Holiday-Squeeze-2: Another Free XHTML and CSS Template

November 29th, 2011

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I’m feeling very festive this year and I’m very grateful for everything in my life. So I’m once again happy to release another free holiday “squeeze page” design used for lead generation. Use it to give away something free and to build your list. This template has been tested with the latest browsers but specifically: Firefox 8.0 and IE 9 and is released under the Public Domain. Enjoy!
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Do you want me to create a custom squeeze page for your business? Contact me for a quote.

Holiday-Squeeze-1: A New Free XHTML and CSS Template

November 18th, 2011

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Here is my latest free XHTML template. This is a free holiday “squeeze page” design used for lead generation. Use it to give away something free and build your list.
The content box where the main message and form is located expands into a scrolling area so that all your main content is above the fold. This template has been tested with the latest browsers but specifically: Firefox 8.0 and IE 9 and is released under the Public Domain. Enjoy!
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A Simple Website Security Tip

November 12th, 2011

It is unfortunate for Internet users to have to be be ultra vigilant when protecting their web properties. Websites are continually being hacked daily. Many times it’s open-source software like WordPress that is vulnerable to attacks but if you know a few little secrets you can do a lot to protect your WordPress or any kind of website.

The following tip is just a very simple thing to do to stop snoopers from seeing what is in your various web directories, like in your image directory, or even your main directory, if your site is not ready yet. Don’t keep your hosting space open to attacks. Simply create a blank index.html.

If you don’t know how to do that, it’s easy: open up Notepad or any other text editor. Leave the page blank and just save it as index.html NOT index.txt
Now, upload that blank index.html file into any web directory that you don’t want people snooping in.

Uploading files can be done either via an FTP program like FileZilla or by using the File Manager in your hosting account admin or cPanel, it’s usually called.

That’s it – one simple little thing can make a difference for your protection. Over the next while, I’ll be posting some more of these little security tips that I hope you’ll find useful. I’m open to suggestions, also, so if you have a topic you’d like me to cover, just add it to a comment.

Have a great weekend!