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Yesterday we debated whether or not to hand code or use WYSIWYG software. Today we wonder,  Is CMS The Way To Go For Almost Any Kind Of Website?

This discussion rocks! Everyone has a valid perspective and as you can see, it’s no easy task to determine the best fit for your client’s needs. As someone pointed out, most clients will not even use the robust CMS you set up for them.

Cre8asiteforums explores Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Thesis, and much more. Dive into the discussion here.

Despite Microsoft’s marketing efforts to convince everyone that their Vista OS is not a monster, many people, when faced with a new or replacement computer situation, shudder at the idea of “that scary Vista”.  I became slightly obnoxious with a sales guy once in a shopping mall who tried to convince me that Vista was fine. I refused to believe him.

Not only did I buy a Dell-forced-Vista laptop, but I begged my husband, Eric, to give me dual bootup access so that I could use both XP and Vista.  Surprise, surprise!  I ended up adapting quickly to Vista.  Now I have a Vista laptop (with XP on it too), plus an XP desktop computer.  There’s a mix of OS’s in the house, but the newer PC’s are all Vista. No one is complaining.

When watching a presentation, participating in conversations, reading, etc., what kind of information delivery sticks with you better?

What are you more inclined to remember? Numbers or stories?

Humor or facts?

Images or graphs?

Please tell us in our Cre8asiteforums Poll.

My pet peeve about some news web sites is that sometimes they only offer the story in video format, with no text alternative. To watch it, I have to include the extra time to watch the TV commercial they start off with. This ordeal resembles movie trailers we sit through before the actual feature movie begins.

Some TV shows offer past episodes online. This allows TV viewers to play catch up on their favorites by letting them view shows on their laptops. It’s very handy and affords viewers the choice of when and where to watch the TV shows they love.

The cat’s out of the bag. Not everyone you meet online is real. Not only that, the entity you thought was your soul mate has turned out to be a cartoon creation for some new fangled product. You’ve been targeted and lured by the practice of “Fake Avatars”.

Is it ethical to purposely lie on the Internet?

Fake accounts, fake avatars and fake friends. It’s actually nothing new. I never believed half the stuff I was told in the adult chat rooms from the 1990’s Internet.

(Did I just say that?)

One of the main objectives for search engine marketing is to ensure your web site comes up high in search results when someone performs a search. New sites sometimes have a tougher climb. The marketing methods vary and some will insist it’s all smoke and mirrors, manipulation and perhaps cheating.

Someone found an example where the top 11 spots were held by the same company, but each with a different web site with unique domain and content. He wondered if this is “blackhat SEO” in action.

The Cre8asiteforums discussion, Is This Normal Or Straight Up Black Hat? A real life case study, may surprise you!

Welcome to our latest tromp through the fields of Cre8tive Community discussion threads and member blog posts that impress us, make us laugh, help us think and may even convince us we really do know what the heck we’re doing.

Cre8asite Forums Threads

Here are some of our favorite threads of this week.

• Portfolio Site “intro Spiel” - Where To Find Concrete Advice On What To Say And How To Say It?
  
  

  I know I need to have some kind of “intro spiel” on my first page, but I can’t for the life of me figure out what to say. I don’t even know where to start. It’s hitting me the same way as having to write a cover page for a resume.

Two of our favorite “deep thinking” members spent time with the forums this week and it was like old times. Ammon Johns and Bill Slawski are well known for their insight and ability to explain complicated topics so that people like me can understand them.

Cre8asite Forums Threads

Here are some of our favorite threads of this week.

• Duplicated Content Is A Myth! Bill Slawski writes:
  

  The issue is much more complicated than is set forth in the article that you link to. Is there a “duplicate content penalty” is a different question than “will sites get filtered out of search results because of duplicate content?”