Every wonder why Charlotte is called the Queen City? I did. Here’s what I found out. Why Charlotte Isn’t the Queen City I used to think that Charlotte was called the Queen City because it is the most populous city in North Carolina and Charlotte isn’t the capital of the state. At least, that’s what [...]
Want to know what an RSS feed is? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. Want more of a plain English definition? Read on! First, the Feed Part A feed is a sort of broadcasting system that lets websites that are frequently updated let the world know that they have new content. It’s sort of a [...]
Website or ‘web site,’ depending on where you are from is not capitalized. However, if you are writing the name of your own website’s url Ex CharlotteWebDevelopment.com you may want to capitalize each word as I have done in order to give the eye a visual break. This is known as using Camel Case. This [...]
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting with a Realtor in Fort Mill, South Carolina who needs a website designed. She’s a fairly new Realtor, her first closing was to be the day after we met, but she understands the value of marketing herself on the internet (sales up 73.4%!)and wanted a bright, friendly [...]
Have you ever wanted a quick answer to your website design questions? You go to Google or some other search engine, type in your query, and you get presented with a list of forum discussions, in-depth articles that may or may not address what you’re looking after. Doesn’t that frustrate you? Me, too. One Sentence [...]
Recently, a friend asked me for some thoughts about his website. The conversation drifted from his original question to a list of things that I thought he should do for his site. Since I like to treat the readers of this site as my friends, here’s the conversation. See how many of them you could [...]
The following is a speech that I gave to my local toastmaster’s club, Queen City Toastmasters last Tuesday. Does My Charlotte Business Need a Website? Introduction Who am I? What do I know? Why should you listen to me? How am I qualified to tell you if your business could use a web site? These [...]