http://www.abpublish.co.uk/ The latest news from AB Publish enabling you to Create your own Business Website. We offer an intuitive online interface where you can have your Website up and running in minutes. Build a complete Website now, with nothing to buy. Simply type in the text and upload any photos using the easiest control panel around. Publish it to the Internet and then manage the contents from anywhere, anytime. en-gb AB Publish contact@abpublish.co.uk (contact) Sun, 20 May 2012 11:12:22 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/can-business-be-entertaining-on-tv.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/can-business-be-entertaining-on-tv.html I am a big fan of The Apprentice on TV. In fact I am a big fan of all business related programmes on TV. As a business owner myself I always find it interesting to follow the experiences of others and so these programmes attract me.The Apprentice should have been more interesting this year because instead of offering the winner a job Lord Sugar was going to invest 250000 and become their partner in business. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:17:05 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/using-gmail-for-business-email.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/using-gmail-for-business-email.html Business email is so important it pays not to take any chances with it. If you create your own website with AB Publish you can also add email boxes to your account that allow you to keep in touch with your customers with a professional email address. Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:59:13 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-i-choose-pop3-email-or-imap-email.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-i-choose-pop3-email-or-imap-email.html As a web designer I offer support to all of my customers websites that I host on their behalf. About 1 of this support goes to helping with issues to do with the site itself and the other 99 goes to helping them with their email accounts.This is because there are so many options for email and setting it up can be quite complicated. Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:36:16 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-secret-to-website-success.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-secret-to-website-success.html I can give you the secret to website success in just four or five words but I am not going to because that would make for a boring article wouldnt it?It may seem strange to talk about school exams for this subject but the correlation should become evident as I explain. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:27:20 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-keep-your-website-fresh.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-keep-your-website-fresh.html After seeing a customer today who has a bespoke website something they said reminded me of something that I must keep uppermost in my mind. They asked me to make some changes to the colours and layout of their website. Not because there was anything wrong with the current design but because it was starting to feel a bit old. Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:40:58 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-are-meta-tags.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-are-meta-tags.html I feel compelled to write a whole article on meta tags as they are one of the most commonly known but least understood element of websites by people who know a little about websites.I have talked about meta tags on several articles about search engine optimisation because it is a commonly held myth that if you know how to do meta tags you can end up on page 1 of Google. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:51:21 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-you-always-pay-vat.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-you-always-pay-vat.html VAT is the thorn in the side of many businesses. It adds to the cost of whatever you sell which is especially difficult for those businesses supplying the public. It also adds an administration headache which most of us could do without.It is no surprise then that many businesses love to try and outwit the tax man by doing jobs for cash. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:00:19 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/websites-ideas-to-make-money.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/websites-ideas-to-make-money.html Most businesses want one of three types of website. The first is a brochure type site that acts as an online flyer that promotes the business and tells existing potential customers about what they do. The second is an ecommerce website where products are sold online. Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:37:37 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/is-my-website-compliant-with-accessibility-standards.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/is-my-website-compliant-with-accessibility-standards.html Well I suppose to answer this question we need to define with what standards we are intending to comply. The UK has an equality act which states that business services should be accessible to everyone irrespective of any disability. Websites are not explicitly mentioned but they are considered to be a business service. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:18:53 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-best-way-to-increase-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-best-way-to-increase-business.html One of the ways I try and come up with ideas for articles is to start typing a question into Google and finding out which are the most common questions that start this way. So for example if you start to type "what should my website..." then you see questions such as what should my website be called or what should my website be about. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:22:24 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed.html Last week I read a fantastic story.An 84 year old inventor from Brooklyn New York has refused to give up even in the face of rejection. Instead he returned to the drawing board and started again and again. Now 80 rejections later he has finally achieved his dream and has sold a board game to a reputable toy maker which has been snapped up throughout America and which has just won the Game of the Year Award. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:42:39 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-words-you-use-on-your-website-are-important.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-words-you-use-on-your-website-are-important.html This is a subject which interests me greatly. We humans are a strange bunch and the subtleties that affect our choices are sometimes obvious but frequently incomprehensible.A good example of this was a beer festival which was being held in my local town. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:06:12 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/icann-agree-change-for-internets-domain-name-system.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/icann-agree-change-for-internets-domain-name-system.html Dotcom can now be Dotanything! The Board of Directors behind the global Internet body ICANN voted 13 to 1 with 2 abstaining yesterday 20th June 2011 to open up the Internet Domain Name System.ICANN The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit public-benefit corporation formed in 1998. Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:27:35 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/many-businesses-fail-in-the-first-year-but-many-succeed.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/many-businesses-fail-in-the-first-year-but-many-succeed.html One of the reasons that it is difficult to start a business is the thought in the back of your head that most businesses fail in the first year. A short skip around the Internet the statistics for this vary wildly but in most cases they suggest that a big proportion fail in the first year and more than half fail within five years. Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:04:53 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/google-microsoft-chrome-and-the-cloud.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/google-microsoft-chrome-and-the-cloud.html For years Google and Microsoft seemed to operate in two separate arenas.In fact for a long time Google have insisted that they have no intention of directly competing with Microsoft.The first indication of a change in Google strategy occurred in June 2006 when it launched Google Spreadsheets. Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:54:57 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-resolution-images-should-i-use-on-my-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-resolution-images-should-i-use-on-my-website.html Creating your own website involves several things and one of the most important is the use of images. Graphics and photos give life to a page where it would otherwise look flat and dull. It also can help in telling the reader what that page is about. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:14:13 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/google-voice-search-and-google-instant-pages.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/google-voice-search-and-google-instant-pages.html Google has launched two new services both aimed to achieve their overall goal which as per their own official blog site is "to give people the most relevant answers to their queries as quickly as possible. "These new services are currently only available for Chrome users which is the web browser developed by Google. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:03:41 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/planning-to-create-your-own-website-for-your-new-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/planning-to-create-your-own-website-for-your-new-business.html For those of you planning to start your own business you are at a very exciting point in your career. It is even more exciting if until now you have only worked for other people.You are about to enter a new world which is both terrifying and wonderful at the same time. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:32:25 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/is-it-a-share-everything-era-of-the-internet.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/is-it-a-share-everything-era-of-the-internet.html I still love the Internet. Yesterdays article was a little dark where I asked the question is it a steal everything era of the Internet. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:33:48 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/why-doesnt-everyone-use-open-source-software.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/why-doesnt-everyone-use-open-source-software.html I read an article today that asked this very question. It grabbed my attention because I am one of those individuals who often prefers the open source solution to the expensive paid-for solution. There are exceptions of course but the two main pieces of software I have never bought are Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:48:24 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/is-it-a-steal-everything-era-of-the-internet.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/is-it-a-steal-everything-era-of-the-internet.html I love the Internet. I love the many advantages it offers from social networking to finding crazy recipes I would never have dreamed of from using online-banking at 2 oclock in the morning to not having to use a bulky directory to find telephone numbers from booking flights and holidays to reserving cinema places to avoid queuing. Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:44:32 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/form-spam---how-to-stop-spam-on-forms.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/form-spam---how-to-stop-spam-on-forms.html Spam is the sending of unsolicited and unwanted messages in bulk to many people by electronic messaging systems. Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:06:07 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-future-of-technology.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-future-of-technology.html Those of you from my generation viewed the 21st century with awe back in the 1960s and 1970s. There were many childrens TV programmes that tried to offer a peak into the future. As a child it all seemed so exciting but now as an adult it is evident that we humans are not great at predicting the future. Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:10:31 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-e-g8-forum-2011-france.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-e-g8-forum-2011-france.html The e-G8 Forum or eG8 was initiated by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and took place on May 24th and 25th in Paris. The G8 forum took place on the 26th and 27th May so it was a great idea by France - the creator of the original G6 forum back in 1975 which has since evolved into the G8 forum - to get the leaders of the G8 countries to meet various leaders of industry and to discuss a global public policy regarding the Internet. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:46:28 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/make-your-website-work-for-your-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/make-your-website-work-for-your-business.html I was once speaking with a sales director of a web design company who told me that one of the phrases he uses in order to promote his companys services was to describe a website as a salesman who works for you 24 hours a day 365 days a year without time off sick or for holidays. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:06:58 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/new-business-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/new-business-website.html When starting a new business one of the things that you should be looking to do is to create a new website. But you should also be ahead of the crowd and instead of looking at this as a task to just tick off the list it should be something in which you put a lot of thought. Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:55:45 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/gif-vs-png-vs-jpg-vs-tiff---which-image-file-format-to-use.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/gif-vs-png-vs-jpg-vs-tiff---which-image-file-format-to-use.html When you create your Business Website you will undoubtedly use images.Their use is discussed in A Picture is worth 1000 Wordsnbspand various sources for your images discussed innbsp. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:13:19 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/google-to-drop-support-for-older-browsers.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/google-to-drop-support-for-older-browsers.html It has been reported recently that Google will stop support on 1 August 2011 for versions of web browsers it deems to be too old. So users with Internet Explorer version 7 or earlier users with Firefox version 3.5 or earlier and users with Safari version 3 or earlier might have problems when trying to use Googles services after 1 August 2011. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:03:02 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-my-website-look-the-same-in-every-browser.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-my-website-look-the-same-in-every-browser.html This is something with which web designers have struggled ever since the beginnings of the World Wide Web. In theory HTML and CSS are standardised so when you create a website it should look the same no matter which browser you use. However this is not the case. Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:17:10 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-key-to-business-success.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-key-to-business-success.html This is a subject I have covered numerous times on the pages of AB Publish and one which I am sure I will return to on many more occasions. It is the merits and otherwise of the persistence factor in business. To keep on keeping on and never to give up. Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:21:29 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-best-dimensions-for-a-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-best-dimensions-for-a-website.html One of our most popular articles is "What is the Optimal Width for a Website?". This led me to think about the other dimensions of a website as these are equally important and often misunderstood. Tue, 31 May 2011 11:12:05 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/turn-your-website-into-a-search-engine-magnet.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/turn-your-website-into-a-search-engine-magnet.html Getting to page one of the search results in a search engine especially Google is the aim of the vast majority of business owners. However most owners approach it from the wrong angle.When I am designing websites for my customers most ask if I can put in some keywords or add some links so that they can get to the top of the search results. Mon, 30 May 2011 17:08:56 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-choose-the-best-internet-site-to-use-when-you-create-your-own-business-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-choose-the-best-internet-site-to-use-when-you-create-your-own-business-website.html When choosing which system to create your own business Internet website it is like choosing between any product or service - do not forget the 3 basics.Know what you wantDo not get suckered in by what looks like a good dealLook for the best value for money solutionnbspA funny thing happened on the way to a clienthellipYesterday I was in a major city visiting a potential client who wanted to see how AB Publish could be used to create his own Business Website. Fri, 27 May 2011 21:20:04 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-come-up-with-great-ideas-for-your-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-come-up-with-great-ideas-for-your-business.html I will have to be a little secretive with the beginning of this article because there is the potential for me to reveal commercially sensitive information. So please forgive me for some of the vagueness in my description. I spent some time with a customer yesterday who wanted me to create a website based on an extremely dull idea. Fri, 27 May 2011 19:05:27 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/a-picture-is-worth-1000-words.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/a-picture-is-worth-1000-words.html This well known phrase is correct - pictures can breathe life into your Business Internet website and persuade potential clients to become customers. Wed, 25 May 2011 22:20:41 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-i-have-links-on-my-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-i-have-links-on-my-website.html I am regularly adding articles about search engine optimisation and giving as many tips as I can. I do this in the belief that optimising your website for the search engines is about doing hundreds of little things right rather than just one or two big things. Wed, 25 May 2011 14:34:36 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/google-does-it-again.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/google-does-it-again.html I have just spent the evening helping one of AB Publishs clients.The challenge was to present some data in a non-tabular format lets face it - tables on websites can look boringWe searched around on the internet and we discovered Google Image Charts or Google Chart API. Tue, 24 May 2011 22:10:48 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/new-features-for-creating-your-own-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/new-features-for-creating-your-own-website.html Although AB Publish is relatively new we are still actively updating the control panel that lets you create your own website for your business. The message I would like to get across is not only are we continuing to improve and enhance our user interface we actively encourage our users to . Tue, 24 May 2011 15:58:07 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-i-start-my-shop-online-or-on-the-high-street.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-i-start-my-shop-online-or-on-the-high-street.html I was prompted to write about this dilemma following a radio phone-in I heard the other day concerning the fact that HMV are selling Waterstones. HMV are a company very much in trouble and their problems are symptomatic of something affecting many high street retailers that is competition from the Internet. Mon, 23 May 2011 15:38:00 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-google-panda-unleashed.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-google-panda-unleashed.html As I mentioned in . Fri, 20 May 2011 17:14:10 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/business-failures-teach-us-about-success.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/business-failures-teach-us-about-success.html An interesting series of TV programmes presented by Evan Davis was on this week which concentrated on catastrophic business decisions. This sounds like quite a depressing subject but in fact it was completely absorbing and despite being about large corporations taught a lot of lessons that can also be learned by small business ownersThe mind of an entrepreneur can succeed spectacularlyA common theme about disastrous business decisions showed the fact that the mindset of a successful entrepreneur is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Fri, 20 May 2011 10:30:52 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/a-new-way-of-doing-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/a-new-way-of-doing-business.html A couple of business programmes on the Telly recently reminded me of how many companies are doing business in a new way and it is thanks mainly to the Internet.In the early days of the Internet it was perceived as a place where services were free and products were cheap. Wed, 18 May 2011 18:59:30 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/2-months-after-releasing-the-google-panda.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/2-months-after-releasing-the-google-panda.html Finding reliable statistics for Search Engine usage is hard. Wed, 18 May 2011 14:08:11 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/chat-rooms-or-forums-on-business-websites.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/chat-rooms-or-forums-on-business-websites.html As a bespoke web designer one of the most frequent requests from small business owners is that they would like a chat room included with their website. So far none of these businesses has gone ahead with one. The reasons are many but the main reason is that they have not thought this through. Tue, 17 May 2011 13:10:35 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-is-this-ipv6-transition.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-is-this-ipv6-transition.html The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks or a network of networks!Currently the Internet operates on the fourth version of the Internet Protocol IP and is the first version to be widely accessible and used by the public. Tue, 17 May 2011 09:15:12 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation-part-6.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation-part-6.html This is search engine optimisation article number 6 only 44 more to go!1. Think twice before using article submission directoriesMany people use this method to get inbound links to their website. However you are giving away quality content to other website owners. Mon, 16 May 2011 18:00:17 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-you-buy-a-business-or-start-your-own.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-you-buy-a-business-or-start-your-own.html I was reading an article today about someone who was wanting to sell their e-commerce website and it got me interested in the whole aspect of businesses for sale. Since I gave up full time employment I have started two businesses. My own local web design business in Nottingham and this business AB Publish. Fri, 13 May 2011 11:24:37 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-importance-of-simplicity-in-websites.