Terrible, Awful, Horrible Manners by Beth Bracken

Dominique Book Review Beth Bracken, Children's Book

Terrible, Awful, Horrible Manners by Beth Bracken is a colourful picture book teaching about the importance of having good manners for kids age 4-6 yrs old.

Pete the Monkey is one boy with really bad manners. He doesn’t give too hoots that he is being rude and gross. In fact Pete enjoys the attention he gets from misbehaving. One day he got to experience a taste of his own medicine when his parents and sisters ganged up against him during dinner.

Pete got frustrated to see them displaying such bad manners and finally understood the point that they were trying to get across to him on how important it is to have good manners. From that day onwards Pete tried his best to behave himself on all occasions.

I personally found the book a fun read however am not sure if the child reading it will be able to take away the message of the importance of having good manners. It is rather a hit or miss as some children may take it that their bad behaviour is acceptable as adults also behave in the same way and may not correct their behaviour instead.

My 5yr old was a bit disgusted with Pete’s behaviour and mentioned that he should behaved himself at the table. I’m lucky that he doesn’t behave like Pete and has good manners.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions are 100% my own. This post has a compensation level of 3

February 24, 2012

How to Build a website in 5 steps

Dominique Recommendations how to build a website, website building

Creating your own website need not be a complex and mammoth task. It is not as complicated as it seems. Many of you may not know but I have been helping clients set up their own website for their business. Having a website is essential nowadays to extend a business reach to it’s potential clients. Many people nowadays do not have the time to physically go to a shop to browse for what they may need and prefer to do purchases online in the comfort of their homes.

How to build a website?

What should I do then?

Here are five steps which you can take to create your website.

Purchase and Register your Domain name.There are many different registrars available to register your chosen domain name. Eg: Name.com and GoDaddy.com are sites which you can visit to check if your chosen name is available or has been already taken by others. It is recommended that you select a name that is easy to spell or has relevance to the type of website you are looking to set up. A top level domain like a .com domain is recommended as most often people associate websites with a .com.
For this blog- Dominique’s Desk I have chosen to use my name Dominique Goh as the domain name as it represents me and is my name. Therefore you see as above the domain name used is http://dominiquegoh.com.
Set up your hosting
A web hosting is where you put your website/pages for view on the internet. Prices range from as low as $5/mth for shared hosting to $30/mth for a dedicated server. It is important for you to choose the right hosting company for your site. I personally had encountered problems with hosting companies before and it wasn’t easy to find a hosting company that will not bail on you or screw up your website as they have over stuffed their servers. If you are interested I’m hosting this blog at Oryon. Net
Connect your domain to your hosting companyIt is important to connect both together to get your domain up and running. You will need to point your domain to the name servers of the hosting company. It takes about 12-24 hours for the domain to be propagate from the domain register to the web host.
Plan your website design
You need to determine the type of site you would want to create. Do you need a static website with the company information, an e-commerce site with shopping cart features, a blog or all of the above? Once you have decided on what you need you can either use a ready made template or get one custom made by a web designer that meets your needs.
Publish and Promote your website
After the pages to your site has been created you will need to publish them to make your site “live”. Promotion through various social media outlets and setting up related accounts is also important to get your page “known” to the rest of the world.