As I mentioned in my post 5 Reasons to Think Twice Before You Buy a Flash Website, there are many drawbacks of building your Web presence in Flash. However, if you understand the implications of a Flash website, and still think it’s the right solution for you, please be kind to your visitors, and keep these simple rules in mind:

I’ve recently released a small Image Uploader class for PHP. You can download it from PHPClasses. The class is very simple, and only does one thing – as all good classes do. It processes images uploaded via a web Form, resizes and saves them. It can handle JPG, GIF & PNG files, and saves all files in JPG format.

Search Engine Optimization is an ongoing process, and should be considered to be a part of your overall marketing effort. In fact, it's marketing directed at a very specific market - the search engines and their algorithms that scour the Internet for information to return to people for a search. By building your site in such a way that the search engines can easily read your content and figure out what you do, you increase the number of eyes that can find your website exponentially. With a well thought out and directed plan, you will bring more potential customers to your website.

If you are a small business owner, at one point or another, odds are, you've considered getting a website. If you have, and if you've been blown away by the number of options available to you, then you need to read this. We're going to go over the 3 major "types" of websites that we would typically recommend for a small business, and talk about when you would consider each kind. After reading this, we hope that you will be better prepared when you go shopping to get - or upgrade - your Website.