Optimizing Images For Your Website

Posted on 30. Dec, 2011 by Charly Leetham.

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When displaying an image on your website, it’s important to ensure it is optimized for use on the web. Many website owners take a photo on their digital camera’s and upload it directly to their site – this may not necessarily be the best thing to do. Images, when uploaded to a webserver (or other [...]

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Good Website Design Presentation

Posted on 10. Jun, 2011 by Charly Leetham.

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Earlier this year, I presented to Australian VA Conference. The topic was – Good Website Design – and I thought I would share it with you…. In this presentation I share: Website Design Challenges Biggest mistakes I see Where should you start? Design Considerations Layout Consideration Colour, Fonts, Images, Audio and Video Hope you enjoy [...]

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What Comes First – Theme, Logo or Design?

Posted on 06. Feb, 2011 by Charly Leetham.

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WordPress is a great platform to build your website on. Yes, it started out as a blogging platform however with the fantastic developer community that has grown up around it, WordPress is so much more. Once question that I have been asked about using WordPress recently was: What is the best way forward – buy [...]

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Websafe Fonts & Your Website

Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by Charly Leetham.

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No doubt about it, changing the font and font-size on your blog can make the world of difference to how it looks and your reader experience / response. One of the challenges that I have encountered when creating sites for clients in WordPress is that they like to use ‘fancy’ fonts to enhance the look. [...]

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Payment Processors, Shopping Carts and more…

Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Charly Leetham.

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I’m often asked to provide advice on what type of shopping cart / payment processor a business should implement. The answer is not quite so simple and in this article, I’ve tried to outline the processes and technologies that go together to deliver a payment and affiliate solution and offer some choices. This is taken [...]

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Offline Businesses: Marketing Your Business Online

Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Charly Leetham.

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Marketing your business online will give your company a competitive edge and wider access to your target audience – without spending a ton of ineffective advertising dollars. Today, most people will search the Internet first, even when they want to find a nearby shop or restaurant – so it’s important that local businesses increase their [...]

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Things To Consider When Creating Your Online Presence

Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by Charly Leetham.

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Creating your online presence is important in todays world of Internet connectivity. Web presence, or online presence, is a broad term that includes websites, networking sites and other mentions of your business where potential customers can find you easily. Most online searches are brief, so your online presence needs to take advantage of the short [...]

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Compelling Reasons Why Offline Business Should Create An Online Presence

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by Charly Leetham.

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It doesn’t really matter what type of business you’re involved in these days – it could be selling goods or services, or a combination of both, you are missing opportunities if you don’t have an online presence. It is essential for an offline business to create, maintain and continually update its online presence in today’s [...]

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WordPress As A WebSite Platform

Posted on 15. Mar, 2009 by Charly Leetham.

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When working with a business to set up their web presence, I recommend that they use the WordPress platform to deliver their website and blog. WordPress is great to deliver this functionality, and you can even use it as a membership site to deliver different levels of content. Let’s look at the benefits of using [...]

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Valentines Day WordPress Theme

Posted on 08. Feb, 2009 by Charly Leetham.

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As Valentines Day approaches, this great looking, clean WordPress Theme is just the trick. Fixed width, three columns, widget ready, implements social networking from install Test Drive | Download fixed width, three columns, widget ready, social networking Graphics designed by Bernie Wiemers from Top E Covers