| 211 | Spam, The Stuff You Love To Hate Preview: We all get spam, and we all hate it. I always thought it would be great if I could open some spam, press a button on my computer and have a zillion volts of electricity shoot through the phone lines all the way to the computer that sent the spam and turn it into a smoldering pile of metal and plastic. Before I made a few changes I used to get abo... (more) Published By: Jeff Colburn Submitted: 14 April,2005 |
| 212 | Make Artistic Graphic Designs Preview: Are you a student of graphic design? If you have taken time in extra reviews and put “graphic design” and “drawing” into any search engines, you’ll get almost the same result = descriptions of graphic design programs at many design schools. Baffled? Well, it’s like this: As a student interested in graphic design, you have to take drawing and not a... (more) Published By: Lala C. Ballatan Submitted: 14 April,2005 |
| 213 | The Top 8 Website Sins Part Two Preview: Sin #5 Poor Spelling And Grammar We all make mistakes when we write things down or type things out. Nobody is 100% perfect but a huge number of website owners completely ignore the basics of spelling and grammar. If you're selling a product or service online and your website is littered with spelling and grammar mistakes you're losing sales. Plai... (more) Published By: Niall Roche Submitted: 14 April,2005 |
| 214 | The Top 8 Website Sins Part One Preview: They say the eyes are the window to the soul. Your website then is the window to your business. What would a passerby think of your "window"? What does your website say about you? About your business? Does your website entice the visitor to pause and take a few moments to look around or does it confuse them so much they click past it without ever... (more) Published By: Niall Roche Submitted: 14 April,2005 |
| 215 | About Your Web Design? - Panic No More! Preview: The Net is bombarded with different kinds of websites. When you visit from one website to another, you can’t help but compare. In some instances, you do not even have time to compare, involuntarily, you are clicking away from the site. If you wondered what was lacking in those sites that you disregarded, or what was common with those sites you wel... (more) Published By: Maricon Williams Submitted: 14 April,2005 |
| 216 | Ten Fatal Mistakes That Make Web Sites Stink Preview: Since you’ll spend lots of time and money to create your web site, don’t you want to make sure you’re not making mistakes that at best irritate users, and at worst make you lose customers? After all, when you alienate users, you lose potential revenue. Who can afford that? Dr. Jakob Nielsen, Principal of the Nielsen Norman Group, says that the ... (more) Published By: Herb Leibacher, Web Builder Express Submitted: 14 April,2005 |
| 217 | Are Web Templates Aimed to Exterminate the ‘Web Stars’? Preview: Since the arrival of web templates, there has been an unwritten haunch that plagued the Net. Many businesses and companies have turned to these templates to be aided for a less costly web design. Compared to sums which were then paid to web designers, only a diminutive portion of it is spent. Thus, it entails a great amount of savings. Nevertheles... (more) Published By: Maricon Williams Submitted: 14 April,2005 |
| 218 | What Makes a Site Lucrative? Preview: People ask too many things about websites. They ask about the key points to remember in order for their website to conquer the Web as well as to boost their sales. They ask about the right colors to use, layout, content and the likes. So many queries but it all sums up to one thing – a profitable website. To boot, in order for your website to be... (more) Published By: Maricon Williams Submitted: 15 April,2005 |
| 219 | 7 Ways to Increase Web Site Visitors and Boost Sales Preview: Have you spent a lot of money on advertising with the expectation that you would get many sales from the 1000s of web site visitors that read your ad? Have you poured money into driving traffic to your web site, only to have no one buying your product? Maybe you have seen the ads, “Get 10,000 visitors to your site, for only $20” . Wow, you think... (more) Published By: Herman Drost Submitted: 15 April,2005 |
| 220 | A Pretty Site Equates to Fewer Sales – Is it a Fact or a Fallacy? Preview: One that is pretty is very tempting. Thus, a book with fabulous cover and catchy title will likely to generate more sales, the same way that the dish with luscious presentation and extra-ordinary garnishing will be the first to be tasted. The product with captivating packaging will be the first to be reached out from its shelf and a website with a... (more) Published By: Maricon Williams Submitted: 15 April,2005 |