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-importance-of-simplicity-in-websites.html I was reading an interesting article at the weekend about a psychological experiment that looked at they way we all deal with choices. Two stalls were set up in a shopping centre each one selling a range of mayonnaises. One stall had a choice of 32 different types of mayonnaise and the other had a choice of only 6. Wed, 11 May 2011 14:51:41 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/starting-a-business-on-a-shoestring.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/starting-a-business-on-a-shoestring.html Tonight is the start of another new series of the Apprentice on BBC One with Lord Sugar at the helm as usual. Lord Sugar famously started by selling aerials out of the back of a van and within days he was earning several times what his father was earning. Tue, 10 May 2011 16:57:25 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/is-it-easy-to-create-a-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/is-it-easy-to-create-a-business.html Alan Sugar has been quoted recently that he thinks it is easy to start a business. I have been reading many posts on blogs and forums about this and the business community seems to be split as to whether or not they agree with this sentiment. Whatever your views though in making this comment I think Lord Sugar has sparked a very interesting debate. Fri, 06 May 2011 11:01:32 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-much-is-a-website-worth.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-much-is-a-website-worth.html It amazes me that even now the web design market is maturing that the costs of designing a website vary so wildly. You have everyone from the large professional concerns who have to make 10000 each month just to pay the rent and rates on their swanky offices right down to the teenager creating websites for next to nothing in order that they can build up their portfolio. Thu, 05 May 2011 15:13:21 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/when-you-create-a-business-website-make-links-work.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/when-you-create-a-business-website-make-links-work.html Links play a vital part of your website design.They are explored in the article . Wed, 04 May 2011 09:57:30 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/does-a-website-increase-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/does-a-website-increase-business.html Websites are a funny thing you know. Most business owners know they must have one although there is a minority of people who stubbornly refuse to acknowledge the necessity but very few of us actually sit down and think about what the website could do for us. Tue, 03 May 2011 09:45:20 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/time-saving-tips-for-the-self-employed.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/time-saving-tips-for-the-self-employed.html After newly creating the AB Publish website this is something that has been uppermost in my mind of late. I must confess that I am a quite impatient person and what this tends to mean is that I often go for a seemingly quick solution but also means that I waste time in the long term. Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:24:30 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-is-the-best-way-to-promote-my-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-is-the-best-way-to-promote-my-website.html Well I have chosen a tricky subject to answer today as this is such an open question and completely depends upon the nature of your business. However I will try and point out the best methods you can use to promote your own website and get it working for your business. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:46:24 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/free-web-counter-for-my-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/free-web-counter-for-my-website.html One of the most common questions I get asked as a web designer is "will I get a web counter with my website?". Knowing how many sites your website gets is a vital piece of piece of information in determining whether your website is working for your business or not. Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:31:48 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation-part-5.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation-part-5.html Continuing my series of tips for search engine optimisation whithe the objective that I eventually reach 500.1. Write clean HTML codeIt is true that Google indexes many sites that have very messy HTML code behind them. However every little thing that you can do to make your site easier to read all adds up. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:23:30 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/create-your-own-website-and-change-your-point-of-view.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/create-your-own-website-and-change-your-point-of-view.html I desgined a very technical website for a customer some time ago and although I knew it worked very well and did everything that they had asked for there were not happy with it. In fact they came up with a big list of things that must change in order for them to be happy with it. Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:03:22 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/can-you-get-free-hosting-for-your-business-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/can-you-get-free-hosting-for-your-business-website.html No such thing as a free lunchIn the early days of the Internet computer magazines were jam packed full of adverts offering many things for free and the main offering was free website hosting. They say there is no such thing as a free lunch and indeed as far as web hosting is concerned there is no such thing as free. Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:19:22 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-give-your-website-texture.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-give-your-website-texture.html When creating your own website using tools such as the ones provided by AB Publish it is best of those tools help you in making the most professional looking website possible.The articles in this blog have discussed many aspects of what makes great web design such as using photographs on all pages using the correct colours etc. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:25:38 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/create-your-own-website-for-your-customers.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/create-your-own-website-for-your-customers.html I have been a web designer for many years and there is a trait that I have noticed especially amongst the self-employed and small business owners. nbspThey want the website to be designed to satisfy their own desires and from the point of view with how they see the world. Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:51:12 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/blow-your-own-trumpet-on-your-business-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/blow-your-own-trumpet-on-your-business-website.html I have found various meanings of Blow your own trumpet from the Internet. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:30:42 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/a-website-that-gets-results-for-your-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/a-website-that-gets-results-for-your-business.html I was with a client today and they were showing me a website for a business owned by a friend. My reaction was that it was awful. It had garish colours far too much confusing information and navigation and gave the overall impression that it was built by an amateur. