Shanq Web : Integrated Web Marketing» Learning http://shanq.net iWM - Guaranteed satisfaction is the least you can avail Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:31:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Learning HTML For Do-it-Yourself Web Site Improvements http://shanq.net/learning-html-for-do-it-yourself-web-site-improvements/ http://shanq.net/learning-html-for-do-it-yourself-web-site-improvements/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:22:20 +0000 admin http://shanq.net/learning-html-for-do-it-yourself-web-site-improvements/ HyperText Markup Language HTML is one of the most common languages used to design websites in the internet.
Business website owners may not have the technological savvy to tweak their websites when they need to do some immediate changes. A basic knowledge of how simple things like links, headings, paragraphs, or images are manipulated may help you do well in the long run.
You do not have to enroll to a formal computer course to learn about HTML. You can resort to some practical ways to be familiar with it:
• Read a good book about it. Computer books are very easy to find at very cheap prices. Your local bookstore may have a whole section dedicated to things about computers. You can also browse the net and shop online through good sites like Amazon.com. The books though may be a bit thick, and if you are not the type of person to flip those pages maybe you can try the other methods
• Study Online. There are a number of websites which offer free e-learning courses where you can know the basics of HTML within a few hours. More advance courses teaching you how to insert some forms, boxes, or even make a talking website can take a bit longer. You can also view the source codes of these websites so you can quickly apply them to your website.
• HTML editor. There are free editors that you can find in the internet. These tools can help you design your webpage like a pro. Their platform is very basic which only involves a few clicks to modify the format, insert objects, and use images for your website. Premium editors like the MS Frontpage and Dreamweaver are popular among web designers.
• Hire a good Web Host. Inquire about the features before you purchase a web hosting package. Some offer a free HTML editor which provides templates where you can apply the contents and graphics that you want to see on your web pages. Also ask if there will be free Java plug-ins and other tools which may come handy in developing and maintaining your website.
If you cannot contact your web designer and opt to modify some features of web pages the free editors that you can find online are a great help. Here are some of the popular free HTML editors you can find on the internet:
• Evrsoft 1st Page. This editor is ideal for newbies and experts in computer languages. It is packed with features on a very user-friendly interface. Toolbars and shortcuts will give you a spell checker, built in codes, or a thesaurus. It also boasts of a wizard which makes all the work seem easy to do.
• CoffeeCup.This editor runs with Windows 2000, XP, XP MC, and Windows Vista. It is as good as the other free editors online and has features like thesaurus, validation, color schemer, and spell checker. Other features can be enhanced by dropping codes built on XHTML, DHTML, PHP, and JavaScript.
• HateML. This editor is for those who have a functional knowledge of HTML. HateML has automatic syntax checker which prompts you if there are errors found on the page. It also has Intellisense which checks the features of your work and suggests improvements that you can make.

Paul Eddison is a consultant for GeckoNewMedia who provide Web Design In Edinburgh and Scotland. Visit www.geckonewmedia.com to learn more.

