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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Html - a website language explained - for over 35s
- This is a very perfunctory look at the website code HTML, for those who never did any kind of Computer Studies at school and have never had the need or opportunity to look 'under the skirt' of your average website. There's nothing that an experienced webmaster will find here that's not very basic, but for those who have just begun to discover the 'website' and especially those venturing into... ma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why hire a professional to design your web site?
- Creating an appealing, functional, and effective Web site is much harder than it looks. It's not simply a matter of taking a company brochure or catalog, converting the text to HTML, and throwing in a few pictures (although many sites seem to have been created using this technique!).A Web site is a 24-hour a day advertisement for your company and should be treated as such. You wouldn't turn...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to shop for a web design firm?
- While few companies can boast as we do that our first ten clients are still with us today, many companies often change Web design firms to get a new perspective on how their Web presence could look and perform. The following paragraphs serve as a Buyer's Guide to use when shopping for a new Web design company.First, determine what exactly you're shopping for. Is your Web site down a lot? Do...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 9 ways to gain your visitors respect
- The internet is filled with sites and they are good and bad. Some have been known for a long time and some still struggle to get the respect and fame they think they deserve.Although not all your visitors are web design professional they still can put their finger on a good site and sense the ones that are not that ok. But how can you convince people your site deserves to be known and respe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How do we know when its time to redesign our web site?
- A question we frequently get asked is, "how do we know when it is time to redesign our Web site?" The answer undoubtedly varies.The first thing to analyze is your existing Web presence. What kind of traffic are you receiving? Are you getting a lot of calls from Web site users? When you navigate the site, is it easy to find what you are looking for? Is the data still current or do ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Kis - keep it simple
- There are many ways to add fancy bells and whistles to your website, but most of them are not going to do you any good. In fact they will slow down the time it takes to load your website and take up valuable space that you are paying for. Besides that, people with older computers will not even be able to see some of these fancy additions you are using.For example Flash intro pages may be fa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Design your site for your customers
- The most important person that you need to please when you design your site is your potential customer. I can not stress that enough.I have clients who have told me "I don't like this design or that one or I like these colours", etc. I want to please my customers so I try to create a design for them that they will be happy with, of course. But my clients don't often think of their ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Effective web design usability principles
- Website Design Usability Tips1. Getting to know about audience membersYou want a site that has personality and quality content based on your audience taste. You have to understand their color preferences, technical skills and any prevalence of special needs.2. Make the interface simple and obviousThe more obvious the interface is, the less frustration the site visitor h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The secrets to successfully learning basic html
- If you'd like to create/maintain a website, having some HTML knowledge is necessary in order to create a standard page on the web. Learning the HTML basics is easy and should take less than an hour.First you'll need some type of software/editor to create your html pages. Here's a few to try out (or not) and see which you feel most comfortable with.Editors for Hand Coding:...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to build your own website - more steps
- To build a website, there are four methods to choose from:First method: Get a professional designer to build the site for you:It is expensive in creation process, site maintenance and development.Second method: Designing the site with free website hosting:In this case, just sign in the website that offers this service, and start building your own website....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Plugging the dreaded world wide web black hole is just the first step
- You have created your custom error page so now all of that traffic that use to go into the World Wide Web black hole now stays on your web page. But if you don't do the following 15 Minute exercise once or twice a month you are not Maximizing those Lost visitorsCustom error pages are a crucial part of your web page but they are just not enough. They are a failsafe. If you knew every bad add...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to design website which google likes
- Are you going to design or redesign new website or thinking for it, then first read below given points, which google likes in a website, Google Information for Webmasters.There are more than 80 factors of your website that are taken into consideration when determining the ranking of your website, Following these guidelines will help Google find, index, and rank your site.Basic princi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why your site should be developed with css and semantic markup
- Why your site should be developed with CSS and semantic markupOne thing that I have learned in over a decade developing web sites is that the Net is continually changing, and to keep up you need to change with it. One of the more recent developments in web design is the use of CSS and semantic markup. CSS and semantic web design has several benefits: clarity in code, browser and other web-e...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to convince your visitors to return often
- One visit does not make a sale. Be sure to make your Web site attractive to your visitors so that they want to come back. You don't win their trust right away. It may take 4-7 visits before they buy.Here's Five Ways:1. Check and Correct What's Not WorkingFirst, be sure you don't have long passages of bio or information about yourself on your home page. People don't care about ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Effective website design
- In this era of ultra-sophisticated internet marketing and web design, there is no excuse for an e-business to suffer with an ineffective website. Whether your goal is to present a basic business website that briefly introduces and describes your company and product, or you endeavor to develop a fully-functioning cash-cow storefront, there is a wide array of design choices to cater to all of your n...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your free guide to obtain a cheap web design quote
