Recent posts on Jan T's Web Blog

• Tips for site doc titles

  Site Document titles in CubeCart 3 The page titles in the site documents are for the site document links. If they are too long, they don’t fit in the space. It’s better to make them concise, and add details in the H2 heading at the top of the page. This also applies to your product titles. They don’t need to have the designer’s name in the title, just in the description.
  

  
  
  Written on Saturday, 21 August 2010 01:51 in On CubeCart v3
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• Tips for writing copy in CubeCart

  Make your words look good online For best results follow these simple steps for styling. Write your words (called 'copy') Write your copy in Notepad. Copy and paste into the editor in CubeCart. Do NOT use MS Word™ — it adds its own style tags and can make the web pages fail to validate. Between paragraphs, hit the Enter key ONCE only please. Because the pages in a website (including those inside CubeCart) have style sheets attached, the paragraph spacing is already designed. If you hit the Enter key twice, you are telling the web browser to add two lots…
  

  
  
  Written on Saturday, 21 August 2010 01:17 in On CubeCart v3
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• Need help implementing RS Form Pro?

  Are you having trouble styling your RS Form (Pro)? I can help. I am expert in using this Joomla! 1.5 extension and have styled the RS Forms I use on my own sites, as well as those implemented on client sites. Get your own copy of RS Form Pro Get help to install and/or style it from me.
  

  
  
  Written on Friday, 06 August 2010 03:55 in On RS Form Pro
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• Design and creativity deserted you?

  Creative block is inevitable There are days when it just won't come! No matter how hard you try. What can you do to awaken your creative gene? Exercise. Yes get some exercise! Get off your office chair, shut down the computer and go for a walk, a run, or even get out the Wii Fit! Research has shown that exercise can stimulate the creative juices, so hop to it. Do some push-ups and get creative, or as I tell my art quilting students: "Just do it!"
  

  
  
  Written on Friday, 06 August 2010 03:37 in About Design
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• How to get new web clients

  Clients recommend me, but... Several times my clients have asked me: "Did so-and-so contact you?" Apparently, they sing my praises loudly and often to people they think need a website, or who have a not-so-good website. Do these referrals come in? Not usually, although some have. Do the new prospects think my prices are too high? Too low? Do they wonder what I can do differently for them? How do I capture these leads? I've thought of asking my clients for contact information, but am unsure if that's too 'pushy'. I suppose I think that if they were going to…
  

  
  
  Written on Tuesday, 20 July 2010 05:41 in Allsorts
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