| 371 | How to Make Your Site Sell Preview: Remember, your website can only communicate to your readers in two ways. The first is the colors you use, while the second is your copy (your writing). Even if you use audio/video on your site, you still need to write the copy. So let's add some punch to your site and skyrocket your sales! In Sales 101, we learned that people buy benefits, n... (more) Published By: Andrew T. LaPointe Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 372 | Web Source Web Design Tips - Don't Forget Your META tags Preview: When designing a website, make sure you include proper META tags in the HTML of each page. META tags are HTML code that enable the search engines to determine what keywords are relevant to a specific site. About 80 percent of all web site traffic originates from the eight major search engines. It would be a good idea to make sure you've don... (more) Published By: Shelley Lowery Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 373 | Five Core Elements to a Successful Website Preview: It seems to me that many of you who are new to building websites are having trouble figuring out exactly what makes the difference between a website that's effective and one that doesn't produce results. For example, I recently received this from a reader of my e-zine, Marvin Baerg: > This is a suggestion for an inclusion of an article on site > ... (more) Published By: Micah D. Cranman Submitted: 06 December,2001 |
| 374 | Designing by Numbers -- Statistics and No Lies! Preview: Stats tell us a myriad of things, some even useful and we're accustomed to using them in our marketing and selling processes. Frequently abused and made to say what WE want, but here I am merely considering them in ways that influence site design ... and, I believe, letting the numbers speak for themselves. Before finalising my own choices for th... (more) Published By: Pamela Heywood Submitted: 07 December,2001 |
| 375 | TRANSLATING YOUR WEB Preview: Considering that 43% of Internet users cannot read English, translating your web site into a foreign language is a powerful way to promote your business. But getting your web site translated can be an expensive exercise. Rates can vary between 0.04 US$ and 0.12 US$ per source word, depending on target language, length and subject matter being tra... (more) Published By: Paolo Risso Submitted: 07 December,2001 |
| 376 | DO-IT-YOURSELF WEB SITES: THE PROS AND CONS Preview: Not sure what's involved in getting a web site started? Well, there are really only three ways to go about it. In this article, I'll provide an objective review of the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. (a) The DIY solution: Create and maintain your web site yourself by using software such as Microsoft FrontPage or by writing the HTML d... (more) Published By: Tim North Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 377 | Graphics Optimization Preview: Graphics images on the internet come in three major formats: GIF, JPEG and PNG (and PNG's close relation MNG). Each of these formats has it's associated advantages and disadvantages. It is important that you understand all three formats to make the correct decision as to which to use under what circumstances. One of the major factors to consider ... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 378 | Good Web Design: Create A Custom 404 Error Page Preview: As you know if you've spent any time at all surfing the web, sometimes you will see the dreaded 404 error condition. This often occurs because you've entered an incorrect link (perhaps added a ".html" instead of ".htm" at the end of the file) or perhaps because a site has been updated recently and some links were broken. Virtually all web sites (... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 379 | Bad Web Design: Mistakes With Text Preview: Even in today's world of Flash animation, animated GIFs, sound files, VRML and other dazzling special effects, the basic reason why people surf the web is to read. Yes, the pictures are great, and yes the animations are wonderful, but what people really care about is what you've got to say. That being said, it's so very important that you don't d... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 380 | Bad Web Design: Graphics Problems Preview: I know you like to put graphics on your page. There is little better than a site which has been done by a professional graphics designer. The perfect balance between graphics, color, fonts, photos and layout is rare and a wonder to behold. On the other hand, a site with bad graphics or some obvious blunders can be agonizing and even painful to lo... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 381 | Bad Web Design: Navigation Errors Preview: Confusing navigation is another way to keep your visitors from coming back or even staying very long on their first visit. You must provide a way for your visitors to find out what you've got - it's of no use if no one sees it. Link Every Page To The Home Page - One huge mistake that many webmasters make is to forget to link every page back to th... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 382 | Adding Flash 4 to your website Preview: Macromedia has taken the internet world by storm with its introduction of Flash a few years ago. What started as an animation tool has evolved into a full website development tool. After clinching several deals with major supporters like Microsoft and AOL the flash plugin is now standard on most browsers and is installed on 80% of them worldwi... (more) Published By: Robert Walters Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 383 | The Frames Debate Preview: Because I look at the world through frames (my glasses, that is) they've never bothered me that much on the web. They don't make me jump up and down for joy, mind you, but I've managed to cultivate enough patience to deal with them in most instances--as long as I'm not staring at twelve or fourteen panes on my screen. There are those who say that... (more) Published By: Stefene Russell Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 384 | In Praise of Raw Code Preview: The first program I ever used for web layout was Adobe PageMaker, and it was hellish. I was trying to learn how to use PhotoShop at the same time, and it seemed like neither of them would do what they were supposed to do-I'd scan something, and it would show up seven or eight times larger than I'd expected; or I'd accidentally turn something green... (more) Published By: Stefene Russell Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 385 | How to create a great website Preview: The web is a medium designed to communicate with people. As the written words and graphics will be the main forms of communication in a website, it is of utmost importance that they convey your message in the most effective way without any jarring expressions, omissions and complications. The ultimate aim is to create a website that will attract ... (more) Published By: Patrick Tan Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 386 | Putting Sound on your Web Site - Part 3 Preview: Making MIDI Files for your site HTML Code The best way to put auto playing sound on your web site is MIDI. If you'd like the sound to load automatically and loop in the background this is the best code to use in for both Netscape and Explorer. If you'd like the MIDI file to play on request in the foreground, it's just a matter of linki... (more) Published By: John Rickey Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 387 | Good web Design: Site Maps Preview: When a new visitor reaches your site (by whatever means), you must remember he has never seen it before. Yes, I know that you are intimately familiar with every single page throughout your site, but your new visitors most definitely are not. In fact, a site with poor navigation is a site which will not see a large number of repeat visitors. Today... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 388 | Bad Web Design: Looong Pages Preview: One of the sins committed by many inexperienced webmasters is the creation of very long pages. I've seen this most often on sites created at universities, although it can happen anywhere. It's very annoying to run into these amateur sites (although sometimes they look very professional). On one occasion I found a site with a 15 megabyte page! No ... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 389 | Interactive Features Preview: If you really want people to be attracted to your web site time after time, you need to add interactivity. This can be as simple or as complicated as you want. It does not matter whether you are a beginner, an intermediate webmaster or the most advanced web designer around, you can add interactive elements to your web site. What is an interactive... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 390 | Web Site Management: Guestbooks Preview: Have you ever visited a web site, liked what you saw and wanted to leave a quick note to the webmaster to let him know your feelings? Did you find a great website which entertained you for hours, and you felt like you had to let the person who created it know? Or did you spend the entire afternoon reading someone's wonderful content, which was so ... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |