http://www.compfriend.com/blog Cost-effective business solutions for a fast changing world Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:39:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We produced this tutorial to help people get started using WordPress blog software. The tutorial demonstrates how you can easily add and edit posts using WordPress software. Make sure to have your speakers turned on. You may also want to view this in full screen (click on the Full Screen button at the ... http://www.compfriend.com/blog/index.php/2010/04/21/wordpress-tutorial-video-getting-started/ Introduction WordPress is the most popular blog software in use today.  I think of WordPress primarily as a user-friendly content management system (CMS), with blogging as only its most obvious application. WordPress is online software that enables website owners to easily write and post articles to their website. Website developers and ... http://www.compfriend.com/blog/index.php/2010/04/15/wordpress-customization-and-using-wordpress-as-a-content-management-system-cms/ Colors inspire feelings. Human beings instinctively respond to different colors in specific ways. There are some basic color rules that everyone who runs a businss should be aware of. ROYGBIV is the classic rundown of the rainbow - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. These are the most notable colors in ... http://www.compfriend.com/blog/index.php/2010/04/09/what-color-is-your-website/ SEO is a popular acronym which stands for "search engine optimization". If you want people to find your website in popular search tools like Google, Yahoo, and Bing, then it is important to apply the right techniques to achieve that goal.  Google remains the most popular search tool. Recently, Microsoft launched ... http://www.compfriend.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/09/getting-your-website-found-seo-google-yahoo-and-bing/ Introduction Database system software consists of three main components or layers: the database, the user interface, and the process layer. Many tools are available to develop these components. One of many common basic architectures uses these technologies: SQL Server (database), VB.Net (user interface), VB.Net + SQL Server stored procedures (process layer). Software engineers ... http://www.compfriend.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/05/database-system-software-and-n-tier-development/ What do you really need in order to set up a website for your business? Here are the basic building blocks as well as some important guidelines for what those blocks should and should not contain. They are broken up into four different checklists for clarity: Website building blocks, Blocks ... http://www.compfriend.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/03/checklist-of-website-essentials-starting-a-new-website/ I knew the economy was bad when one of our clients called us about one year ago to say that his business was closing.  This was sad news and a personal harbinger of the looming economic recession. I encouraged him to keep his website going and he did. Hopefully he can revive his business eventually. We decided ... http://www.compfriend.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/02/how-we-are-improving-our-business-during-this-recession/ Most businesses are facing major challenges as they try to survive the current economic downturn. High costs combined with lower revenue produce a downward spiral for individual businesses and the economy as a whole. For a business to survive in this environment, it must lower costs and position itself to better ... http://www.compfriend.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/01/technology-to-help-businesses-survive-this-bad-economy/