Kerry’s Blog

When I create websites for my clients, we work in a collaborative way so they’re learning about what websites are, how they work, and how to update them. These blog posts answer many of the questions my clients have as we work together. I hope you find this information helpful too.

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Wait. Do you REALLY need a website?

Everyone tells you that you must have a website, but do you? Learn some of the ways you can promote your business without a website, either temporarily or permanently.

GET YOUR GUIDE TO WEBSITE ALTERNATIVES

Kerry A. Thompson 9/30/17 Kerry A. Thompson 9/30/17

You need a website like you need a coat rack

A coat rack is a central location in your house where all the coats, hats, and scarves are kept. It's a meeting place for all of that outdoor apparel. A website is like a coat rack that organizes all the marketing apparel for your business: your About Me information, your Services descriptions, testimonials, photo galleries, product pages, blog posts, a contact form, and links to social media accounts. So what are you waiting for? Get that long-postponed website designed and launched. After all, your home (page) is where you hang your hat.

Kerry A. Thompson 7/22/17 Kerry A. Thompson 7/22/17

Photoshopping for treasure

Photoshop continues to amaze me with its hidden gems. Never has there been a better time for a non-artist like me to have access to this type of tool for enhancing website images. Today, I made ancient parchment, thanks to Photoshop filters.

Kerry A. Thompson 5/28/17 Kerry A. Thompson 5/28/17

When two weeks isn't enough for your Squarespace trial site

Squarespace policy states that you have two weeks to create a website before you need to pay for a plan, but I’ve found that you'll probably be given more time if you need it.

Kerry A. Thompson 3/17/17 Kerry A. Thompson 3/17/17

Reconnecting my website’s social media feed

Squarespace makes it easy to keep the social media feed blocks on your website in sync with the postings you've updated or deleted on your social media accounts. No need to worry; your website can keep up with your social media missteps.

Kerry A. Thompson 2/27/17 Kerry A. Thompson 2/27/17

We all need a little (website) support from time to time

I've been designing and updating websites for several years. Design platforms have plenty of online Help documents and active community forums where users help each other. And I've had great luck with Support teams too.

Kerry A. Thompson 2/23/17 Kerry A. Thompson 2/23/17

Parallax scrolling: love it or leave it?

Find out more about new visual effects being added to scrolling your website’s Welcome page, also called a Home page..

Kerry A. Thompson 2/1/17 Kerry A. Thompson 2/1/17

Choose a job you love...

I've been wanting to start my own business for over 25 years. I am very happy and grateful to be in a new phase of my life to be able to start a website design business: kerryathompson.com.

Kerry A. Thompson 1/19/17 Kerry A. Thompson 1/19/17

Connecting Facebook and Squarespace if you have personal and business pages

To set up blogs to be published to your Facebook business page, use the page as your "Push Target." When you choose to cross-publish a new blog posting to Facebook, it will automatically be posted on your business page.