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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 00:00 |
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Now that you've figured out the format of your website - whether a static/manual-update HTML or dynamic CMS - you still must find a place for your site to live on the World Wide Web. (We'll discuss your CMS options in the near future.) You have several hosting options, of course:
Free webhosting. The days of free AOL Hometown and Geocities hosting are long gone. For the past decade, it's hard to find a free host that won't give you limitations and/or spam up your page with their ads! On the bright side, some of these limitations might take the form of good CMS platforms, and some of these free hosts will allow you to use your own ads, or none at all. Free Blogger (by Google) "hosting" limits you to the Blogger platform. Free Wordpress hosting limits you to the Wordpress platform.
Paid webhosting. For a monthly/quarterly/annual fee, you will be able to use a portion of a webhost's resources, limiting your storage space and bandwidth, depending on what you paid for. Companies such as iPower, Site5, and Retrix provide webhosting. Be warned, however: If you paid for a shared webhost, then your site must coexist with other websites hosted on this server. That is to say, sometimes your site will be sluggish, and sometimes it'll be fast. Even if you have optimized your site for speed, the site is still at the mercy of the shared server. Various webhosts offer dedicated hosting packages, at high cost, of course. Some of these companies provide good customer service, on the other hand.
Your own web server. Buy a super-charged computer tower, and ISP-willing, you can maintain your site from your own local server. In any case, unless you have a fully-employed IT staff, you're on your own with this option.
When it comes to hosting your website, choose wisely.
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 00:00 |
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When wondering what will work to wield a wetter website, you have a several options: Do you build it from your server, using a content management system, like Joomla, or a blogging platform, like Wordpress? Speaking of servers, do you subscribe to a shared server, subscribe to a more expensive dedicated server, or have a server nearby? Do you build it using the resources of a larger company, like Google's Blogger or the Wordpress site? If so, do you stick with the blogspot.com or wordpress.com domain, or your own? We'll address these options in the near future.
Do you build your website with an HTML editor (among other code possibilities), as well as other applications installed in your personal computer? If you use the OS X operating system on the Mac, you can use a simple yet effective program called iWeb, available in the iLife '09 Suite. If you need to use a more powerful webpage creator, or you anticipate you'll need it in the future, you might want to look at the pricey Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 software, with versions for both OS X and Windows operating systems. Alternatively, you can try the comparatively-featured, free program called KompoZer.
While you're at it, a program like Adobe Photoshop CS4 ($$$) or GIMP (free!) will help you with your graphics needs.
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Sunday, 01 November 2009 00:00 |
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The first sneak peek of the DeRamos.org Webcomic was on October 4, 2009. The format of the comic is simple: One sequence of illustrations per week, looped with new content, similar to the popular Dinosaur Comics (except DC only has one sequence looped for years). The storyline of this world of vampires, werewolves, one woman, and zombies moves forward every week. The content and dialogue may or may not be relevant to the story; it could just be a blog with drawings. In other words, either the DeRamos.org Webcomic is about how the details of our memories get distorted over time, or the DeRamos.org Webcomic is just a new and improved DeRamos.org blog.
We'd like to think it's both, but it's probably just the latter.
By the way, have we told you about the creation, and subsequent evolution, of the DeRamosh language? |
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Sunday, 08 November 2009 00:00 |
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This is not another "build a better website" series of blog entries. Okay, maybe it is, but we hope to introduce or reinforce some options that can make your website a bit wetter (if not better). The term "wet" comes from sound engineering (music production). The percentage of "wet" means the amount of effects and processing (i.e., reverb), while "dry" signifies an unprocessed recording. As these blog entries progress, hopefully on a weekly basis (as time permits), we hope to cover the following topics, and then some:
- The code on which your website is built;
- Domain options;
- Hosting options;
- Content management options;
- Product and commerce;
- Marketing your product ethically;
- Using social media as ethically as possible;
- etc.
In short, "Wield a Wetter Website" is about effects and modifications that can help your website, when wielded effectively. |
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Wednesday, 08 April 2009 00:00 |
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DeRamos Media seeks to connect with both graphic designers and illustrators. Please send a link to your portfolio to
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
(remove "NOSPAM" because we don't like spam, either). Résumés are also welcome, but let your work do most of the talking! Thank you! Qualifications Obvious: Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite software. Bonus: Familiarity with open-source equivalents to industry-standard software. |
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