Musings of an Active mind: Archive

SEO Analysis Tool: Beta Launch →

One of the biggest hurdles we face as website owners is understanding how search engines see our websites. This week, we’re looking to change that with the Beta Launch of our new Online SEO…

Nov 21st

5 Online Wordpress Theme Generators →

As we continue our series on Online Generators, we begin to focus more on sites that can provide more than just single components of a site. Today’s entry touches on an area that interests most of…

Aug 5th

6 Online Web 2.0 Button Generators →

This is another post in a series to help you identify useful online web tools to make your site look it’s best. These online button generators allow you to create click-able buttons (not web…

Aug 1st

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Jul 28th

10 Online Background Pattern Generators →

With many web design projects, it is seemingly the items with the most subtle results that can require the most effort. This is certainly true with backgrounds. You have probably seen some cool…

Jul 17th

5 Ways to Make Your Blog Content Better, Cooler... →

When you visit a blog, what do you look for? Good design, great photos? How about content? Without great content it’s pretty hard to get your readers to make return visits to your blog, even if you…

Jun 23rd

What is a Wordpress Child Theme? →

One of the more complex issues with Wordpress occurs when you need to customize the look and the feel. This is complex because, in the past, a blog owner needed to understand some of the PHP code…

May 27th

5 Reasons to Start a Blog →

I am often asked by friends and business associates, “Should I start a blog?”. The first thing you need to answer this question is a reason to have a blog. If you have never blogged before, the…

Apr 21st

Hidden Gallery Shortcode for WordPress →

Well, ok … it’s not a hidden tag, but it is a feature many of us aren’t aware of in WordPress. I have seen many people on Twitter asking for a good Gallery plug-in for WordPress. Our choice for a…

Apr 6th

Google to Launch Interest-based Advertising →

The web service Google Adsense will soon begin offering “interest-based advertising”. This addition “will allow advertisers to show ads based on a user’s previous interactions with them, such as…

Mar 13th

Web Services and Tools for Website Designers →

A good designer is only as good as his/her web tools. Between website design projects, I get a chance to wander the web and I have found some very helpful web services and tools that go into a…

Mar 5th

55 Tips for Search Engine Optimization →

I am always looking for lists to help with my online website design and search engine optimization business. Recently, my friend Herb over at “What’s This Web Thing“, posted this list of 55 SEO…

Feb 25th

CSS Frameworks: First Looks →

CSS can be the most frustrating part of website development. This is solely due to the the inconsistencies and lack of implemented standards on the part of Microsoft for their Internet Explorer…

Feb 12th

Why Validate Your Website →

Have you ever visited a website and noticed the compliance or validation badge? The badge usually says something like “HTML Valid“, “CSS Valid” or has the HTML or CSS word in it with a big check…

Feb 4th

7 Reasons to Have a Personal Website →

Having a website has become a necessity in today’s world. With many hosting companies offering all the required website resources in one place, there is little reason not to have a place of your own…

Jan 27th

Premium Website Picks: January ‘09 →

In my web travels (and twitter sessions) this week, I came across several sites that made me think, “Hey, that would make a great post” or “That’s is really good info”. So I thought I would pass…

Jan 19th

Using Forms in Wordpress →

Recently, I had some difficulty implementing forms into my blog here. So I set out on a mission to locate an easy to use plug-in to get forms into my blog. The result exceeded my expectations by a…

Jan 19th

Help Us Build a Social Network →

Last month, we posted a quick post on the opening of a brand new social network for website owners. This new social network, named “What’s This Web Thing” (WTWT) is quickly gaining acceptance…

Jan 13th

Browser Statistics for 2008 →

The browser statistic numbers from W3 Schools are in for 2008, and there are probably not a lot of surprises for developers. As of the end of 2008, Internet Explorer still holds the lead with…

Jan 10th

Presenting your Blog on an iPhone →

The computer screen no longer holds the exclusive position for viewing web content. In recent years, more and more people are viewing your content on mobile devices. The iPhone has gained much…

Jan 7th

Using Self Hosted Wordpress at Home →

I recently had a project that required an extensive amount of customization to a WordPress Theme. The following article describes how I setup a WordPress blog on my home computer to work through…

Jan 7th

Using PDF files - Pros and Cons →

I have been working on a project recently where the customer has requested the use of PDF files in the content. This actually happens frequently, especially when the customer is not that web savvy….

