Managed Web Hosting
EduCyber offers something called managed web hosting but we have a unique way of handling it. Whereas other firms offering this service automate, automate, automate; we take the time to look at your site. We log in and make sure that your plugins are up-to-date. We update plugins and core files to make sure your […]
What Makes a Good Web Site Good?
We design web sites. We do this all day long, every day. One of my primary roles is working with the client to establish the goal and the look. Frequently the client comes to us with “I want these features on the site and I want this element and this element”. As we talk through […]
Blogging: The Power of Now
People often ask me why is it so important to use a blogging software like WordPress. I try to explain the intricacies of RSS technology to them – not so really simple after all – at least not to some folks. But now I have a really simple demonstration. On Monday, September 13th I posted […]
Web Site Design Fundamentals
Would you build the foundation for your house and then begin to ponder what rooms you should put in the house and where the walls should go? Of course not. Yet when it comes to building a web site this is precisely the model that most businesses follow. First they build the site and they […]
Eliminate Orphans
Some of you will think this is some sort of Dickensian entreaty to eliminate “the surplus population”. But it isn’t. I’m talking about orphaned web pages. A web page gets orphaned in much the same way a human does. It’s parent dies or goes away. Let me give an anecdote to explain both how it […]
Building Better Web Sites
We often have people come to us looking for a web site and they start off with, “Here’s the content and here’s the logo.” That would be like starting off your home construction with interior design and where the furniture is going to be. To design a good web site, you need to start with […]
Fresh Content for Your Web Site
Having good fresh content for your site is vital for keeping people coming back to your site and to make your site relevant. Google gets this pretty well. So know they have Google Web Elements. Essentially web elements lets you take different content from Google and display it on your site. Since Google excels at […]
Web Site Usability
Once you have established your site on the Internet and have traffic coming to your site, what do you do? Your site must be usable. First question to ask yourself: What do I want people to do? Put another way, the question can be “What are the expected outcomes?” It isn’t always “more sales” but […]
Measuring Your Statistics
I’ve always followed the concept of what gets measured is what gets done. I also follow John C. Maxwell’s leadership newsletter and this last newsletter included this quote from Albert Einstein: Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. So what’s my point? The beauty of the Internet […]
Finding Nuggets on The Web
No, this is not about the Denver Nuggets (though they’re looking good this year). One of the nicest things about following blogs and social media is the way in which you can find useful nuggets of information. Starting out my year I have been catching up on some tweets (not using Twitter yet? – you […]