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FFS: write well for the web!

FFS: write well for the web!

For Friendly Sites: First Fast and Simple. My writing workshop for the 2011 Engage Your Community Conference.

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Go broadband

How do you connect to the Internet? If you use your own computer, rather than a public connection, your choices are between dial-up and broadband. [First published July 2006.] A dial-up connection is one where you connect a modem to your phone line. While the modem’s using the phone line you can’t make voice calls [...]

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F is for first

First words matter most. Whether you’re writing your own web page, or sending in a notice, the first words are the most important. [First published November 2006.] Web page hot spots When people visit web pages they quickly skim to find things of interest. If they are experienced users of the web they will probably [...]

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