April 2, 2004
When optimizing your web pages for the search engines, keep in mind, one of the most important factors in determining
your ranking is content. Fancy optimization techniques and strategies will be useless, if you're not providing this
essential element. To learn more about search engine optimization, visit
SearchEngineWatch.com.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to Professional
Web Site Design and Development.
April 7, 2004
You can increase your search engine ranking simply by building your link popularity. Providing content is the best
way to get your link on other sites. Write quality tips in the area of your expertise and allow them to be freely
published. At the bottom of each tip, include two lines about you and/or your products, and your web address.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to Professional
Web Site Design and Development.
April 12, 2004
If you have a web page that you don't want the Search Engines to index, add one of the following between the
<Head> and </Head> tags in your page source code.
<Meta Name="Robots" Content="Noindex, Nofollow">
This tag tells the robots not to index this page and not to follow any links within the page.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to Professional
Web Site Design and Development.
April 16, 2004
Would you like to know how many visitors your web site receives?
SiteMeter.com provides a free service that will enable you to add a web counter to your site and track
your visitors. Statistics include the number of visits each hour, each day and the number of page views.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
April 21, 2004
Do you need a logo for your web site? CoolArchive.com will
enable you to create your logo online. Simply fill in the blanks to create your custom logo.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
April 26, 2004
If you're looking for a unique navigational system for your web site, the
Folding Menu Tree script might be for you. This
script displays clickable folders that expand and contract your navigational links.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
April 30, 2004
Build your link popularity by writing quality articles in the area of your expertise. At the bottom of your article,
include a few lines of text about you and/or your products, and your web address. The key to using this technique
effectively is to allow your content to be freely published.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 5, 2004
Are you providing your visitors with content you'd like to enable them to print? WebPage-tools.com will enable you to
create a Print this Page link for your site. Simply fill in
the blanks to generate the code.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 10, 2004
The heading tag is used to display your heading text in a larger font with <h1> being the largest
down to <h6> being the smallest.
Some Search Engines place relevance on text displayed within the Heading tags, so place some of your most relevant
keywords within any of the 6 Heading tags.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 17, 2004
The main page of your web site should load in 8 seconds or less with a 56K modem.
According to two recent surveys, conducted by Forrester Research and Gartner Group, ecommerce sites are losing $1.1
to $1.3 billion in revenue each year due to customers click-away caused by slow loading sites.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 19, 2004
You can improve your webpage loading time by:
- Avoiding large images.
- Optimizing your images.
- Avoiding animated graphics.
- Keeping your page size small.
- Avoiding using too many images.
- Avoiding the use of unnecessary code, scripts or applets.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 24, 2004
Stationary background images remain in one place even when scrolling through the page. Only the text will move.
To create this effect, place the code below within your <body> tag.
<body background ="yourimage.gif" bgproperties="fixed">
When selecting your background image, keep in mind that your text will be moving over your image,
so try to select an image that won't make your text difficult to read.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 31, 2004
Checking your web pages for browser compatibility, bad links and html errors can be very time consuming.
NetMechanic.com provides a variety of free online tools to
assist you.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 4, 2004
You can display a "tip of the day" box on your web site like the tips you see in software programs. The
Tip of the Day Dialog script will display
a tip box on page entry and enable your visitors to view your tip, view the next tip, and even choose not to display
the tips on their next visit.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 9, 2004
Have you ever wanted to direct your visitors to a specific page based on the browser or operating system they're
using? Visit WebPage-tools.com to instantly
generate a redirect code for your specific needs.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 14, 2004
A powerful tactic used to increase sales is to include f'ree bonuses with the purchase of your product or service.
Many times, you'll find that a customer will purchase your product just for the bonuses.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 16, 2004
When designing your web site, select your colors very carefully since colors can affect your visitors' mood. Bright
colors, such as yellow and orange, are become more cheerful. Colors such as blue and purple have a calming effect.
