Archive for September, 2008

A Simple Guide to Designing Websites Profitable

Sunday, September 28th, 2008
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Visuals India asked:


His website is where your business resides - it’s like the headquarters of a company offline.

So it is important for good practice web design principles to achieve the maximum number of visitors.

Here are some tips that will help…

Use the navigation clear directions

Your site navigation menu should be simple and concise so that visitors know how to navigate your site without any confusion.

Reduce the number of images

It is a fact that the graphics of a website to look more attractive. However, there are still many users of internet dial-up, to take into account to reduce the size of its graphics, if possible. Large images that your site loads slowly and more often than not are just a waste of bandwidth.

If you find that graphics are essential to your website, you can optimize the use of an image editing program to meet a minimum file size.

There are also online services free to do it for you.

Here’s one:

http://www.tools.dynamicdrive.com/imageoptimizer

Keep your paragraphs of text in a reasonable time

Reading online is a different experience then reading offline print media. If a paragraph is too long, you must divide into separate parts so that the text blocks will be much easier to read.

Use lots of white space between your copies. This gives the eyes a rest, and keeps alert their readers.

Moreover, not make your source is too small, or people will have trouble reading his copy.

Make your website cross-browser compatible

If your site looks great in Internet Explorer but breaks horribly in Firefox and Opera, will lose out on a lot of potential visitors. Therefore, always check how your site looks in different browsers.

It’s better to have a set of browsers on their computer, instead of relying on online services.

You can also use the W3C’s validation, which can help your site with compatibility.

Here are two free online browser verification services: http://www.browsercam.com

http://www.anybrowser.com/siteviewer.html

Avoid using scripting languages on your site

Try to use scripting languages to handle or manipulate data on your site, not to create visual effects.

The scripts are not supported by all browsers, so some visitors might miss important information because your browser crashes.

Using templates website in the right way

Website templates are very affordable these days and you can save a lot of problems when you want to create a new design.

That is the point of using a template … to save time and effort. You can go a long way just by changing the title, the introduction of keywords, which in some new graphics and details and is already adequate.

Example: you find a good model that suits your gardening hobby site, except the original designer has created an image of the stamps in the header.

Then, you can find images of garden plants, or gardening tools, to replace the seals on his hobby site.

Just be aware of the use of templates too popular. If many people use the same template, your site will not appear unique and its credibility as b, companies will be tarnished.

The last thing you want your site is to make generic appear like your next-door neighbors.

I hope these tips will help you make better the performance of a website.

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Harvey

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Table-less Web Designing: by Pseudo Technology

Saturday, September 27th, 2008
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Abhishek asked:


In the previous article “Basic Types and Requirements for Web Designing: PSEUDO TECHNOLOGY” we have discussed about the various techniques of web designing process. But we left the topic of table-less web designing because this topic in itself is a matter of discussion. The first thing you should be aware is that this site is not built using these techniques. The Web Design site on About (and all About sites) is built using tables, and until browsers that support CSS Positioning are more widely used, will be for the foreseeable future. The most important function of table-less web designs is the fact that it greatly facilitates the improvement of accessibility. However they face a bit of difficulty as browser support is minimal.

Browser Support:

CSS Positioning (CSS-P) is the only way to create standards based Web pages using XHTML. Why? Because XHTML requires that tables only be used to define tabular data, and not be used for layout. The problem is, until recently, most browsers only had sketchy support of CSS-P. But now, the following browsers and versions, have minimal to good support of CSS-P, among others:

•    Microsoft Internet Explorer 6

•    Microsoft Internet Explorer 5

•    Netscape Navigator 7

•    Netscape Navigator 6

•    Opera 6

•    Opera 5

•    Mozilla 1

•    Konqueror 3

•    Konqueror 2

Rethinking How You Build a Page:

When you build a site using tables, you have to think in a “tabular” format. In other words, you’re thinking in terms of cells and rows and columns. And your Web pages will reflect that. When you move to a CSS-P web designing, you’ll start thinking of your pages in terms of the content.

