I'm a freelancer who mostly lives by writing web content on a wide variety of topics for very low pay. By doing this for some time, I've learned quite a bit about SEO, social marketing, and so on. I also know a bit about web design and the technical skills required. So, I'm thinking it would be really nice to go into business for myself instead of making a small percentage of the revenue that my content generates...but the one aspect of this that I really don't know anything about is the business aspect. For example, figuring out how likely it is that this plan could be feasible at all, and what my overall strategy should be. [more inside]
posted by lgyre on Apr 30, 2009 - 3 answers

What do I need to know about writing for the web? [more inside]
posted by Miko on Nov 15, 2008 - 9 answers

Wordpress as CMS for a local TV/news site? [more inside]
posted by davidmsc on Oct 22, 2008 - 8 answers

What's an editorial plan? Do topic-focused weblogs (like the Gawker Media ones) have one? How do they work out what sort of content goes on their blog? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Sep 7, 2008 - 3 answers

In the movie Paprika by Satoshi Kon one of the tropes was a website that would show specific content at a specific time. While I'm sure this is possible, is it easily implementable? Better yet, is there an downloadable script or somesuch that I can use on my website? Can a page be time-locked?
posted by lekvar on Jan 23, 2008 - 15 answers

How tough are copyrights on website design and content, if a client asks you to re-use content? [more inside]
posted by fijiwriter on Dec 12, 2007 - 10 answers

I am about to create a website for a university class on collaborative ethnographies. What software would suit my needs best? Right now, ExpressionEngine and Drupal 5 are my top two choices. If I am barking up the wrong tree, please let me know. [more inside]
posted by billtron on Dec 15, 2006 - 4 answers

How do I extract content of a website (including images and alt -tags) for translation into different languages? [more inside]
posted by Botunda on Mar 24, 2006 - 12 answers

I'm designing a website for a band. I want them to be able to update the News page. I would like a very simple admin page that just updates the text on that page, and nothing else. [more inside]
posted by andrewzipp on Aug 24, 2005 - 9 answers

As part of an upcoming site redesign my office is considering the pros and cons of allowing visitors to customize content. Without going into too much detail such as what kind of content will be customizable and how, can folks recommend sites that they think do customization well?
posted by terrapin on Sep 10, 2004 - 4 answers