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INTRODUCTION Choosing a web design sometimes can be tedious if you don't have the right resources or you simply don't know how. First off you need to differentiate what theme you're going to have. Is it going to be for personal use or for business. Of course you don't want to put stuff about the stock market on your personal site or Sponge Bob square pants on your business site. The layout, image, navigation and the overall look and feel should be appropriate to what your trying to ...
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What is DMOZ or OPD The DMOZ (Directory Mozilla) or Open Directory Project (ODP) is the most comprehensive human edited directory of the Web which is compiled by a vast global community of volunteer editors. Majority of search engines including AOL Search, Netscape Search, Google, Lycos, DirectHit, and HotBot, and hundreds of others get their data from OPD. So if your site is listed on OPD it becomes automatically listed on majority of search engines. There is no need to submit your site to ...
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With traditional media having been overtaken by the internet when it comes to advertising an event or business, one of the most important things to do when implementing your own website is taking some extra time to think of how it's going to look. If you're a business, you may have some of the best products on the market, but if a potential customer is scared away by a cluttered and difficult to use website, then all the advertising in the world isn't going to win that sale. Therefore, having ...
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The Macromedia Dreamweaver is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. Macromedia's Dream Weaver web authoring software has become one of the most popular applications in the market today. Professional and amateur web designers both use this powerful web authoring software application when they want to create the most visually enriched web pages possible, as well as for web pages that are truly user friendly and fully functional. Dreamweaver has a nice blend of advanced tools mixed in ...
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It doesn't matter whether your website is of a personal nature with just a few pages or a larger e-commerce website, having a well-designed site is very important. Believe it or not, website design is something that matters to your visitors. It can make all the difference in whether they leave your site or bookmark it. Here are some tips to assist you in improving your website design. 1. Pages that load quickly. If your site does not load at least within ten or 15 seconds, chances are that most ...
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The Basics If you are new to the terms RSS or news feeds then you are in the right place, read on and find out a little more about them and how they may offer you or your business a new way of communicating. RSS Feeds or news feeds are growing quickly and have become a major part of the Internet but many users don't understand what they are. They allow people to see when their favourite websites have added new content without actually having to go to that website, this can be done through ...
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Who doesn't love the internet? With more than 1 billion users daily there is no doubt it is the most widely used form of communication in the world. Although as great as the internet might be it is not free from danger. The internet is peppered with viruses, spyware, Trojans, adware, phishing sites and pop ups. One wrong move can land your computer into computer heaven along with your credit card, identity and just about anything that matters. Fear not, there are a few safety precautions and ...
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These are some of the most dangerous things you can do online. They are the most common methods people use to place themselves in danger on the Internet. Download attachements which are included in email messages that are not from people you personally know. Even if you only download them or open them cause you are interested to see what's insde can lead to adware,spyware and related problems. Downloading of cracks from illegal websites, forums or groups. Cracks install adware or spyware when ...
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In this little paper I will try to convince admins, webmaster and in general everyone is concerned to secure a web site of how dangerous can be a XSS hole. I will not cover in depth what XSS is because there's a huge library on this topic available on internet and on www.hackerscenter.com/library --[ 2.0 XSS So what's XSS? XSS stands for cross site scripting, that is a way to inject script code into a web page making it execute whenever the page loads or a specific event is triggered. 2.1 ...
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In this little paper I will try to convince admins, webmaster and in general everyone is concerned to secure a web site of how dangerous can be a XSS hole. I will not cover in depth what XSS is because there's a huge library on this topic available on internet and on http://www.hackerscenter.com/library --[ 2.0 XSS So what's XSS? XSS stands for cross site scripting, that is a way to inject script code into a web page making it execute whenever the page loads or a specific event is triggered. ...
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5 ways to stop spam from reaching your mail box By Joel Teo 2005 All Rights Reserved http://www.MakeThousandsToday.info UCE or unsolicited commercial email is getting worse by the day and Microsoft has announced that in the future it will be developing a system in which email sending and receiving will be like our postal mail where a digital stamp has to be bought to send it. But until then marketers online will be continuing to send emails to potential customers in the hope of ...
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It is reported that 60%+ of internet traffic on mail servers are spam messages. If you run a website, you can be sure that you are (or will be over time) receiving a tremendous amount of unsolicited email messages. If you haven't started a website yet, remember that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. There are safeguards you can use to minimize the number of unwanted messages you receive. WHOIS data: When you register a domain name, you are required to provide contact information ...
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"Automatic complaints are sent when a filter whose action is set to Kill after complaining is triggered. For each filter, you can configure who the complaint should be sent to. ... The message body is also scanned for e-mail and website addresses. If any addresses are found, they're added to the lists mentioned above." Source: http://www.spamkiller.com/Features.html SpamKiller is spam filtering software. Its purpose is to scan incoming email for spam and take appropriate action in response to ...
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When AdSense Goes AWOL By D.J. Nassy No matter how hard you work to optimize your page, there are going to be times when Google just can't figure out which AdSense ad to deliver, so it defaults to delivering a PSA (Public Service Ad) instead. Now I don't have any problem with charities, but I give to the ones that I choose to give to. Since I don't have a non-profit license of my own, the goal of my web site is to make money and I depend on Google AdSense revenues to help pay my ...
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Simplicity is the heart of effective web design Keep it simple. Will ya? Have you ever wondered over the striking commonalities among some of the tremendously functional sites of our time? Just spare some thoughts on the features of sites like Cisco, Marshall , Dell, Amazon, etc., and the answer would not elude you. Yeah. You have got it. Plain and simple. Friendly and functional. No cosmetics. No facelifts. No fuss. Simplicity matters in web design as it does in other spheres of life. Web ...
