Learning Basics of HTML

When you first start to do things on the internet you are quite happy to follow existing programs getting the feel of how it all operates and learning how to find your way around. Then comes the time when you want to start branching out a little on your own, doing things for yourself. This is the time when you need to learn some basics, like learning the ABC of the internet, learning some Basics of  HTML.

Some people are put of by this notion of learning something new thinking its really difficult, however HTML really isn’t that hard. Remember when you first  stared to do sums at school? well once you understood how it all worked it was all easy. HTML is pretty simple.

Basics of HTML

HTML stand for Hyper Text Markup Language. The language is easy, its plain english.The words we use everyday. To get these words to be visible in a browser we need to give the browser instructions to read them. The instructions are the HTML,  this is what the browser looks for to display correctly what you have written.

HTML Tags

Instructions come in the form of a series of  tags <tag>. Each tag gives an instruction. Each tag is a keyword surrounded by brackets <tag>. Its very much like the training soldiers receive to stand to attention and then to be at ease. You give the command, then you close or finish the command. So we have an opening <tag> and a closing </tag>. The / tells us its the closing tag instruction.
 
Just learning a few basic tag functions will help you with some very basics tasks online like inserting the html code for a banner for example. I remember myself the frustration I had when trying to do this when I first ventured out online without first learning some Basic HTML. Had I first learnt some of the basics I wouldn’t have wasted an hour or two in frustration.

Ycademy Basic HTML

Having a handy reference that you can refer to at anytime, like the ‘Ycademy Basic HTML’ is so useful, and you can return to it time and time again till you are more proficient in what you do. Printing out a copy and keeping it handy I personally found was easier. I was educated in the era when printed matter was all there was so old habits die hard.

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WP Best  NewsPaper Theme

Choosing a new theme  to use for a website is not a decision to be taken lightly. There are a few issues to consider carefully and it all really depends on the main purpose of the website. Once the purpose is agreed upon then choosing the correct theme is a more simplified process. One of the best themes around that I know  of  is the WP Best Newspaper Theme  – a theme that can be applied to most any purpose as it is so adaptable and can be used as a basic platform for most anything.

The WP Best Newspaper  Theme based on the Semiomantics NewsCast Script is an all time favourite with many online publishers. The Best WP Newspaper Theme is one of many themes developed and tuned by Semiomantics. The theme utilises an attractive layout, magazine or news, that introduces both text and graphics and is suitable for countless online applications such as gardening news, car sales, real estate, holidays just to name a few.

Best WP NewsPaper Features

Here are just a few of the features that make this newspaper theme administratively friendly: 

* Easy to admin area – navigate through various sections with ease
* Media Gallery for both images/photos and video
* Auto image resizer – easily display photos and images
* Easy to use category navigation
* Countless Widgets increasing flexibility of layout and composition.
* Banner Ad Management area
* Small Ad Management area
* Ideal for product integration
* Easily adapted for Social Network Marketing

As with any other newspaper, the ad management areas can be used to sell advertising space to clients or as an advertising space for personal products or affiliate marketing.

The Newspaper theme is also  very much a firm favourite with many marketers who use it as a platform  to display products with both images and detailed product information creating a very eye catching display. You can take any plain site and turn it into an attractive  feature-rich portal. With its ease of customisation its a quick and easy way to have a professional looking site.

Best WP NewsPaper by Semiomantics

Not everyone has the time  to take out from their busy schedule or  business to learn how to set up a site nor how to configure it to reach the highest performance levels on search engines  as is needed to successfully market products online. At Small Busines Consulting  we take the time to listen to your specific business requirements to provide you with the best possible solution.

Best WP Newspaper Theme Performance

WP Best Newspaper Theme is a finely tuned Semiomatics script with unequaled high performance on Google Top 10 ranking and stability. The Best WP Newspaper Theme by Semiomantics is only available at selected eShops online  – it comes, set up, configured, fully optimised and delivered to you upon completion of your order, ready to use.  All work on the site is carried out by a licenced Semiomantics Consultant to provide you with complete customer satisfaction.

Working From Home News adapted as a Home Business Online Newspaper with the latest home business news.  

Gardentalk News adapted as an online Home Garden news and tips newspaper and product advertising.

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International Women’s Day 2010

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2010 on March 8th.

To all Women around the world:

Happy Women’s Day!

Raising a glass to all the women out there, whoever you are, wherever you are…..where would the world be without us?

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Microsoft Office 2010 Powerpoint

Following upon yesterday’s Ycademy daily training call in which we ran through some of the added features in the new edition of Microsoft Office 2010 Powerpoint, all particiants found that the new 2010Powerpoint is so much easier to use, especially those who still remember the 2003 edition. That edition was certainly a bit of a challenge. There will be more Ycademy trainings following up on this subject.

Powerpoint Slides

Here is an example of a slide created with just a few clicks during the session, with an added Photoshop Page curl just for fun!
Each slide can be manipulated and adjusted according to ones preferences.

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Logo Design Study for Zo Nicholas

Here below some images from a first logo design session with Zo Nicholas; the purpose is to create a logo which can be applied online as well as on printed matters. The following images represent the first 20 output shots. More to come.

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Branding your Printed Matters

Using Microsoft Office, it is a relatively easy task to brand your printed matters. The most recent Ycademy Seminar dealt with the various features provided by Office 2010 and this weeks calls will apply the branding concepts further.

Business Card Design

Starting from a template in Microsoft Publisher 2010, we can adapt the templates to the style and design of our websites.

Here some examples from last night’s workshop:

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Business Card Design

businesscardu

Business Card Design by Ute Schaedler

businesscardfelisa

Business Card Design by Felisa Ryan

businesscardh

Business Card Design by Hanno Coetzee

businesscardzo

Business Card Design by Zo Nicholas

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Photoshop Action Script fun

One never seems to get tired of playing around with these Photoshop Action Scripts. There are so many different permutations. Of course you can stick with the bare basics but once you get the taste of having pure unadultared fun…….you  just don’t want to stop. It’s pure FUN and its easy!!!

Photoshop Polaroid 

A nice little Polaroid Action script to have a little fun with. Of course I played around a bit with the script just have some fun.

Photoshop Tutorials

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Unique Personalised Gifts

Its never easy trying to find a special gift for a loved one. Shops are full of so many choices to be made,  and yet finding a truly unique personalised gift takes time to find, especially if you want to be a little different from the norm.

Personalised gift idea

Giving a gift that comes  truly just from you makes a gift really special. Remember when your  child or friend gave you that first picture or gift created especially for you, you remember that forever. Here in our Small Business Shop we have some very unique gift ideas, custom made for that someone very special in your life.

Personalised DVD or CD Covers

Most of us these days have a digital camera, or use our mobile to capture those special moments in our lives, of family, friends and get-togethers. We often end up collecting and storeing these captured moments and so often that is the end of that. Why not use these photos to create a special gift for that special occassion?

Collect and assemble some of those special photos on a CVD or DVD and we will create a unique personalised cover for you to give as gift to that special person in your life.

Just tell us what you would like to see on the cover and we will send you the printer ready cover to print and use. A very special gift that will be treasured forever.

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New Style New Look

After much deliberation I have decided to do a complete web design makeover, changing the style and layout on my site zonicholas.com to a much simpler and cleaner look. The Semiomantics XO is extremely flexible and adapts very well to different style and layout changes.

There are still a few minor changes to complete over the next day or so.

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Branding your Business online

The next step to Branding your Business online after purchasing and registering your domain is purchasing a hosting package to suit your business needs. Hosting is the step between your business and publishing it to the worldwide web. Offline a business takes its marketing materials to a publisher to be published and then distributed, online its to a hosting provider where your marketing material is made public online.

Hosting

There are any companies online that offer hosting packages, with varying features and prices. Most anyone can afford to buy basic hosting pack as prices have fallen over the past few years. However, one should not only be dictated by the price alone but also by the services that the hosting company provides.

