Web design is a tricky art that combines both the creative and the analytical skill sets to create something unique and visually compelling. At the end of the day, good web design is more than the sum of its parts. Beginner and amateur designers may think that web design consists of finding a web host [...]

Thanks to Chris Hanscom of Unhandled Perception for making me aware of this neat program, Ninite Easy PC Installer Ninite lets you pick your favorite software from among an extensive list (Web browsers, messaging, media, images, documents, security, runtimes, file sharing, utilities, compression, developer tools and more), creates a batch installer for them and then [...]

These FREE Expression Web Site Templates were previously announced on Expression Web Tips. They are available for all versions of Expression Web. They will also work in FrontPage 2003 and the free Sharepoint Designer 2007. The set of twelve site templates are based on Eric Meyer’s CSS Sculptor for Expression Web produced by Webassit but [...]

FamilySearch, a service provided by the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, is now making its popular genealogy classes available at FamilySearch.org for FREE. Anyone anywhere in the world can access them for when it is convenient for YOU. While the classes have been offered on-site in [...]

I have just spent the past two days making use of an upgraded database available through the West Virginia State Archives which gives access to more than 5.7 million vital records. The database provides not only lists or indices of vital records BUT the actual image files. West Virginia’s searchable database also is free. The [...]

The DAR Genealogical Research System is a combination of several databases created in recent years to organize the large quantity of information that the DAR has collected since its inception in 1890. Much of the work to create these research tools is the direct result of funding provided by the President General’s Project of the [...]

A recent question on the RootsWeb Freepages Mailing list was: For some files on a Freepages site I’m in the process of developing, I would like to restrict the size of the page window to a fraction of the normal size. The problem is whether this is possible and, if so, how to accomplish it. [...]

Do you know the difference between an absolute and a relative link? Do you know which is your best choice for SEO  (Seatch Engine Optimization) purposes? Absolute Link An absolute link is created when the href value is a fully qualified URL, including: the transfer protocol: http:// domain name: e.g. www.yourdomain.com and filename: e.g. your-page.html [...]

How many of you are in the habit of validating your web pages as you work on them and before publishing? Do you also check your work in more than just your default browser? Perhaps you assume if it looks good on your monitor, it will render the same way on everyone who visits your [...]

Ready to move from FrontPage to Expression Web? Need some hlep in getting your site up to web standards? Take advantage of the summer sale and purchase the Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web EBook for $22. instead of the regular price of $29. Expression Web MVP’s Tina Clarke and Pat Geary will give you [...]