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Writing
Articles With Style - Create Quality Articles With CSS
Writing your quality articles using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
will insure that your articles will be both easy to read and
aesthetically pleasing to the viewer. This article will teach you
how to utilize CSS within your articles and your website…
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25 + Common
Website Design Mistakes To Avoid
I'm
sure you've seen examples of great websites on the internet
- and also examples of really "Bad" websites. First impressions
are extremely important - you have about 20 seconds to make
that first impression a good one. If you want your visitor
to come back you've got to do a lot to impress them in an
extremely short period of time…
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Royalty
Free Stock Photography for Web Design
Stock
photography websites contain thousands of existing
photographs that can be licensed for specific uses.
A customer who uses stock photography instead of
hiring a photographer can save time, effort and
money. Typically publishers can either purchase
exclusive rights to a single image or they can purchase
a subscription of sorts…
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Website
Planning
In
too many cases organizations develop a web site
for the wrong reasons:
• Their MD wants one
• A web design firm has offered to give them a special
deal…
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How To Block
Direct Image Linking Using .htaccess
Most
of us have a specified limit to the amount of traffic
our web servers will handle for us. That limit seems
very generous – until you start looking at image
downloads and the bandwidth required. A few dozen
users downloading an image – that's one thing. But
what if you have an image that dozens of other websites
like?…
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The Art of Website Maintenance
Now that you've designed and launched your website, you have a powerful marketing tool for your business. But, your website is only as useful as the content is current. The process of keeping the content on your site current is called website maintenance, and it's important to keep both visitors and search engines supplied with new information…
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Using Graphics
To Increase Sales
If used correctly, graphics can add to the attractiveness of a
web site and also contribute positively to a visitor's first
impression of the site. However, the opposite can also be true.
If a web site is not very attractive, a visitor may be
negatively affected and may click away from the site, possibly
never to return…
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Landing
Page Quick Reference Guide
A
landing page is a website page that is created for
one purpose - to persuade the site visitor to convert
into a customer by making a sale, completing a form
(thereby becoming a qualified lead), signing up
for a newsletter, etc…
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10 Ways
To Keep Visitors At Your Site Longer
The
more time people spend at your web site, the more
time you'll have to persuade them to buy your product
or service. Below are ten powerful ways to keep
visitors at your web site longer…
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Font Basics
for Small Business's Logo and Brand
There
are many components of a brand identity: logo, color
palette, font choice, and the Visual Vocabulary.
There's a lot of information available about the
use of logos, colors, and Visual Vocabulary, but
not much on the effective use of fonts. So, here's
some information on the creative, practical, and
technical aspects of fonts…
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Finding a Graphic Designer
Are
you ready to hire someone to design your logo, collaterals,
or artwork for your website? Well, here's just the
information you need to create the best relationship
with your graphic designer…
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See Your Website Through Your
Visitors Eyes
Every
time a visitor comes to your site, they take a particular
path. Their eyes move in quick motion, hopping from
one hotspot to the next. If you don't know how your
visitors are traveling, your conversion rates will
suffer dramatically. Fortunately, there is a company
who has performed in-depth testing for you, revealing
the common behaviors of people viewing web pages…
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Designing Your Site for Web
2.0
Have
you heard it? There's a buzz like never before on
the Internet. Everyone is talking about Web 2.0.
If you're like many people, you may think it's a
marketing gimmick and quite an overused statement.
If so, you would be at least partially right…
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Is Your Web Site Missing These
Crucial Conversion Factors?
Smart
online marketers never guess. They base their decisions
on precise testing. Unfortunately, 90% of online
marketers never test at all. However, for those
that take the time to test properly, they can quickly
rise above the competition. Want to know how to
increase your profits without increasing your web
site traffic? Proper testing and tracking is the
key …
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Got A Second? - Barely! Grabbing
A Website Visitors Attention
The
blink of an eye! That’s how long it takes a visitor
to assess the overall look of your website. Research
has recently shown that a site visitor will decide
whether or not they like your website in 1/20th
of a second. That’s less than the time it takes
to blink! And in less than 10 seconds they decide
to stay at your website or leave…
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Are You A Closet FrontPage User?
In
webmaster circles, fessing up to being a FrontPage
user is akin to inviting your mother as your date
to your senior prom: you just don't do it. In fact,
admitting that you simply use a WYSIWIG editor can
often be enough for experienced webmasters to quietly
chuckle, look at you with a “someday you'll learn”
look, and give you a nice pat on the back encouraging
you to keep learning…
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The Seven Characteristics of
Incredibly Successful Web Sites
If
you want to do business online, you need a web site.
Your web site will be your advertisement, your storefront,
your salesperson, and your cash register! That's
why it is so important to pay careful attention
to every aspect of your web site's development…
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What The Font? Understanding
Typefaces On The Web
Do
you operate a website, send out electronic newsletters
or e-mail campaigns? Have you ever experimented
with the different fonts (typefaces) available?
If you have, you probably discovered there are numerous
fonts available on your computer – in some cases
100-200 or more. How then do you decide which font
to use?…
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Improve Your Visitors Experience
- Add Scripts to Your Website
For
new webmasters, adding third-party software and
scripting to a website can be a really scary proposition.
I remember when I put my first scripts on my own
website. Even with my basic dos programming experience
in high school, I was still intimidated by the whole
process. I was so sure that I was going to screw
something up…
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Selecting the Best Web Design
Language for Your Project
If
you'd like to create and publish your own web site
on the Internet, your first step should be to decide
what type of web site you would like to create and
what web design language you would like to use…
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7 Easy Steps to Making Your
Own Home Business Web Site
Deciding
to create a website for your home business is one
of the best ways to maximize your business success.
However, as a home business owner, you probably
don't have any expertise in website creation, nor
the money to hire an expert. The good news is that
this by no means that you can't have a professional,
functional, and appealing website of your own at
an affordable price…
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Color Theory - Choosing Your
Website Colors
Is
the choice of colors for your website and print
materials more than just a matter of personal preference?
Does it really matter what color choices you make?
Will your audience really feel differently because
of the color combinations?…
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Top 10 Ways
Websites Makes Me Suffer
I believe some people
create and publish websites for the sole purpose
of tormenting their visitors. Browsing various websites
and navigating the Web can often be like trying
to read on an airplane while a kid kicks the back
of your seat and the baby next to you alternates
between screaming, crying and drooling on you. There
are some excellent websites out there to be sure,
but there are also a lot of dreadful ones too…
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Seven Principles
of Effective Typography
Whether you’re designing
a magazine layout or a personal web site, functionality,
aesthetics, and - above all else - ease of use should
comprise your primary concerns. Your reader must
be able to find the information she needs, quickly
and effortlessly. Locating the desired content is
only half of the battle; once found, your audience
must also be able to read your subject matter fluently
and without difficulty…
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How
To Choose Your Website Colors
Color is often overlooked in the business of optimizing
websites for better returns on investments. Website
sales can be greatly affected by simply changing
its colors. Ever come across a website that uses
some funky combination of print and background colors?
If you ever want to experience an eye-twisting headache,
try reading yellow print on a blue background. The
reason you see black type on a white background
so much is that it is the best color combination
for reading, both on and offline…
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