December 3rd, 2009 § § permalink
If you want to quickly add some “social” aspects to your website, Twitter and Facebook are obviously the easy ones to start with. While there are many different ways to integrate these services with your site – if you want some quick, clean solutions, think about Widgets and buttons. Both services provide all you need to the resources to your site.
To get started with a Twitter Widget.. head over to http://twitter.com/widgets/ . Assuming you have a twitter account – you can customize the styling for these flashy little items and grab some code to add to your site. Twitter ‘buttons’ are simpler – simply a “tweet this” kind of option – check those out here.
For Facebook, “Fanboxes” are a nice feature. You first need a “page” for your website or business -assuming that’s in place, head over to http://www.facebook.com/facebook-widgets/fanbox.php … you can make a few edits and grab the code. There are several other options from Facebook, which you can review here. You can also get a Facebook “Like” button – similar to the Twitter button – details here.
More tightly integrated solutions are out there as well – such as allowing users to comment on your site content simply by logging into their Twitter/Facebook accounts, or even pulling your content into your Twitter feed or Facebook page.
November 14th, 2009 § § permalink
The majority of sites I build are based on WordPress – not only because it is free, amazingly extensible (is that a real term?) and just plain cool.. but I also really like it because ANYONE can use it. While there are tons of great themes out there to be had for free, it is often hard to find a really nice one to run a business site on. I have an answer for that issue though – ThemeForest (also on twitter).
ThemeForest has a fantastic selection of “premium” themes – most of which can be had for under $30. There are many other “premium theme” sites out there, but it is hard to trust many of those sites. ThemeForest is a solid choice – and clearly run by some smart people (Envato).
A sister site of ThemeForest is GraphicRiver – piles of fantastic artwork for dirt cheap. Good stuff!
October 26th, 2009 § § permalink
Welcome to Pete’s Web Work. This little site will be showcasing technologies, services, and whatever else I find interesting – stuff that you likely should keep in mind. I don’t have a set menu of services – I am into the open ended style of consultancy and offer budget-minded solutions for what you need.
Need a website? Easy. Got a website, but need it rebuilt? Sure. Have a site, like it, but need some help maintaining or promoting? No problem. Think your current web host is awful, and need help moving to a better one? Surely. Questions on this new fangled “social media” trend? Cake.
If it’s web related, I can help.