- Website design is a very competitive area and there is no longer any reason why people should pay large amounts for web design services.This article describes and explains where to find very very cheap web design services.The first place to try of course is the internet search engines themselves. The best place to try could be paid adverts on the right hand side of the search engine ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Free web design advice
- In this article I will give advice and tips of where to find a low cost website design company and also about the best ways of producing a cool website.How many people or companies are advertising their services for web design?The answer is a great deal. They surely can not all be asking for huge sums of money to build and design quality websites. There must be some who offer cheap, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why you should hire a professional website designer
- Your web site should always adhere to standards!A professional web site designer will provide you with a standard compliant web site that is cross-browser supported.What does this mean to you? Why should you care? Any site that isn't standard compliant can "break" in older browsers, or simply not display at all in, say, text-based browsers. If you are a small business, this could be ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cool web design and promotion tips
- This article gives free tips on how to find a cheap website designer and free tips on website promotion services.Cheap website design services.You do not have to spend thousands of pounds to have an internet prescence. In my opinion you should only have to pay between £50 and £100 to have a website built. The amount of competition in the internet...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Affordable website design in manchester
- If you have a business, big or small you may be thinking of getting yourself a website.The world wide web is another way of spreading your message or selling your product.First you need to find somebody or a company to build and design your website. Some web designers charge a huge amount of money so it is quite difficult to make the right choice. Due to the high number of people off...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cheap web design in london
- Due to the large number of people offering web design services in London, there is always a bargain to be found.Website design firms in London are in a very competitive market and some offer some great deals at various times of the year.People who are just starting out in a career building websites will often offer their services at a very reasonable rate, basically to build up a por...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Should you bother learning html to build webpages?
- The most popular method to build webpages today is to use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) software. Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver are prime examples of WYSIWYG software. Both programs allow you to create webpages as though you were creating a document with your favourite word processing software like Microsoft Word or WordPerfect. Its as simple as entering paragraphs, headi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Double ad-trackers its not as crazy as it sounds here are 7 reasons why?
- A Double Ad Tracker is an Ad-Tracker that points to an AD-Tracker. It may sound a bit like overkill to have an Ad-Tracker Pointing at another Ad-Tracker but it's not crazy.The Type of double Ad-Tracker this article discusses is where you have a Re-Direct Link from your Domain Pointing at a Re-Direct Link from a 3rd party weather it is free or Paid. Here is an Example of a Double Tracking....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Banner enchancement - designing your banner
- A well designed web site is great to have, but what if no one ever comes to it? Most web sites either rely on advertising, or have used advertising at some point in their existence, to get people to come to view the site. This means that your going to have to have not only a well designed web site but also well designed banners to attract your visitors.Tip #1 - Flashy is no Longer Catchy...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Best web design and free web promotion tips
- This article gives free tips on how to find a cheap web designer and free tips on website promotion.Cheap web design services.You do not have to spend thousands of pounds to have an internet prescence. In my opinion you should only have to pay between £50 and £100 to have a website built. The websites at the bottom of this page only cost me ÃÃ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Usability lessons from the hospital
- Usability isn't only for Web design. It's also applicable in the real world as things aren't always well-designed. Paying attention to real world design can help you think through usability for Web design. For instance, there is an elevator in New York where the numbers are in three columns. The numbers go across, but in this elevator they go from right to left instead of left to right. It's in En...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Website promotion and design tips
- Are you thinking that it is about time your small business had an internet presence, however are not too sure how or who to go to build and promote the website.This article will hopefully be of benefit to you as it will give you free tips on website promotion and on how to obtain a website on the cheap.Many people believe that it will cost them thousands to have a website designed an...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Tips for a successful website for any organization, ngo or go
- Most NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) don't understand these important aspects of a successful website. Even many governmental organizations (GOs) could improve their sites by following these tips.1. Everything should be viewed and evaluated with the eyes of the visitor: "What's in for me" as the main benchmark for a successful website. That is pertaining to the copy and to the content...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - To hire or not to hire a website designer
- In the early years of the internet the actual design of a website was either very basic or had to be done using a software package that needed a specialist to use it. Not surprisingly, website designers were in short supply and could command huge fees for their services. All that has changed dramatically and website design is not such a complicated procedure as you might think.The actual lo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Simple steps to proper web design
- Over the course of the last decade, the Internet has grown beyond all expectations. Each and everyday there is a new website that is being developed. The biggest challenge a new website will face is getting viewers to stay on their site long enough and to attain high search results with search engines.One of the factors that could help you address these issues is having a website with good ...