Archive for February, 2008

Published by Curt Despres on 28 Feb 2008

Think Your Password Is Secure? Think Again!

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Most people take their password way too lightly. This is the one thing standing between a very experienced hacker and your private files, financial records, personal history and activities. I’ve done a bit of research on this, and I would like to shake you up a bit with the facts I’ve learned. Read The Full Entry »

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Published by Curt Despres on 25 Feb 2008

How to Convert Website Visitors to Clients

A Guide For The Website Designer!

It’s great that you have worked hard on your SEO, (Search Engine Optimization) knowledge and skills and have achieved decent, or even first page placement in the search engine results.

It’s even better that when Read The Full Entry »

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Published by Curt Despres on 20 Feb 2008

Don’t Get Hacked! Make Your Sensitive Files Invisible!

I was recently on a forum asking a question about a plugin on my WordPress software. The guy that responded to my question and solved it for me did so by looking at my files on my hosting server through the browser!

He then kindly warned me that my files were exposed to anyone who might want to snoop around. SCARY! Read The Full Entry »

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Published by Curt Despres on 17 Feb 2008

Fixed Width or Elastic - 800 or 1024

There sure are some heated debates about these two subjects! Some designers are quite adamant about coding an elastic website. Meaning a site that will stretch with the browser / window size of the users computer. I personally created a few sites like that, but found a number of problems with it.For one thing, with a larger monitor, the line length can get quite long. Long enough to cause the reader to become very distracted, irritated, and lose their place while reading. Many will argue that this can be controlled. I disagree! There are so many different variables and scenarios that can take place that it’s next to impossible to code for them all. And given the time it takes to do this, I’ve gone back to designing fixed width sites. Meaning a site that has a fixed width and stays the same size on your browser window no matter what size monitor or resolution you use.

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