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- New Web Tools for Writers
- Feb 10, 2006
- New web-based processors are popping up everywhere. Do they work as well as Microsoft Word? What do you get? What's missing? Laurie Rowell takes a look.
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- One Process Fits All
- Oct 5, 2001
- A single, comprehensive workflow can be incorporated and adapted by all web development teams: a set of core steps that apply to all projects. One process -- the Core Process -- fits all, with a focused emphasis on the specific needs of redesign.
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- Pause & Effect: The Art of Interactive Narrative
- Oct 4, 2002
- We can think of writing a narrative as interface design. Mark Meadows explains the art of narrative in this article.
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- Publish a Video Podcast with WordPress
- Jan 5, 2007
- Maria Langer's helicopter jaunts are too spectacular to be described with mere words; adding video podcasts to her web site would give visitors a taste of the thrill they'd be buying when they signed up for a trip. In this article, Maria takes us on a tour of the software that made it all possible.
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- Publishing Your Web Site
- Nov 20, 2006
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- Starting Your Own Blog: How to Choose the Right Blogging Tool for You
- Sep 9, 2005
- Blogs, blogs, blogs. Seems like they're everywhere these days. But with so many blogging tools out there it can be tough to pick the one you need to get started. Molly Holzschlag helps you out by helping you pick just the right blogging tool for you.
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- Ten Quick Ways to Improve Your Business Blog
- Oct 6, 2006
- Business blogs can be brilliant, bubbly, brash—but many are just boring. You need to separate your blog from the masses of text out there, get readers to notice, and keep them coming back for more. How? Follow Meryl Evans' 10 quick tips.
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- The Making of a Moblog
- Oct 8, 2004
- Delve into the world of moblogging, or "mobile web logging," the art of using a phone or other mobile device to publish content on the Web. Find out what motivates people to post personal photos for the world to see — and learn how to choose a moblog site once you get hooked!
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- Usability Test Plan
- Nov 20, 2006
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- What Do People Think of Your Site Design? Here's How To Find Out.
- Jan 12, 2007
- Usability testing is an essential part of the web design diet. In a nutshell, it's a technique for soliciting feedback on the design of a web site. Usability testing is usually conducted on one participant at a time, and attempts to have participants use the site in as close to a real-world setting as possible. Different people have different approaches to usability testing but two things remain consistent—the documents describing what you'll do during the test (the plan) and what came out of the test (the results report). This chapter describes the test plan—the document you prepare in advance of testing—.
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- Who Am I Writing for, and, Incidentally, Who Am I?
- May 10, 2002
- On the Web the mass audience is crumbling. Jonathan and Lisa Price help you get to know the audience of one.
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- Why Use Architecture in a Dynamic Publishing System?
- Nov 1, 2002
- Does the word "architecture" imply a dreaded, feared task? Benjamin Elmore shows you why it's essential to implement a solid architecture well before the web development process begins.
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- WordPress Basics: Adding Facebook Integration to Your WordPress Site
- Dec 26, 2011
- Let your WordPress readers share your content with their Facebook friends. Follow these quick steps from Jessica Neuman Beck, coauthor of WordPress Visual QuickStart Guide, Second Edition, to give your content new life on the social network everyone is using.
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- Working with Text in Microsoft Expression Web 2
- Oct 28, 2008
- Nolan Hester explains why you should treat your web text like an outline and avoid focusing on formatting.
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- Write Menus that Mean Something
- May 17, 2002
- There are several keys to writing meaningful menus for your website. Jonathan and Lisa Price bring you up to speed with a chapter from their book "Hot Text: Web Writing That Works."
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