This is the part in the series where I talk about what I feel is the most important part of the development cycle, and that’s Stress Management. It’s something that an excited young person is probably the least likely to think about, until you’re overwhelmed. Dealing with your own self, is something that, in my opinion, is sometimes more difficult than any other aspect of creating something new. 

As a web designer myself, a problem I often encounter is creating a good looking background for my web design project. I found the best way to do this was to use a repeated background pattern, however, they can still be very difficult to create. Luckily  I recently discovered a brilliant little website called “BgPatterns“. BgPatterns allows users to create good looking patterns easily and quickly, plus it’s completely free, still, you can leave a donation [...]

We very recently spoke about how you could easily create a widget that allows you to display your latest Tweets. However, Google+ is becoming an expanding platform for promoting your site and content. Therefore, it’s only right that we show you have to create a widget for that aswell… To get started, head over to the Google Developers website, and the exact page needed can be found right here. First you’ll need to select the [...]

Twitter is undeniably quite huge at the moment. As one of the biggest Social Networks on the internet, only competing with the likes of Facebook. However, wouldn’t it be completely wrong for your website to miss out on the fun? Why not embed all your latest tweets into the sidebar (or just about any other area) of your website. We’ve got a handy quite on just how to do so… Get yourself over to the Twitter widget [...]

Quite recently, I started work on a brand new project/website. I can’t explain much at the moment, because it’s in quite early stages. However, this website was going to take quite a while to build, so I stuck up quite a simplistic holding page on the project’s website. This got me thinking about how important a holding page is in terms of a website and how to create an effective holding page. Why are holding [...]

Dust off that old thinking cap and create something fresh and exciting to draw in new clients through online sources. Although consumers have adjusted to a lifestyle that includes mobile devices, social media, email and the dearth of information found online, the saturation of content requires a little creativity to get the most impact on potential customers. Content is still a vital part of educating consumers and gaining attention online, especially when social media is [...]

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So you’ve built this site that you really love and you want to get the word out, you want to get more users to your site, you’ve got a low budget so it’s a bit of a challenge. How can you get cheap effective ways to advertise your site? Lucky for you, this is the right place to come, good decision. Keep reading on.. Step 1.  Utilize social media – Social media is pretty much [...]

We have spoken a bit before about some ideas for services that you can sell locally to make cash! Make websites for local businesses, friends and family: http://www.youngwebbuilder.com/making-money-building-websites-for-local-business Make money as a local computer technician: http://www.youngwebbuilder.com/making-money-local-computer-technician Make money selling SEO to local businesses: http://www.youngwebbuilder.com/make-money-selling-seo-local-business   Start with friends and family then work your way up and promote to some of the places listed below:   Here are some ways in which you can get customers for your service. [...]

  What is WebPlus X5?   WebPlus X5 is the latest WYSIWYG web editor from Serif, it is made as a business tool, but can be used by anyone with little or no knowledge about web design, and features a tutorial for beginners as well, I personally looked up a tutorial on Youtube, and learnt through trial and error. A website can be made with WebPlus without any code at all, and it comes with [...]

1. Sign up for free at www.Quipol.com 2. Write your question when you first login to your account. 3. Next, you may upload an image or video to your poll. Click the Choose file button and select an image from your computer. It should be 350 by 260 pixels for best results. Tip, use a photo editor tool called Gimp. Click here to download. 4. Next is to write the content about the poll that [...]

In this tutorial you’ll be able to create your very first MoonFruit website. It’s a free ready made website with cool designs best suited for personal or business use.   The purpose of MoonFruit is that it is easy to set a site up, however there is not necessarily as much flexibility as moon-fruit sites are created in flash, which Google does not read very well.  So your rankings will suffer because of this. Moonfruit is a great playkit and [...]