Ulanism

Introduction: What is Important

YVOD’s approach to building websites is 100% client focused. Many businesses want to tell their own story. They spend a lot of time talking about their approach to solving problems and why they are so fantastic. While this is very good to know, it is of little importance on the web. A successful website must deliver what the visitor wants to see.

Step 1: Who Are Your Clients

YVOD likes to start the conversation by asking owners of websites to think about who is going to visit their site. We try to develop at least 3 “personae” of potential visitors. These personae may describe existing online visitors, desired visitors or existing offline clients that you wish to convert to online customers. What is important is to think deeply about who these visitors are.

On the road to creating user personas, YVOD likes to ask a number of questions about your visitors. Below is a small sample of questions that should be answered for each persona.

Life Related:

How old are they?
What proportion are female vs. male?
What is their level of education?
Where do they live (state)?
Where do they live (city, suburb, rural)?
Do they have children?

Work Related:

Have they ever had to move for their job?
Do they travel for their job?
How long has they been in their current position?
What is their salary?
How long have they been in their current field of employment?
What is their technological sophistication?
How do they use technology?
Do they enjoy technology?
How do they communicate at work (email, phone or in-person)?
How much time do they spend on
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Re: When I tried to open a web page on the Department of Labor and Industries site to fill out and submit a form and I got an error saying that I needed to be able to script or have scripting on?  Can you tell me how to fix this?

Welcome to the world of non-Microsoft. Unfortunately for all of us, many folks believe the world should only use Windows. On a a rare occasion, you may find that things that do not work quiet right on a Mac. Websites should always work. Unfortunately, sometimes they do not. Here are three things you can do to make them work.

1) Try using Firefox (http://firefox.com)

Firefox is a different “browser”.
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How To Avoid A $3000 International iPhone Data Bill

Oh happy day!!! I got my $1200 data bill reduced to $75 =) Yippeeeee!!! They changed my billing from the $5/month (no data included) international roaming plan to the $25/month one that includes 20MB of data transfer. (Overages are 0.005/KB.) Granted, I did have to sign up for an entire year.

My new monthly $100/month voice plan goes up by $45 (20 + 25) for data. For comparison, Blackberry’s must pay the same $25/month for data on top of their more expensive domestic data package.

OK, now I am loving AT&T. My total bill for the month including travel in Europe for 3 weeks with complete
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The Best 80 Photoshop Text Effects On The Web

It is amazing that people can do this for free! The internet is a wonderful place =)

VoIP on the iPhone - jajah.com

Friggin P-E-R-F-E-C-T!!! It is as if the Universe said; “Ulan, let me help you when you are in London…”

Just spoke to my sis in London for 15 minutes… on my iPhone… on my AT&T plan… through jajah.com… for 60¢!!!! Woot! This internet shit is the Real Deal™

Oh I can not wait for my iPhone!!

Ride Finder by Google Labs

Want a cab? Click this Ride Finder link in Safari on the iPhone and walk to the nearest cluster of cabs and hop right in. Updating in real-time! You can even see if a cab is driving towards you.

Mind blowing!!!

All done with nothing more than data, access to the internet and a web browser…

Think of all the applications that will be written to utilize this type of technology solution =)

Michael was in a bit of a pickle. While he owned michaelromanowski.com he did not actually have a website. For the past two years he had a simple “Site Under Construction” page that had not changed.

I met Michael and Jacqui Naylor for drinks one night and the conversation turned to how many website leads Jacqui’s gets from her newsletter sign-up form.

Michael: Yes, I know you guys at YVOD had been there asking create a new website for me, but I just could not find the time. I am speaking next week at a
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I just found this very useful link on the wordpress.org website!!

If you have shell access, you can get a copy of the latest stable build of Wordpress in two easy steps. Now how cool is that? =)

1) wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

2) tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz

“The WordPress package will extract into a folder called wordpress in the same directory that you downloaded latest.tar.gz.”

To complete the upgrade, you will need to copy the required files (.htaccess, wp-config.php and the wp-content directory) from your old Wordpress installation into this new one. Move the old one, rename the wordpress directory to your old name and you are ready for the last and easist step…

http://your-domain/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php

Wordpress really can be upgraded in under 5 minutes!