Best Affordable Hosting

Identifying your business needs goes a long way to selecting the hosting package that will suit your budget and your specifications. At Small Business Consulting  we can help you assess your hosting needs and suggest  the best possible solution, however simple or complex it may be. If you are an internet marketer your needs will go way beyond a simple fun site that often you can get for free.

Hosting Features

Here are some hosting features in order of priority that I consider to be of paramount importance when considering and selecting a web hosting provider.  As a user of various hosting companies I realise these to be important:  

Customer Support

I remember when I first started how important this service was:  good, reliable customer support, providing technical assistance  and solutions as and when needed. Even today when something goes amiss it is important to have assistance from customer support.

Backups

It is important to know that the hosting provider can provide backup and has a regular backup routine in place. This however should not stop you from setting up your own backup and maintenance routine.

Web Space

Your account will require a certain amount of web space, and as you grow you need reassurance that you can also expand according to your needs.

Reliability and Access

No hosting company can really guarantee 100% uptime, those really unforeseen downtime’s do happen as well occasional short downtime for major maintenance. A good hosting company will deal with emergencies immediately and there should be very little disruption to the running of your online business. Speedy access to a website is also an important feature to considered in order that visitors are not lost by slow working websites.

At ChiHosters we provide an excellent service with hosting plans starting at:

* No Limit Shared Hosting: U$35 per year.

*Semiomantics Pro Hosting for Advanced Semiomantics Publishing: U$ 29.95 per month

* Hosting Reseller Plan (WHM): U$99.99 per month

* VSM 20GB Allocated Virtual Managed Server: U$150.00 per month
Sell WHM Reseller Packs

•Increased configuration and flexibility
•Increased uptime and security
•Full Root access
•100% Management and Monitoring – This means we worry about your server, and you worry about your sales!
•The ability to sell reseller accounts
•Based on a Dual AMD Opteron 275, 8GB ram and 20GB HD space dedicated to you.

Other options are also available on demand. Discussing your specific needs with a Consultant or hosting providing can result in a unique and satisfactory hosting solution designed especially for you.

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Photoshop Action Scripts fun

Part of the learning experience when learning a new skill is the playing, having fun and testing out possiblilities. Its all part of the creative process that we often miss out on when working at a daily job. When learning about  Photoshop there’s a lot of fun to be had testing out the Photoshop Action Scripts.

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Once you have mastered a few basics, then its more fun to be able to see some final products. Here are a few examples of some very easy to use Action Scripts that produce good looking results with a few simple clicks.

Angel Glass Action Script

Very easy to use Angel Glass to produce some great looking pictures.

Membership Card

Another Action Script that creates a professional looking membership card.

Babyshop CD

A fun way to wrap up and sell products online. Very easy to use with a few simple mouse clicks and just adding your own text and colours etc.

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Small Business Shop

The Small Business Shop is a new WP Best eShop and will be offering tried and tested products and Web Services suitable for anyone running a small business online. The site is still very much in its infacy however there is much construction work going on in the background and the final result will be available soon.

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Small Business Shop Products

Products on offer will include:

* Personal blogs that are fully personalized and search engine optimised which include web graphics of your choice to build your authority online. Don’t forget, children love to blog too, we don’t leave them out here. Kids blogs too just for fun.

* Newscast Theme – build your own newspaper and publish your articles to the web, marketing your products, allowing your customers to easily access your product information.

* Photo Gallery – for your designs or displaying photos of family, friends and colleagues. Create your own unique gallery! We leave it to your imagination.

* Business Blog – have a business? Let the world know about it. Includes a contact form to keep your audience informed. Social networking module can be included upon request.

* City or Town Theme -  WP Best City or Town Theme bringing your town and activity to the internet. How about adding a Classified Ads Module as an added  income stream to boost your ROI.

E-Commerce eShop

* e-Shop – A WP Best eShop displaying YOUR products with a fully functional shopping cart, a ‘buy now’ button option that is easy to use, providing a great online user experience.

Website Traffic.

Need more traffic? Then you need automation.

* Targeted Ads delivery – speedily delivered to your targeted audience.

