archive for: 2009

Dreamweaver Has Stopped Working

This is just one of those things that is so weird I had to write about it. I was working on a WordPress theme for a client using Dreamweaver CS3 as usual when all of a sudden Dreamweaver just disappears. Dreamweaver stopped working for no reason, no warning, no error window, it just went away. [...]

Monster Energy Drink – Vermonster – Pissing on an American Dream?

The value of copyright and registered trademark laws is undeniable. Anyone that provides a product or a service can put forth the effort to create a brand that will effectively represent their work and when one reaches a level of success they can rest easy knowing that there are laws in place that protect their [...]

TypeKit – HTML fonts for Web Designers Who Don’t Like HTML Fonts

Checking out a new service called TypeKit. If you are a web designer then you know well the fact that you are quite limited in what fonts are available when using HTML. SEO Web Design is the practice of making pretty sites that are also optimized for the search engines, too bad you can’t use [...]

Adobe CS3 – Licensing for this product has stopped working

WTF Adobe. I just spent an entire day trying to fix a bizzare licensing issue with Adobe CS3 and it seems I am not alone.
I was just working along as usual, I had Photoshop and Dreamweaver open like I always do when all of a sudden I get a popup that says
“Licensing for this product [...]

SEO and Web Design – A Few Free Tools To Mend This Tainted Relationship

Web designer, web developer, whatever, I build websites and my best clients are design houses that use me to transform their designs into websites. I consider myself very lucky to be doing as well as I do in my particular neck of that woods. Below are a few tools I have been using on a [...]

A Twitter Widget to Bring Social Networking To Your Website

Social networking is big. Twitter and Facebook are taking over their respective social niches in awe inspiring volume and speed. I’ve seen a fair amount of copy cat websites as well but they kind of fade away in the shadow of the well established giants. With this trend in mind and in the spirit of [...]

Do You Want to Make Money Online?

I’m teaching myself how to make money online and I have been making progress… veeeerrrry slooooowly.
I read, I make a website, I read some more, check stats, check earnings, CRAP!! … repeat.
I don’t give up easily and I refuse to pay some joker for something I can get for free from Griz or Court. I [...]

5 Common Ailments of SEO Neglect

Everyone knows what a search engine is. Well, my 81 year old mom has a little trouble with the concept but pretty much everyone who has surfed the internet knows what Google and Yahoo are. By the same token, a lot of people know what SEO is or what it means to optimize a website [...]

Site Build It Scam – No Need For SEO Web Design

A simple post titled Site Build It Scam Review proved that for giant boosts of traffic neither SEO or web design matter one iota if your content is on target. SEO has to do with what words and phrases are being searched on, how much traffic they generate, how much competition there is, and what [...]

SEO Web Design Pittsburgh Style

I moved back to my home town Pittsburgh in 2007 – even after experiencing life in several other cities first hand. In regards to web design, Pittsburgh PA is new to me. I have many clients in MA, VA, FL, TX and a few other states who have stayed with me despite all the moving [...]