http://www.dawnb.co.uk web content - copywriting - online publishing Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:05:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-broken-links-and-the-404-error-page/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-broken-links-and-the-404-error-page/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:30:47 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1791 You’ve probably heard of ‘broken links’ but do you actually know what they are? And do you know what to do about them? And how about your 404 page (what?) have you thought about that too? Let’s start simply… What are Website Broken Links? If you click on a link and it doesn’t go where [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-broken-links-and-the-404-error-page/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/images-%e2%80%93-where-do-you-find-them/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/images-%e2%80%93-where-do-you-find-them/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:15:57 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1808 Images add Interest to Online Writing …but where do you find them? I was at a client’s recently and had a surprising conversation about using images from the internet. My client thought that if the image was on the internet then it was OK to go ahead and use it. It was freely available to [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/images-%e2%80%93-where-do-you-find-them/feed/ 1 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-testing-and-blog-testing/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-testing-and-blog-testing/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:39:33 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1763 When was the last time you tested your website or spent some time blog testing? Don’t know what I mean? Don’t know why it needs doing? Well in its simplest form testing a website or blog testing means looking at everything again (every page, every post) and making sure everything does what you expect and [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-testing-and-blog-testing/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-paragraphs-%e2%80%93-what-they%e2%80%99re-for-and-how-to-do-them/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-paragraphs-%e2%80%93-what-they%e2%80%99re-for-and-how-to-do-them/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:00:35 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-paragraphs-%e2%80%93-what-they%e2%80%99re-for-and-how-to-do-them/ Paragraphs – what they’re for and how to do them! These are very useful things but often neglected. The word ‘paragraph’ comes from the Greek ‘paragraphos’ meaning ‘to write beside’ or ‘written beside,’ so Wikipedia informs me. What does that mean for us writers? Whether you are writing an article, an essay or a story, [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-paragraphs-%e2%80%93-what-they%e2%80%99re-for-and-how-to-do-them/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-memory-%e2%80%93-and-how-to-help-it/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-memory-%e2%80%93-and-how-to-help-it/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:00:20 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-memory-%e2%80%93-and-how-to-help-it/ Memory – and how to help it! It happens to us all. Sometimes our memory lets us down and we just can’t remember. This is tricky if it’s a spelling you need – maybe a word you often spell incorrectly. Yes, I know you can just look it up on your computer, or find it [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-memory-%e2%80%93-and-how-to-help-it/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-punctuation-%e2%80%93-colon-and-semicolon/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-punctuation-%e2%80%93-colon-and-semicolon/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:00:45 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-punctuation-%e2%80%93-colon-and-semicolon/ Punctuation – Colon and Semicolon : ; This is an area many people have difficulty with but it’s often easier than you might think. If you get your punctuation right, it will make your written work look and sound so much better. Not only that, but it can also make the difference between a piece [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-punctuation-%e2%80%93-colon-and-semicolon/feed/ 2 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-acronyms/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-acronyms/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:00:33 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-acronyms/ Acronyms! A bit like Marmite, you either love them or hate them… They are, of course, usually the initial letters from a group of words used to abbreviate an otherwise longer series of words, for instance, TOIL (time off in lieu), PAYE (pay as you earn) and there are just so many more. Acronyms have [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-acronyms/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-netiquette/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-netiquette/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:45:10 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-netiquette/ Remember Your Netiquette Even though our lives seem to be increasingly busy, a lack of time should not result in a lack of manners. I mean, of course, on the internet. Time for a reminder of those little courtesies that make all the difference! When we use email to communicate, we are heavily reliant on [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-netiquette/feed/ 3 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-editing-and-checking-your-writing/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-editing-and-checking-your-writing/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:31:52 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-editing-and-checking-your-writing/ Editing and Checking your Writing You know what it’s like – you’ve worked hard on an article or blog post for your business and you’re feeling rather proud of it…until someone reports back that one line doesn’t make sense, the piece has several spelling errors, you’ve repeated the same word three times and mixed your [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-editing-and-checking-your-writing/feed/ 2 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-spelling-its-or-its/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-spelling-its-or-its/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:19:49 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-spelling-its-or-its/ Spelling Matters: Its or it’s I know I seem to be on a bit of a ‘back to school’ theme at this time of year, but another hot topic for all those in business as well as school is of course spelling! 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