http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Fred+Black Internet Fred Black Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=101849&ca=Internet Never mind the experts, never mind what they taught you in school, and never mind your competitors, put a stake in the ground and define the purpose of your web site. Then make it deliver that functionality. Don't get lost in layers of pretty design or unnecessary technology. What defines a good web... Internet Fred Black Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=99794&ca=Internet How do I create a web page that allows visitors to my web site to submit their contact information to me? Let's pretend that you are a very serious amateur photographer and you have a web site where you show off some of your photographs. Also suppose that you'd like to offer prints of your photograp... Internet Fred Black Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=100150&ca=Internet How do I create a web site? How do I start selling online? How do I make money using the Internet? Is Internet Marketing Valid? People who know me and know that I'm a web developer and programmer ask me a lot of questions about web sites, web pages, HTML code, CSS, JavaScript code, ASP, PHP, Databas... Marketing Fred Black Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=92826&ca=Marketing Actually, there's no such thing as Online Marketing Magic, but that doesn't stop people from selling it and other people from buying it. Most people starting out in Internet Marketing buy some of those products, I sure did. You read forum posts or articles from someone claiming to have secret SEO kn... Internet Fred Black Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=91763&ca=Internet So you'd like to be an Internet Marketer, marketing products or services on the Internet and live the good life that financial success can bring you. But how do you get to that point? How do you get a successful Internet business started? Studies prove simple web sites can sale just as effectively a... Computers and Technology Fred Black Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=91881&ca=Computers+and+Technology I explain Domain Name Servers and Name Servers to a friend of mine all the time. He builds web sites part time. I know he's not alone; DNS confuses a lot of people. The internet works by assigning an address to each device attached to it. This address is called an Internet Protocol Address or IP Add... Internet Fred Black Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=90585&ca=Internet Are cookies are bad and do they invade your privacy? We're not talking about the kind of cookie you eat, we're talking about computer cookies! It's not really true that cookies are evil. So, what is a cookie, what's it made of and what does it do? A cookie is a tiny text file that a web site can put... Internet Fred Black Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=89974&ca=Internet 1. Graphic Laden. A web page should load in a reasonable amount of time. If you use too many graphics, or graphics that are not scaled and saved in the most efficient format, your pages will take longer to load. Impatient users may bail out and go to another site. Clean and fast should be the goal.... Computers and Technology Fred Black Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=89976&ca=Computers+and+Technology The other day I was asked why I like Cascading Styles Sheets (CSS) and what makes CSS so great. Here's my answer to those questions. The Holy Grail of CSS it to completely separate web page content from the instructions that control its look and feel. If this is achieved then it's much easier for va... Business Management Fred Black Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=89978&ca=Business+Management Many years ago, one of my brothers gave me a book on audio tape that I think was from the Day-Timer folks. I don't remember the title, but the basic theme was how to make better use of your times. One thing I do remember was a chapter on doing what's important not what's urgent. Do what's important,...