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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
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...
03-Aug-2007
Browser Scripting Tutorials
W3Schools is a great website with a wealth of information and tutorials for web designers and developers. On the left hand side of the website, you'll find links to all their tutorials in various different categories....
03-Aug-2007
XML Tutorials
W3Schools is a great website with a wealth of information and tutorials for web designers and developers. On the left hand side of the website, you'll find links to all their tutorials in various different categories....
03-Aug-2007
HTML Tutorials
W3Schools is a great website with a wealth of information and tutorials for web designers and developers. On the left hand side of the website, you'll find links to all their tutorials in various different categories....
03-Aug-2007
Erroneous Design Rules
All sorts of rules about web design and search engine optimisation abound. Often, when they were written, they made sens...
03-Aug-2007
Integrity for Small Businesses Online
Your online appearance is very important to your customers. Whether you are an offline, bricks-and-mortar organisation whose website is little more than a calling card, or a fully-fledged dotcom business, giving the impression to your customers via your website is critical.
01-Aug-2007
Adding Search Functionality to your Website
Allowing visitors to search your site is very important. We are so used to being able to search for what we need that when we come across a website with no search function – particularly a large site – we are likely to find it extremely frustrating. A good search function ca...
31-Jul-2007
Spreading the Word: Designing a Readable Site
Do you ever get the feeling no one is reading the copy you have spent hours writing for your website? You're probably right: people don't read the vast majority of information they come across online. Persuading them to stick around is one of web designers' and copywriters' ...
30-Jul-2007
Browser Usage
It depends where you look for your statistics, but the general consensus seems to be that the various versions of Micros...