| 331 | Designing A Successful Web Site Preview: Before diving into the basics of good web site design, we should make sure we're all clear on one point. When we talk about web site design at Pacific Business Marketing, we're referring to structure, content and navigation, NOT "awesome" graphics or "cool" new programming languages Design goals Design considerations should take into account the... (more) Published By: Myron Curry Submitted: 05 December,2001 |
| 332 | Building a Free or Low Cost Website Preview: Is it impossible to build a really cheap website? Most definitely not! I am maintaining a very low cost website at the moment, in fact the site (http://www.echogecko.co.uk) cost a mere £8.00. So, even if you don’t think you can afford to make a website, if you have a bit of change in your pocket, that will be all you need. Domain Names If you... (more) Published By: Mike Harding Submitted: 05 December,2001 |
| 333 | Website designers and designing Preview: How many times have you gone to a site someone recommended, only to have it take "forever" to load? You had been told it was a great site. But how long are you going to wait for fancy backgrounds, 300 dpi jpegs, or animated gifs to load onto your browser? Web designers are sometimes entranced by the bells and whistles. "Add sound [animations, p... (more) Published By: Judy Gillis Submitted: 05 December,2001 |
| 334 | Focus Your Web Site... Or Get Out Of Business Preview: Last November, I was jumping up and down absolutely excited about my new idea. I was going to create a web site filled with articles, links and resources on just about any topic you could imagine. This way no matter who finds my site and for whatever reason they click on it, I will always make money, right? So, I spent time collecting and writing... (more) Published By: Milana Nastetskaya Submitted: 05 December,2001 |
| 335 | Quick Web Site Start-up and Promotion Guide Preview: The biggest problem I've always had promoting my web site is keeping myself focused. After all, what should I be doing? Publishing my own e-zine, placing classified ads, looking for link exchange partners, writing articles... My head is beginning to spin just from trying to list all the promotion strategies available today! But when my friend who... (more) Published By: Milana Nastetskaya Submitted: 05 December,2001 |
| 336 | A LITTLE ADVICE from THE MAC LADY Preview: I am a web designer, and an internet junkie and I have a few pet peeves that need purging... TIPS FOR YOUR WEB SITE If you are a "real" company with "real" products and "real" people, please put your address and phone number on your site (usually on a contact page is best). Afterall, you put your address and phone number in your city's phone book... (more) Published By: Nancy O. Johnson Submitted: 05 December,2001 |
| 337 | What Color is Your Website? Preview: During site creation, it is very easy to fall into the trap of "if I can, I will" thinking. This method of thinking is very dangerous. The premise is if I can create a site with 256 differently colored words, backgrounds and graphics, I will. Your site may look great, but what will you accomplish? The disadvantage to creating a single site wi... (more) Published By: Andrew T. LaPointe Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 338 | What are you telling your visitors? Preview: Recently I was out surfing the search engines, looking for high-ranking sites, on different keywords while doing some work for another company. While having a look around I also contacted a couple of sites looking for some information about their products. Was I looking to buy? Not right now but I was interested and I did bookmark some web... (more) Published By: Paul Easton Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 339 | TALKINGSITES WEB SITE AUDIO Preview: People love pantomimes because they can communicate so cleverly without ever uttering a sound. I find them fascinating. But imagine what the world would be like if all our entertainment, conversation, and advertising was done in pantomime. Aside from giving us a new appreciation for clown-white face paint, we'd probably tire of it rather quickly. ... (more) Published By: Dane Scott Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 340 | Web Source Web Design Tips - Using META Tags for Search Engine Indexing Preview: Meta tags are used to give detailed instructions, in regard to a web page, to the Search Engines and browsers. You can provide the Search Engines with a description of your web page and the most relevant "keywords" for your web site by adding the following META tags between the and tags of your HTML. When selecting your keywords, it is b... (more) Published By: Shelley Lowery Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 341 | WHY DESIGN IS AS IMPORTANT AS PROMOTION Preview: We have all heard that there's no use having the best site in the world if you don't promote it, and submit it to the search engines. Well the opposite is also true. There is no point in promoting your site unless it is well designed and going to trap your visitors. With over 125,000 home-based online businesses starting each week, internet surf... (more) Published By: Richard Igoe Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 342 | Prophesying Profit in CyberSpace . . . Preview: Business owners can be rushed into creating Web sites, perhaps because "my competition has one", or because "it's the hot thing right now". But, as with any aspect of your business, some preliminary thinking will help to maximize the return on your investment in this key part of your marketing mix. Here are seven key issues to consider from the... (more) Published By: Philippa Gamse Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 343 | How To Retain More Of Your Visitors Preview: Did you know that most of your visitors probably never go beyond your homepage? And a lot of them leave within ten seconds of hitting your homepage, NEVER to return again? These are wasted visitors, and you must do everything possible to reduce the waste, or you'll simply miss out on a great amount of profits. Luckily, there are a couple of ... (more) Published By: Said Rouhani Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 344 | Top Ten Website Musts Preview: Launching and promoting a successful website is no easy task. There are thousands of books, articles and web sites with advice on how to design your site. In order to help you with the basics I compiled a list of the "musts" that pertain to all websites no matter how small or how large. Following these steps will keep you ahead of the competition.... (more) Published By: Bonnie Jo Davis Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 345 | Should you DIY your own Website? Preview: Last summer I decided finally to create my own website, to broaden awareness of my advertising-slogan database and related search services (ADSlogans Unlimited). Now it's up and running and I'm at last very pleased with it. It's bringing in business, just like it's supposed to. But it was a bumpy road. Let me share some learning with you. Time r... (more) Published By: Timothy R V Foster Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 346 | Success Through Superior Design Preview: Many people fail to understand just how important the design of a web site is to your online image. Some simply assume that because they have a great product they'll be automatically successful. But in order to achieve online success, one must have both a wonderful product or service and a great design. This is because people assume that if the we... (more) Published By: Micah D. Cranman Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 347 | Web Source Web Design Tips - Preview: You can create special mouseover link effects by placing the following code between the and tags within your HTML code. In this example, the active text link is underlined with the color set to #0000FF. When the mouse is placed over the link, the text color will change to #FF0000 and the underline disappears. About the Author Shelley Lo... (more) Published By: Shelley Lowery Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 348 | Web Source Web Design Tips - Highlighting Free for All Links Preview: You can use the code below to highlight your link in some free for all sites. This code will not work on all free for all sites, but if you scroll down the page and see some links already highlighted, you'll know it works. Instead of typing in your web address, place the code below, with your web address, into the free for all form. http://w... (more) Published By: Shelley Lowery Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 349 | Web Source Web Design Tips - Reload A Window With A Button or Link Preview: Button: Link: Reload Window Place either code where you would like the button or link to appear. About the Author Shelley Lowery slowery@web-source.net Tip provided by: Web Source: Your Guide to Professional Web Design and Development. http://www.web-source.net... (more) Published By: Shelley Lowery Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 350 | Web Source Web Design Tips - Decreasing A Website's Load Time Preview: The main page of your web site should load in 8 seconds or less with a 56K modem. According to two recent surveys, conducted by Forrester Research and Gartner Group, ecommerce sites are losing $1.1 to $1.3 billion in revenue each year due to customers click- away caused by slow loading sites. Tips for keeping your load time down: - Avoid l... (more) Published By: Shelley Lowery Submitted: 06 December,2001 |