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Making Money with Web Designs - The Basics Web development covers a diverse range of professions such as designers, programmers, system analysts, technical writers, search engine optimizers, database managers and animators, just to name a few. Web development involves the creation of applications that run on the World Wide Web. These applications are fundamentally categorized as three tiered applications. The first tier or level is the web browsers such as Netscape Navigator, ...
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The internet has become an integral part of our lives. Everyday more and more websites are going online. With the advent of online sitebuilders included with many hosting packages, anyone can easily create a web presence and feel comfortable knowing that the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor is pretty simple to learn. You don't need to know how to write HTML because the sitebuilding software generally has a word processing type of interface and all you need to do is pop things in ...
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How many times have you read in an online forum or a web design tutorial that embedded midi (Musical Instrumental Digital Interface) files are "bad"? Probably more times than you care to remember. For the most part, embedded sound files of any kind have been categorized as web site "bling-bling", right along side animated gifs, flashing banners and complex frames layouts. Essentially, they just contribute to unnecessary glitz and clutter that does nothing more than distract visitors ...
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A Creative Solution to Validate Pages Containing Macromedia Flash and Work Around XHTML Specifications for Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Remember the "Good Housekeeping Seal?" W3C is the World Wide Web Consortium seal of quality assurance for your website, providing guidelines to insure your website will look and function properly, regardless of the browser, resolution or device that you use. In other words it assures your website is clean of bugs and glitches and can be successfully listed on ...
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Web site design is a critical element in niche marketing. If you want to build your reputation as a Professional in your niche, you need to project a professional image from the moment your visitors reach your web site. Like it or not, first impressions count and no more so than on the Internet. Your web site is the only way that visitors can judge you and your product. Give them the wrong impression, make it hard for them to find the information they're after and chances are they will click ...
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With so many different configurations internet users have their computers set up with, it can be difficult to decide how web sites should be configured so that it is viewable in as many configurations as possible. So in the last 6 months i have been logging the statistics from my web design site to achieve as accurate a result as possible to answer this question. The results are interesting reading and in my next few articles i will be analysing this data. First is browsers, and here are the ...
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Internet Explorer, created by microsoft has been the most popular web browser for many years. But the gap is shrinking with the release of Mozilla Firefox, by an open source community. At the last count it is said that there are 64 million firefox users on the internet. Growing in massive numbers by the day. So, the issue with browser compatibility is at its highest importance. The way browsers are constructed, they can show a webpage slightly differently. For instance, the IFRAME tag shows ...
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There are so many techniques and methods available to create a user friendly website. The first one is by using a server side routine or print stylesheets. The print version may strip out images and navigation that lose their meaning on the printed page and may show the page in a single column using a dissimilar font with a different size. When there is no printable version or the printable version includes ads or other settings, you can use stylesheets. With CSS awareness plus some web ...
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Choosing a website designer that you can work with is very important. Creating a website can be a wonderful experience, or a headache, depending on who you choose to work with. One of the most important things you need to do is find is a website designer that you get along with and who listens to you. They should also offer a contract so that both of you have a clear understanding of what will be done and what everything will cost. Talk with the designer. If they are in your area, meet ...
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The question of cross browser compatibility is a common topic among Web developers. Should you or should you not make your website cross-browser accommodating? The answer is yes and especially if you are an e-business. As Ripley would say, "believe it or not" but at the time of this article slightly more than 20% of Internet users use a browser other than IE. This information comes from W3Schools.com, which has been keeping tabs on browser usage since January 2002. How do you shape up? Use of ...
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What annoys an Internet user the most? A quick unscientific survey of a local Internet café suggests the top three turn-offs are: - Sites that are very slow to download; - Ones that are confusing to use; - Sites that do not contain the promised information; The single most common reaction to sites like these is that the visitor very quickly moves on to another web site. Clearly, if you get things wrong there is usually no second chance. How can you avoid this happening to your business? Well, ...
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Sure, it looks great in Internet Explorer 6, but..... A few years ago, there weren't many different versions of web browsers to choose from. Now there are dozens. Actually, there's over 100 different browsers, not counting different versions of the same product. Quite a number of these names I had never heard of before - here's a list of browsers currently available: 1X, Act 10, ActiveBrowser, Active Worlds, Alice, Amaya, ANT Fresco, Arachne, AvantGo, AWeb-II, Beonex Communicator, Browse-X, ...
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Stats tell us a myriad of things, some even useful and we're accustomed to using them in our marketing and selling processes. Frequently abused and made to say what WE want, but here I am merely considering them in ways that influence site design ... and, I believe, letting the numbers speak for themselves. Before finalising my own choices for the recent (and always in progress) re-design at http://www.tucats-design.com I had a look at my stats and at various global statistical information ...
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/p> What Is Good SEO (Search Engine Optimization) - Anyway? By James Doc Lewis There's been much fuss lately as to the need for Search Engine Optimization of the right kind; some will tell you that to be effective SEO has to be "organic"; others will swear by the power of using the right software, coincidentally, their software. Then there are those who say that if you find the right "niche market", the world will beat a path to your door and leave their money when they get there. I even ...
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"BigDaddy and Google in the Spotlight" With so much talk about Google you almost forget who MSN and yahoo even are. Google is known for taking the spotlight on many occasions, both in the search engine world and in the hardware world. Since the majority of search queries are carried out at www.google.com it is no wonder that when Google decides to do something that will upset the rankings that people will make enough of a fuss to pick up loads of media attention, especially in the form ...
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How to create good ad-copy and avoid costly mistakes within your Pay-per-Click (PPC) campaign. The goal is to reduce your overall cost per acquisition within Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing and other paid advertising platforms. Throughout any sales process advertising has taken place somewhere along the line to convert a prospect into a customer. With the nearly instantaneous sales process of the internet, you need to be at the top of the advertising game or your prospects will go ...
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