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OpenSource and OpenSource Template
What is OpenSource? Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community, specifically through

The proper way to use the robots.txt file
When optimizing your web site most webmasters don’t consider using the robots.txt file. This is a very important file for your site. It let the spiders and crawlers know what they can and can no

14 Ways to Add Content to Your Web Site
When I surf the Net, I often see web sites filled with beautiful graphics that strive to capture my attention. Well, they do so for an instant, however I click away when I don't immediately find

How to create a website; the do-it-yourself way
So you have a product, service or information that you feel the whole world should know about. But you aren't quite sure how to tell them? Fortunately, for you it's the 21st century and we have

Is Your Web Site Too Hard?
Is your website too hard? Take the “Easy Test” to see if your website is as visitor friendly as it should be! Websites often fail to produce the desired results. This can be because visitors fi

A Webmasters Toolkit and Tricks
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Building your website for visitors
There are numerous articles and sites that advise on how to improve websites for search engine optimisation. SEO is, of course, vital for increasing the number of visitors to a website. However,

Why Ugly Sites Sell More Than Pretty Sites...
What the heck is going on lately? Most internet websites I go to now, all I see are pretty graphics everywhere. I see moving images, I see crazy JAVA, things flying around. Don't get me wrong,

Bad Web Design: Strange Cursors
I've been to some sites lately which have some pretty fantastic cursors. You probably know what I'm talking about - cursors that have little balls dangling from them, look like a heart or consist

Bad Web Design: Navigation Errors
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 - i

Bad Web Design: Looong Pages
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

Bad Web Design: Graphics Problems
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, photo

The Key to Effective Web Site Design
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Web Design Mistakes - Text and Fonts
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Graphics for the web: JPG and PNG Files
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 spac

Bad Web Design: Advertising Mistakes
Okay, we know we all need to pay the bills. I know that many of us want to get traffic to our web sites. And some of us just want to make enough money to pay for our costs so that this thing we l

Browser Tips: Browser Helper Objects
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

Graphics for the web: GIF Format
The GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) format was invented in 1987 by Compuserve to allow images to be displayed. This format allows for 256 colors (which was a lot at the time), compression, inte

Graphics for the web: Animated GIF Format
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

Fonts For Your Web Site
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 in

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