There’s a problem with how a lot of writers approach writing online; they focus on words.

This is a problem because modern web design is based on the idea that text is complimented by images. In fact, most […]

A recently launched WordPress plugin has presented me with an opportunity to mount a soapbox and recommend better work habits.

I was just reading about a plugin that removed distractions while writing in […]

It’s a familiar story: you’ve launched your first self-hosted WordPress site. You got the domain, set up a hosting account, installed WordPress, and set up your site. Everything looks great.

But then the […]

A “black box” is a technical term that is used to describe devices, systems, or objects where you can observe the input and output but don’t really know what is going on behind the scenes.

Websites are a […]

In the olden days many author websites were set up as blogs first, with a few pages tacked on almost as an afterthought. Web design was easy in that era; you put a column of blog posts on the left, and a sidebar […]

Along with security and page size, a site’s speed is one of the most important keys to its success. If you can get your site to load in less time you will make visitors happy, and more likely to do business with […]

Speed is the bane of every website owner. Visitors are quick to leave a slow-loading site, Google will drop a site’s position in its search results, and frankly time is money, as the saying goes.

That is why […]

If there is one thing I have learned in my years of building websites, it’s that laying out a website’s homepage is the single most difficult part of designing a site. It doesn’t matter whether the site is new o […]

Many people get their start with a free hosting service like Blogger or WordPress.com. If your needs are simple, it’s hard to argue with the price.

Blogger is free, and WordPress.com starts at free and has […]

The design of your website can be either as generic as the school uniform issued to kids, or as personal as the tailored outfit you put on this morning.

The one thing it does not have to be is ridiculously […]

I have a hard-earned lesson on working with hosting companies and the websites they support. Would you like to hear it?

Webhosts come in all shapes and sizes. They’re good or bad, expensive or cheap, capable […]

I was browsing through my blog’s archives this morning when I came across an old post from 2014 on embedding ebooks in a web page.  I was surprised to discover that I haven’t touched on this topic in the past six […]

Did you know that all business websites have something in common with persuasive arguments?

It doesn’t matter whether the sites are corporate, freelancer, or for a partnership, they all share a goal with […]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an editor in possession of a contract must be in want of a website. They need a home on the web to call their own, one safe from the fickle whims of Twitter’s […]

With the pandemic having shut down most in-person events, we’re all looking for ways to connect with other writers online. One way you can do that is to participate in a Twitter chat.

A Twitter chat is a weekly […]

One of the benefits of being a NAIWE member is that you get a free website. It comes with a blog, plus as many pages as you care to add. The member site is almost good enough to be a starter site for a freelancer, […]

My server getting hacked a couple months ago made me deeply appreciative of regularly scheduled backups (sometimes the best solution to a situation is to delete whatever is causing the problem and do a clean […]