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:55:46 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/plan-to-create-your-great-business-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/plan-to-create-your-great-business-website.html Once you have decided you are going to create a Business Website for your organisation it is best not to just jump in and start building. The Website Creation system offered by AB Publish gets UK Business Websites online in minutes but taking a step back will allow you to have an even more professional Internet site. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:35:42 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation-part-4.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation-part-4.html Well here I am with part 4 of 50! I promised to add 500 search engine optimisation tips to this website and already I am thinking I have taken on something much bigger than I realised.However I must go onwards and upwards so here are todays tips1. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:17:15 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/creating-a-great-logo-for-your-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/creating-a-great-logo-for-your-website.html There is something that can make an incredible difference to your website and that is a great logo.But what do I mean by a logo?In theory a logo is a symbol or graphic that is shown next to the name of your business that gives you an immediately recognisable identity. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:16:40 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/where-can-i-get-professional-looking-images-for-my-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/where-can-i-get-professional-looking-images-for-my-website.html It does not matter how well your website is designed it does not matter what colours you use on your website if there are no images or graphics on your website it will look ever so slightly dull. The more you illustrate your website with images the better it looks. Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:57:43 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/probably-the-best-way-to-create-your-own-business-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/probably-the-best-way-to-create-your-own-business-website.html This article is following on from a news editorial I read explaining that a famous advertising slogan created in 1973 by Saatchi and Saatchi was dropped yesterday.For almost 40 years the Carlsberg brand has been using its celebrated slogan to sell beer. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:39:44 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/is-a-website-essential-to-business-success.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/is-a-website-essential-to-business-success.html This is the topic of a business forum that I was reading today. Most topics generate half a dozen replies but this topic has so far generated half a dozen pages of replies and the discussion has become quite heated.In the main people fall into one of two camps. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:52:48 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/which-software-should-i-use-to-create-my-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/which-software-should-i-use-to-create-my-website.html There is so much more to a website than what you see. Behind the scenes there is much going on about which you need to know but very few people do know. It is the code that creates your website otherwise known as HTML.As a bespoke web designer I always took pride in the fact that the websites I created were hand coded. Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:07:06 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/create-your-own-website-for-all-web-browsers.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/create-your-own-website-for-all-web-browsers.html There is something that was once commonplace and to my amazement still exists on some websites. It is the message that tells you which browser and which screen resolution it is best to view their website or even worse a message that tells you that you must install Flash in order to view their web page. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:15:18 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/make-good-use-of-your-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/make-good-use-of-your-website.html I once had a customer who spent a small fortune with me to create a complex website that worked really well. He then placed a small advert in a local paper and two weeks later he came complaining to me that he had not received any enquiries.I had another customer who wanted something similar and I spent a long time telling him that as well as the budget for his website he needed to think about the budget to promote his website. Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:34:15 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/first-create-your-own-business-website-next-validate-it.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/first-create-your-own-business-website-next-validate-it.html AB Publish offers an intuitive online interface where you can have your Website up and running in minutes.You just type in the text and upload your photos using the easiest control panel around.This Website Creation System generates the pages of your website and it is these that are visible to the visitors to you Internet Site. Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:12:45 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/5-tips-for-working-from-home-on-a-budget.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/5-tips-for-working-from-home-on-a-budget.html I have been self-employed and working from home for more than 5 years now. One of the primary benefits of doing so is that I can keep down costs and therefore keep down prices that I charge my customers allowing me to be very competitive in the market place. Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:45:17 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-sell-your-business-with-your-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-sell-your-business-with-your-website.html There are such a plethora of books around on this subject. The more intriguing of these are the affiliate type sites that promote poor value-for-money e-books with phrases such as The Selling Secrets They Dont Want You To Know and The Hidden Secrets of Selling in Business. Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:19:23 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-i-use-flash-on-my-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-i-use-flash-on-my-website.html Adobe Flash has been with us a long while now. In terms of quality animations and presentation of video most peoples first reaction is that it offers something of high quality.The AlternativesUntil recently the alternative solutions have been poor. Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:55:18 +0100 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation-part-3.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation-part-3.html This series of articles started with part 1 and part 2. Dont forget each tip on its own will not get you to the top of the search engines but carry them all out on your site and you should be well on the way.1. Get Yourself a Google Webmaster Tools AccountGoogle offers this for free and it can quickly highlight any problems with the pages on your site. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:07:45 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/success-in-business-is-about-doing-it.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/success-in-business-is-about-doing-it.html I have a confession to make. Its a big and terrible confession. I have been following the documentary on Channel 4 about Lily Allen in her setting up of her own business. OK I may have over-dramatised my interest in this programme. Although I had heard of Lily Allen her music is not something to which I listen. Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:18:57 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/content-is-king---go-and-check-your-business-website-pages-now.