For example, the page for this article can be considered to have five content parts:

1.    The header

this is where my photo is, the top banner ad, and basic navigation.

2.    The left navigation

this is the left side of the page, with the subjects and essentials.

3.    The right navigation

this is where the tower ads and other information is.

4.    The content

the text of this article.

5.    The footer

the bottom navigation, copyright information, lower banner ad, and so on.

Rather than putting those elements in a table, I can use the

tag to define the different portions of the content, and then use CSS-P to place the content elements on the page. For the sake of this article, I’m going to pretend there are just three columns on the page, and ignore the header and footer.

Identifying Your Sections

Once you’ve defined the different content areas of your site, you need to write them in your HTML. While you can, generally, place your sections in any order, it’s a good idea to place first items you’d like less advanced browsers to see first.

For my three column layout, I’m going to have three sections:

1.leftnavigation 

2. rightnavigation

3. content

These will be defined using div tags with the id attribute. Remember, when you use the id attribute, you need to have a unique name for each id.

1.



2.



3.



Positioning

This is the fun part. Using CSS you can define the position for your id’ed divs. Store your position information in a style call like this:

#content { }  Content within a div tag will take up as much space as it can, namely 100% of the width of the current location, or the page. So, to affect the location of a section without forcing it to a fixed width, you can change the padding or the margin elements. For this layout, I set the two navigation columns to fixed widths and then set their position absolute, so that they wouldn’t be impacted by where they are found in the HTML.  While the page won’t look wonderful in non-CSS-P browsers, as you can see, it is possible to define how your page will look without any table tags.

The term web designing simply refers to fine art of designing websites that are available on the World Wide Web and are used consistently by individuals. Designers are a very significant part of developing a website as they are responsible for providing color to the external appearance of the website. Therefore, they are vital in providing a lasting impression upon the user, enhancing the popularity of the site. There are various factors and methods that need to be borne in mind when it comes to web designing a website. Websites are filled with written content as well as images and they need to conform to certain forms like JPEG, PNG, GIF and HTML, XHTML etc for written content. One of the methods of designing is known as table-less web design.



Marvin

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The Htc Touch Diamond Mobile Phone

Sunday, September 21st, 2008
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Mike Smith asked:


So let’s get down to business and find out what you exactly you get for your money. To start off you get and nice crisp VGA quality screen. From a connectivity point of view it has HSDPA, WI-FI and Bluetooth including A2DP so you can wirelessly stream music to any compatible device. In addition to that is has a 4GB memory and a 3.2 mega pixel camera on the back with the whole thing run on Windows 6.1 with the main browser been Opera. Some of the things that you don’t get with this phone are a flash for your camera, a 3.5mm headphone socket and there is no micro SD slot because they have done so much to cram everything into this handset to make it small that they could not find room to fit it in.

With the Wi -Fi and HSDA for connectivity, web browsing is the core of the phone. Instead of using the most well know and popular browser Internet Explorer they have taken a brave move to run Opera mobile instead. What this means for the user is that you get on the whole a much more intuitive and user friendly browser with most functions been performed with just one finger either sliding up and down the screen or a double tap to select the next link and load the page as well as the accelerometer can be used to rotate the page when the phone is turned on its side. Just like the browsers on your own PC there is a function for multiple tabs and even access to YouTube which seems to be a much have for any multimedia phone.

Getting your email is another effortless and pleasant experience with the HTC Touch Diamond mobile phones using the standard Microsoft Mail. You can change the setting so you get you email downloaded every 5 mins, uninterrupted so you can always check if you have got new email as soon as you take it out of your pocket and of course you can automatically send and receive your mail almost anywhere.

As mentioned before there are some downsides to the HTC Diamond Touch such as no flash for the camera, no 3.5mm headphone jack and no micro SD memory slot. It does however have some pretty impressive features such as a great interface when you are playing music which allows you to change tracks just by swishing up and down on the screen as well as quite a loud speaker for you when you are not using headphones.

The 3.2 mega pixel camera is easy and straight forward to use but as said before no flash, but this camera is much better than the iPhone.

