| 391 | Graphics for the web: The Most Common Formats Preview: One of the early problems on the net was how to display graphics. The first browsers only displayed textual information - the modern browser with it's images, multimedia and plugin's did not exist. Everything was text based. Now there are hundreds of image formats, although only a handful are actually appropriate for the internet. And to make thi... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 392 | STREAMING MEDIA - Leveling the Playing Field for Small Business - Part II Preview: In part I of this series, I discussed streaming audio which is the most mature of the streaming techniques. (If you missed it, see http://www.wbcimaging.com/articles/audio_articles.htm). Just as surely as television followed radio, the rapid advancement of Internet technology now makes it possible to add high resolution images to your audio presen... (more) Published By: Don Rhodes Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 393 | Bad Web Design: ActiveX Preview: 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 the ActiveX control is executed. If not, the user is asked if it is okay to install the control. Add... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 394 | Web Site Design: Pulling Them In Deeper Preview: Good web sites take full advantage of the features of HTML (and the various client- and server-side scripting languages), which allow pages to be linked together at will. You need to remember that your web site is not a book, a poster or a brochure - it is a web site. By taking full advantage of this fact, you can increase the time people spe... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 395 | Pass the Mystery Meat: Learning from "Web Pages that Suck" Preview: Though I learned much at Shakespeare's knee, the two years I worked for the undergraduate literary magazine at the University of Utah were almost as valuable. Every night, I took home fat manila folders full of poetry and fiction that were horribly instructive in their badness. Example: a parody of "Little Women," swapping out the main characters ... (more) Published By: Stefene Russell Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 396 | Do visitors leave YOUR site feeling confused? Preview: I recently spent a little time surfing the web looking at general web marketing and promotion sites and was somewhat surprised at how many were making what I consider, basic design mistakes. How many of the following apply to YOUR site? Difficult to see from the top half of the page (ie, that part that first comes into view in my browser wind... (more) Published By: Tony Murtagh Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 397 | Awards Programs: Judging Sites Preview: Okay, so you've taken the plunge and created your awards program. Your criteria are defined and well written, your purpose is understood and you've promoted the heck out of your program. Now you've started getting applications - and the real work begins. This is the part of awards programs that is, well, both interesting and extraordinarily dull.... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 398 | How Active is Inter-Active? Preview: "Interactive," like "post-modern," is an impressive word, though no one precisely knows what it means. This can be confusing--not to mention annoying-but the lack of a clear definition provides a good launching point for brainstorming. We'll leave "post-modern" to the Derrida theorists. What does interactive mean, then? Let's break it down into c... (more) Published By: Stefene Russell Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 399 | Why is any site special? Preview: Is it because the site is unique? Is it because the site loads the quickest, has the freshest content, is easiest to use, or contains the best resources? Is the site so useful or so much fun that people SIMPLY CANNOT stop talking about it? You guessed it, it's all of the above (and more!). Making any website a "wow!" takes time, and there ... (more) Published By: Steve Nash Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 400 | Will They Come Back? Preview: When you build a website, you of course, want people to come to your site. But not only do you want them to visit, you want them to come back, and often! Most people will not come back unless they have a good reason. This is what you must have on your mind when you are designing and building your website. When you visit a site, take note of what ... (more) Published By: Terri Seymour Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 401 | "Beginners Luck" a guide to Web Page/Site Design Preview: Ever wonder why the cheapest looking, mostly all text, boring web sites get all the top rankings? Me Too! So I found out. As it turns out most search engines have been fooled once or twice by idiots (or genius's depending on what side of the fence your on) who have placed code in their sites to fool rankers into giving their site more weight. So t... (more) Published By: Rudy A. McCormick Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 402 | Browser Tips: Browser Helper Objects Preview: I must admit that I tend to install a whole bunch of junk on my computer system. It is part of my day job as Director of Technical Services at a major company to review new software to determine if it may be of use. I just love to look at new ways to solve issues that people run up against all of the time. So I am always keeping a look out for the... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 403 | Graphics for the web: Animated GIF Format Preview: Oh, so you've seen cool websites with animations moving all over the place? You've seen balls bouncing, finger's pointing, women dancing and lots of other pictures moving on the screen while you surf. And now you want to make your own homepage or website come alive and move! Cool. What you want is animated GIFs. A GIF is an image format which sup... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 404 | BREAK THROUGH THE CLUTTER WITH AUDIO BANNERS Preview: "A horse is a horse, of course, of course, his name is Mister Ed!" Do any of you remember that silly jingle from the television show? That's not really important anyway. What IS important is that Ed, the talking horse, was quite a phenomenon back in the 60's. Ed talked, reasoned and displayed traits unlike any of his animal brethren. There is a... (more) Published By: Ronni Rhodes Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 405 | Internet Privacy: Creating A Privacy Policy Preview: Any good web site has a certain amount of interactivity which causes visitors to need to enter data of one sort or another. Sometimes this is just a name or gender, and sometimes it is a full array of personal information. Some web sites even ask for social security numbers, addresses or, in the case of medical sites, highly personal data tha... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 406 | Graphics for the web: JPG and PNG Files Preview: JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is a very efficient, true-color, compressed image format. It uses lossy compression, which means that bits are removed from the image in order to save space. JPEG files support millions of colors (compared with the 256 for GIF). The JPG format is best for images with gradients, blends, and inconsistent colo... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 407 | Put Your Homepage To Work! Preview: Your homepage is probably the most important page of your whole Web site. Yes, even more important than your order page (or the pages where you pre-sell affiliate program products). The first page most of your visitors will land on is your homepage. If your homepage doesn't grab your visitor's attention, your order page will be useless. You ... (more) Published By: Said Rouhani Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 408 | Fonts For Your Web Site Preview: In order to make your web pages look good across all platforms and browsers, you must standardize your font selection. You must also limit the fonts that you use to those that probably will be installed on most of your target systems. The reason for this is simple: fonts within web pages are only displayed properly if the font is installed withi... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 409 | Putting Sound on your Web Site - Part 1 Preview: Putting sound on your web site can give your web site that special sparkle. As Interlaced graphics are gradually focusing on the page, the visitor can be put into the proper mood, preparing them for the graphic images and textual messages they will see. In this article I will discuss the best ways to put sound on your web site. Please keep in ... (more) Published By: John Rickey Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 410 | HOW FRAMES AFFECT YOUR PROMOTION AND MARKETING EFFORTS ?S ? Preview: The following article outlines the Pros and Cons of using frames with a deeper look at how they might affect your promotion and marketing efforts. When designing a new website, one of your first decisions is whether or not to use frames. Frames technology allows you to have more than one web page on your screen at the same time. Typically a fram... (more) Published By: Richard Igoe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |