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Bucaro TecHelp Newsletter
Maintain Your Computer and Use it More Effectively
to Design a Web Site and Make Money on the Web.
~ ~ ~ November 10, 2004 Volume 4 Number 40 ~ ~ ~
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Selling With Your Own Website
By Stephen Bucaro
Many people have their own product, a book, a CD, a craft, or other product that they
would like to sell with their own website, but they can't find simple instructions on
how to get started. In this article, I'm going to explain how to sell your product
with your own website. It boils down to four steps.
1. Find a Web server.
You need to put your website on a computer that is running a Web server program and is
connected to the Internet. There are three choices:
a. Your own server. This requires you to be, or to hire, a system administrator responsible
for system maintenance, software updates, backups, and security. This also requires a
high-speed communications link to the Internet. This is practical only for large organizations.
b. Your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Along with a dial-up or broadband connection
to the Internet, many ISPs also provide you with a small amount of personal Web space.
There are several problems with using this Web space, even for a small business website.
The storage space and monthly transfer allowance is too small, and if you decide to
change ISP, you lose your email address and you need to move your website.
c. A Web host provider. There are many companies that sell website space on their servers.
These companies offer three grades of service:
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View Hidden Devices with Device Manager
By Stephen Bucaro
One of the most important troubleshooting tools in Windows is the Device Manager.
To open Device Manager, select "Start | Settings | Control Panel" and open the "System"
utility. In the System utility, select the "Hardware" tab and click on the
"Device Manager..." button.
Device manager lists all the devices installed on your system. A red "X" or a "yellow"
eclamation mark "!" next to a device in the list indicates a problem. But Device Manager
may not be giving you the full story. By default, Device Manager hides certain devices,
for example, some printers and non-PnP (non Plug and Play) devices.
To view non-PnP devices, in the Device Manager menu select "View | Show hidden devices".
Device manager will now add non-PnP devices to its list. But Device Manager still hides
certain devices, and these hidden devices can cause system resource conflicts.
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Color Harmony in Web Design : Part 2 The Physics of Color
By Stephen Bucaro
When designing a website, one of the first questions that comes to mind
is "What color scheme will I use?". The choice of colors for your
website is very important because the first message a visitor to your
website receives is the psychological message that color communicates.
To choose an effective color scheme for your website requires a basic
understanding of color theory.
When you drop a rock into a pool of water, you see an expanding circle
of concentric waves moving out from the point where the rock hit the
water. You might notice when a wave hits the edge of the pool, it bounces
or reflects back. This is an example of a simple mechanical wave.
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