Fail Gracefully: Customizing Your 404 Not Found Page

On May 7, 2012, in Education, Pro Tips, by bcash

Browsing the web can be a lonely experience and thoughtful gestures such as a custom error page will help build goodwill and retain credibility among your visitors.

 

Grandpa always said, “Check your links!”

On April 25, 2012, in Education, Pro Tips, Writing for the Web, by bcash

Learn about the 404 error page, causes and basic solutions. Better yet, learn how to prevent the dreaded 404.

 

On The Same Page: Shared Status Boards with Google Apps

On February 7, 2011, in Education, Effective Email, General, Pro Tips, by bcash

Google Apps is useful for all kinds of standard office activities… reports, tracking, analysis, etc. Now, using the cloud computing model, co-authoring, and sharing are fundamentally new experiences within the typical office environment, enabling completely new methods of dynamic workflow.  Available to any user using Google Apps. One simple team coordination technique we have found [...]

Add Some “Seasoning” to Your Website

On October 20, 2010, in Center Stage, Pro Tips, Wordpress, by bcash

It’s 80 degrees outside and marketing pros are busy planning for the holidays. If you are a consumer retailer, the holiday season can account for more than 50% of revenue for the year. Other business can also benefit from “seasoning” their marketing programs.

 

Handbrake and Youtube

On September 2, 2010, in Pro Tips, by Dustin Davisson

We ran into some trouble recently converting a dvd to mp4 video for Youtube.com use. Using the default settings in handbrake for an mp4 uses the h.264 encoder, and names the files as m4v’s.  Once uploaded, Youtube failed to convert. Dustin since messed around with Handbrake and found the proper settings for ease of use, [...]

 

Copy, Paste Secrets Revealed

On January 14, 2010, in Pro Tips, by Dustin Davisson

Sometimes cut and paste just doesn’t cut it.

Every once in a while we get a call from a client that wants to put a spreadsheet or a formatted Word document straight into their web site. Of course, one first turns to copy and paste to make that happen.

Should be straightforward? Of course.

But… unfortunately, that’s not the full story. Sometimes, cutting and pasting Excel spreadsheets or Word documents into CenterStage, Wordpress, or other web-based software can produce unpredictable results.

 

Improve "Newsworthiness" with Segments: A Quick Zombie Analysis

On December 18, 2009, in Education, Effective Email, Pro Tips, by bcash

Learn why the more targeted (or more finely segmented) the audience, the easier it is to create a newsworthy message.

 

Pro Tip: How to Identify a Typeface

On October 15, 2009, in Pro Tips, by bcash

Ever come back a year later and need to change something in a strange font you used on an advertisement, poster, or button on your website? Here’s how you find the typeface.

 

Find the Location (URL) of a Web Image

On October 14, 2009, in Pro Tips, by auz1111

These techniques will help you find any image location (URL) in most cases. Sometimes developers are tricky and can hide these things so put on your sleuth hat and get your magnifying glass!

 

Auto-Save in-progress forms with Firefox

On October 6, 2009, in Pro Tips, by bcash

“Where has this been all my life?”, you ask.

It is hard enough to write without having to worry about losing it.

Lazarus is a Plugin for Firefox that securely auto-saves all forms as you type, so after a crash, server timeout, or whatever, you can go back to the form, right click, “recover form”, and breathe a sigh of relief.

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