Facebook and the Web

Facebook's Groups, Events and Photos are just a small way you can use Facebook to connect with people.  We'll talk more in detail about Facebook as a platform, but, in short, Facebook is a service you can you to connect and communicate with people you know.  Companies can use the Facebook Platform to build websites or applications that can allow Events, Groups and/or Photos.   They are the tools that are build onto the Facebook Platform.  They are the method by which people can share information and communicate

Blogger Background Week 27: Red and black background - Illustration

Every week, we take a look at a new background and utilize it as best we can.  This week we're using a piece of iStock art by artist jusant.

What’s a URL?

A URL is simply a website’s “address”, the one the appears in the white bar at the top of your browser.  As for pronunciation, some people say each initial separately (“you are ell“), and others pronounce it like a word (“earl“).  Either is correct.  OR you could impress your friends and call it a Uniform Resource Locator, which is what it stands for.

How to add Headings to a Post using HTML

Blogs are not novels.  When they have long pieces of text, blogs tend to benefit from being broken up in various ways, maybe even being labelled in some spots.  There are several ways to do that, including line breaks, and using paragraphs, but using Headings are one of the best ways.

Let’s Use Data Not Just to Target Ads, But to Make Ads Better

The booming data and ad-tech industry has marketers focused on showing their ads to the people they consider their targets. But with the growth of automated ad buying, creative execution is sometimes overlooked in favor of standardized efficiency. So, while ads get to the right consumers, many of them are neither memorable nor engaging.  To show consumers the most valuable, rewarding or en-tertaining creative executions possible, marketers now need to take advantage of data there too.

Blogger Background Week 27: Red and black background - Illustration

Every week, we take a look at a new background and utilize it as best we can.  This week we're using a piece of iStock art by artist John Woodcock.

The Art Of Blogging's BluePrint

We are often asked for recommendations on best WordPress plugins and services. People particularly want to know about the plugins and tools that we use to run the Art Of Blogging website.  As a result, we have decided to create the Art Of Blogging Blueprint which gives you behind the scenes look at all the tools, plugins, and services that we use here at TAOBlogging.

What is HTML?

HTML files are really nothing more than text files in another language, designed to be understood and used by an Internet Browser.  HTML tells your browser everything it needs to know: for example, it will have instructions for every kind of browser about where to find images that need to be displayed on the page, how any text on the page should look, and what the text will link to in a hyperlink.

Plan Events with Facebook

Just about anything you can do in person is easier on Facebook.  While Facebook isn't meant to be a replacement for face-to-face interactions, it can offer a way to interact when face time isn't possible.  Two of the best tool for this are Facebook Groups and Facebook Events.

Blogger Background Week 26: Abstract Vector Background - Illustration

Every week, we take a look at a new background and utilize it as best we can.  This week we're using a piece of iStock art by artist Centauria.