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Preparation for Website Search Engine Submission

After you have produced amazingly worthwhile material and resources, other than getting the pages submitted to search engines, what could possibly be left? Okay, there are a few things left to do. Start by rechecking your code, both HTML and CSS. This process of cleaning involves triple checking that all the codes are accurate and […]

Website Development – Make a Schedule and Calendar

Wait! We’re Not Done! Make a Schedule! Yes, there is still MORE to do to fine-tune your website into a precision working machine. Part of keeping a viable website is to keep it current and updated. Another task is to monitor your web site to keep it visible to the search engines. Set up a […]

International Standards

Yes, we’re still not done. There is even more you need to know when it comes to web page and site development. While the following items are not required for everyone, they are well worth considering. International Challenges While the majority of web pages are in English, moves by the UN and other international groups […]

Winning Web Page and Website Awards

For your information, we’ve provided a list of sites which offer awards for web pages and Websites based upon different criteria: design, layout, structure, content, accessibility, and overall quality. If you are interested in winning awards for your web page design and development, make sure your site is award-winning first and then you may submit […]

CSS Tips and Tricks

While we avoid a lot of whizbang tricks, we have used a few here and there. Most recently, we discovered some useful tricks when designing a “fancy” version of our web page layout. A major part of these we turned into our CSS Experiments. As nature photographers and instructors, Brent likes to teach the following […]

CSS Tips and Tricks – Jazzing Up the Content

We’ve show how to jazz up a web page’s content within a container or box. Now it is time to look at some tips and tricks for jazzing up the content. CSS Text Effects There are a variety of text characteristics you can also add to jazz up your text. First of all, you can […]

CSS Tips and Tricks – Filters and Transforming Text

Flippin’ Filter Fun: flipv and fliph There are tons of filters you can have fun with with your CSS experiments. Remember, these only work on a few browsers, so test them out before putting them into use. Firefox and older browsers have trouble with these, though Microsoft Internet Explorer’s latest versions display these well. We […]

Teaching English – Can You Please Me?

Dr. Alex’s determination to learn English is amazing. He attacks it with a passion that delights and humbles me. I feel so insignificant against such concentration and determination. I am teaching both he and his wife English. Dr. Alex is a lyrical and wonderful storyteller. He explains that one of his hobbies is to write […]

Lessons Learned from Dahni, The Eyeless Wonder Cat

Dahni had no eyes. Shhhh. He didn’t know it. And we didn’t tell him. They say that what a child didn’t know won’t hurt him. We decided not to tell Dahni that he had no eyes, and he didn’t seem to mind. He was our Eyeless Wonder Cat. When he arrived in our home in […]

Photographing Your RV

Open the scrapbook of a trailer or motor home lover and you will see a few photographs of grandchildren, friends and family, and the occasional candid picture of life on the road. Here’s a picture of Brent and me in front of the trailer in Alaska. Here is a picture of the trailer in Santa […]

House on Your Back, You’re Ready for Work

There is something exciting about working on the road. The view outside your window changes frequently. You meet new people every day. Living in an RV, you can sleep in your own bed each night. There are new challenges all the time. You get to see the country and expand your mental and physical horizons. […]

The Traveling Business

Making the decision to take your business on the road isn’t an easy one. It is filled with complications, red tape, life changes, and major and minor decisions which can overwhelm you unless you are prepared. First, you must decide if your business qualifies as a mobile one, then think of all the things your […]

The Traveling Employee

Millions of people are hired by companies with travel written right into the job description. For many this means racking up airline frequent flyer miles as high as the sky. For others, traveling can be done more slowly, making RVing a realistic choice. There is something wonderful to be said about sleeping in the same […]

The Traveling Worker

Temporary jobs are available in every field, with a high demand right now in construction and communications maintenance, installation and repair. There is work available as a bookkeeper, secretary, receptionist, pharmacist, caretaker, cook, bottle washer, pet groomer, baker, dentist, doctor, medical technician, engineer, law assistant, court reporter, satellite dish installer, sales clerk, ticket taker, bus […]

The Time It Takes – Computing Your Time

“How long will this take?” This is the first question most temporary workers are asked. Most companies have a specific task in mind, usually under a deadline. One of the skills most needed in a temporary job is the ability to compute time constraints. Computing tasks by time requires familiarity with a task. If you’ve […]