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 Your website’s homepage is your “face” to the world. In the 10-15 seconds that the average first-time site visitor gives your site, your home page must instantly show your branding, communicate what you offer, draw the viewer further into the site and present a clear call to action - all while showing that your site is current and active. That’s a tall order! But creating a great home page isn’t rocket science…it’s simplicity.
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 Your website’s homepage is your “face” to the world. In the 15-45 seconds that the average first-time site visitor gives your site, your home page must instantly show your branding, communicate what you offer, draw the viewer further into the site and present a clear call to action - all while showing that your site is current and active. That’s a tall order! But creating a great home page isn’t rocket science…it’s simplicity.
There are LOTS of options for creating websites nowadays. As a new site owner you're most likely looking for one that's appealing, effective, reasonably priced and easy to use. For many people the best option is a hosted content management site they can log in to from anywhere and update using simple, web-based tools. For others a good choice might be learning some html and working with self-hosted Wordpress site. What’s best for you? Let's take a look.
Facebook has rolled out it's new Timeline layout and it's a quantum leap forward for organizations using Facebook for promotion. It gives us a big graphical area for clever branding as well as enhanced ways to attract and interact with the people we are here to serve. Here are some of the highlights:
2012 is the Chinese year of the Dragon. Dragons bring energy, passion and innovation to everything they do. Dragon Years are considered the luckiest in Chinese astrology. I don't know about you, but I think we need all the luck we can get nowadays! However, luck is nothing without hard work so here are 3 "Little Dragons" for you to use in channeling dragon energy into your site:
In working with the web it's helpful to understand what an internet browser is, a bit about how browsers work, and how to empty your browser's cache. Knowing this will help you with your own website, blogs, and other projects to which you contribute content.
Do you want to be able to place an image in the right or left side of your layout and have the text wrap elegantly around it? Sure, who doesn't? Well here's how to do it in Dashboard (use the video popout button to view it BIG):
And if you're wondering how to do it in straight up HTML, you'll place the following inside (yep!) your img tag. If you don't know what an img tag is, use the technique above or just shoot me an email and I can do it for you.
img src="images/filename.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; width: 129px; height: 86px;" (you'll swap in your own values of course). Fun! Feel free to leave me comments and/or questions below. |
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About the authorAs the owner of Pixel Lava Interactive I've helped hundreds of small businesses and nonprofits with websites, graphic design and more. I hope you'll find this blog full of useful information.
~ Ame Stanko 
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