Articles written by Barb Mosher

You don't have to pay a lot of money for content management. Some of the best blogging platforms out there also serve as great content management systems.

May 26, 2008 - Barb Mosher

Xythos has an online version of their popular CMS that has features and functionality that rival the likes of SharePoint and GoogleApps.

Apr 15, 2008 - Barb Mosher

A lot of work goes into creating a content-managed website and managing the day to day operations of the site. Governance teams are critical to success in both instances.

Apr 7, 2008 - Barb Mosher

There's a lot to designing an intranet for your employees. The key to doing it well is providing the information they need to do their jobs along with a few extras.

Mar 31, 2008 - Barb Mosher

It's important that business owners understand Canadian privacy laws and how they affect their website and their relationship with their customers.

Mar 10, 2008 - Barb Mosher

It's impossible to build a website today without some form of Web 2.0 communication on it. Wikis are a great way to start building communities for your site.

Feb 28, 2008 - Barb Mosher

Understanding how to create websites for your users and tools to monitor that what you have built is working is what this book is all about by Steve Krug.

Feb 17, 2008 - Barb Mosher

For the small business owner who needs productivity tools but doesn't want to invest in MS Office, Google Docs is an option to be considered.

Feb 14, 2008 - Barb Mosher

Users are need search to find information they need. With the number of different search engine option available today - how do you select the right search engine?

Feb 4, 2008 - Barb Mosher

Most companies look to vendors like Microsoft and IBM to obtain products and solutions for their business. But there's a whole other world out there called Open Source.

Jan 29, 2008 - Barb Mosher

Microsoft Silverlight is a relatively new technology that enables developers to design highly rich user interfaces for web-based sites and applications for any browser.

Jan 28, 2008 - Barb Mosher

Research analyst firm Forrester recently releases its latest "Wave" report on ECM Suites in 2007. In it they discuss key requirements for ECM solutions.

Nov 29, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Microsoft started developing technologies long before the internet became a household icon. Its desire to conquer the internet came in the form of Active Server Pages.

Nov 6, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Web Servers are one of the core components of the Internet. What are the most common features and functionality and which ones are the most popular?

Oct 23, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Next to search engine marketing, advertising on social network sites like Facebook and MySpace is the most popular online marketing tool.

Oct 11, 2007 - Barb Mosher

User experience design is about knowing your customers and helping them achieve their goals. To do this create personas and walk through common scenarios for them.

Oct 3, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Most websites today have a sitemap that lists the content on their site. But there are two types of sitemaps you can have that enable search engines to crawl the content.

Sep 19, 2007 - Barb Mosher

The term portal can refer to a technology or a web design concept. Either way most websites today are examples of what a portal is and how it provides an integrated view.

Sep 17, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Rich media technologies like AJAX are making the traditional approach to measuring web sites difficult. You need to know how your site is built to know what metrics work.

Aug 24, 2007 - Barb Mosher

One technique for online marketing today is using multimedia to create videos, webcasts and podcasts to demonstrate your products and services to your potential customers

Aug 23, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Employee Intranets have been around for a few years, but these days they include collaboration, business intelligence and management dashboards to help employees work.

Aug 22, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Documenting requirements for a website or application can be challenging but some good methods include using workgroups, interviews, surveys, and scenario maps.

Aug 21, 2007 - Barb Mosher

MS Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides all the features and functionality necessary to create and manage a website from collaboration to business intelligence features

Aug 20, 2007 - Barb Mosher

There are four types of testing required when building an application or website: Unit, System Integration, Performance and User Acceptance Testing.

Aug 20, 2007 - Barb Mosher

You have determined you need to buy new software for your business. Follow these 6 steps that outline how to define, select, rate and choose the best solution.

Aug 16, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Many companies today see the value in creating an intranet that provides their employees with a wealth of information such as HR, training, finances and news and events.

Aug 16, 2007 - Barb Mosher

To help design a sucessful web presence monitor what your competitors are doing on the web and use this information to build or improve your own web presence.

Aug 7, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Using the web as a platform, Google is among the leaders providing services using Web 2.0 core competencies like AJAX, controlling data sources and online applications.

Jun 12, 2007 - Barb Mosher

From search engines to blogs to pay per click advertising and social media options, there are many ways to promote your website and your business.

May 30, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Need a way to demonstrate your expertise or promote your products and services? Learn about newsletter basics such as elements, content and registration.

May 23, 2007 - Barb Mosher

The days of designing a web site around a company's product or service is over. Now information architecture is about customer centric design and usability.

May 20, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Designing a web site? Usability, accessibility and some basic browser design guidelines should be the considered to make a visually appealing site.

May 19, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Tired of changing code on web pages every time the content needs to be updated? Maybe it's time for a content management system.

May 18, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Building a web site can take a lot time; taking the time to document the design helps ensure all the pieces are built and fit together right and less time is spent coding

May 18, 2007 - Barb Mosher

Before any code is written for your site clearly define business, content, functional and technical requirements.

May 11, 2007 - Barb Mosher

The most important part of planning a web site is clearly defining what the business wants to achieve with their online presence and how they intend to measure it.

May 10, 2007 - Barb Mosher

To help achieve a successful online presence follow this four phased approach to defining a web strategy for your business: Plan, Build, Promote and Maintain.

Apr 20, 2007 - Barb Mosher