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Accessibility... The Basics
An accessible website is one that allows as many people as possible to access the infomation contained within it. An inportant subset of accessibility is allowing people with visual, aural, or ph

20 Tips for Creating a Customer-Friendly Web Site
What annoys an Internet user the most? A quick unscientific survey of a local Internet café suggests the top three turn-offs are: - Sites that are very slow to download; - Ones that are confus

Content Management Systems (CMS): What They Are And Why We Love Them...
There is a buzz in the online community about a technology that empowers the average computer user with the ability to create and maintain their very own web presence. In the past, individuals wh

A great banner only needs simple things...
To create your own great banner, you only need five (5) simple things: 1.Size according to standards. Always keep to the standards. Having a bold, huge banner would look good and attract more

Quicktime Format
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 w

About PDF Forms
What is a PDF form? Most people are aware of PDF files, but did you know that you can also turn a PDF file into a form that can be filled-in online? A PDF form could work the same way as any for

So, You Want Your Own Website? Is Free Or Paid Hosting Right For You?
You have made the decision to build a website! Good for you. Whether you are simply looking for a way to show off your family, to try your hand at making money from an affiliate program or to go

Putting an ADD TO FAVORITES button on your page
It's always better to make your visitor add your page to the "Favorites" folder so that he or she can come back to your site in future. I myself bookmark pages I find useful. Not everybody knows

10 Things Every Business Web site Should Have
Business web sites are not just like any other sites. Companies make them to reach a lot of prospective customers around the world.Some times people forgot a lot of good things their business web

Increase Your Sales By 25% By Implementing One Small Change
How much would you be willing to pay to learn how to implement a guaranteed 25% increase in your online sales? Given the current sales situation on your website, how much would that 25% increase

How To Get Better Results From Non-Targeted Hits
There are two types of visitors that come to your web site, targeted and non-targeted. Both can lead to sales, however they should NOT be treated the same. Targeted visitors are people that

Planning a Web Site
Have you ever wondered why some web sites look like the marvels of creativity and some look like specifically created to confound visitors? Ideally, no individuals make a web site to inconvenienc

Top 10 Signs Your Site Needs An Overhaul
These are the top 10 signs your web site needs an overhaul. # 10 The images used on your site include a revolving globe, bevelled horizontal line separators, and one of those animated mail box

Your Web Copy is Too Skimpy to Work!
Almost every day I hear from somebody with a web site that isn't selling well. "Can you please take a look and let me know what we're doing wrong?" they ask. Sometimes their product isn't very go

Why Pop-Ups are Pop-Bad
Not too long ago, seeing a pop-up ad appear meant that you were either on a page that distributed illegal software or looking at something that isn't suitable for the eyes of under 18-year-olds.

How to Prepare Images for Your Web Site - Part 2
When surfing the Web, you will have noticed web sites where the images load very slowly whereas other images don't match with the theme of the site or appear blurry. Presenting a professional

Fix Your Website Or Say Goodbye To Sales
Your website tells a lot about you and your product so if your website is poorly design you are sure to loose your entire investment as you will be loosing sales by the minute. In this article I

Keeping Your Pop-Ups - and Your Audience
In "Why Pop-Ups are Pop-Bad", we looked at the pitfalls of pop-up advertising, the most significant of them being the way Internet surfers feel about pop-ups. As I mentioned in that previous arti

No Giant Pop-Ups, Please!
Everyone loves little pop-ups. They are handy and helpful. You can sign up for a newsletter, download a free e-book, sign up for a mini email course, do a little quiz, enter a contest ... and so

How to Prepare Images for Your Web Site - Part 1
You are staring at the your monitor waiting for the image to download. It finally appears but it has blurry edges. You go to the next page but can't read the text because of the dark image in the

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