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/content-is-king---go-and-check-your-business-website-pages-now.html Ok - we have all heard this many times.You can find AB Publish articles about Search Engine Optimisation and how important your content is to keeping visitors on your Business Website and not going to competitors. Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:34:36 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/five-tips-for-keeping-visitors-on-your-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/five-tips-for-keeping-visitors-on-your-website.html So you have a website it is optimised for the search engines and you are getting visitors. But are those visitors turning into customers? These are what I consider to be the five most important aspects to keep people on your website and turn them into customers1. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:12:21 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/when-you-create-your-own-business-website-perfect-your-titles.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/when-you-create-your-own-business-website-perfect-your-titles.html You can easily create your own Business Website using the AB Publish Website Creation System. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:53:01 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-you-create-your-own-website-part-2.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-you-create-your-own-website-part-2.html My last article was about the subject of whether you should create your own website and after reading a post on a business forum I felt compelled to write about the same subject again. Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:03:03 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-you-create-your-own-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/should-you-create-your-own-website.html If there is one subject likely to galvanise opinion in the small business arena it is the question as to whether you should seek the services of an experienced web designer or in an attempt to keep down costs have a go at designing your own website. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:51:25 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-is-the-optimal-screen-width-for-a-great-business-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-is-the-optimal-screen-width-for-a-great-business-website.html What screen width should you design your own Business Website for? The answer to this question is not easy.There are many different screen resolutions out there. When you add in the additional complications of which browser Chrome FireFox Internet Explorer Operahellip which platform type Mac PChellip and whether the user has resized the screen to a particular width there are a myriad of combinations of screen sizes. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:44:17 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/secrets-to-keeping-visitors-on-your-business-website-contact-page.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/secrets-to-keeping-visitors-on-your-business-website-contact-page.html When you create your own Business Website there are several basics you must get right.If you fail to do so your Business Website will not keep visitors on your Internet site and they will go to a competitor.I have already written articles about . Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:44:23 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/three-ways-of-dealing-with-email-spam.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/three-ways-of-dealing-with-email-spam.html It is said that on some days up to 88 of email traffic is made up of spam unsolicited emails trying to sell you something usually sent out by an individual with a PC infected with a computer virus. As of yesterday 16 March 2011 this percentage may have temporarily dropped. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:37:38 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-make-links-work-for-your-business-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-make-links-work-for-your-business-website.html In computing terms link is short for hyperlink.It links from an anchor to a target.Examples of links aremenu options at the top of this page such as Home Prices Try Ithellipmenu options on the right of this article to access other blog entriestext links within a paragraph such as "You should consider how a . Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:25:32 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/secrets-to-keeping-visitors-on-your-business-website-about-us-page.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/secrets-to-keeping-visitors-on-your-business-website-about-us-page.html When you create your own Business Website there are many things to check and perform in order to allow an optimal marketing of your Organisation and Business Internet Site. Having the best ever Home Page has been covered in . Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:27:58 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation-part-2.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation-part-2.html Well I started off with the ambitious project of coming up with 500 tips for optimising your website for the search engines. Here are my latest 10 only 480 to go1. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:45:33 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/websites-that-work-in-all-browsers.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/websites-that-work-in-all-browsers.html I was chatting with a friend the other day about our respective browser preferences. My favourite browser is Opera and his is Firefox. I mentioned that I didnt like Firefox as it is quite bloated and slow although I do use it for two things.Firstly it has some great add-ons for web developers and these help me to trace problems when I am designing websites. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:30:33 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/5-steps-to-a-great-home-page.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/5-steps-to-a-great-home-page.html The first thing a visitor sees of your organization is often your Business Website.The first thing a visitor sees of your Internet Website is often the home page.A good homepage will help turn the casual visitor into a repeat visitor. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:03:20 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-future-of-the-internet.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-future-of-the-internet.html I read an article on the BBC website today about the anniversary of the ZX81 computer. The idea never should have worked.The memory of 1KB was woefully inadequate the keyboard was a nightmare and the whole thing was so clunky that just a slight tap could cause it to crash losing any work that you have done. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:58:25 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/self-created-websites-come-of-age.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/self-created-websites-come-of-age.html I read an article recently that said that GeoCities had closed down in 2009. This event had passed me by but if such a thing had occurred 10 years ago it would have been big news.Geocities was started in 1994 in the US and soon provided a service whereby members could have their own free website. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:40:06 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/10-tips-for-search-engine-optimisation.html I have promised in other articles that returning to Search Engine Optimisation tips would be a regular feature. The reason for this is that I believe that getting to page 1 of the results in the search engines is not about doing one thing right it is about doing 500 things right. Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:16:43 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/make-your-own-website-simple.