I was asked today about the ownership rights of a website.  When you have a website created, how much of it do you actually own?  Not being a lawyer, but a web developer, I’m not an authority on this, but I will at least speak to some of the aspects that go into a modern website and what level of rights to the best of my knowledge you can have to them.
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I think the biggest factor will be web browser bundling and name recognition.  Yahoo & Google are household names.  Bing has a way to go in that area.  Although it has the benefit of being bundled with IE8 and Windows 7.  Safari, Chrome, and Firefox generally default to using Google as their search engines.  Where IE8 defaults to Bing.  Yahoo is only gaining marketshare through browser plugins and widgets and is slowly loosing their crowd.  Here are some interesting stats from a SearchInsider article forwarded from a colleague and friend.

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I presented at the National Association of The Remodeling Industry regional annual meeting on LinkedIn the social networking platform for business professionals. The group is already using the platform and enjoyed learning how they could use it to expand their businesses. Special thanks to my co-presenter, Gary Fedor, of Capstone Training. Below is the slides from the presentation.

Got a call today from a client that was having problems uploading and downloading from a Windows server using Dreamweaver. Some servers and firewalls allow or block different FTP transfer types. If you can see the files on your server, but can’t upload or download try changing the transfer type. This is usually an option in your remote settings in your FTP or HTML editor. The option you want to try changing is “Active” or “Passive” as the transfer type. By changing this option Janet was able to upload her files and I got to be “The Hero of the Day.”

Whether you are designing a web application, a site, or a blog theme the question that will likely come up when you start is what screen resolution should I support? Then how big should I make the page? This question was posed to me yesterday and here is my response.
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Every nation, every endeavor has its beginnings. We often forget the tough work that was done before us to make our world easier. The long hours, the sweat, tears, and sometimes blood that gives us the freedom to blog, to learn, to read, and to create. Innovation comes from both military and civilian sources and we have both to thank for the Internet and web applications. Here are some early web applications and their developers that have changed my world. Which ones have changed yours?
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I spoke yesterday with someone looking to add ecommerce to his website. With so many options in ecommerce applications it is often tough to find the right one. I evaluate carts based on how easy they are to customize, features, price, and community. Here are some of the must have features that often get overlooked by ecommerce developers and business owners alike. Not having them will mean headaches in the future.
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