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Starting a Website Building Company2/3/2012
  Q: I can create basic business websites in 2-3 hours using WordPress and Artisteer. It's fun and I want ...
  A: Please check my book, Web Business Bootcamp, which is available for free on the Web at ...
Needs from a Designer for a Simple Web Site6/8/2010
  Q: My wife and I do commercial freelance writing. Existing and target customers are professional ...
  A: If you just want to post six simple pages, fine. See my article at ...
Making visitors download files from my site.10/26/2009
  Q: I own a domain and some space on internet. For the facilities offered by my host please checkout ...
  A: That's an excellent solution. Congratulations on coming up with it, and thanks for letting me know. ...
Making visitors download files from my site.10/24/2009
  Q: I own a domain and some space on internet. For the facilities offered by my host please checkout ...
  A: Here's a workaround that will probably work but that you will need to test. Give each file a ...
Making visitors download files from my site.10/21/2009
  Q: I own a domain and some space on internet. For the facilities offered by my host please checkout ...
  A: In most cases, if you simply move an unusual type of file to your Web server -- the same as you do ...
website8/17/2009
  Q: I want to create or buy a travel website where I could direct visitors to aviation and holiday ...
  A: 1) Do not expect to get any significant income from affiliate commissions. 2) Travel is a very ...
Non-functioning naviagtion bar12/3/2008
  Q: When i upload my website onto the web my navigation buttons show up but don't work. I don't know ...
  A: Sorry. I left off the ending. That should be http://www.samizdat.com/bootcamp.html I do my Web ...
Non-functioning naviagtion bar12/3/2008
  Q: When i upload my website onto the web my navigation buttons show up but don't work. I don't know ...
  A: From your brief message it is hard to guess what might be wrong. But my book Web Business Bootcamp, ...
Question about an image on my site4/22/2008
  Q: I have a question. I am fairly savvy, but I cannot get a particular image to appear on my club's ...
  A: Possibilities: At your Web host's Web server (not on your PC) the image is not in the same folder ...
Google vs Yahoo2/4/2007
  Q: A web page I've done www.theparagraphfactory.com comes up number one when I yahoo "the paragraph ...
  A: Keyword and description metatags haven't been useful for many years. Too many sites used those to ...
How much to charge?1/9/2007
  Q: I am designing a local real estate website and have no clue what to charge or how to charge? Can you ...
  A: I'm not in the real estate business and so can't give you specifics. But you might get some useful ...
Search Optimization12/9/2006
  Q: Richard, I have just built a web site (my 1st one ever), and now I'm ready to start doing a little ...
  A: Check my article at http://www.samizdat.com/brandandtraffic.html You might also want to take a look ...
Template website?10/7/2006
  Q: I basically have two questions for you. First of all, I have a modestly successful website and I ...
  A: For web site design you might want to get an estimate from an old friend of mine, Ashley Grayson, ...
Web development9/15/2005
  Q: sorry for this random question, but im writing for a little advice. im presently in the infant ...
  A: Check my book Take Charge of Your Web Site online at http://www.samizdat.com/take.html If you need ...
Width in HTML and CSS6/2/2005
  Q: June 2, 2005 Greetings, I have a whole lot of questions that all have to do with the same topic: ...
  A: My advice -- use plain static HTML, without tables. Do not try to control the width etc. Let that be ...
Attracting traffic3/23/2005
  Q: Does the domain name affect search engine ranking? If I want to attract people who are searching for ...
  A: The domain name should have no effect on search engine ranking (but if it's a good name people will ...
search engine optimization2/4/2005
  Q: Richard. I have to use Coldfusion because the company's website is developed using ColdFusion ...
  A: Your original question implied that it was important for you to be found by search engines. You need ...
search engine optimization2/3/2005
  Q: I'm developing a website in ColdFusion. I placed the site's keywords and description in the meta ...
  A: 1) if you are interested in being found by search engines don't use Cold Fusion. I'd recommend a ...
web folder12/30/2004
  Q: how to i allow a folder(with many docs) to be view by internet users with a .html, just like how we ...
  A: 1) Do you have a web hosting service? 2) If so, then ftp the full contents of the file to a ...
Promoting a Photography website12/28/2004
  Q: I have general questions about promoting a website on the net. I am not a programmer or designer ...
  A: Photos are useless for attracting traffic. You need text content -- lots of useful, interesting ...
add french as second option!10/15/2004
  Q: i have a web site in english, and i wanna add for my visitors as second language french, how can i ...
  A: Babelfish is a good idea unless you have a lot of money to throw away paying translators repeatedly ...
search engines8/25/2004
  Q: I'd like to get a website registered on some of the major search engines for maximum visability. ...
  A: regarding submissions, see my article at http://www.samizdat.com/submit.html (a bit out of date, but ...
what to use?7/27/2004
  Q: I have a website: Caribbean Medical Schools - Online Guide www.CaribbeanMedicine.com I would like ...
  A: There are two aims to Web design and they are often at odds: 1) make the site ...
PDF FILE5/1/2004
  Q: What is a pdf file? How is it created and how is it uploaded to a site?
  A: A PDF file is created using Acrobat software developed/sold by Adobe. Unlike html files, PDF ...

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