Archive for March, 2009

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Show Notes
Podcast episode 060 entitled Web Design Conversion to PDF is a review of an online tool for converting a web page to pdf including active hyperlinks and all graphics. This free tool provides an interesting approach for doing web design demos and communicating with clients. Here’s the outline for today’s program:

• Web Design Projects and Client Communication
• Web Design Page to PDF Online Tool Discovery
• Applying the HTML to PDF Converter in Web Design Projects
• Example PDF of the Web Design Home Page of This Website
• Quick Tip of the Day – Adding META Code to PDF Documents for SEO

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:37 Main Topic – Web Design Conversion to PDF
0:04:57 Quick Tip of the Day – Adding META Code to PDF Documents for SEO
0:07:03 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:07:33 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 060

Referenced links
Online Page to PDF Converter web designer tool
Sample page to pdf conversion of this site’s home page (pdf, 391kb, 1 pg)

The majority of future podcasts episodes with web design related advice will be shorter than the 12-15 minute average. Less complicated subjects about web design will be covered in-depth for the benefit of web design developers and their customers. Exceptions that require longer episodes may be featured at times.

The tip of the day includes advice for META code to enhance PDF search engine optimization, or seo.

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Show Notes
Podcast episode 059 entitled CMS Web Design Conversion Tips provides a review of a new project to convert an existing 98 page website to a custom cms web design. Factors to consider in the new web design includes smooth transition to minimize website down time. Here’s the outline for today’s program:

• SEO Factor Considerations in Site Redesign
• Comparing Web Design Long URLs to SEO Friendly URLs
• Redirecting Old Web Design File Names with HTAccess
• Using Draft Mode for Instant Web Design Conversion
• Website Quick Tip of the Day – Custom 404 Error Page Advice

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic – CMS Web Design Conversion Tips
0:07:58 Quick Tip of the Day – Custom 404 Error Page Advice
0:10:09 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:10:39 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 059

Referenced links
Humorous 404 Error Pages from sites with a sense of humor

The problems of converting an existing web design to a newly redesigned website can go smoothly with proper planning. The tip of the day about custom 404 pages adds another point to consider even if you are not redesigning a site. Testing your site with a fake page file name will tell you immediately what your site visitors will see. Like it? No. Listen to the tip of the day, and look into having a custom 404 “page not found” added to your web design.