* Highly Targeted Keyword Traffic  – for keyword domination, blasting your way to the top.

Web Graphics

* Logo & Banner design – unique and  captivating to improve brand awareness, created especially for you.

Website Services

* Domains – domain research and domain name registrations, registered in your totally in your name.

* Hosting Services – complete hosting packages at affordable prices. The best hosting solutions to suit your business needs.

* Maintenance Services and Support – leave the problems to us. Full monthly plans at affordable prices.

More products will be added soon, as and when they are available.

Our International team of web developers, web designers and graphic artists will create a unique and captivating website to promote you or your business online.

For more information feel free to contact me here to discuss your needs.

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Small business online

Today any business that ignores the potential of marketing online is missing out on the enormous pool of potential customers and profit that the internet has to offer. The internet has opened up a global playing field for any business to take advantage of it and be an active player.

Developing an Online Presence

Developing an Online Presence can be a relatively simple affair if you know which steps to take first, otherwise it can result in being a total nightmare when searching for the right solution for your business. You can get totally lost in the minefield of information that there is. Discussing your business needs with a Small Business Consultant can save you both a lot of time and money in the long run.

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Building a Small Business Online

As with operating any other business, starting a small business online is a matter of developing good practices, building confidence and relationships with customers and offering products and services at a fair price.

Small Business Marketing plan

In order to market your product/s online you must have a marketing plan in place, a roadmap that drives to your ultimate goal. Drawing up such a plan is not to be a rushed process, it is worth taking the time and doing some research in order to achieve the desired result. Here are some basic questions that need to be considered when creating your marketing plan:

* Do you have the right product to attract potential customers?
* Is your product/s priced competitively?
* Which customers are you targeting? where is your target market?
* Which effective marketing techniques will you employ to reach your target?

By really spending time researching, testing, tracking and evaluating strategies, your plan will generate not only high volumes of traffic but interest, brand recognition, customers and sales that boost your business profits. Marketing plans also need to undergo periodic reviews; markets change, trends change, all of these to be considered when you evaluate the success your  plan.  

Small Business Marketing Budget

One of the first essential steps for any business, on or offline,  is to decide upon and allocate a marketing budget, both yearly and the monthly that includes the running cost.  Without advertising your business it is more likely not to succeed these days due to the enormous aggressive competition that there is around.  Marketing your small business does cost money if you wish to succeeed!  One of the main advantages of marketing  your business online is that you do have low start up costs however as your business develops online you may need to expand and also take into consideration new marketing techniques that could further generate business growth.

A marketing budget has to based on a solid business plan. The budget must be realistic; even if you go so far as to learn how to do it yourself there is still a cost. Not everyone has the time nor the patience to go through the learning curve that is required to run a profitable small business online.

If you are busy running a business time is always at a premium. Working together with a  qualified online business developer or consultant, discussing and brainstorning ideas means that he/she will find the best solution for your particular business needs and time and money is not wasted. Spending money on the right solution is an investment towards your business’s future.

IT Consulting 

At Small Business Consulting we are part of a small international team of highly trained web developers, designers, project managers and consultants who will work with you on a one to one basis, discussing your plan and the best possible solution in order to assure long term customer satisfaction and performance.

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Windows 7 :  God Mode Tip

I really like my new Windows 7, its such an improvement on Windows Vista. Today a friend passed on a super tip that I would like to share. Ever heard of GodMode?

GodMode is a cool feature that allows you to see all the computer settings in one place, no more scrolling around to find what you need.

How to enable GodMode on Windows 7

To enable GodMode on Windows 7 (was also available on vista) create a new folder on your desktop and name it:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Magically you will see this icon appear.

GodMode

 Right click and open and you will see a wholelist of 276 items appear, a whole array of computer settings all in one place. Cool eh?

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HAPPY NEW MMX !

” Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” Oprah Winfrey………..and maybe this year …..WE WILL!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wishing everyone, Peace, Happiness and Prosperity!
With Joy and LAUGHTER throughout the year,

Zo Nicholas

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