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Halloween Makeup Inspiration

Halloween is just around the corner and I hope you're thinking about some fun activities. This year I was considering dressing up for Halloween which I haven't done in years. Below is a Pinterest Board of Halloween makeup to inspire you....

Calendarize It WordPress Events Calendar

Calendarize it is one of the best calendar plugins for Wordpress. It has lots of great functionality right out of the box, but it also has some very inexpensive extensions to give you more functionality if you need it. [av_icon_box icon='ue85b' font='entypo-fontello'...

Creativity in Miniature

One of our goals here at Gulf Coast Web Net is to inspire your creativity. Today we're featuring creativity in miniature. Recently I ran into an article about a man who creates art from nature, but in an entirely different way than you might expect. His name is Klaus...

New VPS Server at GulfCoastWebNet

Gulf Coast Web Net has several servers at InMotion Hosting and these were just upgraded to VPS Server S-Class, which means now your website will run even faster and receive improved SEO scores from Google and other search engines. You can read more about the new...

Use of Lines in Design

[su_pullquote align="right"]Drawing attention to the content is what you want to do, right?[/su_pullquote]Design effectively is more about subtlety than about bold strokes. Lines in design can play a critical role, drawing attention to the content; that is what you...

Managing your Website Membership

Managing website membership can seem a little daunting. There are a lot of people out there just waiting to take advantage of your inattention to your website and fill it with spam comments and invalid links. So, when you are a manager of a membership website you...

Get more shares on Facebook

Shortstack is a company I use often in my task as a Webmaster. They have some great tips about how to get more shares on Facebook. They have produced this great infographic. My Favorite Share on Facebook idea "Ask yourself if your fans will find value in what you're...

Sharing your Facebook Page with Friends

Somewhere in the flurry of Facebook changes lately a feature that used to be easy to do became almost impossible to figure out... How do you share your Facebook Page on your personal timeline?   I scoured the Facebook help section, I tried several different...