by Snappy Sentences on August 30, 2008
If you subscribe to any freelance writing or content related blogs, you’d know that everyone is vying for votes in Michael Stelzner’s (Writing White Papers) 3rd Annual Top 10 Blogs for Writers Contest. The competition highlights the best of the best. I’ve found it a great starting point when you are first looking for blogs [...]
by Snappy Sentences on August 27, 2008
I used to be one of those nerdy kids sent on writing camps at school. At the camp we’d study our favourite authors, learn how to craft poetry, and (of course) brush up on the fundamentals of grammar and punctuation. I’m ashamed to say, but in this day and age of spell checks, auto-fill and [...]
by Snappy Sentences on August 24, 2008
This is the final post in my little series on how to approach a content migration. I’ve talked about some of the planning tasks, as well as things to do throughout the migration. Now the end is in site. You’ve manually cut and pasted hundreds – if not thousands – of pages into your new site. [...]
by Snappy Sentences on August 20, 2008
OK, so you’ve made it through the planning stage of your content migration. Congratulations. But now you are faced with your biggest challenge – finishing! Content migrations can be tedious, with lots of little things cropping up, the possibility of unplanned surprises at every turn. Needless to say, documentation of your decisions is useful – [...]
by Snappy Sentences on August 18, 2008
The past couple of big projects that I’ve worked on have been content migrations – migrating an existing site to a new content management system (CMS). If you’ve ever tackled one before, you’d know that there are lots of things to consider in order to make the migration a success. So here’s the biggest tip [...]