar that showed you the sub of [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/divas-pizzeria/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/the-centrist/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/the-centrist/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:55:28 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/?p=10 Author and retired dentist Dr. William Bellavia asked me to help him create an online venue for his writings at BillBellavia.com. I set his web site up so that, each week, when he finishes writing the latest essay for his syndicated newspaper column, he can upload the essay himself.Copyright © 2008 This feed is for [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/the-centrist/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/peace-child/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/peace-child/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:53:09 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/?p=9 As a father of two young children, I have been concerned, ever since the U.S. attacked Afghanistan and then Iraq, about what my kids will do when they grow up. I created PeaceChildProject.net, which is a work in progress that I will continue to develop as my kids grow to adulthood and make their own [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/peace-child/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/my-bike-blognet/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/my-bike-blognet/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:51:12 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/?p=8 In addition to my personal bike blog, I created a network of bike blogs at myBikeBlog.net, which connects bicyclists from around the world.Copyright © 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/my-bike-blognet/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/center-for-research-on-physical-activity-and-health-crpash/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/center-for-research-on-physical-activity-and-health-crpash/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:45:32 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/?p=6 I created the website for CRPASH quite some time ago, but it is still a useful site. I am hoping to perform an upgrade for them soon.Copyright © 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/center-for-research-on-physical-activity-and-health-crpash/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/my-bike-blog/ http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/my-bike-blog/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:44:01 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/?p=5 ]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/11/04/my-bike-blog/feed/ http://woodswebdesign.com/07/21/why-firefox/ http://woodswebdesign.com/07/21/why-firefox/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:42:08 +0000 thomas http://woodswebdesign.com/?p=58 FireFox is a great web browser, and it’s available for all three of the major operating systems (Windows, Mac, and Linux). Many web designers attempt to design their web sites to look good no matter what web browser a visitor is using, but sometimes, no matter what the designer does to address variations in web [...]]]> http://woodswebdesign.com/07/21/why-firefox/feed/