In our last posting, three things that make up a website, we mentioned the three things that you need to have a website, your domain name, your host, and your files. We also talked about picking and getting your domain name. Remember to talk to your web designer/company, they should be able to help you come up with some good names. If not, you might need to consider a different web design company. Get some web server space This is the next item that needs to be taken care of. Your … [Read more...]
posted on September 15, 2007 by
The three things that make up a website
As someone who works with getting companies on the web, often for the first time, this is a question I am asked all of the time. While it may seem straightforward “Make a web page”, there is a little more to it than that, although not a lot. There are three things that go into getting a website published, beyond all of the details like, how to make it, what to put on it, etc. Have a domain name Get some web server space Publish the website file(s) Let’s take a quick look at each … [Read more...]
posted on September 11, 2007 by
Can you see the forest through the trees?
I had an uncle that during the 1980s worked on a US Navy Submarine. He tells a story of a young officer who was looking through a periscope trying to identify "enemy ships" during a training exercise. The young officer spotted a ship, but they were too close to read the name of the ship, so he had to call out the name to a senior enlisted person in parts to then look up. The young officer calls out the first part "NOS", then finds and calls out the second part "MO". When he can read the … [Read more...]
posted on September 4, 2007 by
Are you over reacting on your website
Let's talk college football (American style) briefly. Michigan recently lost to an unranked team by two points. The going into the game they were ranked 5th in the nation, after the game, they were scored to be out of the top 25. This is something that hasn't happened before, (falling so far so fast), which led me to ask some questions. Basically I came up with two scenarios. Michigan should have never have been ranked #5 to begin with and was just riding their past history, or Their … [Read more...]