Archive for the ‘Content Management’ Category


10 Steps To a Better Content Strategy

Posted May 14th, 2010 by John-Paul in Content Management

Social media sites, blogging, tweeting, YouTube – the internet is littered with a veritable treasure trove of usable content for savvy marketers. Yet for the uninitiated, understanding where to start can prove a daunting – if not near impossible – task. (more…)


Hunting the Rogue Apostrophe – Proofreading in Web Copy

Posted April 1st, 2010 by Chrisi Reid in Content Management

When writing copy for the web, it is critical to ensure that your writing is clear, concise and conveys the message you intended. Writing quickly and without proofreading can result in errors in grammar and spelling that will present a less than professional appearance to your customers and suppliers.
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Text Formatting in a CMS – CSS for Clients

Posted February 23rd, 2010 by Chrisi Reid in Content Management, Usability, Web Design, Website Development

So, you’ve designed and built a visually attractive website, uploaded the client’s content and you’re about to turn it over to the client to maintain themselves. You’ve used the latest in CSS to create a fantastic look and feel for the site, and you intend to add this site to your portfolio as a showpiece. The client is thrilled with how the site looks, and can’t wait to start search engine marketing or pay-per-click campaigns to get the traffic coming in.

Hold on just one moment… how much does your client know about CSS – and how long is the site content going to retain the look and feel they’re so pleased with if they’re not confident with HTML?

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Did You Really Write That?

Posted February 10th, 2010 by Chrisi Reid in Content Management, Search Engine Optimisation

Plagiarism

It’s probably a word you haven’t heard since writing essays in school, when your instructors told you that any evidence of it could result in a failing grade.  But copyright is something to be aware of when creating content for websites and social media campaigns – whether that be asking whether you are legally allowed to use a photograph, a page of text or an idea… or determining whether someone else is entitled to use content you or your clients have created.

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Why I stopped using Internet Explorer

Posted January 18th, 2010 by Chrisi Reid in Content Management, Web Standards

By now you may have heard about the coordinated hacking that targeted Google and other corporations, exploiting intellectual property and obtaining user details for specific e-mail accounts. An advisory from Microsoft has stated that the hack was made possible by a security vulnerability in several versions of their browser, Internet Explorer – including IE6, IE7 and IE8.

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CSS 2: Making the Most of Web Development Tools

Posted December 23rd, 2009 by Chrisi Reid in Content Management, Miscellaneous, Web Design, Web Standards, Website Development

Some time back, my colleague Dan posted a blog about CSS 3, and all of the wonderful new ways web design will change once browsers catch up to the new standards. Many of the new techniques and tools do work in certain browsers now, but what can a web development team do to create pages that have some of the look and feel provided by CSS 3 for browsers like Internet Explorer that don’t support it?

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