| 221 | Technology vs. Usability Preview: Technology vs. Usability When JV Media Design was formed, the year was 1995 and the Internet was a very different place than it is today. The first websites we created used simple layouts, a modest amount of graphics, standard "web safe" colors, and no javascript. This was all done in an attempt to create websites that worked well with the brow... (more) Published By: Sherry Holub Submitted: 16 April,2005 |
| 222 | Create and deploy a website from start to finish! Preview: Create and deploy a website from start to finish! Need a website for small business, church, sports team, or community but don’t know where to start? Don’t have the time or maybe even the knowledge on how to build and or publish a website? Well let me say it’s really know big deal. I will try to give you the basics to get started. Ok let’s get ... (more) Published By: Brock Coffee Submitted: 19 April,2005 |
| 223 | How To Select A Good Website Hosting Company Preview: I constantly encounter people that want me to design or update a website for them, and they are already signed up with a hosting company. The only problem is that many of these people should never have signed up with that particular hosting company. I'm dealing with a client now who is paying almost two and a half times more a month than she shoul... (more) Published By: Jeff Colburn Submitted: 19 April,2005 |
| 224 | Web Designers Beware! Preview: As a web designer, I have a personal interest in a new trend which threatens to put me and my kind out of business. That “threat” is Web Design Templates. In short they are ready-made web design products which can be used as a basis for a fast and high-quality website. You usually receive a Photoshop file (.psd), Flash file (.fla), HTML files with... (more) Published By: Gene Tewksbury Submitted: 20 April,2005 |
| 225 | Web Design: Use it to Showcase the Message Preview: If you are designing a web site for which the achievement of high conversion rates is a priority, focus your design efforts on showcasing and highlighting the content and copy. For sites where conversion rates are a priority, the primary purpose of design should be to present the message in such a way that it delivers the maximum impact. >> So "... (more) Published By: Nick Usborne Submitted: 21 April,2005 |
| 226 | Are You Choosing Your Website Colors Safely? Preview: Many designers are overlooking the vitality of colors in creating a web site. Why is it vital? It is because it creates a mood – it can annoy, irritate or interest and uplift the spirit of the visitors. Your site can end up plain and boring or chaotic if you don’t take a look at your colors minutest details. If you are not an expert in colors, yo... (more) Published By: Maricon Williams Submitted: 22 April,2005 |
| 227 | How to save money on a website Preview: Know what you want Make sure you know why you want a website and what you want your website to do for you. Write down some short term and long term goals. Establishing an Internet presence for your business is an important step – make sure you do it right! You need to have a clear vision before you start. Surf the internet Compile a list of ... (more) Published By: Talita Kindermann Submitted: 24 April,2005 |
| 228 | Why accessibility is important to you Preview: Accessibility is becoming increasingly critical to the Internet experience. Is your site accessible to people with disabilities? Is it compatible with browsers other than Internet Explorer? Continue reading to discover how accessibility can benefit you, as well as your visitors. What is accessibility It is a term that is more associated with ar... (more) Published By: John S. Britsios Submitted: 24 April,2005 |
| 229 | Web Site Optimization: How to Optimize PDF Files for Web Sites Preview: Portable Document Format (PDF) is the defacto file format for presenting device-independent documents on and off the Web. While PDFs have become quite popular on the Web, many PDFs used in web sites are designed for high quality print output and are not optimized for the Web. Even PDFs designed for Web use can have a wait problem, weighed down wit... (more) Published By: Andy King Submitted: 30 March,2005 |
| 230 | Xml2PDF formatter version 2.2 is released Preview: Xml2PDF formatter version 2.2 March 30, 2005 Altsoft N.V. Altsoft N.V. announces the release of version 2.2 of its Xml2PDF formatting engine. New XSL-FO features are: - complete support for Unicode BiDi algorithm; - support for soft-hyphen based hyphenation; - improved performance and memory usage; - support for PDF and EPS as external graph... (more) Published By: Altsoft Xml2PDF Submitted: 30 March,2005 |