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10 Tips For Site Owners Adding Their Own Content

This is just a set of suggestions for web site owners managing their own content. When a site is built a Developer and or Designer create the structure and functionality, but then hand the keys over to the site owner to maintain. As a site owner it becomes your responsibility to add content and maintain the site.     I often see sites go horribly wrong when a client uses a content management system improperly or adds on to a design. Adding content to your site is extremely important, but just make sure you do so properly. Remember the k.i.s.s rule. Keep It Simple, Stupid.

Don’t Forget your Audience

I recently started a project for a jewelry artist. Basically a portfolio site with events, a bio, and a thumbnail gallery.

I knew the majority of her visitors wouldn't be very tech savvy, but I may have still over estimated their abilities. The site has a page with a thumbnail gallery of her work, you click a thumbnail and through jquery the photo enlarges to a full view. Unfortunantly the client came to me and said

Rounded Box with Gradient in CSS

Rounded edges are naturally easier on the eye and give a calm flowing feel. They are in use on so many websites and can be assembled hundreds of ways. This is just one way to create this visual effect.

First things first, you'll need some kind of image editing

Working For Free

Just getting started in any career field can be very difficult. Employers are looking for individuals with experience, Clients want someone who has a firm grasp of the job, so on and so forth. Where does one start? This is the predicament I'm in right now. I'm finishing up my degree in interactive media and am ready to jump head first into designing websites, developing online content, and just getting going in this career field.

Random # Generator AS3

I recently  created a game that needed a random number generator. Searching the internet, I found many ways to create one. Some seemed overly complicated, but I came across this and it seems to work perfectly, at least for the application I used it in. What I was trying to do was create random behavior for the computer AI when fighting the human player. The way this works is I created a movie clip with all the monster's animations for his different behaviors. so from from