How a Website is Built, Part 2

The web--the entire web, including every individual website in it, even yours--is a work in progress. Once the initial planning, design, development and testing of a website is complete, there's actually plenty more to be done. So before you schedule that vacation, make sure you've taken into account the content entry and go-live process, as well as the schedule you plan to follow moving forward with your website content strategy. Content entry? Go live? Content Strategy? If you're hearing this for the first time, then stick around. This article is for you... more >

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January, 2010
I've read plenty of interesting analogies used to explain what building a website is like. I've even written a few myself. From various points of view, a website could be compared to a car, a house, a... more >

December, 2009
Building a new website is a big deal. It takes a lot of time and effort from many people. If you were expecting to simply place an order and be notified when your site is done, you should be prepared ... more >

November, 2009
We are all librarians now. I'll back that statement up over the course of this article, but if you're already picturing a stern, bespectacled woman who might shush you at any moment, think again. Toda... more >

October, 2009
Most often when we fail to achieve the results we are after, it is due not to inadequate effort, but to doing the wrong things for the wrong reasons. We tend to set goals far more easily than we deter... more >

September, 2009
The epitaph on Buckminster Fuller's tombstone reads, "CALL ME TRIMTAB." In life, he used the trim tab, a very small attachment to a boat's rudder that controls its speed and direction, as a metaphor f... more >