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Are you a responsible computer user?

Do you have virus scanning software installed on your computer? Do you regularly update it? Do you run any version of Microsoft Windows? Do you install the needed updates? If not, the bad guys are just...

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Browser Tests Are Necessary

You can never tell who might type your url into their browser. You also don’t know which browser they might be using or which version of that browser they might be using. All browsers may not render...

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Who Is Your Visitor? An Average Profile

According to Smashing Magazine: “You never really know who is going to visit your web-site next. You have no idea which configuration will be used, what browser will be installed, which screen...

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Bad Practices, Spam and Irate Web Designers

Today I received an e-mail touting a new book and website hosting service that I consider not only spam but very poor advice for budding website designers and genealogists. My friend Tina Clarke wrote...

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Web Album Generator

Web Album Generator F*ree Software Someone on the FreePages Mailing List recommended Web Album Generator as free software to make web albums and photo galleries from your digital photographs. Curious,...

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Take a Screenshot and Send By Email

Quite often when I am helping someone with their website, I will ask them to send me a screenshot of what they see on their computer screen. If they happen to have SnagIt or another screen capture...

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Tables: The Next Evolution in CSS Layout

Tables are used extensively by the genealogy community in both the layout of their sites as well as presently data for their viewers. Crafting CSS layouts is tricky. In this article, Kevin Yank...

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Install multiple web designer based apps with one click

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...

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Publish Your Genealogy Database on the Web with Dropbox

I’ve been a reader of Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter for many years now and Dick Eastman’s recent article, Publish Your Genealogy Database on the Web with Dropbox intrigued me as I had just...

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Genealogy Data Entry Techniques

I have been a subscriber of Dick Eastman’s Genealogy Newsletter for many years now. One of his articles in today’s edition really struck a cord with me, Genealogy Data Entry Techniques. The article...

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