]]> http://shanq.net/learning-html-for-do-it-yourself-web-site-improvements/feed/ 0 Internet Marketing: Learning the Basics of This Lucrative Industry http://shanq.net/internet-marketing-learning-the-basics-of-this-lucrative-industry/ http://shanq.net/internet-marketing-learning-the-basics-of-this-lucrative-industry/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:31:10 +0000 admin http://shanq.net/internet-marketing-learning-the-basics-of-this-lucrative-industry/ The impact of the Internet on the perceived value of information is just as huge as anybody would ever think. Undoubtedly, Internet changed the way people learn and search for useful information. Before the arrival of the Internet culture, individuals who are looking for some valuable and useful information would be congregating themselves in classrooms, public libraries, bookstores, and magazine stands because these are the places where such information could be found.
However, it’s been about ten years since the Internet became accessible to the public and the difference it made has been gigantic. For more details visit to www.tried-tested-marketing-strategies.com .The impact is drastic enough that the Internet changed the typical procedure of searching for information that has existed since the civilization era. If you want to learn the life of Florence Nightingale, Christopher Columbus, or even the terrorism acts of Osama bin Laden, you do not need to take a class, read a book, or purchase newspapers everyday. You can Yahoo or Google these personalities, and if you are savvy enough, you will be able to find a website that is dedicated to the study of these personalities.
Through the Internet, such valuable and useful information is readily accessible. In addition, retrieval of information is free. You do not have to suffer purchasing Da Vinci Code for several dollars cheaper than what you would have to pay in a brick and mortar bookstore. The search and retrieval of the manuscript of the book is instantaneous (in short, instant!), no wasting of time, and definitely there is no need to spend for transportation.
In other words, searching and retrieving information on the Internet is cost-free, except the purchase of your personal computer (if you do not have any) and the Internet connection fee.
Almost every kind of information could be found on the Internet, historical accounts, answers to personal problems, and information about business opportunities. In other words, every online-based business opportunity related information can be accessed through the Internet.
Nothing more, nothing else .Why purchase marketing strategy books or business newspapers if all information that you need is stored on the Internet and can be read for free.
However, unlike other information on the Internet, information related to Internet marketing are not entirely for free. In fact, there are marketing gurus who sell such information to Internet marketing neophytes.
The basics of success on Internet marketing starts with learning the basics of this lucrative industry. Such basics could be learned through various Internet marketing-related information scattered over the Web. If you want to acquire information that is proven to be useful for your online business, definitely you will purchase such information from different Internet marketing gurus.
To get the real worth of your money, you can look for the following categories of valuable and useful information for your online business outlined below:
The content of the information package must be controlled and distributed by licensed and well-known personalities on Internet marketing. Verify the individual behind the personality check if he is really a marketing genius or not. With so many “bogus gurus” out there, there is a need to check on your information resources first before handing out money.
Such information must be on its updated status. What is the use of information gathered in 1980 on a 2006 market? Ask for some sample excerpts or initial information that you can see for yourself if it is updated or not.
Look for the “money back guarantee” condition of paid information. If you are not satisfied by the results or the results are not what you expect, you can have your money back. For more information logon to www.social-marketing-secret.com .There are many experienced Internet marketers who are willing to give your money back if you are not satisfied with the information you have acquired.
If you cannot afford to purchase premium information sold by different Internet marketers over the Web, you can still look for free information. You may visit different article directories over the Internet that publishes hundreds to thousands of articles related to Internet marketing.

Some of these articles are written by the Internet marketing gurus themselves, thus you are assured that the information is valuable and can be applied to your online business. There are also business sites wherein they give away free information guides that you can use for your Internet marketing career. Just be resourceful and creative enough to locate this free yet useful information.

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The Internet is the information superhighway whether free or paid information, make sure that these will help you learn the ideas and basic strategies to make your Internet marketing career a successful one.

Myself Subhash Chand Bassi and I retired from Punjab Government as Superintendent.

]]> http://shanq.net/internet-marketing-learning-the-basics-of-this-lucrative-industry/feed/ 0 Learning the Basic Terms in Web Marketing http://shanq.net/learning-the-basic-terms-in-web-marketing/ http://shanq.net/learning-the-basic-terms-in-web-marketing/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:31:23 +0000 admin http://shanq.net/learning-the-basic-terms-in-web-marketing/ Web marketing is selling and advertising products or services online. The internet provides a venue for low priced goods and services and it provides the fastest means of communication making online business a success for every entrepreneur. Still, it needs constant update and good advertising to invite customers. Web marketing includes the technical aspects online. These are web design, web sale, web development, etc. these are all very important factors to remember in building online marketing. For beginners, especially those who have no background in online marketing and technicalities, web marketing is never an easy task. There are thousands of information that need to be learned for one to be able to handle the pressure and control the online business. Before jumping on the technical aspects of web marketing, the basics must be learned down to the simplest terms involved in internet marketing. These are necessary to learn to be able to start understanding the internet language and gather information online.To start, the following basic terms in web marketing are listed below:Ad space – It is the location or space available on a page of a site for advertisements.Frames – a structure that allows the subdivision of a browser window into two or more independent parts to separate for a webpage.Bookmark – a remembered address (URL) stored in a Web browser that allows the user to go directly to that given site in the future.Home page – Is the main page or opening of a web site to provide information about the site and its owner.JavaScript – is an object oriented programming language developed by Netscape Corporation and used to create interactive Web sites.Navigation – a skill applied to website that which facilitates movement of users from one Web page to another.Shopping cart – Software used in making a product catalogue available for online customers to view, add/delete, and purchase merchandise.Web browser – Is a software program that allows searching or browsing various kinds of information on the web.Web design – The layout and structure of Web page presented in such a way that content and components are coordinated. Before rushing on the goal of starting internet marketing, one must learn the basics especially those who are beginners and those who are unfamiliar with the complex terms that can be found on the web. This will help the building of a web page that will effectively attract consumers and therefore enhance the success of web marketing.