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/make-your-own-website-simple.html Human behaviour is a strange thing and nothing exposes its strangeness more than road-rage. There are people who in their everyday lives are calm kind and generous with a warm heart. But get them behind the wheel of a car and the terrible Mr or Ms Hyde comes to the fore in the place of meek and mild Dr Jekyll. Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:46:22 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/websites-create-opportunities.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/websites-create-opportunities.html This is a subject I think about often. There are many business owners who feel it is not necessary to own a website. I suppose being a web designer and owning a company that allows you to create your own website I inevitably feel that a website is essential for any business. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:41:16 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/making-your-own-website-pay.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/making-your-own-website-pay.html The argument for getting a good accountant for your business is that their fees should pay for themselves by the savings they make for you. If your accountant can do this for you then choosing to appoint an accountant becomes a simple decision to make. Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:52:51 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/accepting-criticism-in-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/accepting-criticism-in-business.html A few years ago I started a new hobby I started to learn a new language. I knew it wasnt going to be easy but what surprised me was how hard it was to take criticism.Let me explain. I started learning a new language from scratch at the age of 40. Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:52:17 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-increase-sales-with-your-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-increase-sales-with-your-website.html There are many business owners who do not consider it necessary for their business to have a website. Of those who do believe one is necessary very few have a clear idea what they want their website to achieve for their business.I believe a website is essential for any business. Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:33:08 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-to-look-for-in-website-creation-software.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-to-look-for-in-website-creation-software.html A great looking professional Internet Website is a vital tool to all businesses and organisations. Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:30:05 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-choose-a-great-domain-name.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/how-to-choose-a-great-domain-name.html Creating a successful Internet Business Website is quicker and easier than ever with our Content Managament System. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:58:00 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/thinking-of-new-business-ideas.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/thinking-of-new-business-ideas.html As a web designer I have met many people over the years who have an idea and want to start a business. It has given me a rare insight into the new business ideas that make it nearly make it or never get beyond the ideas stage.I have to say that it has been a far from inspirational experience. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:00:33 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-psychology-of-websites.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-psychology-of-websites.html I have already mentioned in a previous article that it is usually best to be brave when creating your own website by following the crowd instead of creating something unique.As a web designer most of my customers would ask for something unique and although certain elements should be such as the logo and the content I always recommended that they follow convention for certain things. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:35:09 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/getting-started-in-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/getting-started-in-business.html So many of us dream of starting our own business. nbspMany realise that dream and yet many do not. So what is it that separates the dreamers from the doers?I feel I can speak about this with some authority as I feel I have played both of these roles in my life. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:51:32 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-secret-to-working-from-home.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-secret-to-working-from-home.html I gave up full-time employment at the age of 40. I was well paid and in a career in which I was confident. I gave all this up because I had a burning desire to work for myself. Some of my colleagues and friends saw this as a crazy decision. Giving up a well-paid and secure job is never easy. Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:43:30 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-should-i-put-on-my-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/what-should-i-put-on-my-website.html Most businesses come to the conclusion that they need a website. For some businesses such as e-commerce shops it is obvious what must be included on the website.However for other businesses this is less obvious and we all tend to just copy the pages that other businesses similar to ours have on their websites. Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:04:57 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-most-important-search-optimisation-tip.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-most-important-search-optimisation-tip.html As I discussed in an earlier article optimising your website for the search engines is not about doing one thing to increase your sites visibilty to the world its about doing 500 things.The most important of these is to have your key phrases in the title tag and at various parts of the text throughout the web page otherwise how are the search engines to know what hey phrase you are targeting?. Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:00:42 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/free-domain-names-for-businesses.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/free-domain-names-for-businesses.html I am a member of the UK Business Forum and I saw something there today which reminded me of a very important subject on businesses and the Internet.In my time as a web designer I have bought many domain names both for me and on behalf of my customers. Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:01:49 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/making-it-easy-to-create-a-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/making-it-easy-to-create-a-website.html The objective of AB Publish is to offer a method whereby business owners can easily create a srtylish looking website without needing to learn the skills required to code a site nor to learn a complicated interface that will take many hours with which to familiarise yourself. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:21:02 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-secrets-of-search-engine-optimisation.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-secrets-of-search-engine-optimisation.html Sites like AB Publish make it very easy to create your own website. All businesses now require their own websites even if it is only to serve those customers who use Google instead of calling directory enquiries or looking in the phone book.But if you want to pull in visitors to your website to truly increases the success of your business it is essential to be visible on the search engines. Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:46:31 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html I have been designing websites for many years now. Most of the sites that I designed were liked by the client immediately. Occasionally I was asked to change some design elements and every once in a while a client would ask me to start again from scratch. Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:37:07 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/website-creation-software.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/website-creation-software.html A few short years ago there were not many people who knew how to create a website. The few who did spent many months learning how to code everything by hand in fact that is how I learned web design.Quite early on there were some software packages developed to help with this. Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:26:14 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-credit-crunch-teaches-us-to-market-our-businesses.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-credit-crunch-teaches-us-to-market-our-businesses.html We are starting AB Publish right in the middle of a recession. We think it is the right time for us as many small businesses will be looking for cost-effective ways of creating websites without losing any of the benefits they should always bring. Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:54:44 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/if-its-broke-fix-it.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/if-its-broke-fix-it.html I have known this motto for years ndash it was one my Dad used to try and ram into my head but it was always from the other way roundldquoif it ainrsquot broke donrsquot fix itrdquoHowever both are essential approaches to business and successful businesses need to follow both aspects. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:20:42 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/never-give-up-in-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/never-give-up-in-business.html I have to admit the past couple of days have been a trial for me. But I feel as if I have come out the other end a better person.Yesterday I made a small setting change on a Windows Server and my clients websites all crashed. I knew about this at 515am because one of those customers is in Bulgaria. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:00:18 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/create-business-websites---a-team-effort.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/create-business-websites---a-team-effort.html The first entry in this AB Publish blog was written in mid December - just under 2 months ago. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:34:22 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/more-marketing-of-small-businesses.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/more-marketing-of-small-businesses.html Well AB Publish has only been live for a few days. We have had one person sign up so far for a free trial and it just so happens that is a friend of mine!So my thoughts now turn to marketing my business. I am reluctant to start any pay-per-click campaign as clicks in the web design arena are notoriously expensive. Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:01:24 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/easy-to-create-a-website.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/easy-to-create-a-website.html Whilst creating AB Publish I deliberately decided to ignore the competition. I wanted to be creative and I am sure that had I checked out the competition I would have ended up copying them possibly sub-consciously.So it was that last week having finished the control panel I decided to check out a few competitors. Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:45:18 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/ab-publish-goes-live.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/ab-publish-goes-live.html Well the past few weeks have been very busy. I must say that I am very happy with my control panel which I believe is one of the few that allows anyone to get their site up and running in just a few minutes!I have also redesigned the whole look of the site thanks to my old friend and business partner James coming on board a few days ago. Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:58:08 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/marketing-an-online-business.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/marketing-an-online-business.html As my launch date nears my thoughts have been turning to marketing. I plan to use two methods to market AB Publish.Firstly by Search Engine Optimisation SEO. To be frank this is one of the main reasons I ma placing this blog on the site. Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:48:28 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/almost-ready-to-go.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/almost-ready-to-go.html Well Ive had several live dates for my site but I am very close now. I have a couple of sites running using my CMS engine and I am well into creating the control panel.I have also decided on a pricing structure. This is surprisingly tricky but I wanted the pricing to be flexible and attractive and I think I have the ideal solutionEverythings a pound!That is the theme of my pricing. Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:46:19 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/gz-compression-of-web-pages.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/gz-compression-of-web-pages.html Well Ive been designing websites for over 10 years and I must confess that this nifty little feature had passed me by.I was analysing my site using Googles webmaster tools and one of its recommendations was that I use GZ compression on my web pages to speed up download times. Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:10:57 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/first-test-site.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/first-test-site.html Ive now created the engine that will run all the individual sites that sign up to my service. I have yet to create the control panel. I believe this is key to my business. The easier the control panel is to use the more likely someone is to sign up to my service. Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:36:08 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/snag-solved.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/snag-solved.html Well I solved the problem. Im going into technical speak here but there is no way round this.I had previously thought thet when using the PHP mail facility it was important to identify an approved sender of the email by using the -f paramter at the end of the mail command. Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:54:56 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-first-snag.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-first-snag.html Any web designer will tell you that when you create a website you spend two thirds of your time coming up with the design and a third of your time adding the content and doing the technical bits. The creative side is time consuming but the tricky technical bits are much easier relatively speaking. Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:10:31 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-idea.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/the-idea.html My idea is to create a website where businesses can easily create their own website. The key word here is easily. It may appear to some that I am crazy to enter this market as there are already thousands of websites that do the same thing.However I am happy to be joining in with this happy crowd as I am convinced they are too expensive or too difficult or have awful looking sites and in some cases all three!So here I sit in day 1 having written my second blog entry. Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:57:13 +0000 http://www.abpublish.co.uk/here-we-go.html http://www.abpublish.co.uk/here-we-go.html Hi all and welcome to the first entry in my blog. I have decided to keep an honest and frank account about how I started my business marketed it and either succeeded or failed!To be honest I threw the bit in about failure because this is the beginning and I dont have a crystal ball. Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:54:26 +0000