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17-May-2012
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Every business should have a domain name. From the tiniest café to multi-national corporations, a web presence is a cornerstone of modern business. The basis of any web presence is your domain name. It’s the technological equivalent of a first impression. Make a bad one and it...
10-Apr-2012
4 Ways to Improve Your Website
Everybody can make a website nowadays. There are so many great tools, many of them free, which can help even the most timid technophobe create a great website to go with their domains. From the t...
27-Feb-2012
CMS Series: Volume 4: Joomla Special
So now you know what a Content Management System is, how to choose the right one and have already looked at Wordpress in detail. Now it’s the turn of Joomla. Another fantastic CMS offered as a One-Click app on your Domainmonster.com web hosting. Joomla offers more experienced ...
22-Feb-2012
CMS Series: Volume 3: Wordpress Special
As you have learned already in this series of Monster Articles, the advantages of using a Content Management System are massive. What we need to do now is get our heads down with a particular Content Management System and look at why you would choose this CMS, what it is used ...
21-Feb-2012
CMS Series: Volume 2: Choosing a CMS
CMS are incredibly useful to the modern web designer, as referred to in part 1 of this series. However, with so many of them out there, choosing which...
20-Feb-2012
CMS Series: Volume 1: What is a CMS?
If you have been researching how to build your website you have probably heard the term “CMS” which stands for Content Management Systems. These are systems which allow you to manage the content on your site, fairly self-explanatory. They have revolutionised web design for the...
10-Feb-2012
Web Hosting - How do I know my files are secure?
So you have bought your domain through Domainmonster.com. You’ve got a hosting package from a different hosting provider and you’re ready to go live! Then, at the crucial moment, the ...
12-Oct-2007
PDF Files
PDF (Portable Document Format) files can be extremely useful for webmasters. They can be used to allow users to download documents in a format which the webmaster can be reasonably certain is readable on any system and in any browser, and what is more, these documents can be i...
20-Sep-2007
Free Website Builders
If you're not sure how useful a website is going to be for your business, or if you're just on a very tight budget, you may want to try out one of the many free website creators available on the web. These are websites which allow you to build and
20-Sep-2007
WordPress for Professional Blogging
WordPress is a powerful, open source blog publishing system written in PHP and using a MySQL database. WordPress...
20-Sep-2007
Microsoft Expression Web
Microsoft FrontPage has been Microsoft's contribution to the web publishing software market for several years. Particularly popular with amateur designers wishing to make small, personal websites, FrontPag...
04-Sep-2007
Web Design: Know Your Audience
When you're designing your website, you should think carefully about who you expect to be visiting. In some cases, there are obvious ways in which you can cater for your audience. For example, The Glaucoma Foun...
09-Aug-2007
Choosing Colours for your Website
Selecting the right colours for your website is perhaps a more complex process than you might expect. The colours you use will set the mood for your website. It's very important that you choose ...
09-Aug-2007
Custom 404 Error Pages
Most of us have experienced a 404 error page while browsing the web. You type in a domain name, and then make a mistake typing the rest of the URL. Sometimes you'll see the standard http 404 error page – not very attracti...
09-Aug-2007
Website Maintenance – Keeping Up-to-Date
Once you've got your website up and running, you may be tempted to forget about it and let it look after itself. But there are several reasons to spend a little time and money on frequent updates to your site, as well as
08-Aug-2007
Why You Shouldn't be Using FrontPage
Microsoft FrontPage is a popular WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) web design package. Unfortunately, there are certain problems with FrontPage which you should bear in mind if you are con...
08-Aug-2007
Which Media Player for Online Streaming?
There are three main contenders in the online streaming media player business: Windows Media Player, RealPlayer and QuickTime. If you're adding streaming media to your website, you need to decide which of these to offer, or whether to support two or all of them. Wi...
06-Aug-2007
Keeping your Visitors' Attention
Research shows that, when web page visitors arrive at your website, they assess it in just a few seconds. If they don't see what they're looking for straight away, or the way to get it, it's likely that they'll click away to one of the millions of other websites available to ...
06-Aug-2007
Optimising your Source Code with DIV Tags
You probably have an idea of what good website design is from the human point of view, and also from the point of view of search eng...
06-Aug-2007
Using Site Maps
For any website of more than about 20 pages, a site map is a must. A site map is a page of your website, usually generated by an XML document with the extension ".sitemap". On this page, a...