Once pictures have been taken you swirl your finger around the screen one way to zoom in and another to zoom out again. Some of the other options are to create a slide show, attach it to an email, make it your home screen image plus a variety of other standard options.

There are one or two addictive games which make very good use of the very responsive accelerometer as well as options to download the weather for different local and world locations including the ability to request a 5 day forecast.

The HTC Touch Diamond is defiantly one of the main competitors to the Apple iPhone and you can find it at less than half the price and many instances for free on many major networks.

Get the best HTC Touch Diamond Deals at ThePhoneNetwork. Compare the best deals on the HTC Touch Diamond with various networks and retailers.



Michelle

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Get Extra Speed by Using

Friday, September 19th, 2008
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David Risley asked:


You’ve done everything you could to your computer box over the years, including keeping it clean, upgrading everything possible (some RAM here, a new DVD drive there, maybe another hard drive and so on) and there’s basically nothing more you can do.

You may have entertained the idea of replacing your computer with a new one because everything is getting so slow it’s intolerable.

However you may not have to do that if you switch over to some apps that are nice and speedy.

Basic maintenance

Before tackling the task of using alternative software, it’s a good idea to “clean up” your computer first. You can do this by using free software called CCleaner, available at www.ccleaner.com. Install it, close all your open apps (except CCleaner), run this and reboot. Most people notice a notable improvement in overall operation after running this registry cleaner application. I suggest running it at least once a week.

Web browsing

Internet Explorer 7 is one of the “heaviest” (if not the heaviest) web browsers out there. Yes, it’s free but it’s also slow. Consider using free alternatives such as Mozilla Firefox (www.mozilla.com/firefox) or Opera (www.opera.com). Both of these browsers are well known to run circles around IE, performance-wise.

Instant messaging

The worst as far as bloated instant messaging applications go is the Yahoo! Messenger. This application is extremely “heavy” and packed full of things you probably never use. Other from-service IM clients such as Windows Live Messenger and AIM are also in desperate need of losing weight.

You can use alternative IM clients or just your web browser to accomplish the same chat capability.

Try these out:

* Trillian @ www.trillian.cc (the basic version is free)

* Pidgin @ www.pidgin.im

* Miranda @ www.miranda-im.org (one of the lightest you’ll ever use - it even works on Windows 95!)

* Digsby @ www.digsby.com

* Meebo @ www.meebo.com (web-based in-browser only)

* aMSN @ www.amsn-project.net (for Windows Live/MSN connectivity only)

* AIM Lite @ http://x.aim.com/laim (AIM only - produced by AOL but without ads and lightning quick!)

Office Applications

Ever since version “2002″ of Microsoft Office the software has become extremely bloated and slow. However you do have alternatives.

Microsoft Office 2000 - It is the luck of the draw whether you can find this software or not as it is difficult to locate (you can’t purchase it any longer). I was lucky enough to still have a copy from years ago with my valid product key and I use this suite it regularly. Remember, this is a year-2000 version so it was programmed for computers of the time. On present-day PCs this version of Office runs lightning quick and I absolutely love it. In addition, you can also achieve even greater speed if you have Microsoft Office 97. And yes, documents created by MS Office 97 are still considered “standard”, so even if you use software that old, everybody you trade documents with will be able to read them without issue.

OpenOffice @ www.openoffice.org - This is a free suite of office apps that have proven to be stable and work great. While not as speedy as MS Office 2000 it does get the job done, and you can’t beat the price tag.

AbiWord @ www.abiword.com - This is a free word processing application. It’s one of the smallest and fastest out there and works great.

ThinkFree @ www.thinkfree.com - This is a 100% web-based office suite. It looks and performs almost exactly like an installed application. You will be amazed at how good ThinkFree works.

Digital photo editing

The bundled software that came with your digital camera is usually always “heavy” on use and has a tendency to crash more often than not. Here are a few free alternatives:

Picasa @ http://picasa.google.com - Whether or not you choose to use the Picasa web service is entirely up to you, but bear in mind the editing capabilities of the free Picasa application are powerful and moreover easy.