John Ranquist is a network marketer who likes to help many network markerters by teaching the use of more relevant, up-to-date strategies that aremore in-line with today’s day and age of the internet and technology. To know more about John Ranquist, visit his website at http://www.johnranquist.net

]]> http://shanq.net/learning-the-basic-terms-in-web-marketing/feed/ 0 Learning Photoshop Through Video Tutorials http://shanq.net/learning-photoshop-through-video-tutorials/ http://shanq.net/learning-photoshop-through-video-tutorials/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 18:30:47 +0000 admin http://shanq.net/learning-photoshop-through-video-tutorials/ If the thought of learning Photoshop through textual tutorials make you snore, you might find tutorial videos more interesting. There are lots of tutorials available on CD-ROM and DVD formats and thousands of single-lesson video clips you can view online or download to watch later. Many of these videos are taught by a human trainer and while the videos are designed to guide you step-by-step, you can always skip lessons and jump from one clip to the next.
Here are a few you might want to take home:
PhotoshopSecrets for Wacom Tablets & Photoshop
This is a great Photoshop video tutorial if you are a tablet user. Currently, this is probably the most comprehensive, allowing you to learn how to use all the tools and features available with Adobe Photoshop. This tutorial video is authored and taught by Colin Smith and Weston Maggio of Photoshopcafe and Wacom Technology, respectively. Both are experienced trainers so you’ll find the lessons well-paced and relevant.
This DVD ROM tutorial has more than 120 minutes of 800×600 video. It’s easy to navigate and you can click on any lesson you like without any trouble while still controlling the playback. If you prefer to learn on your own, just click on the lesson files and play the video clip of your choice on your own free time.
PhotoshopSecrets Special FX
This tutorial video contains 19 lessons packed in approximately 2 hours of fast-loading CD-ROM. If ‘cool!’ is the one word that you want to hear to feel validated for your Photoshop efforts, this video tutorial will teach you exactly how to use special effects like the pros. Learn about 3D lathing, liquid splashes, CS branding, pixel stretching, thermal vision, toxic waste and lots more. These are cutting-edge effects, the kind you find in more advanced Photoshop users’ works so you might want to try it out for yourself.
Photoshopsupport.com
This site features some of the best and latest Photoshop tutorials, including those in video. Use Photoshop confidently in no time with the free video tutorials. You can even click on the links provided to find out about Photoshop products for more detailed tutorials. If you’re using Photoshop to come up with a cooler, meaner website, you’ll like the short tutorials on SiteGrinder 2, an Adobe Photoshop Plugin.
Graphicsoft.about.com
If you like free online tutorials, check out this site. All tutorial video clips are taught by Deke McClelland, who is also the trainer for several Adobe Photoshop CS2 training CDs. He’s offering a free sample of his lessons on this site – you won’t have everything you need, but the tutorials are enough to teach you some very important things and get you started.
Included in the tutorial video clips are: learning about Vanishing Point, Camera Raw, Image Warp, Smart Sharpen Filter, Smart Objects, Adobe Bridge, Match Color and Shadow Highlight Filter. If you want to buy his tutorial videos, you’ll get an exclusive 20% discount if you use the promotion code.
PhotoshopSecrets – CS2 for Digital Photographers
If you want to learn how to maximize your digital photos with the use of CS2, this video tutorial is for you. Learn how professional photographers produce better-looking photographs and use their tricks to turn your photos from blah to blast. This tutorial video is a CD-ROM format, has 43 lessons and runs approximately 3.5 hours.
Lessons include: using Camera Raw, image adjustment, red eye removal, grain and color noise reduction, changing perspective, using image sharpening techniques, using vanishing point, image extraction and many more. If those lessons aren’t enough to get you interested, here are two of the most popular tools you absolutely must learn: face swapping and image retouching.

