Now that the iPad is available and quite popular, business owners are increasingly feeling the pressure to make their website look its best on such new devices. The iPhone along with Firefox have been responsible for a big push towards making websites standards compliant, but the iPhone/iPad have really brought the issue to the forefront because neither platform supports Flash.

We at n390 have never encouraged using flash for a website or any kind of navigation and content elements, though slideshows are occasionally acceptable when using clean fallback methods.

With the growing use of iPads and tablets in general, there is even greater demand to make websites look and function their best on these new devices. To help with the transition, Apple published a tech note on the subject.

What is a Content Management System?

A Content Management System (CMS) is an integrated interface that helps you to easily manage all the content on your website.

Current and correct information is very important for a successful business and website. A CMS gives you immediate control of the site content, instead of waiting for a third party to make your changes, which can increase risk of delays and mistakes.

Our content management system implementations are extremely powerful and flexible, yet intuitive and easy to use.

Key Concepts

I have written before about How to Embed Flash Valid XHTML so this time I expand on the idea to include adding a YouTube video to your site.

First of all, the embed code from YouTube typically is not XHTML nor does it provide a nice degrade for devices like the iPhone.

The following steps will show you how to create XHTML markup and provide clean fallback content. Adding fallback content is a little detail that goes a long way to make your site more professional and accessible.

Now that all of the common modules used in a lot of our sites are ready for Drupal 6, it's time to switch. As of now n390 is implementing new sites using the newest Drupal framework! For our current sites they will remain on version 5 because it still works fine really.

There are a lot of new features in Drupal 6. The improved code base and features are sure to be well received and beneficial to our clients needs.

You can upload video to your web site or use services like YouTube or Vimeo. There are lots of other video sharing services out there if you want to try them.

Google Apps is a web service from Google that provides applications including Gmail, Google Calendar and Docs. You can use your own domain name and have control over your accounts.

Using Google Apps greatly simplifies your businesses IT complexity and lowers overall costs conciderably. The applications are easy to use and since they are hosted on the Internet you have access from almost anywhere.

Check out the introductory video.

UPDATE MAR 2010 - Since writing this things have changed regarding keywords and how they get used by search engines. Due to the amount of abuse, keywords really have no relevance to the search engines anymore. So at this point my recommendation is use keywords for your own site's categorization of content. You should not expect to improve search ranking or seo at all by using keywords in the meta tags.

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A keyword or phrase is nothing more than a category term that succinctly describes your content using single words or a two word phrase. Keywords help make searching for content more effective.

For example if you write an article about how to make a jalapeño pepper sauce then a good set of keywords are: "peppers", "hot sauce" and "jalapeño".

Amazingly keywords continue to be misused and abused. Not knowing how to use keywords can lead to poor search engine raking. Here are a few simple tips to consider.

Here is what I do to cleanly embed a Flash video into XHTML page.

Keep these guidelines in mind as you plan your website's layout and content.

"Content is King"

This is not just a clever saying. It is critical if you want a successful and effective website. Your site will be one of many millions, and people get distracted easily and quickly. Keep them interested with fresh and entertaining content regularly. If you let the content go stale, then people will leave and may never return. Additionally, you must keep the content relevant to the overall mission of your site. For instance, don't waste time on cookie recipes if you are trying to sell vintage floppy disks.

Internet Explorer 7 has trouble jumping to on-page anchor links when you code the page using the usual standards.  In other words, the page will validate and your code may be correct but IE fails to properly use the anchor.

For example, if your anchor code is like this: