Archive for August, 2007

What Does Your Blog Look Like On Other Browsers
30
Aug

What Does Your Blog Look Like On Other Browsers

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Web Design with 38 Comments

I had the awful experience the other day when showing my blog to a friend on their computer. I found out what my blog actually looked like in IE6. As you probably know, web browsers tend to behave slightly differently to each other, handling formatting in different ways. So how do you know what your [...]

Mobile Phone Blogging
28
Aug

Mobile Phone Blogging

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Blogging Tips with 11 Comments

Orginal Blog Post: It’s not all that easy or enjoyable to write blog articles on a mobile phone. So before you go on vacation make sure you write some extra posts and use the post date feature to publish them while you are away. Galway in Ireland is very nice by the way After writing [...]

Ten Writing Errors That Makes Your Blog Less Good
27
Aug

Ten Writing Errors That Makes Your Blog Less Good

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Blogging Tips with 68 Comments

I’m sure you wouldn’t have to look too hard to find enough writing errors in my Blog to sink a small fishing boat…so I’m riding shotgun on this one while my girlfriend (who’s an English teacher) gives me some advice. In her opinion, obvious errors in an article are as distracting as a really ugly font or [...]

What Are The Characteristics Of Your Blog's Niche?
26
Aug

What Are The Characteristics Of Your Blog's Niche?

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Blogging Tips with 34 Comments

If you could pick a niche to blog within based purely on the advantages and characteristics within that niche, which would you pick? This article looks at some of the advantages and disadvantages of different blogging niches. Blogging about Blogging – aka Blogging Tips Advantages: There are plenty of blogs about blogging out there, so there [...]

Using Social Media To Market Your Blog
25
Aug

Using Social Media To Market Your Blog

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Social Media with 5 Comments

Social media sites like Digg, MySpace, Flickr and del.icio.us are very popular. They have millions of users, and you want in on that action. But how do you get traffic from these sites? How Are Social Media Sites Good For Your Blog? You can create pages with links back to your site, or submit an article [...]

Is Your Web Design CRAP?
24
Aug

Is Your Web Design CRAP?

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Web Design with 106 Comments

I want to discuss some of the key principles of design. When I teach design to school kids I use the acronym CRAP for them to remember, which stand for: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity. These terms come from the book The Non Designers Design Book. If you evaluate a design using these terms, you [...]

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