Mario Churchill is a freelance author and has written over 200 articles on various subjects. For a free photo shop tutorial and or to purchase a video photo shop tutorial checkout his website.

]]> http://shanq.net/learning-photoshop-through-video-tutorials/feed/ 0 Learning Online Video Tutorials Through Tutorpipe http://shanq.net/learning-online-video-tutorials-through-tutorpipe/ http://shanq.net/learning-online-video-tutorials-through-tutorpipe/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 22:24:55 +0000 admin http://shanq.net/learning-online-video-tutorials-through-tutorpipe/ When you want to know about video applications for web designing or for any web application need, you have several choices to get the needed knowledge. You can buy a book about video application on the Internet, enroll and study in an IT school, or learn from it through online video tutorials. Among the three options, the last choice would be the most convenient and most accessible. Here you can learn from home, saving transportation expenses to and fro from IT school or from buying books.

Whether you are a beginner for video web application or you want to learn more about video application for your web, you can look for online video tutorials in the Internet. One of the websites that offer online video tutorials is Tutorpipe.

Tutorpipe is focused on online video tutorials. Their tutorials are designed in a way that both beginners and advance learners understand their descriptions, demonstrations, and narration. With a certain computer minimum requirement, you can easily view their interactive online video tutorials and follow their easy format and instructions. By this, you can get the knowledge that you need for creating your own web applications.

One of the interesting features that Tutorpipe provides to consumers is that they offer a lot of free video tutorials. For example, if you want to request for a free Photoshop tutorials, you can do so and they would readily offer it. Aside from the requested free Photoshop tutorials, they have ready free video tutorials that include Flash video tutorials and Dreamweaver video tutorials. The Flash video tutorials offered for free range from basic to intermediate subject. The same level is true to free Dreamweaver video tutorials. Other tutorial subjects that are freely given are Windows XP basics, Skype Internet application, and Google Internet application.

While not all knowledge can be taken as free in Tutorpipe, they have a way of providing you with tutorial services that may require you to pay for the subscription fee but these will be worth learning. If you want to learn more about a certain subject that can be availed through their online video tutorials, then you can subscribe. By subscribing, you will be able to log in to their site and get the online video tutorials that you need. The subject tutorial has a particular price.

For instance, if you want to learn more about advanced Flash video tutorials, then you can subscribe, register, and pay the fee. Your subscription can then begin. The subscription is the key in providing you with the constant knowledge you need about advanced Flash video application. The subscription will last for 365 days and can be renewed anytime you wish. The same is true if you want to learn more about advanced Dreamweaver video tutorials.

Tutorpipe has interesting features such as high quality sound on their online video tutorials, several free video that fits initial knowledge on different web applications, and affordable price for their tutorial subscription. Indeed, online video tutorials would be more preferable than school study or book studies.

Aside from the requested free Photoshop tutorials, Tutorpipe has ready free video tutorials that include Flash video tutorial and Dreamweaver video tutorials.

]]> http://shanq.net/learning-online-video-tutorials-through-tutorpipe/feed/ 0 Why a Joomla Tutorial Video Can be Key to Your Success in Learning Joomla http://shanq.net/why-a-joomla-tutorial-video-can-be-key-to-your-success-in-learning-joomla/ http://shanq.net/why-a-joomla-tutorial-video-can-be-key-to-your-success-in-learning-joomla/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 02:29:23 +0000 admin http://shanq.net/why-a-joomla-tutorial-video-can-be-key-to-your-success-in-learning-joomla/ Let’s face it – majority of us learn better by sight and sound than by reading a book and with most of us flocking to the internet to build websites with Joomla doesn’t it make more sense to find out how to build an effective Joomla web site rather than having to hire an expensive web designer that knows Joomla? Well, sure! But would you know where to start?

