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Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words? This Article is About: Web Development Company by Jamie Kiley, Jam. The great debate: how much copy you should have on your site, particularly on the home page?
Do you subscribe to the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words--and therefore images, not a lot of text, should be the main thrust of your home page?...
Why Choosing Form Over Function Kills Your Site This Article is About: Web Design Development by Jamie Kiley, Jam. Never put form over function. Why? Because it's crucial that visitors actually be able to USE your site. Everything you do must be designed to be as easy for the visitor to understand as possible. Everything should be functional first.
If you put...
Leave those Links Blue! This Article is About: Web Site Development by Jamie Kiley, Jam. Don't mess with those links! When you're designing your site, you should leave your text links in their natural state--blue and underlined. We all want to be creative and not do the bland, expected, normal thing. We want to change our links to red,...
How To Turn Your Newsletter Into a Web Page... In 45 Seconds! This Article is About: Web Page Development by Michael Southon, Mic. Do you place back-issues of your Newsletter on your website?
There are two good reasons why you should:
(1) It shows potential subscribers that you're serious about your Newsletter
(2) Newsletters are rich in keywords, so it's a very good idea to...
What's Wrong With My Website? This Article is About: Web Development Services by Michael Southon, Mic. I ask myself that question about once a month. My website looks fine to me, but what are other people seeing? And what are the Search Engines seeing? Here's a checklist of 10 ways to optimize your website for peak performance:
1. Browser...
Why Aren't You Using CGI? This Article is About: Denver Web Development by Michael Southon, Mic. The very name CGI used to send chills up my spine. For years I put it in the 'too-hard-basket'. But like most things in life, CGI is not as scary as it seems. If you have a cgi directory on your website and you know how to FTP files, chances are you...
Why Dot-Coms Fail - a Webmaster's Perspective This Article is About: Web Software Development by Daniel Bazac, Dan. Everyday we hear that another company goes out of business.
When and why does a dot-com become a dot-bomb?
After checking few dozen defunct companies, I think the main reasons for dot-coms failure are:
Poor business plan. In the last years, a...
What’s In A (Domain) Name? This Article is About: Web Design Development by Sibyl McLendon, Sib. Choosing a domain name is a very important first step for anyone starting a business on the Internet. This name is the first impression that strangers are going to have about you and your business. You are going to need to give this decision some...
Get FASTER Download Times By Making BIGGER Web Pages! This Article is About: Web Design Development by Michael Hopkins, Mic. As a webmaster you already know how important it is that your web pages download fast. In a nutshell, if your pages are slow, then you're losing visitors. And if you're losing visitors, you're losing money.
To speed up your download times, most web...
Choosing the Right Web Designer This Article is About: Web Site Development by Andy Quick, And. Introduction
Creating your web site can be a tricky process. Choosing the best web design company for your site is extremely important. Unless you run a web-based business, you probably do not have web design experience within your company....
10 Web Site Design And Writing No-No's This Article is About: Web Development Books by Larry Dotson, Lar. 1. Don't load your web site with a lot of high tech clutter. Your visitors may miss your whole sales message. 2. Don't use unnecessary words or phrases on your site. You only have so much time to get your visitor's attention and interest; make ever...
Autoresponder Tips This Article is About: Internet Web Development by Richard Lowe, Jr., Ric. An autoresponder is useful for, well, responding to people who send you inquiries through email. They are actually more than just merely useful - they are an essential tool in any webmaster's toolbox. Used properly, they can enhance your visitors...
Why You Want to Include an FAQ In Your Site This Article is About: Web Site Development by Richard Lowe, Jr., Ric. Congratulations! You've got a brand new site and it's doing pretty well. You check your statistics every day and the hits and page views keep climbing, your links are all in order and everything looks very good. On top of that, your guestbook is...
Website Design Basic Concepts This Article is About: Web Design Software Development by Kim Eyer, Kim. So, what's in a website design anyway? And, how do you get a design that is appealing to the broad and varied tastes of all those Internet surfers out there? This is critical. Your website design is the first impression you make on your customers...
Choosing A Color Scheme This Article is About: Web Design And Development by Joanne Glasspoole, Joa. When you begin the design of your Web site, one of the first things you need to do is decide on a color scheme. Although choosing colors seems like a relatively easy proposition, it's not easy at all. In fact, it's hard. One of the pluses we have as...
Website Polls For You And Your Visitors This Article is About: Web Software Development by Dan Grossman, Dan. Setting up a survey on your site is extremely simple and many times just as beneficial, for two main reasons. One, they let you create a more interactive website for your visitor. Choose interesting topics, poll opinions on recent events related to...
Some Useful Common Site Ideas This Article is About: Professional Web Development by Richard Lowe, Jr., Ric. In my web surfing adventures, I've found a few site elements which make surfing easier and more enjoyable. There are no concrete, hard- and-fast rules to follow - these are just observations of some things which I virtually always look for in a...
Ten Basic Steps For Building A Web Site That Works This Article is About: Web Design And Development by Lee Traupel, Lee. 1. Assemble a web site development plan that is integrated with your overall marketing processes; the content should be consistent with offline materials, the graphics/images don't have to be identical with traditional media, but should be...
Free Online Tools to Design (and Maintain) Your Website This Article is About: Web Development Tools by Susan Gross, Sus. These days, it seems that everyone has a website. Unfortunately, many of these websites are either bland, or sloppily designed by people who don't understand how to use HTML effectively or are intimidated by it. And, they don't have the money to...
Designing Professional Web Pages This Article is About: Web Development Services by Joanne Glasspoole, Joa. If your Web site doesn't project a professional and polished image to your visitors, your credibility and that of your products and services will suffer. Image is everything -- especially online where your competitor is only one mouse click...
Bad Web Design: ActiveX This Article is About: Web Development Cost by Richard Lowe, Jr., Ric. ActiveX uses an interesting method for enforcing security ... it doesn't. Well, that's not exactly true. What happens is when a web page requests an ActiveX control the browser determines if that control is already loaded onto your system. If it is...
Fun CSS Tricks You Can Use This Article is About: Web Development Tools by Dan Grossman, Dan. CSS or Cascading Style Sheets allow you to implement a few neat effects on your webpages easily. You can implement these CSS effects on your site by simply copying and pasting the code.
ROLLOVER COLOR TEXT LINKS
Have your text links change color...
Transforming A Site From Good To Excellent This Article is About: Internet Web Development by Richard Lowe, Jr., Ric. One of the challenges of moving a web site up from good to excellent is transforming it from just a bunch of web pages and graphics to an interactive experience. Another term for this is community - a place where people can come to communicate with...
Keep Them Coming Back - Update Your Site This Article is About: Ecommerce Web Site Development by Richard Lowe, Jr., Ric. If you are anything like me, your website is a reflection of yourself. It contains your thoughts and communications, exposed to the entire world at all times. Look at virtually any non-commercial web site and you will get a glimpse at the person...