Windows Live Photo Gallery @ http://photogallery.live.com - While not as good as Picasa, this particular app is also free and has the ability to publish photos directly to the Flickr web service that many people use (including myself).

Remember…

Before you toss that old PC out - clean it up and try some alternative lighter software. You might find that your older computer box still has a few years of life left in it after all.



Elsie

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The Cozy Relationship Between Search Engine Optimization and W3c

Monday, September 8th, 2008
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Moe Tamani asked:


There are a number of webmasters who claim that they know the ins and outs of search engine optimization, only to realize that they are only touching the surface. A good example is the fact that they are only a handful who know the importance of tuning their website with W3C.

Nevertheless, you can blame the problem to them. Not a lot actually understand the definition and purpose of W3C. And when they do not have any idea about it, it follows that they wouldn’t be able to relate it with SEO.

Defining W3C Compliance

W3C stands for World Wide Web Consortium. It was created in 1994, and its main purpose is to provide the necessary guidelines when it comes to creating and structuring webpages and sites that are meant to be included in search engines. Of course, you can deduce that these standards are only derived from what webmasters consider as the best practices in optimization. If you’re a web designer, you should be able to make sure that you understand the purpose of W3C and bring your website to compliance.

Accessibility Is Key

One of the most important aspects that are being addressed by W3C is accessibility. The standards are meant to ensure that your website—and your webpages—will be viewed properly b your targeted audience. Here are other reasons why you need to comply with W3C:

1. Your website needs to be accessed by the disabled. You have the social responsibility to ensure that any valuable information that you have in your website shall also be made available for those who are physically challenged.

2. Data should also be available with the use of other communication devices.

Today, there are a lot of communication devices that are sold. These include laptops, mobile phones, and PDAs. If your website is considered to be a W3C, it should be accessible even in these communication devices. This way, information can be obtained 24/7.

3. Your website should be visible in any type of browser. There are different kinds of browsers that you can make use of. For example, if you’re using Windows operating system, the default browser is Internet Explorer. Nevertheless, you can always opt to utilize Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Crazy Browser. All these have different components and configurations that could affect the appearance of your website. Learning W3C will guarantee you that Internet users will be able to access your information regardless of what Internet browser they are currently using.

The Role of W3C in Your Business Website

Indeed, W3C is essential if you want to make sure that you don’t miss out the opportunity of being accessed by millions of Internet users all over the world. As always expressed by veteran webmasters, the more people get to view you, the bigger will be your chances of converting your visitors to your local customers. But what is its main relationship with SEO? Why is it advisable to be following W3C when you’re going to be optimizing your website?

A person that sticks to W3C will be utilizing lesser codes for his website and will have more time to focus on their content. In turn, since there will be more usable content in the website, you will gain favor from search engines, which love relevancy and information-loaded articles. Most of all, with W3C, it becomes very easy for search engine spiders to crawl into your website and index those pages.

The Best Ways to Make Your Website in Tune with W3C

If you think that it only takes a little tweaking to make your site in tune with W3C, you may be in for a very big surprise. There are a lot of things that you need to learn. Nevertheless, it’s still possible for you to achieve it. If you want to cut down the time you’ll be spending with it, though, you may want to look for a website designer that will not only be taking care of the aesthetics of your site but also understands the importance of W3C for crawlability and accessibility.

If you want to save some your cash, you can opt to learn this on your own, but it will take you a while before you can master it. The good thing is there are a lot of tools and resources that are made available to you. A very good example is Mozilla Firefox. All you need to do is install the necessary extensions that you can use for testing. You may also like to read important notes from SEO experts.

W3C has a huge learning curve, but you may want to learn it if you want to ensure that you will not only get your website indexed in search engines, but you can also make the process a lot faster and easier.



Keith

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How to keep the bookmark bar at the left side(like the favorites in i.e 7)using the opera browser?

Monday, September 1st, 2008
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LifeWon’tWait4U2GetBack2Feet asked:


i wanna keep the fav bar at the left side!

Peter

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