Jan 6th

Creating Your own Wordpress Plug-in and Widget →

Until now, whenever I needed to have something displayed on the sidebar of my WordPress blog, I simply input my HTML code into a Text Widget and added it to the sidebar. This worked fine until I…

Dec 28th

Social Community for Small Business Website Owners →

For those of us running an online business, we occasionally run into problems or issues where we don’t know the answer. It’s at times like this that we email or call that friend that we feel may…

Dec 12th

What’s in a Theme →

We have a new look! The theme of this site is certainly not the first. And it may not be the last. But we feel that the current theme best reflects our message and provides it in a very nice…

Dec 4th

Medical Tourism Association Launches Online... →

The Medical Tourism Association (MTA) recently launched an online version of their magazine. The MTA is the first international non-profit association. Their membership is made up of top…

Dec 1st

Medical Tourism feeling Pains from Asian Turmoil →

It has been a very weird and hectic two weeks here in Bangkok. It is the first time an Anti-Government group has gone so far as to shut down 2 International airports. The activists, the PAD, are…

Nov 30th

Insurance Companies to offer Medical Tourism... →

With 1.5 million people expecting to travel overseas for medical treatment, Insurance companies are evaluating their position for covering international medical treatments. Wellpoint has…

Nov 17th

Have iPhone, will Blog →

There are some very nice, professional applications coming out for the iPhone these days. It seems that most major players are looking to port their application to the iPhone platform. The folks…

Nov 16th

Thailand: Claim Medical Tourists number dropping →

A recent article in Farang Pai Nai, an online news portal for Thailand, has indicated that the countries largest Medical and Health care Tourist facility is suffering from a drop in visitors. …

Nov 15th

Philippine City launches Medical Tourism Campaign →

There is quite a stir lately in the Philippines as many of the countries major cities are launching medical tourism campaigns. The latest entry is Makati City, Manila’s premier financial district….

Nov 15th

Medical Tourism could Help US Economy | Wellness &... →

With the election of Obama, the US is very conscious that fixing their health care system is of utmost priority. This article considers how outsourcing medical treatment overseas and supporting medical tourism could help the economy.

Nov 8th

Medical Tourism could Help US Economy →

I think it was Benjamin Franklin that wrote, “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes”. Well for most Americans, expensive health care could be added to that list as well. It is a well…

Nov 8th

Wordpress: Sticky Posts →

Recently, someone posted a question on one of the forums asking if there was a way to make a particular blog post sticky, or always the first post displayed on the home page of the blog. I know of…

Nov 8th

10 Steps for Planning your Medical Holiday →

If you are planning medical travel, the following are 10 points that we hope will help you in planning your trip. 1. Check the foreign hospital’s credibility by examining if they have an…

Nov 3rd

Wordpress Security: Google to launch new tool →

Earlier this month, Google announced that they will be expanding the features of the Webmaster Tools portal to include notifications for sites using CMS (content management systems). One of the…

Oct 30th

Does Your SEO Work? →

Many of us have come to appreciate the fact that link building, to create inbound links to our web sites, is an effective way to increase our web sites popularity on the Search Engines. Not only do…

Oct 22nd

5 Tips for Writing your Website for the World →

In my travels on the Internet, I am often amazed, and annoyed, and how people still write content for their websites as if the Internet only extended to the borders of their own country. I have…

Oct 19th

Web Tools: Online Web University →

We have just put the finishing touches on the first version of our Online Web University. It is difficult to locate a single source for tools to help make your web site more profitable. So we…

Oct 17th

Financial crisis? Work from home. →

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Oct 9th

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Oct 6th

What's This Web Thing | Creating an Awesome Home... →

Oct 4th

WordPress Security: Keeping your Blog Secure →

A friend of mine recently sent me a post about a recent WordPress attack on those who host their own blogs. Fortunately, my blog came up clean on the blog cache scanner link pointed out…

Oct 3rd