Relative Links vs. Absolute Links When working with website and creating web pages, there are two ways to reference an item - an item being a link, image or maybe something like a video file. Those two ways are either with a relative link or absolute link. The simplest way to explain what each kind […]
Use PDFs Instead of Word Docs When posting files for people to download on your website, think primarily about your website visitors. That's the key. Think about these things: Do they have Microsoft Word installed? Which version of Word do they have installed? Do they have the latest versions of Word installed (think ".docx" documents)? […]
Hello! Thanks for choosing Webstix for your website project! It's Tony from Webstix and I wanted to welcome you and give you some information about your project. You may have a few questions about what is going to happen next, so we've created this page to help guide you through our process and let you […]
Build Your Email Contact List! One of the best ways to build your business is to build an email list of your clients. If you're not doing this yet, you need to right away. When you have a list of customers that want to get information from you sent to their inbox, that's gold! One […]
FTP Access We're happy to start working on a project with you. We will need FTP access to your website (what is FTP access?) in order to grab files, post new files or do whatever else is necessary. Here is what we need: FTP host name FTP username FTP password webroot path (optional - we […]
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) for Website Access FTP stands for "File Transfer Protocol" - does that answer your question? Of course not - that's geek speak. That is what it is though - it's a protocol for transferring files. Files for your website sit on a web server. That server is always on the Internet […]
The Short Answer: To force refresh a page on your desktop computer, Do a SHIFT + Reload Hold down the SHIFT key and click the Reload button in your browser at the same time. The Long Answer: When changes are made to a web page, often web developers will have to update the same files […]
Sanitizing Text When Working on Websites Copying and pasting from Microsoft Word is a well known problem using any CMS (WordPress, Joomla, etc.). This issue seems to come up a lot so we'll explain it here and give you ways to make sure it does not happen. Sanitize Formatted Text Before Pasting When you […]
E-Newsletters and Your Website Offering an e-newsletter on your website is a great idea - probably a better idea than you think, too! E-newsletters are quickly becoming the easiest and most effective way to market. We're not talking about sending "spam," but rather sending your website visitors valuable information. Imagine! Every week, month or quarter […]