Dark colors, such as brown and black, have a depressing effect.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 23, 2004
When you provide your web site visitors with quality information that teaches and informs, you are not only
gaining their trust in you by sharing your expertise, but you're also building your credibility, which is essential
to successfully conducting business on the Internet.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 30, 2004
The break <br> tag is used to create a line break within a sentence. In addition, it can be used to add
spaces between paragraphs. By placing a <br> tag at the end of and in between your paragraphs, your text
will automatically adjust to each viewers' window size. The break tag does not require a closing tag.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 5, 2004
Using incentives is a powerful way to build a permission-based mailing
list. This strategy entails offering your visitors a gift in return
for their subscription. The gift can be a free ebook, software, report
or whatever you'd like.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 12, 2004
You can display your form-submission button text in a bold font using
the style tag. Add style="font-weight: bold"
to your Input tag. To add additional style commands, add a semicolon
(;) between each command.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 16, 2004
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) enable you to control the style and layout
of a web page. They will enable you to specify link styles, fonts, margins,
colors, sizes, alignments and much more throughout your entire web page.
By using CSS, you can keep your page size down, which will enable your
web page to load more quickly.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 21, 2004
When linking to other web sites, rather than completely losing your
visitors, open the web site in a new window. Add TARGET="_blank"
within your link code. By creating links to other web sites
that open in a new window, your web page will remain open.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 26, 2004
The Image tag is used to display images on your web page. You can resize
an image within your Html by changing the Height and Width values. To
retain the image's original look, adjust the height and the width equally.
This technique works best with .jpg images.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 30, 2004
If your web site gets trapped within another site's frames, you can
create a link to help your visitors escape. Simply create a link on
your web page to your own site and add Target="_top"
within your link code. This will enable your visitors to click on the
link to open your web page in a new window.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
August 4, 2004
When designing your web page, if you need to use a large image, dice
it into smaller sections and piece it back together using tables. Small
images load much more quickly than large images. This technique allows
you to use a large image and enable your page to load more quickly.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
August 11, 2004
Make your site stand out among all of the other sites listed within
your visitors 'Favorite Places.' Create your own favicon. A favicon
is the little icon that is displayed within your visitors 'Favorite
Places' next to the website's title. Visit your favorite Search Engine
and search for 'favicon' for further information.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
August 18, 2004
When displaying tables with borders on your web page, you can add color
to your table borders by using the bordercolor attribute. Add bordercolor="#336699"
within your table tag. Change the hexadecimal color value to the color
of your choice.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
August 23, 2004
Writing articles that may be freely published with your bylines is one
of the best promotional methods online. Your article may be published
in hundreds of ezines, on websites or even in magazines.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
August 27, 2004
When using tables on your web page, you can add color to your individual
table cells by using the bgcolor attribute. Add bgcolor="#cccccc"
within your TD tag. Change the hexadecimal color value to the color
of your choice.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 1, 2004
You can display default text within your form input boxes that magically
disappears when you click inside the box. Simply add value="Your
Default Text" onfocus="value="" to your Input tag.
This will enable you to provide your visitors with an example of the
text they should place within your text box.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 6, 2004
Get massive, free publicity by providing content. There are thousands
of publications on the Internet seeking content. This may be in the
way of articles, tips, or even a question and answer column. Contact
ezine publishers, in the area of your expertise, to discuss a possible
partnership.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 10, 2004
The most important part of a web page is above the fold. This is the
section of a page that is displayed when it first loads, without scrolling.
Place your most important information above the fold.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 15, 2004
To increase your sales, consider using a ride along. A ride along is
any extra information sent along with a direct mailing. You can use
this same technique with any email messages you may send out. Simply
include information about your products and services. This works great
with order confirmations and thank you messages.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 20, 2004
When designing a web page, you can use an image background that will
remain stationary even when scrolling through the page -- only the text
will move. Add background="yourimage.gif" bgproperties="fixed"
within your body tag. Try to select an image that won't make your text
difficult to read.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 24, 2004
The heading tag is used to display your heading text with H1 being the
largest down to H6 being the smallest. Some Search Engines place relevance
on text displayed within the heading tags. Place some of your most relevant
keywords within a heading tag towards the top of your web page for higher
Search Engine ranking.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 29, 2004
The body tag follows the head tag within your html. You can set parameters
within the body tag that will be used throughout your web page. To display
your web page background in a specific color, add bgcolor="#ffffff"
to your body tag. To display your font in a specific color, add text="#000000"
to your body tag.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 4, 2004
You can remove the underline of an individual link by using the style
tag. Add style="text-decoration: none" to
your link code.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 8, 2004
Reclaim your lost visitors by creating a custom error page. Most web
hosts provide you with generic error pages that cause you to lose your
visitor forever. By creating a friendly custom error page that will
display when your visitor encounters an error, you can direct them to
other areas of your site.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 13, 2004
When designing your web page, always place your most important information
above the fold of your web page. This is the top portion of your web
page that is visible when your page first loads, without scrolling.
