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Web Templates: Replacing Designers? This Article is About: Web Design Development by William T. "Chip" Lane, Wil. I’ve seen articles (and websites) that suggest you can buy a website template and skip the expense of hiring a professional website designer. Recently, I read several testimonials from the very satisfied customers of a website template vendor that...
Advantages of a Simple Design This Article is About: Web Development Source by Tyler, Tyl. Easily maintained
If a design flaw is found for a particular browser, it's far easier to find and fix the problem in the HTML source of a simple design, compared to a complex one.
Browser compatibility
All of the browsers out there, from Mozilla to...
Linking out is good This Article is About: Web Site Development by Trenton Moss, Tre. Many websites I come across don't have a single link to another website. Ask the webmaster why not, and the answer you get is simple enough: "If I link to other websites people might leave my site." At this point I break the news that site visitors...
Culture and Website Localization This Article is About: Web Development Company by Neil Payne, Nei. With the rise in ownership of computers and internet usage growing daily, the internet is fast becoming the primary port of call for information, shopping and services. In addition, those computer and internet users are increasingly from non-English...
What Can Lots Of Content Do For Your Site? This Article is About: Web Site Development by Matt Colyer, Mat. Today there are so many web sites on the web, but so few of them have good content and there are even fewer web sites that have large amounts of content. Why is the web like this? For one most webmasters are trying to make a quick buck and others...
Image Formats-GIF, JPEG, BMP This Article is About: Web Development Company by Stephen Hames, Ste. When browsing the internet you are likely to come across many different image formats. However, the most common formats are: CompuServe GIF, JPEG, and Bitmaps.
CompuServe GIF
GIF stands for Graphic Interchange Format and was standardized by...
The Next Marketing Tool: Deisgn This Article is About: Web Design Development by Kyle Neath, Kyl. Design sells. It’s something that all of us know, but few of us consciously acknowledge. There is an age old adage that warns people not to “judge books by their cover.” In other words, we shouldn’t judge people or products by their appearance. But...
Are You Driving Away Potential Customers? This Article is About: Web Development Companies by Karin Peavy, Kar. When a prospect lands on your website will he or she understand what you are presenting? Do your ordering/sign up instructions make sense? Can prospects easily find the information they are searching for? If you don’t know the answers to these...
Microsoft and Webmasters This Article is About: Web Site Development by Jeff Wyrick, Jef. Does Microsoft care for Webmasters
It’s always been a problem with websites appearing exactly the same on different platforms. As a web developer / webmaster it is extremely difficult to make user experiences rich by having the site look the same in...
Optimize your Photos for the Web This Article is About: Web Design Development by Kelly Paal, Kel. It doesn’t matter if your emailing photos of your grandson or putting images of your latest product on your online store. Too many people don’t consider optimizing their photos for the web. We’ve all been on too many web pages where it seemed that...
Simple Steps to a Great Banner Ad This Article is About: Web Design And Development by Kelly Paal, Kel. Everyone is using them now and if you’re planning on creating your own banner ad then there are some things that you should know.
Standard Size
I’ll admit I made this mistake. I was too caught up in creating a really nice looking design that I made...
Basic Graphic Design This Article is About: Web Design Software Development by Kelly Paal, Kel. Wether you design your business brochures, flyers, web page, or ads there are some things that you need to know. There are some basic graphic design principles that those of us trained in the commercial art/graphic design field don’t always share....
Graphic Design Using Color This Article is About: Web Design Software Development by Kelly Paal, Kel. Color is everywhere and conveys a message even if we don’t realize it. While this message can vary by culture it pays to know what colors “say” in your own corner of the universe, and even what color means to your target market.
If you don’t think...
How to Create a Links Page and Build Page Rank This Article is About: Web Development Services by James R. Morrison, Jam. One of the hardest achievements for a webmaster to obtain is a solid links page and great web site page rank. You know as well as I do that it is very difficult to obtain well page ranked reciprocal links. Especially when your actual links page is...
Building Web Sites Using Web Templates This Article is About: Web Design And Development by M.Mukesh, M.M. Gone are the days when you had to rely on a web-designer to design your websites. New technologies with innovative ideas have brought out a new variant to this trend in the form of ready to use website templates.So what are web templates?Well, to...
What Hosting Companies Don't Tell You, Could Hurt You This Article is About: Web Development Company by Dave Young, Dav. Did you know that hosting companies overcrowd their servers despite all the issues caused by servers running hundreds of accounts? Are you aware of what happens if your website is hosted on a server thats overcrowded? Youre probably thinking to...
iKobo Review - Part 2 This Article is About: Web Development Services by Adam Senour, Ada. Attempt 1 ConclusionOn July 13, 2004, the transaction was cancelled. My MasterCard was never charged.However, I did notice that my limits as a sender and receiver had been unilaterally raised to $500 USD. I had not contacted iKobo by telephone or...
iKobo Review - Part 1 This Article is About: Web Development Services by Adam Senour, Ada. The Initial DiscoveryIn April of 2004, I became aware of a company called iKobo as the result of a posting on Web Design Forums (http://www.webdesignforums.net), a website design discussion board. An individual who was new to the discussion board...
7 Key Points to Consider When Choosing a Web Host This Article is About: Web Software Development by Kyle Dusang, Kyl. With literally thousands of web hosting companies in the industry all vieing for your business, carefully consider these key points to ensure you make the most well informed decision possible.1. Server SpaceFirst, think about how much space your...
Writing Benefit-Driven Web Copy – 4 Steps to More Sales This Article is About: Web Development Tools by Glenn Murray, Gle. You've identified the benefits you offer your customers, but how do you turn a list of benefits into engaging web copy which converts visitors into customers?Recently I wrote an article explaining how to identify the benefits you offer your...
Beyond Web usability: Web credibility This Article is About: Professional Web Development by Trenton Moss, Tre. Web usability: It's old newsIf you've been developing websites on Mars for the past few years then you'll be forgiven for not knowing about web usability. You'll still be creating splash intro pages, having pages with massive download times and...
Web usability: The basics This Article is About: Web Page Development by Trenton Moss, Tre. What is web usability & why is it important?Web usability is about making your website in such a way that your site users can find what they're looking for quickly and efficiently. A usable website can reap huge benefits on to your website and your...
Working with Royalty Free Music This Article is About: Web Development Tools by Alan Steward, Ala. When creating Multi-Media Content, Flash or Video Clips for a client's web site or CD Rom Project, the last thing you want is to get him in trouble with the law. If there's a need for music in a project, using royalty free music is essential.Here...
