The first iteration of Project Paradox started sometime back in 1999. In seven years, I never considered it more than a hobby site, something to develop my skills and talk about my interests. As of May 2006, it has finally become something more than that. Thanks to advertising revenue, Project Paradox is now an actual [...]
I have been awaiting this day for quite some time with eager anticipation. Today marks exactly six months since I left employment at what I consider to be the worst web hosting company in the world. It marks the end of my joke of a contract, which had a number of stipulations extending six months [...]
Like most naive new webmasters, I was thrilled at the prospect of adding a guestbook to my site several years ago. After all, a guestbook is often the first true element of interactivity that most websites have. Naturally, though, my excitement died down when I realized that 99.9% of all comments were spam. It wouldn’t [...]
During the time I spent at my previous job as a web developer, I was often sorting the good web design advice from the bad. Like many aspects of life on the web, good web design is largely a matter of opinion. What one person likes may irritate or confuse another person, leaving webmasters in [...]
Say hello to the new sleek, dynamic Project Paradox. This latest installment comes after months of planning and testing, not to mention a bit of work in PhotoShop. The entire site will now function off of the WordPress blogging engine, customized to suit my own tastes, of course. Among the many new features that this [...]
So you want to make a web page, huh? After all, everyone’s got them these days. It’s no wonder, either. The basics of web design are easy to understand and can, for the most part, be learned in one sitting. Let’s start out with the obvious question: What are web pages made of? Quite simply, [...]
An old internet saying goes, “Content is king.” Content gives visitors a reason to spend time on your website, to look at your what you have to offer, and, eventually, to convert. Content also gives search engine spiders something to look at and index, giving you more qualified traffic. Content can easily make or break [...]
Many fledgling webmasters, eager to experiment with web design techniques, make the error of using multiple backgrounds, layouts, color schemes, and/or style properties throughout their pages. The effect of this is to create a disjointed series of pages that are difficult for visitors to recognize as a single, cohesive website. For usability, then, it becomes [...]
A few weeks ago, a brilliant idea for a website hit you out of the blue. Since then, you’ve spent countless hours determining your site’s layout, content, and functionality. Now that the planning is complete, it’s time to see your creation come to life. But how is it going to be built, and who will [...]
Designing, developing, and maintaining web pages can be tedious work, but nothing makes the work more difficult than sloppy coding. When pages are coded poorly, it can be a nightmare to modify the existing content or to debug a problem. This is compounded by the fact that someone other than you may have to edit [...]