Content Management Systems (CMS): What They Are And Why We Love Them…

Written by Maarten Van Ruitenburg


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This brings us to yet another factor that makes Content Management Systems so helpful. Because more people have access to updating and maintainingrepparttar website,repparttar 132204 information is generally much more accurate and recent. Updating older pages manually in order to keep them relevant to changing information cannot only be frustrating, but also repetitive and time consuming. In today’s competitive online market, up-to-date information is crucial to your business’s credibility and success.

Content Management System un-complicates this task by making global (site-wide) changes throughrepparttar 132205 alteration of a single file. Because all ofrepparttar 132206 site’s information is stored in a central location, when that information is altered, every page on that site which contains that specific info is updated immediately. Just like that! This allowsrepparttar 132207 editors orrepparttar 132208 website’s author to write, edit, and publish information torepparttar 132209 website without having to submit all ofrepparttar 132210 material torepparttar 132211 Webmaster. No inconsistencies, less proofreading—less work altogether.

Another tremendous advantage to using a Content Management System is link maintenance. Many times, even Webmasters makerepparttar 132212 mistake of deleting or moving content that is linked to multiple areas within a site. When this occurs,repparttar 132213 links that are not removed then become broken links becauserepparttar 132214 file to which they refer is either deleted or in another location andrepparttar 132215 reference is invalid. When a person using a Content Management System deletes or updatesrepparttar 132216 location of a file, each ofrepparttar 132217 links relative to that file are automatically updated, therefore eliminating any risk of orphaned links and that nasty little ‘page not found’ experience forrepparttar 132218 site’s visitors.

Overall, it is quite obvious thatrepparttar 132219 implementation of a Content Management System is ideal for a wide variety of websites. From news sites to corporate sites— allrepparttar 132220 way to small business sites and personal web pages, using a Content Management System combinesrepparttar 132221 convenience of ease of use along withrepparttar 132222 professionalism of clean web design and up-to-date material.



Maarten Van Ruitenburg is the owner of Visual Developments

To get a professional website design or a great forum or CMS skin, visit www.visualdevelopments.com


Business Opportunity for Graphic Designers

Written by Mohd Fairuz


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It's obvious. Every marketer who sell information product owners may become your clients. It doesn't matter whetherrepparttar products they offer are for sale, or just to give away, they'll need virtual covers forrepparttar 132201 products.

How & where to findrepparttar 132202 customers?

Here are some ways you can follow to find customers:

- Promote your service at classified site.

- Promote your product through your signature in email and forums.

- Go to Google, and search for 'Internet marketing forum'. You'll find many product owners there.

- Promote your service at Google via Google's pay-per-click advertising program, called Google AdWords. You can get a customer from as low as $0.05. However, for you to promote your business effectively on AdWords, you need to have a good guide. Here's an excellent resource how you can advertise properly on Google: http://www.virtualcovercreator.com/adwords/

How to get started?

Of course, as a new player, you'll have to compete with other product cover designers. Here are some powerful tips you can get started fast:

1. Introduce your service by giving away, let's say, 5 FREE cover designs. In return, ask them to provide testimonials on your service. This will boost your credibility. Hence, more sales.

2. Create a website for your service. List down your offer, put customers testimonial, and don't forget to have a page for your design showcase.

3. Offer a discount for members of an Internet Marketing forum that you visit.

4. You'll need to open a PayPal account to accept payment. An alternative way is using ClickBank or 2checkout.

You are now ready to take order.

How to save time and earn more:

The easiest and fastest way to create product covers is by using Photoshop Actions. Some call them Action Scripts. Actions are some sort of plug-ins that automaterepparttar 132203 cover design process.

Basically, here's how they work:

- Run Adobe Photoshop

- Loadrepparttar 132204 Actions into Photoshop

- Click on a button to runrepparttar 132205 Action

- Editrepparttar 132206 template with relevant images & text to suit your need

- Click on another button, and your flat cover will be transformed into 3D cover, automatically.

Here's a site where you can find Photoshop Actions for ebook cover & software box cover: http://www.virtualcovergenerator.com

Imagine how many covers you can create in a day? Andrepparttar 132207 best part, how much money can you earn in a day?

Mohd Fairuz maintains a website on ecover design. On his site, you can find software, templates & articles related to virtual cover design. To learn more how your can create amazing ebook cover or software box cover, proceed to his website at: http://www.virtualcovercreator.com


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