It really IS easier to grasp a concept when we see it, rather than just reading about it. If you’ve ever taken a course in anything you know the difference between someone standing in front of a group talking about a significant something. Some will catch on fairly quickly, others will be left in a slight fog. BUT…

Let that same instructor provide a slide show, a visual, and you can bet the majority of those viewing will have those all-important and very gratifying ‘Ahl Ha!’ moments!

The reason is because videos make you feel as if you are interacting. They ‘express’ more than just words on a page. They make you understand the how’s and the why’s. This is so meaningful and is the reason why so many now make it a point to include them in their marketing.

A Joomla tutorial video offers you that same ease in beginning to learn Joomla. Joomla is a powerful open source content management program that gives the “average joe” the opportunity to build, publish and update their own website without the help of a web designer.

Some of us venture forth in web design with some experience, some with just a little, others more advanced. Whatever, we all have a common bond and that is that ALL of us always have more to learn -and a Joomla tutorial video will help anyone who needs to understand what Joomla is and how it can work for them.

The truth is, many of us wish we had something or someone that would SHOW us what to do to clear up our understanding and, perhaps, confusion in trying to learn Joomla or anything in life for that matter. Now, there are many good Joomla tutorial sources on the internet today, but how many of them are on video?

To reiterate, videos are important because they teach in the true sense of the word. And with a Joomla tutorial video, as they teach, you learn. As you learn, you become more of a force to be reckoned with because you can stand on your own two feet with a sense of accomplishment, which in the end can save you time and money.

So, don’t throw in the towel if you can’t grasp Joomla by just reading the forums and reading the joomla installation manual. Know that a Joomla tutorial video is available to help you bring your web building dreams from fantasy land into reality.

Remember, your dreams are more than possible – they are achievable! Sometimes, you just need to be SHOWN what to do.

http://www.joomla-videos.net, offers flash-based videos to assist with learning and installing Joomla CMS. If you publish content online you’ll learn how to create beautiful and imaginative web sites fast.

]]> http://shanq.net/why-a-joomla-tutorial-video-can-be-key-to-your-success-in-learning-joomla/feed/ 0 Dreamweaver CS3: The Learning series (Part 19) Galleries 2.0 http://shanq.net/dreamweaver-cs3-the-learning-series-part-19-galleries-2-0/ http://shanq.net/dreamweaver-cs3-the-learning-series-part-19-galleries-2-0/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:12:50 +0000 admin http://shanq.net/dreamweaver-cs3-the-learning-series-part-19-galleries-2-0/
Image Gallery with thumbnail carousel, thumbnail resizing, and mulitple Galleries.

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Using CSS Menu Writer to add navigation to the Layout created with CSS Sculptor

]]> http://shanq.net/dreamweaver-cs3-the-learning-series-part-17-cssmenuwriter/feed/ 0 Dreamweaver CS3: The Learning series (Part 16) css sculptor http://shanq.net/dreamweaver-cs3-the-learning-series-part-16-css-sculptor/ http://shanq.net/dreamweaver-cs3-the-learning-series-part-16-css-sculptor/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:10:34 +0000 admin http://shanq.net/dreamweaver-cs3-the-learning-series-part-16-css-sculptor/
Demonstrating how easy it is to create your own custom CSS layout with CSS Sculptor.

]]> http://shanq.net/dreamweaver-cs3-the-learning-series-part-16-css-sculptor/feed/ 3 Dreamweaver CS3: The Learning series (Part 14) Headings http://shanq.net/dreamweaver-cs3-the-learning-series-part-14-headings/ http://shanq.net/dreamweaver-cs3-the-learning-series-part-14-headings/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:11:54 +0000 admin http://shanq.net/dreamweaver-cs3-the-learning-series-part-14-headings/
Using Image Replacement Techniques to create Headings of any Font style.

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