Website Design and Management Blog

Touching on web design, website management, book publishing, internet marketing and various other subjects that seem appropriate for comment. All of the topics that I write on are based on direct experience and mirror advice given to clients as part of internet presence management or to authors who are self-publishing their books. Click on either the title or "Read more of this post..." to read the full post.  Let me know if you have any questions. ~ Hugh Daniel

To CMS or not to CMS (continued)...
When do you not need a content management system as a framework for your website?  Put simply--when all you want is an online "business card."  With customers increasingly searching the internet to find out about a company that has products or services in which they are interested, being... Read more of this post...
Managing Your Internet Presence
What is your internet presence telling the world about who you are?  How is it affecting your ability to do business, find a job, or close sales? The majority of prospects, customers or even vendors today actively look for your internet presence to provide more details about you, your... Read more of this post...
To CMS or not to CMS...
That is the question.  Should your new small business website be a Content Management System (like Drupal, Wordpress or Joomla) or a site built with software like Dreamweaver or with straight HTML/PHP programing?  There are advantages and disadvantages to both classes of website... Read more of this post...
Preparing Content for a Small Business Website
Deciding what content to put on your new website can be the most challenging aspect.  By content, I'm referring to all the text (including descriptions, contact information, product pitches, marketing copy, and blog posts) and the images (photos of the store, the owner, the products, the pets... Read more of this post...
The Big Picture of having an Internet Presence
When most people start out thinking about having a website, they tend to think in general terms about the look of the site and with hopes of finding new customers.  It is my job to try to expose the different elements that go into making this work.  Critical elements in building the... Read more of this post...
Our Website is getting a Makeover
We're modifying our site now to upgrade from a php website to one using the Drupal content management system.  Drupal is an extremely powerful and flexible web solution used by a rapidly growing number of website designers, communications managers, and ecommerce store owners.  One of our... Read more of this post...

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