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Designing Professional Web Pages
 by: Joanne Glasspoole

If your Web site doesn't project a professional and polished image to your visitors, your credibility and that of your products and services will suffer. Image is everything -- especially online where your competitor is only one mouse click away! ... continue

Designing your Web Site for ALL Browsers
 by: Serge Daudelin

Let's face it. Building a web site that browses consistently on multiple platforms and multiple browsers is not always as easy as we would like. ... continue

Design vs Content: Who is KING?
 by: Romelo Itong

Well it is not Elvis, that's for sure.

I am a firm advocate of good design but most of the time people tend to interpret design as amazing graphics and astounding visuals they tend to forget that design is the culmination of every aspect of good and effective presentation into one. ... continue

Do You Really Need A Website?
 by: Janice Byer, CCVA, MVA

Having a website is the one form of marketing your business that just keeps on giving! But how do you know if you need a website? ... continue

Dreamweaver vs FrontPage
 by: Oleg Lazarenko

There are two major WYSIWYG(What You See Is What You Get) editors available for beginners. These are: Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver. So the question is which one is better? ... continue

Effective Web Design
 by: Tasneem Rangoonwala

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The Basics

Before starting on how to design a website effectively, how about clearing some basic web design concepts? ... continue

Elements of Graphic Design for Your Website
 by: Kelly Paal

We’ve all seen them. Poorly designed web sites that make you cringe as soon as they load. But how do you keep your website from becoming, well, ugh. You could hire a professional web designer, and that’s expensive, or maybe you already hired a professional, or someone who claims to be professional, and you don’t like what they’re doing with your site. It all comes down to the K.I.S.S. principle; keep it simple stupid. And you’re probably asking well what does this really mean for web design. ... continue

Eliciting Constructive Website Feedback
 by: Adam Senour

"It's good."
"You've done a nice job."
"I don't like it."

At some point, you have probably received comments like this when asking for constructive criticism of your website efforts. Unfortunately, the generic nature of these comments does not give specific information on elements that you need to improve your site. ... continue

Email Newsletter Format: HTML or Text
 by: Mario Sanchez

An email newsletter is probably the most effective way to communicate with your target audience. One of the main considerations before you create and deliver an email newsletter is what format to use: HTML or Text. ... continue

Email tips and tricks
 by: Steve Lillo

Excerpted from the upcoming book The Busy Person's Guide to a Profitable Website and PlanetLink's Enews - an email newsletter delivered for FREE to your computer. To subscribe, go to www.planetlink.com.

We'll explore the use and abuse of email and discuss how you can use it more effectively in your business. ... continue

Enhance Your Website With A Yahoo-Style Directory
 by: Rick Rouse

Does your website have a links/resources page?

Do you exchange reciprocal with other websites to help boost your targeted traffic and search engine rankings? ... continue

First Web Hosting Experience
 by: Igor Romanoff

Well… you've purchased a domain name… created a pretty design… filled it with content… what now?

HOSTING.

I suppose that you know what a web hosting is, and we don't need to repeat in once again. ... continue

Five FAQ About Google PageRank
 by: Patrick Carlow

Five FAQ about Google PageRank

1. What is PageRank and why should I care about it?

PageRank is a formula that assigns a value to every page in the Google index. Google displays search results based on an algorithm which includes the value of PageRank. So the higher your site's PageRank, the more likely it is that you will receive a top listing on the search result page when someone types in the keywords for your site. ... continue

Five Common Web Design Mistakes
 by: Charles Nixon III

There are often many mistakes encountered when creating a webpage or website. Learn about the top five website mistakes, and how to avoid them. ... continue

Five Tips to Launching a Successful Message Forum
 by: Lisa Irby

Forums a.k.a. "message boards" can be great marketing tools for your website. They attract repeat visitors and provide a meeting place for them to share their thoughts, ideas, questions and concerns.

Unfortunately many webmasters that attempt to launch a board on their site, end up closing it down due to lack of activity and popularity. ... continue

Flash Deadly Sins (that can kill your web business)
 by: Alan Steward

Looks like every client wants a Flash site these days but the reality is...as flashy as these sites may look, there are many negatives you may want to consider before delving into Flash.

Deadly Sin One - Long Load Times ... continue

Flash - To Use Or No To Use?
 by: Oleg Lazarenko

Out there in the WWW there are thousands sites using flash for their needs. But the majority sites are not in this list. Let's summaries some facts about flash using on YOUR web site and after that it's you who will have to decide: to use or not to use. There are some facts about Macromedia Flash Technology: ... continue

Forums – Should you have them on your website?
 by: Anne Moss

Forums have become a common feature in many websites. With good free scripts available, and paid scripts being relatively cheap, it seems that every new website has its own forum(s). But is it wise to add forums to your website? ... continue

Four Questions To Ask When Shopping For Web Hosting
by Mitch Keeler

Web hosting is a difficult and confusing business to get yourself into, but sooner or later just about everybody thinks about starting a Web site for themselves. No mater if you are starting up a Web site for your child's baseball team or for your own corporate business, the things you need to look for to succeed are them same for all. Here are a few things to consider asking any Web hosting company you feel is worthy of having you as a client. ... continue

Free Online Tools to Design (and Maintain) Your Website
 by: Susan Gross

These days, it seems that everyone has a website. Unfortunately, many of these websites are either bland, or sloppily designed by people who don't understand how to use HTML effectively or are intimidated by it. And, they don't have the money to spend on a good page editor, so they limp along using the page templates that their website might provide, or they attempt to use programs like MS Word, which offers conversion to HTML. Yet, there are many free tools available that people can use to give their sites some extra polish that will put them a cut above most sites on the WWW. Here is a listing of three of my favorite online tools that will help you create and manage your site: ... continue

Fun CSS Tricks You Can Use
 by: Dan Grossman

CSS or Cascading Style Sheets allow you to implement a few neat effects on your webpages easily. You can implement these CSS effects on your site by simply copying and pasting the code. ... continue

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