I have always wanted to be a professional website designer, but I have not had the time to learn how to code a website.  Honestly, I don’t even know how to do any type of programming,   In fact, I don’t really want to know.

Part of my problem is that computers and I don’t really get along.  In fact, it seems that whenever I touch a computer, it breaks.

That aside, I wanted to be able to put a site on the big world wide web.  I have some homemade chain mail armor that I have made and I want to sell it.

I did a search for quick and easy web design software and found one that would meet my needs.  It was even able to create a JavaScript menu (whatever that is).  So, I am going to attempt to make a site - but I bet it will look like it is done by a professional.

I have been a little frustrated lately.  You see, I spent a whole lot of money on a specialized script that I was going to use to create websites.  Now, that really isn’t the problem - you see I forgot to leave money for hosting.

Now, I would hope that I am the only person that has ever done this, but I would guess that I am not.  Not only do I feel dumb, but I just don’t know how I overlooked it.  I mean, you wouldn’t open a shop, buy all the inventory, but forget to lease a storefront, would you?

Well, so I am in a bit of a pickle now.  I have been looking for a company that offers free MYSQL hosting, but I haven’t had a whole lot of luck.  But I know that there must be one out there - I will just have to keep looking.

Man… I should have planned things out better…

I always wondered about sites that didn’t have htm or html file extensions. I would see pages ending in aspx and wonder what in the world it meant and what the difference was between that and html. Then I started seeing PHP pages and had the same question.

It took one of my online friends to explain why someone would use aspx or PHP. Well, he didn’t actually explain everything there is to know about them. My eyes would have glazed over 30 seconds into a technical description. But he was able to give me enough points of references so I could “get” it.

He said one of his clients wanted to use a particular script on her site and he recommended a windows environment for it. As a result she switched to asp.net web hosting.

As for php, I love the versatility and flexibility it provides on my blog. You’ve got to love the brilliance of programmers. God bless them!

One of my favorite things with the way that the world has become is that you can be more mobile, yet stay connected.  Sure, you can use a notebook computer to accomplish this, but honestly, even using my notebook doesn’t seem to be that convenient.

I would have to say that I am thankful that someone felt the same way when they made it so that cell phones could surf the Internet as well.  In fact, I love to surf mobile sites whenever I get the chance.

Sure, a mobile website is not as complete as the real thing, but honestly, it saves me from getting distracted.  I can just get what I need to get done, and get on with my life.

Also, I just can’t complain at all - it gives me something to do on the long bus ride to work.  I love living a mobile life.

When setting up my first couple of web stores, I didn’t try to make it perfect, but I did make the effort to work properly.  That was a number of years ago, and people were more happy that the storefront software worked properly, rather than the looks.

But now, the site design and template are important.  I make sure that each of my shopping cart websites have their own distinct look that is related to their niche.  This way, when my customers visit my sites, they take their time and appreciate their time there.

I was able to find a product that simplified the entire process for me starting a new web store.  We now use an asp net shopping cart based system that not only accepts money on our part, but it automatically does inventory control and all of our accounting.

In some respects, it is almost like the store does the work for me so that I can enjoy life more.

After using static websites for many years, I decided that it was time to create a website that was dynamic in nature.  I also was getting tired of all the coding that was required to update my static website and I thought by using a content management system, things would be a lot easier.

Almost a year later, I think I’ve made the right choice.  Sure, they’re been a few bumps along the way, but it is like that with almost any business.  I’m even comfortable enough with it now that I’m going to try to create my own theme and make my own spin on the website script that I love.

Some of you may think that WordPress is not the right choice, but I’ve tried other content management systems over the past year such as Joomla and Drupal, but I found them to be a lot harder to use than WordPress.  I will continue to use this script until my needs change and I continue to recommend it to my clients.

It has always amazed me the clothing that comes from the fashion industry in New York.  I’ll be the first to say that I’m not a fashion expert, but I do appreciate the creativity and unique designs that come from that city.

When it came down to me doing a site redesign of my website, I thought New York would be the perfect place to find a web design team.  Looking online for "web design New York", I found that there were a few web design firms in New York.

I took a look at many different portfolios and chose the company that would best represent the vision I had for my website.  We have submitted some preliminary sketches of what we are interested in and am looking forward to seeing the finished results.  I just hope that they will have the same creativity and spark that is shown by the fashion designers in New York.

It seems that no matter where you turn, we are always bombarded with learning products.  Whether it is through an infomercial, or through email, there seems to be a never ending stream of info products that someone wants to sell us.

Thankfully these paid products also have free counterparts.  Think of these relationships to be much like a library and a book store.  Though they both supply the same information, but one you have to pay, one you don’t.

I came across one of those free learning resources today online.  I found a free SEO education forum when I was searching on my favorite world wide website directory.  You see, I was looking for a site that had some good recommendations for where I could register domain names at a great price - and a thread at the forum came up as the first search result.

A couple of hours later, I realized that I had been reading post after post of good information and I was soaking it up as a sponge.  The best part was it was free - and I was even able to ask specific questions related to what I wanted to know.  In the future, I will be looking to forums for my answers first before I buy any informational product - chances are I will be able to find what I am looking for on a forum anyway.

I was at my cousin’s house one day, as he was participating in a mobile forum. It was the first I had ever heard of forums and I became very interested in them. I made it my mission to find one on gaming.

After a bit of searching, I found a gaming forum and I was surprised at the things that I was learning and the conversations I was able to participate in. I am a pretty big gamer, and besides the computer, I own about six different gaming systems. It sounds lame and I don’t spend all day every day playing games, but it is a part of my life.

Someone suggested a gadget India website in one of the forum posts and I learned that it was a way to acquire games at a dirt cheap prices. With the recommendation from the forum, I placed an order - if the game works properly, I can see myself ordering many more.

I don’t want to claim to be an expert at website marketing, but I do okay.  I have some experience in the field and use that to my advantage when setting up or promoting a new site.  But, inevitably, you always run into something that you just don’t know the answer, and then you talk to your website advisor for good advice.

You see, I met my advisor some years ago when I was having some problems figuring out keyword research and we hired an SEO services firm to help us out.  He has been a valuable addition to my team and has helped my sites get better traffic and better rankings.  It is his expertise that I depend upon when I am stumped.

Recently, I used his advice as to what the best article sites were on the Internet that I should be submitting my articles to.  He suggested a couple that from his experience were the best - and I am sure they are. 

I am just lucky to have an expert to help me out when I need it - if I didn’t, sometimes I wonder what I would do.