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I often get asked "What is Web 2.0?" And usually I do the best I can to explain it, but recently I jotted down some notes on Web 2.0 that I thought I would share with you. This list is far from complete. so feel free to contact me with your thoughts on the subject.Web 2.0 attempted definitionIt's similar to what supreme court justice Potter Stewart said when describing pornography, "I can't define it, but I know it when I see it." But I'll give describing it a shot anyway. From the users perspectiveIt...

Alighten has recently completed a customizable template for the Blogger weblog system. If your client is interested in a low cost website, a Blogger weblog built to look like a corporate website might be an alternative. Custom Blogger templates look more professional and offer the reader more credibility than standard Blogger templates. You can read more about a recent client that went live with a Blogger template by Alighten (including a list of features) at the following URL. Spinach and Honey...

For those of you interested in my coding tips for other developers. I have been actively posting them over in the Sitefinity forums. From time to time I will post a list of links to my code snipits in the Sitefinity forums so that designers interested can take a look at them and gain some valuable insight into how modules, controls and customizations of the CMS system are programmed. I can see that some of your eyes are already glazing over. If you would like to check back next week I will have another...

By now you know that the following Meta Tags are not only a good idea, but down right critical. <title>Your webpage category, Your website name, Your website description</title>  <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="Page keyword1, page keyword2">   <META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="Description of the current web page"> But what about the other tags that many SEO consultants recommend. <meta name="revisit-after" content="7 Days" />  <meta name="Robot" content="ALL" />  <meta name="rating" content="General" /> I...

The problemAfter reviewing your Google Analytics you discover that while your company website receives 60 visits a day you are rarely getting emails and calls from those potential clients. The conceptOne way to increase customer contacts is to make it even easier for potential clients to talk to you. "Live Chat" is a great way to allow potential clients to quickly get instant help online. There are a number of software products that offer "Live Chat" support. However, often they require database...

There has been an important new development in the battle over standards in the browser community. The "Click to Activate" required by all versions of Internet Explorer when using the standard embedding technique for Flash elements will go away in April of 2008. You heard me correctly! The majority of your clients websites there will no longer be a need to use JavaScript to load Flash elements on to the page. Via the IEBlog - Microsoft has now licensed the technologies from Eolas, removing the “click...

So your client has an idea for a great community website. The site will allow users to share images, flash movies or documents freely with millions of people world wide. You design the site to meet the clients needs, but how do you program a website to scale as the traffic on the site moves from few hundred visitors a week to a few hundred thousand visitors a day. Enter the Content Delivery Network (CDN). Via yahoo - A content delivery network (CDN) is a collection of web servers distributed across...

I have been putting together a list of reasons why Alighten focuses primarily on ASP.NET instead of Java/PHP and other languages. Then I stumbled on to this interesting post by a startup company and why they chose to go with ASP.NET. It summarizes most of the key issues faced by today's website project managers, website programmers, and website designers.http://blog.jumptree.com/2007/why-we-chose-aspnet-to-run-our-startup/It's important for you to discuss the pros and cons of each technology when...

Due to the devastating fires in San Diego this week Alighten will be closed until Monday October 29th. If you haven't heard more than 550,000 people were evacuated from there homes, more than 1800 homes, businesses and buildings have been destroyed and more than 360,000 acres have been burned.Finally, after days of high winds fanning the fires the wind is subsiding. While this is good news for firefighters, the light winds will mean poor air quality throughout San Diego for another week.With respect...

This is a new blog post.

I often get asked "What is Web 2.0?" And usually I...

Alighten has recently completed a customizable template...