Spider Tie Website Makeover

This week’s project is spidertie.com. Not a bad site by any means but it definately needed a face lift. A static site prior to the make over with very little to keep the visitor’s attention. According to the stats, 80% left after a view of the home page. The site was moved to a wordpress theme and has increased use of screen real estate and a lot of content above the fold.

WordPress Related Posts Review

WordPress Related Posts by Denis automatically produces a list of related posts, based on the tags used and puts the list at the end of the post. It allows you to limit the number …

Do you need a degree for this?

As a former educator, you would think that the answer to this question is a resounding yes. However, that isn’t the case.

With computer programming, the degree is not nearly as crucial as the quality of the education received. This can not be emphasized enough.

I recently heard someone in the website marketing department of a college say “I don’t care what they learn once they are here. It’s my job to see that they enroll.”. Wow, can you say “used car salesman?” Needless to say, my jaw hit the table and I’ve been thinking about this comment since that day and decided it was time to voice an opinion on the matter.

When it comes to computer programming or networking, the mantra should always be “Quality over Quantity”. By this statement I mean that I would rather have 1 “can do” programmer than 10 “theory trained” scholars.

The ability to apply one’s knowledge to their profession is by far the most important factor in making a competent software developer. In order to apply knowledge, it is first and foremost important to fully understand the technology. The computer can’t read your diploma!

Elegant Red

This has to be one of my all time favorites. In fact, I’ve used it several times in website makeovers. It has a classic layout that uses the screen real estate in a way that isn’t clunky or crowded.

What is a “Web Spider?”

A search engine “web spider” also known as a “web crawler” is code or software program from search engines such as Google that use it to find out whats on the web. The spider looks …