Effective Classy Websites

Having an email sign-up form on your site is essential, but some of the solutions are either too complicated or cost money.

Fortunately Google comes to the rescue here with a website they acquired last year. Feedburner. Read the rest of this entry »

After you have bought a new domain name, you will want to start using it as a website address, for email or both.

First you need to make sure that the DNS settings in your domain control panel point to your hosting account.

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The DNS Settings will have been sent to you when you first purchased your web hosting server space. The Email will look something like this: Read the rest of this entry »

Gadgets are a great new feature in Google that gives you access to a wide range of useful applications that can be embedded on your website or on your iGoogle home page.

You do have a gmail account don’t you? If not fix this now by clicking here: http://mail.google.com/mail/signup

To create your language translation gadget visit this link:

http://translate.google.com/translate_tools?hl=en

On this page you can also add one-click translations from with your browser.

Pick the language of your blog or website then copy and paste the resulting code into a text widget in WordPress or in dreamweaver simply paste in the code where you want the Gadget to appear.

Thats it! Refresh your page to see the new Google language translation tool.

Want fast Google powered search on your website?

Creating fast, user defined search adds a service to your website that serves your visitor and you. Create the search engine, copy and paste some code to one of your web pages and then you can edit it later from your gmail account.

Add the credibility and reliability of Google powered search by following these steps (links open in a new window) : Read the rest of this entry »

Before you can create a website it needs a name.

www.google.com is a domain.  www.gofindyourself.net is a domain.

Even though it seems like putting the horse before the cart, what it does is get you thinking about what you are about. This is a good thing.

If possible a domain name should serve at least one if not all of these qualities: Read the rest of this entry »

I am sick of seeing barry@optusnet.com.au or somepleb@rippoffmerchant.com.

But seriously, ISPs or Internet Service Providers ALWAYS give you a FREE email address. You know why? Read the rest of this entry »

Firefox is a wonderfully flexible browser. A strong community of developers have created a huge range of extensions for Firefox that add many practical and enjoyable features to the experience of using the web.

Here is my list of must-have Firefox extensions.

The links open a new window where you can download the add-on. Read the rest of this entry »