larryaronson.com

Hi. I’m a systems engineer who helps people and computers understand each other and work better together. I provide Information Technology (IT) expertise to get people’s ideas and businesses online by:

  • Designing, building and maintaining websites
  • Networking clients with people and resources
  • Teaching people how to use the Web effectively
  • Writing user manuals, proposals and books

IT’S ALIVE! The fourth edition of the HTML Manual of Style is now available in your favorite on and offline bookstores.The fourth edition covers some of the exciting new features of HTML5 as well as how to use HTML on blogs, eBay and Wikipedia. More importantly, it’s based on my sixteen years of experience building websites for individuals and small businesses. Order the HTML Manual of Style from Amazon by clicking the adjacent link.

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RIGHT NOW I’m working a lot in WordPress, the popular blogging platform powering 14.7% of the top million websites. In fact, I’m doing so much work in WordPress—building custom themes, writing plugins, adding content management functions, etc.— that I’ve created another WordPress blog to talk about it. It’s Not Just Another WordPress Blog and I hope you click over to check it out. Recent post titles are right over here

Contact me if you have any questions about the HTML Manual of Style, or if you’d like me to speak at your next event, or write an article for your ezine, or if you’d just like to talk about websites.

Best regards,
Larry Aronson

Featured Articles

15 HTML5 FAQs

Jan 10th, 2011

A lot of people are curious about HTML5 but few really understand what it’s about and many have misconceptions about it. Here are 15 frequently asked questions about HTML5 with my short answers.

Understanding HTML5 Audio

Nov 13th, 2010

His Master's VoiceA quickie tutorial on the HTML5 audio element and its JavaScript API. Examples illustrate applications such as: background music, sound effects, alert noises and audio content.

Editable Content and Local Storage in HTML5

Aug 14th, 2010

A demo showing how to build a Notepad widget using new HTML5 features: content editable, and webstorage. The Notepad provides the ability to keep a list of private notes associated with a webpage.

Adding more content with less clutter

Dec 29th, 2009

For my client Kate Nasser’s website, I made a number of changes to add more features & content, reduce clutter and improve search engine optimization (SEO). This article shows how to use advanced tooltips to make suplimental information invisible until needed.

Add Author Photo — My First WordPress Filter

Oct 9th, 2009

My client wanted to have their authors’ photos appear with their published articles. In this article, I describe how I wrote a Wordpress filter – my first – to prepend an image to the content on the home and single post pages.

Why Knowing HTML Matters

Aug 24th, 2009

Thinking of starting a Website to publish your thoughts or promote your business? While you can create “a site in just minutes – No HTML necessary!”, knowing the basics of the Web’s markup language and how it provides information to search robots about your site, influencing your site’s ranking, will give you an edge in building your online business.

WWW — What’s It Good For?

Mar 21st, 2009

WWW — Should we continue to use the www. prefix in our Web addresses?

Amazon Announces New Kindle Reader

Feb 9th, 2009

Amazon Kindle2 Amazon.com announced today a new version of its Kindle reader. I’ve occasionally seen people using a Kindle on the NYC subway. It’s a beautiful device and I want one.