Progress Updates

Alphabet Code: PHP, CSS, HTML

October 19, 2007 By Deb Leave a Comment

Wow, PHP is something else! Wrapping my brain around it is a challenge.

I’m still working on transitioning a Niches-in-a-Box website from one template to another. The HTML part is pretty easy. I feel comfortable working with that. The CSS is another step up in challenge. Some of it is making sense to me and is fairly easy to manipulate, and some makes no sense at all.

To help my cause, I read a report on CSS and it did help alot. But, some of it is still over my head. I think it would help a ton if I reread the report a couple times. The info might sink in better each time.

The report is: “Taming The Beast: Cascading Style Sheets.” The author describes the 3 levels of CSS – Inline, Internal Style Sheet, and External Style Sheet. I got lost somewhere in the middle of the Internal Style Sheets. You can download the report here (free) if you’re interested in an overview of CSS. It is well written and entertaining, if you can believe that.

With my website transition, the index/landing page is finished and looks great. I like it and I had a lot of fun creating it. The silo sites are turning out to be much more of a challenge. These have a good amount of PHP built into the structure, and that makes sense since each silo is based around a different keyword. But I clearly have a whole lot to learn and I’ll do some research now on PHP and see if that helps make the project a little easier.

That’s all for now. Have a good one!

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Transforming Websites

October 12, 2007 By Deb Leave a Comment

Boy, am I having fun!

I mentioned that I would be transitioning some websites that I got through Niches-in-a-Box to new templates, which will make my sites much more unique from the other members’. I’m following along with a series of videos and really enjoying the process.

The ultimate benefit will be a great looking new website. In the meantime I am learning so much. I’m working extensively with html and php. I’m learning how to take a free template off the Internet (from oswd.org) and turn it into my own. I’m learning how these complex websites are structured. What an education!

NIAB truly does offer a lot more than websites. The training is exceptional.

It’s also really clear to me that I like building websites. That’s important information as I go forward with Internet marketing.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

P.S. Are you visiting DealDotCom.com everyday? I remember most days. I’ve already purchased two products that I have been wanting for awhile.

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Moving Niches-in-a-Box Websites

October 11, 2007 By Deb Leave a Comment

A few months ago I was a member of Niches-in-a-Box. The product consists of premade niche websites, including a landing page and about 12 silo sites based on related keywords. The sites look great, are full of info, and are well designed to be unique to each webmaster.

Problem is, it appears no matter how unique the technology allowed the sites to be, the basic template has proved to be too big of a foot print to avoid the notice of Google. At least that’s my take. As I put up my sites and built up backlinks, the sites were indexed fairly quickly. None of them are currently anywhere to be found in Google’s index. So, they were de-indexed. Does that mean blacklisted? I hope not! But what a waste. They’re still bringing in some traffic, but no where near where I’d like to see it.

I happened into the NIAB training center yesterday and learned they have made a series of videos that demonstrate how to move these sites to a new template. Again, with the landing page and 12 silo sites on subdomains, with php and html and 3 columns, this is a complex task. I had thought of doing it myself and had already moved the blogs to separate domains, but hadn’t moved the sites yet. Now I have videos to walk me through the process. I’m pleased and have started the process right away.

Since the sites have been de-indexed, I wonder if I should also use fresh URLs when I move them? I really like the domain names I picked originally, but it won’t help if I get attached to them. What I want is to set up solid sites and use SEO and article marketing to get them established.

I’ll keep you posted.

Thanks for visiting. Have a good one!

Filed Under: Article Marketing, Internet Marketing, Progress Updates

Boy Million on YouTube

September 29, 2007 By Deb Leave a Comment

The Internet marketing realm feels quiet these days. It’s actually not, so it must be me.

There were some supermega launches this week that I avoided, like PPC Classroom. DealDotCom continues to spread. I jumped on SEO Elite when it became available. It just does so many things, I couldn’t pass it up. They offer some great videos to teach you how to make the most out of the software. I’m excited.

Much of my time lately has gone to maintenance. Like posting to blogs, attending to websites, distributing articles.

One specific accomplishment this week was completing a video on Boy Million. It was my first attempt at a video and it’s very amateur, but it’s done and it’s on YouTube and I had fun putting it together. It’s just a slide show, I’m not the star or anything, but I’m sure that’ll be coming soon.

So for your pleasure, here’s my video:

Thanks for watching!

It is really true that if you have a website or a blog, you can use all the quality backlinks you can get. Consider visiting Boy Million and getting one!

Thanks for being here. Have a great weekend.

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Recap for the Week: DealDotCom, Squidoo, and More

September 21, 2007 By Deb Leave a Comment

Really a great week so far. So much is in the works.

Seems this was the week of updates and articles. I got a number of articles published through the Content Spooling Network. That’s sort of like a link exchange, except you exchange articles on similar themed sites. There’s no reciprocal linking involved at all. Another benefit is the program is set up so all the articles submitted are unique, no duplicates. Very cool.

I also have been doing a bunch of work on my Squidoo lens and my IM website Yellow Dog Marketing. I continue to learn so much.

A bunch of people have downloaded the FreeBayRSS WordPress plugin. Here’s the link again in case you missed it: FreeBayRSS. The full version, BayRSS, has a sales page you can check out. The free version does not.

Another reminder is Deal Dot Com. Are you a marketer? You’re going to miss out if you don’t get signed up. The site is just starting up and it will get hot very soon. Sizzling. I expect great deals on software, but you have to check every day because the product changes everyday and they are selling out. As people start getting in the habit of checking the site regularly, sales will be made. Get yourself on the affiliate side of that, making a commission with every sale.

Have a great weekend everyone! Thanks for visiting.