D. A. Shaver Web Design

What Is Drupal?

September 29, 2009 by D. A. Shaver

Drupal is an open source content management system, that allows users to manage the content of their website. Drupal enables a user to edit the content of their website using a browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer. Drupal is an interface between the user and the programming code allowing users to also change the content of their own website. Originally the web was composed individual pages that were each made separately by developers. These pages are called HTML pages. This led to problems because it violates the basic principal of data integrity, which is information should not be listed in more than one place to insure its accuracy and timeliness. Imagine a website with the address at the bottom of each page and as the website grows any changes will have to be made to each page. Think of a very large e-commerce web site with a menu on each page. What happens if one link changes? In a content management system like Drupal these bits of information are stored in a single database called MySQL and retrieved each time a page is requested by the user.   -> Read more

5 Important Things That Should Be Every Web Page

March 9, 2009 by D. A. Shaver

1. Who – Always say who you are. When you hear something the first thing you think of is “who said that?” The most important part of every fact is it source. On your web site readers should know if you are person, organization or company.

The Ten Things You Need To Do To Write Compelling Web Site Content

February 25, 2009 by D. A. Shaver

1. Choose a topic your readers will want to know about
2. Choose a title that describes your topic and what you want to say about it
3. Write a first sentence that summarizes your main points and what you hope to accomplish with your article
4. Stay on topic
5. Break your topic in relevant components
6. Divide the separate parts with bulleted points or small paragraphs with bold sub headings. On-line articles should not contain long passages of unbroken text
7. Explain each part of your overall topic

The Most Important Part Of Your On-Line Presence Is Your Domain Name

February 23, 2009 by D. A. Shaver

One of the most important parts of your business is your domain name. A domain name is how customers find you on the Internet. It might be something like www.youramericanbusiness.com All businesses should have their own domain name. Nothing detracts more from a professional appearance than free hosting without a domain name. Your domain name is your address on the web and should not contain the names of any other vendor or blog provider. A domain name is also used for your email such as
you@youramericanbusiness.com this gives your business a much more professional appearance than you at you@isp.com   -> Read more

Seven Basic Things Necessary To Be On The First Page Of A Google Search

February 12, 2009 by D. A. Shaver

1. Limit the number of keywords per page; 2 or 3 is best. Keywords or key phrases are the words searchers use to find your product.
2. Make the page about these 2 or 3 keywords only. Provide relevant content on your page and your title should describe this content.
3. Have an image and name it with a key phrase.
4. Put a key word or phrase in the title, Meta tag and first paragraph. Remove any words used repeatedly. Your article should be written the way people talk, not to attract search engines.