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I’ve always liked using the WordPress TwentyTen theme, and when WordPress made it their new default theme in WordPress 3.0, I was happy they chose one of my favorite themes. “Great minds think alike,” I thought to myself.

Until one of my clients contacted me in a panic, “We need help!  We upgraded our WordPress site to version 3.x and now our site theme is all messed up!”

Yikes.. you see, what happened is – now that TwentyTen was the new default theme, when the v3 of WordPress is upgraded, it also upgrades the default TwentyTen theme folder. Which meant all Read the rest of this entry »

If you are the average consumer, words like bit-mapped images, Javascript and markup languages can sound a lot like Greek. Even worse are the acronyms, HTML, JPEG, and GIF.
Here’s a quick break down on a few of those “need to know” phrases, acronyms and words that make up the world of web design and development.
Hyperlinks – a hyperlink is a link that the reader can directly follow to another website or page of a website. Some links may take you further down the page you are currently on. It may be a highlighted word, picture, or other object to link you to the other page.
JPEG – or also JPG, stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. It is a common format for storing and saving photos and images on the Web.
GIF –Graphics Interchange Format is another common image format for saving and storing images on the web, most commonly used for webpage graphics like logos, etc.
HTML- stands for Hyper Text Markup Language and is the markup language used for building web pages. It creates the structural semantics for the page.
Javascript – is a scripting language used to enhance HTML pages, allowing a webpage to be interactive with the user. It runs on the “client-side” allowing it to interact with the user/visitor without having to do constant downloads from the website or webpage refreshes.
Flash – is a multimedia platform used to provide animation of text, drawings, and still images.
Bandwidth – in computer networking a Bandwidth is a system of measure of the amount of information that can be transmitted between a website visitor and the website host. Also seen as “bits per second” (bps) it is a measure of the speed of a webpage.
Those are just a few of the more common terms and phrases. The good news is if you choose to use a professional web developer its information that is good to know instead of need to know.

Your domain name can be a key factor in your online business success. It is the name of your website – it is how people find you on the web. Anytime you type into the address bar of your browser, you are using a domain name. For example, when you type http://www.wiseweblady.com/ into your browser, you are typing in the domain name for my Wise Web Lady website.

Be sure your domain name is an accurate reflection of your business. It should be something that people will remember or recognize as you. A potential customer or a business associate may not remember your email or phone number, and a good domain name make its easy for them to visit your website and find you. So try to keep your domain name simple and easy to remember.

When you’re ready to get a domain name for your website, you must first search to see if the domain name you choose is available for “purchase”. Now, I put “purchase” in quotation marks because in actuality you are not really purchasing your domain name, you are claiming it, or reserving it, for your use for the time you have registered it for.

You can search for a domain and purchase it at any domain registrar. Examples of domain registrar sites are goDaddy.com, eNom.com, and NetworkSolutions.com. Which domain registrar you use is up to you, as they vary in price and ease of use. Or if you have a webmaster, they can typically handle registering your domain for you.

Purchase your domain name for more than one year. When it comes to search engines, age matters. And the longer you reserve your domain, the better it is for search engines. If you purchase your domain for 3 or 5 or even 10 years, the search engines view your website as a more established business and will give it more weight and higher ranking in search results.

Keep your domain registrar login information in a safe place. Be sure you keep track of who your domain registrar is and be sure you have your login and access information stored in a safe place where you can find it. You need this information each time to renew your domain or if you need to move your website. If you do not know your domain login information, ask your webmaster to get it for you so you have it on file.

Be sure you renew your domain on time. If you do not remember to renew your domain before it expires, you run the risk of losing it and giving someone else the chance of purchasing it away from you. Talk about identity theft! Forgetting to renew your domain is like leaving your storefront unlocked, you’re just inviting someone to steal it away from you.

Most domain registrars will email you to let you know that your domain is expiring, so be sure you keep your contact info and email address up-to-date with your domain registrar so you will get their notifications. And, as an added precaution, you might add a reminder in your Outlook calendar to remind you a few weeks before your domain expires so you remember to renew it on time.

Verify your domain registration information is correct. Be sure your domain has been propertoy registered in your name. You can check this by going to http://www.whois.org/ and typing in your domain name. Be sure your name and contact information shows under the Registrant portion of the domain. If you have a webmaster who setup your domain for you, their name should show as the technical contact. But be sure your name is showing as the actual registrant for it. So, in case you have a falling out with your webmaster or need to move your site yourself, you want to be sure you have the information you need to take control of the situation and take control of your website domain if needed.

Here’s to Your Online Success!

Betty Walker, the Wise Web Lady
http://www.wiseweblady.com
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bettywalker@wiseweblady.com