Archive for November, 2007

Discovery – Step 1 in the design process

Friday, November 30th, 2007

There are many steps involved in the process of web design. To give our clients and potential clients a general idea of what to expect when they meet with a web designer, webgarden has laid out the general steps in a series of blog posts.
The first step of the web design  process is “Discovery”
Webgarden starts the [...]

What is a blog?

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

I have heard time and time again, people asking what is a blog? So here is  the official webgarden answer:
A blog is like a web journal where you can write your thoughts and ideas – it can be a particular subject, or just daily life – there are no rules! A typical blog combines text and pictures, [...]

Number 1

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Well, much to my surprise, when I Googled webgarden, we came up number 1! How did I do this you may ask? Well I did a “blog blitz” last week, by sending off several posts to the Think Referrals Business Networking website as well as commenting on other people’s posts. A friend of mine told me [...]

Dreamweaver Bug

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

For the last few days I have been fighting with my dreamweaver because every time I go to modify any php code, the application crashes! So the first few times, I thought it was me – Did I press the wrong button? I restarted the application after it automatically closed and tried again, but still, Dreamweaver keeps crashing. Then [...]

Benefits of multiple domains

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Is there a benefit to buying multiple domains? For instance, let’s say my company name is West Coast Growers and I grow all kinds of tropical plants. Is it beneficial for me to buy “westcoastgrower.com,  “orchid grower.com” , “bonsaigrower.com” ect… Does having multiple domains help Google rankings? Does it increase traffic to my site? Thanks [...]

What your website is about?

Monday, November 5th, 2007

You should be able to look at the homepage of your website and know what it is about in 5 seconds. If you can’t, your website is a failure. Make sure your company name and tag-line are clear and make sense to the reader. Here is a good example of a really bad company name [...]