Twitter's New Layout

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The news and votes are in! Most of the estimated 1 million Twitter.com users like the new site design. In the new Twitter display, Tweet'amis will notice that following/followers/update status is located high on the page. Making this information more prominent allows users ease of access.

Fortunately, Twitter has a link to the "Notice something different?" blog post which details that changes which include customizations and speed improvements.

Overall, this change will most like not shock most Twitter users. Instead the change will be met with appreciation.

If you haven't yet, give it a try. You will be pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to view your replies, direct messages, favorites, and followers.

Most users experience a split second delay while Twitter tech made the change over to the new design. That alone is admirable. For most, a change over causes user anxiety and a subsequent lose of confidence in the platform. Certainly, many other providers could learn something from Twitter. I suspect that the Twitter staff was a flurry of high-fives after the change over. Well, allow us to high five also. Well done, Twitter.com. Well done.

Using Microsoft Word to Update Your Website

Great News. Image via Wikipedia Did you know that you can use Microsoft Word to update your website? Please note, in order to complete the following instructions, you MUST:

1. Know your website login information. (Please check with your website storage provider if you do not have this information.)
2. Back-up your site first.

STEP 1 - ACCESSING YOUR WEBSITE WITH MS WORD

1. Open Word.
2. Click File->Open
3. Type in http://YourDomain.com.
4. Enter the username and password (Please check with your website storage provider if you do not have this information)
5. You will see a list of files and folders. Double click the page you would like to edit to open it.
6. Edit the page.
7. Click Save to save it back to the webserver.
8. Using your web browser, navigate to http://YourDomain.com to see the changes

NOTE:
a. Files must end in either .htm or .html.
b. File names are Case Sensitive.
c. Do not use spaces in file names.


STEP 2 - ADDING A HYPERLINK

To add a hyper link form one page to another ---

1. Select the text you want to be a hyperlink.
2. Right click the text. Select Hyperlink
3. A box appears with all the files on your site. Double click the file you want it to link to. Done.