Michael Dick — creative designer specializing in interface desig. 75+ Marvelous Hand-Picked Navigation Menus - Webitect. Navigation is one of the most important elements of web page design, and it is often overlooked or not given much thought. A good designer will try to create more unique navigation styles, rather than just focusing on basic browser-safe type. I’ve been trying to implement more creative navigation styles myself when working on client projects, and I had found myself looking up navigation inspiration and showcases. It really surprised me that there weren’t that many compared to other types of showcases, so I decided to add to the collection.
Hopefully this showcase can help someone else now. I personally love the examples with the sleek, “Web 2.0″ look, with tabs and special effects that make them look “real to life”. Share any other pieces of navigation inspiration you may find, or share your thoughts on the examples below. Create free online surveys and polls with PollDaddy.com - Use ou. Powerful tool for creating web surveys. Online survey software m.
Customer Development Survey — Create a New Survey. Action User Flows. OC Expert Interviews. Social media optimization. Social media optimization (SMO) is the use of a number of social media outlets and communities to generate publicity to increase the awareness of a product, brand or event. Types of social media involved include RSS feeds, social news and bookmarking sites, as well as social networking sites, such as Twitter, and video and blogging sites. SMO is similar to search engine optimization in that the goal is to generate traffic and awareness for a website.
In general, social media optimization refers to optimizing a website and its content in terms of sharing across social media and networking sites. Relationship with search engine optimization[edit] Social media optimization is becoming an increasingly important factor in search engine optimization, as search engines are increasingly utilizing the recommendations of users of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google+ to rank pages in the search engine result pages.
Relationship with viral marketing[edit] Origins[edit] 162. Social Media (Yuck!) « Boagworld. Website management: you can’t automate everything Sometimes I think I have experienced some kind of mind meld with Gerry McGovern. I continually find myself nodding furiously when I read his stuff. This is certainly true of his post recent post “Website management: you can’t automate everything“. Gerry is writing about something I have mentioned on this show many times before – content management systems are not enough to solve your content problems.
Gerry writes… The school of content management brought us such developments as portals, customization, personalization, and distributed publishing. He goes on to say… Technology is important, even critical, but we still need quality people to manage websites if we want those websites to deliver value to the organization. Amen to that! IE6 Update: Pure evil! While Gerry McGovern rants about content management, I want to do the same about a terrible website from people that should know better. That said, the end does not justify the means. Paul: OK. 10 ways to put your content in front of more people « Boagworld. Content Strategy Mobile: The estimated time to read this article is 13 minutes Too often as website owners we live and die by Google Analytics. We fret about bounce rates, unique visitors and dwell time.
However, when we focus so heavily on the performance of our website we miss a fundamental point – the aim is to expose users to our content not our site. The website is tool a that can be used to showcase our content, but it does not have to be the only one. Truly successful websites understand this principle. Amazon – Their primary objective is to sell stuff.YouTube – Their aim is to use video content to carry advertisementsTwitter – They are about facilitating twittering (who knows what their business model is!)
In each case it is the content that matters not the site. Twitter is probably the best example of all. The lesson here is obvious – as website owners we need to start thinking in terms of a broader web strategy and releasing our content from the shackles of our websites. 1. 2. Develop Effective Forum Leadership [Community] Once a community has reached a certain level of activity, your community staff — your moderators — play a vital role in the continued success of the operation. As the administrator, you can manage a community with a one-person staff (you) for a period of time, but as your site grows, you must think about creating and leading a team of individuals who can help you to deal with the increased activity, and maintain the goals that you’ve set for your community by enforcing your user guidelines.
Generally, the best way to build your staff is to pull people from your active member base. You should seek out the members who set the best example for others to follow, in line with your guidelines — not the members who simply post a lot. You want your moderators to be visible within your forums, but you also want them to have the right attitude and the ability to work in a team environment. Create Staff Guidelines What are their specific duties? How should they act and conduct themselves? Interview - Jim Cashel of Online Community Report [Community] 5 years ago in link development. The secret is, there is no secret. There are two themes that run through this and all the other forums, for years. The first is, everyone's looking for the latest trick or secret to ranking.
The second theme is all the experts (at least the ones that I read) tell us to forget the glitter and develop proper backlinks. And people repeatedly don't like the answers from the experts - to forget the glitter and develop proper backlinks. We want a quick technical answer. I do a a three step thing. 1) Put up some good quality content. And repeat. over and over and over. The first website I SEO'ed, I looked at thousands and thousands of sites. That's why if you read this forum going back the last 5 years you see over and over people asking 'does this work? My entry into link dev. was at my first pubcon. The advice I got at my first pubcon, and the notes I took from the consulting are still relevant today. every single bit of it worked then, works now, and has worked over the last 5 years.
7 Harsh Truths about running online communities « Boagworld. Content Strategy: The estimated time to read this article is 8 minutes Don’t get me wrong, I am excited to see organisations embracing the idea of community. I have been involved in running virtuals communities since 1996 and in 2004 I wrote about the business benefits of community.
To this day I encourage Headscape’s clients to build relationships with their users. A well run community can… Drive traffic to your siteGenerate a passionate, evangelistic usersEncourage repeat trafficHelp develop your products and servicesSave you money This is not a ‘rant’ against community, or even corporations running communities. 1. When clients ask for help to build a community, they almost always talk in terms of technology. In ‘10 harsh truths about corporate websites‘ I write about how a CMS will not solve your content problems. Community is about people and relationships, not technology. If you implement the technology and just sit back then your community will fail. 2.
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Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand provides information on safe and effective suicide prevention activities. We aim to improve your understanding of suicide prevention and your capacity to help those around you. We don't provide counselling or direct support services. If you are feeling suicidal, or know someone who needs help, check the help options on our website, or get in touch with our Resource & Information Service who can point you in the right direction to find help. We are a non-government, national information service run by the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand. Google+ Home | Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand. Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia (/ˌskɪtsɵˈfrɛniə/ or /ˌskɪtsɵˈfriːniə/) is a mental disorder often characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to recognize what is real. Common symptoms include false beliefs, unclear or confused thinking, auditory hallucinations, reduced social engagement and emotional expression, and lack of motivation.
Diagnosis is based on observed behavior and the person's reported experiences. Genetics and early environment, as well as psychological and social processes, appear to be important contributory factors. Some recreational and prescription drugs appear to cause or worsen symptoms. Symptoms begin typically in young adulthood, and about 0.3–0.7% of people are affected during their lifetime.[4] The disorder is thought to mainly affect the ability to think, but it also usually contributes to chronic problems with behavior and emotion.
Symptoms Positive and negative Onset Causes Genetic Environment Substance use Developmental factors Mechanisms Psychological Neurological History. Mind, National Association for Mental Health.