Webmaster Cookbook

### Show #2: — Mainstream “Safe for work” — (LIVE commercial free, no carbs education) ### [Archive: listen 20k]

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(8/13/04 3pm PST / 6pm EST / 11pm GMT)

Drinks (cool stuff to add to your websites):
- a cool FREE plugin for easily sharing PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS and other code through a wordpress blog

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started):
- taking pictures for a website for the first time including: transferring pictures from a digital camera to the computer and manipulating images on the local computer

Main course (the meat and potatoes of the show):
- opening Photoshop for the first time, easy orientation
- why images taken need to be compressed and step-by-step how to quickly and easily compress (JPG) images in Photoshop
- (moved to show #3) what is an FTP program, how and where an FTP program is used in building a website. Spotlight on smartFTP and (familiarity) comparisons to Windows Explorer
- (moved to show #3) how to use an FTP program (smartFTP) to FTP a local file quickly and easily a website

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff):
- a review of the Collector’s Edition of Madden 2005 game for Playstation 2 ($59.99 USD) which just came out. The most popular sports videogame franchise of all time.
ChefTD B+ Jowl: A

The check (what did we learn):
- take the weekly Webmaster Quiz

This brand new mainstream-oriented show is not like any other web radio show we’ve ever done before: just listen and judge for yourself. It’s the meat and potatoes of how to build a website from scratch, step-by-step, week by week. Each tool/utility/program used and technique employed is explained as well as the methodology, marketing and behind-the-scenes coding nuts and bolts activities.