| 451 | YOU NEED SSI RIGHT NOW! Preview: I learned of SSI (Server Side Includes) long before I built my current site. Since it seemed the only way to go, I checked it out once again for the new site to be. What SSI amounts to is creating a new page for any elements common to all pages on your site. Then ask the server to include these pages whenever main pages are requested. For exam... (more) Published By: Bob McElwain Submitted: 14 January,2002 |
| 452 | Why Autoresponders Are an Essential Tool for Every Internet Business Preview: I admit it -- when I'm on the Internet, I want everything instantly. And I know I'm not alone; in our high-speed world we expect to get what we want with the click-of-a- mouse. To help fulfill this desire for everything "now, now, now!", many Internet businesses make use of autoresponders. These programs automatically return a prewritten message ... (more) Published By: Angela Wu Submitted: 14 January,2002 |
| 453 | How to Avoid Sloppy Web Site Copy Preview: If your web site visitor can't find the information on your web site, within 10 seconds or less, you will lose them. Two of the largest factors that contribute to this, are the lack of clear purpose and poor layout of your web pages. Let's look at how you can resolve each of these issues. Lack of clear purpose – the first page of your web site... (more) Published By: Herman Drost Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 454 | Perfection and Practicality. Get The Site You Want Without Going Overboard Preview: It's a common belief that in order to be successful in any field, one must strive for perfection. Although this is a noble intention we must be wary of the fact that the pursuit of perfection in design can, in come cases, cause more harm than good. When working with a designer on a project, it's important not to let the pursuit of perfection disru... (more) Published By: Colin Eyo Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 455 | This is why YOUR website isn't making you any money! Preview: Read this report and you'll know why your website isn't making you as much money as you want it to. The reason isn't war, recession, or bioterrorism either. It's a series of "garden variety" problems you can do something about right now -- if you're serious about online success. 1) You aren't making the collection of email information from your ... (more) Published By: Dr. Jeffrey Lant Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 456 | 3 Easy Tips to Get Your Site Looking More Professional Preview: Ask yourself, does your web site look professional? If you're interested in making money online, you have no choice but to make sure that it does. Whether you're selling running shoes or providing weekend getaways, it's imperative that your site projects the same level of professionalism that you do with your clients. People appreciate quality and... (more) Published By: Colin Eyo Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 457 | 4 Huge Web Design Errors That Are Costing You Business Online Preview: Business people: the point of your website is to get business, make money. Is your faulty web design sabotaging these crucial objectives? Let's take a quick look at what a profitable website MUST contain. Then compare this to what you've actually got. #1: Your website must focus on capturing email addresses Most people don't buy the first tim... (more) Published By: Dr. Jeffrey Lant Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 458 | How To Put An Everyday Business Online Preview: In this edition, we'll be having a look at two websites. These two sites are what I like to call "Traditional Business" websites. These businesses are not based on the internet alone like many e-business sites we do, but are traditional everyday businesses that have store-fronts and showrooms. With that in mind, a slightly different approach had t... (more) Published By: Doug Seidl Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 459 | Flash Design: Is it all it's cracked up to be? Preview: INTRODUCTION When Flash was first introduced by FutureWave Inc. in August 1996, it was known as "FutureSplash Animator." Macromedia acquired FutureWave in December and renamed the application to "Flash." What made FutureSplash unique was the fact that FutureSplash's images were created in "vector format." As you may know, most images you see on ... (more) Published By: Jody Hatton Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 460 | Building the Website of Your Dreams Not Your NightMares Preview: In 1999, when I set out to build my first website I knew very little about html and even less about planning websites. Like a lot of Newbies I just struggled along learning as I went. I also knew very little about running a home business on the net. It is quite different than running a bricks and mortar store in some ways. I had run several b... (more) Published By: Judi Singleton Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 461 | How To Make Sure Your Visitors Don't Come Back! Preview: Pop up windows - when you arrive, when you leave, when you click to another page! It's an epidemic! I was at a site today where they started coming up so fast and so many that it froze my browser and I had to hit Control, Alt and Delete in order to close a couple of them so I could get back in control. You use to see a couple here and there but ... (more) Published By: Joe Reinbold Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 462 | Contact Methods Preview: How many times have you been visiting a website and had trouble finding what you wanted? Have you found a broken link? Did a product description lack important information? There are many reasons a visitor may need to contact a webmaster or customer service agent, and if they can't, they may never visit your website again. I get several ema... (more) Published By: Dawn Gray Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 463 | How "User Friendly" Is Your Site? Preview: Is an Over-Complicated Site Costing You Sales? Clarity Is Everything. How "User Friendly" Is Your Site? In general, we designers will often find ourselves preaching about keeping things simple when it comes to our design... but is that all there is to it? If all one does is achieve simplicity, will that person produce a successful design as a res... (more) Published By: Doug Seidl Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 464 | How To Make Your Website A Profit Powerhouse! Preview: Got a website? Here's how to make thousands of dollars using simple income generating techniques! First, every website should allow customers to supply you with their e-mail address. You do this by offering them something for free, be it a sample chapter, newsletter, ebook, or article. Give them something that's hard to resist, and have a form o... (more) Published By: Grady Smith Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 465 | Interactive Sites are More Successful than Boring Sites Preview: When the web was in its infancy, websites were a couple of columns of text and color. It's been a long time since first generation web design and yet many people are content with their static and consequentially boring websites. Many speak of flash as the "Media of the future". Let me be the first to enlighten you. It is the media of the present!... (more) Published By: Cris Anderson Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 466 | 10 Tips For Running A Well-Oiled Business Site! Preview: 1. Address your targeted audience on your business site. Example: "Welcome Internet Marketers". If you have more than one, address them all. 2. Make sure your content and graphics are relevant to your web site's theme. You wouldn't want to use a bird graphic on a business web site. 3. Alert visitors by email when you add new content to your web ... (more) Published By: Larry Dotson Submitted: 16 January,2002 |
| 467 | Effective Small Business Web Sites On a Budget Preview: As more and more of the world's business starts taking place online, we're left to wonder how our own web pages will stand up and out in the jumble of everybody else's. Small businesses don't always have the option to buy expensive graphics or to hire a great web designer. Or even if they do, they have to take into account whether their potential... (more) Published By: Kevin Nunley Submitted: 16 January,2002 |
| 468 | "How To Keep Your Visitors 10 Times Longer On Your Web Site" Preview: Everyone knows this: the longer your visitors stay on your web site, the more likely they are to buy something. The longer they stay, the more trust they develop in your business, the more comfortable they will become ordering from you. So, how can you keep them on your site longer? Well, there are the wicked ways (opening the pop-up windows ev... (more) Published By: Milana Nastetskaya Submitted: 17 January,2002 |
| 469 | DESIGNING WITH STYLE Preview: One important aspect of good design is to give your site a theme and coherence. A great deal of this can be done using a stylesheet. Using stylesheets is not difficult. In fact it makes the task of designing a website that much easier. However many new designers don't use them. But before dispelling some of the confusion, let us look at the ad... (more) Published By: Richard Igoe Submitted: 19 January,2002 |
| 470 | Quicktime Format Preview: One of the very first video formats was released by Apple Computer Systems way back in 1991. It's still in use and it's called Quicktime. In those long ago days of computers (pre-web) Quicktime was hot stuff. Like many of the really great innovations of the time, Apple was the creator. Oh you didn't know the little fact that Apple originated... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 19 January,2002 |