This is the most important part of your entire page -- use it wisely.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 18, 2004
You can use an image to create a vertical or horizontal line in a web
page. Create a 2 pixel by 2 pixel image in the color of your choice.
This single image can be used to create a vertical or horizontal line
on your web page simply by changing the height and width attributes.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 22, 2004
Participating in forums and discussion groups that target your potential
customer is a great way to share your expertise and increase your sales.
Although blatant advertising is prohibited, most forums will allow you
to include your signature. A signature file is simply a few lines of
text advertising you, your website, or your product.
October 27, 2004
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
When displaying tables with borders on your web page, the borders will
not be visible if the table cell is empty. To display a border around
your empty table cells, add within the html of your blank
table cell.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
November 1, 2004
The standard fonts used within a web page are Arial and Verdana, size
2. Arial and Verdana are the standard simply because they are the easiest
to read on a computer screen. Headlines are a bit different. A popular
headline font used is Georgia, as it displays nicely in the slightly
larger font size.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
November 5, 2004
You can pre format your text without using any additional html elements
simply by using the <pre> tag. Type your text or code within your
html, just as you'd like it to appear, and enclose it with the <pre>
and </pre> tags. It will display your text exactly as you typed
it.
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- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development. |
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April 5, 2004
If you're using forms on your web site and would like to prevent users from clicking on the "Submit" button more than
once, this script is for you. Submit Once
is a simple little script that will disable the "Submit" button once the form has been submitted -- preventing
multiple submissions.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to Professional
Web Site Design and Development.
April 9, 2004
If you'd like to spice up your web site, GUIStuff.com offers several
free tools to assist you, including graphical interfaces, Flash, DHTML, graphic generation tools and more.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to Professional
Web Site Design and Development.
April 14, 2004
Would you like to display a daily quote or tip on your web site?
WebPage-tools.com offers a fr'ee online tool
that will enable you to fill in the blanks and generate the code instantly.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
April 19, 2004
Do you need a banner to advertise your products or services? Visit
Crecon.com to create your banner online.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
April 23, 2004
Are you looking for an easy way to accept payment through your web site without a merchant account? Third party credit
card processors will process your credit card orders for you. There are usually no monthly fees. The most popular
third party payment processor is ClickBank.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
April 28, 2004
If you've ever wanted a fancy animated flash banner to advertise your products or services,
Flash Banner Now offers an online service that will enable you to
create your own custom flash banners starting at only $9.95.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 3, 2004
Following up with your potential customers is an important part of increasing your sales. However, manually following
up with your prospects can be very time consuming. Use autoresponders to automate your follow-up promotions. You can
find free follow up autoresponders at GetResponse.com.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 7, 2004
Would you like an easy way to ensure that your forms contain the exact information you requested? The
Easy Form Validator is a JavaScript that
will display a red "text" error message within your form if your form isn't correctly filled in.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 12, 2004
When selecting a background for your website, make sure you select a background that will complement your text and
design. Busy backgrounds make text difficult to read and draw attention away from your text. Always be consistent
with your background theme on each page of your site.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 14, 2004
You can create special mouseover link effects by placing the following code between the
<head> and </head> tags within your html code.
<style>
<!--
A:active { color:#0000FF; text-decoration; }
A:hover { color:#FF0000; text-decoration: none; }
//-->
</style>
In this example, the active text link is underlined with the color set to #0000FF. When the mouse is placed over
the link, the text color will change to #FF0000 and the underline disappears.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 21, 2004
Colors affect mood and will influence how your visitors respond to your site. Bright colors, such as yellow and
orange, can have a cheerful effect, blue and purple have a calming effect and dark colors can have a depressing
effect. A good rule of thumb is to select colors based upon the type of effect you are trying to achieve.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 26, 2004
Would you like to enable your visitors to add your site to their favorite places?
WebPage-tools.com offers an online code generator to
assist you.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
May 28, 2004
If you have site news or information you'd like to display on your web site, then this
message ticker might be for you.
It not only displays your text and links, but it also fades them into view.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 2, 2004
If you've ever wanted to take a poll on your web site, WebPage-tools.com provides
an online poll generator. Simply fill in the blanks
and the code will be instantly generated.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 7, 2004
Word of mouth is the absolute best form of advertising. Encourage your customers to provide you with referrals by
offering them special incentives, such as a quality gift, special discount or whatever you'd like.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 11, 2004
If you're looking for some great webmaster tools, Bravenet.com offers
a wide variety of tools, such as Web Journals, Message Forums, Site Stats, Guestbooks, Mailing Lists, Email Forms,
Mini Polls, Live Chats, Classified Ads and much more.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 18, 2004
You can change the font color of your form submission buttons by using the style tag. Add
style="color: #FFFFFF" to your input tag. Change the hexadecimal color value
to whatever you'd like. However, try to select a color that will be easy to read.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 21, 2004
When typing an email message that includes a long web address, some email programs will force part of the URL to
the next line. When the live link is created, only a portion of the URL will be live. When clicked on, the browser
will return an error. To avoid this problem, try to keep your web addresses short -- less than 65 characters is
usually safe.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net - Your Guide to
Professional Web Site Design and Development.
June 25, 2004
Providing your visitors with the ability to easily navigate your web pages is of the utmost of importance.
WebPage-tools.com provides an online tool that
enables you to create a drop-down navigational menu for your site.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 2, 2004
If you're looking for a unique way to announce your special offers,
then the Floating
Images scr'ipt might be for you. It causes images to float around
a browser screen along a randomly determined path. What's more, you
can link your images.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 7, 2004
Would you like an easy way to display headlines, such as site news or
articles on your web site? Dynamic
Drive offers nifty code that will vertically scroll your
headlines. It is completely customizable, can contain live links, and
pauses between each message.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 14, 2004
If you have images that you would like to display in a slideshow, then
this code is for you. The Fade-in
Slideshow seamlessly fades your images into view. Nice
effect.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 19, 2004
When placing images within your web page, you can add the ALT element
to your image tag. This will enable you to place your most relevant
keywords for higher Search Engine indexing. The text will only be displayed
on your web page while your image loads and when your mouse is placed
over the image.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 23, 2004
You can use an image to create a vertical or horizontal line in a web
page. Create a 2 pixel by 2 pixel image in the color of your choice.
This single image can be used to create a vertical or horizontal line
on your web page simply by changing the Height and Width attributes
within your image tag.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
July 28, 2004
The Unordered List tag is the opening tag used to create a bulleted
list. You can change the style of your bullets by adding an attribute
to your UL tag. Add type="disc", type="circle"
or type="square" within your UL tag.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
August 2, 2004
When using images with text on your web page, you can display your text
wrapping around your image using the align attribute. Add align="left"
within your image tag to wrap your text to the right or align="right"
to wrap your text to the left.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
August 9, 2004
The font tag is used to display your text in a specific style. If your
visitor's computer doesn't have the font you specify, the font will
be displayed in their default font setting. To ensure your pages are
being viewed as you had intended, set up alternative fonts. Place a
comma after your first font within your tag and add an additional font
name.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
August 16, 2004
When using forms on your web site, you can specify the amount of text
that can be typed into your Input boxes by adding the maxlength attribute.
Place maxlength="40" or whatever length you'd
like, within your Input tag. However, make sure you provide enough space
to type in the necessary information.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
August 16, 2004
When designing your web site, you must specifically design it to rank
high in the Search Engines. This involves much more than just including
Meta tags. Your Keywords, Title, Image Alt tags, text and overall design,
all play an important roll in determining how your web site will rank.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
August 25, 2004
Ordered lists can display your list items in several styles including
1, a, A, i, and I. You can start your list items in the sequence of
your choice by adding attributes within your OL tag. For example, if
you'd like your list items to begin with the letter "B", add
type="A" start="2" to your OL tag as follows:
<ol type="A" start="2">
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
August 30, 2004
Allow visitors to your site to close a browser window with a link, by
placing the following code into your web page where you would like the
link to appear.
<a href="javascript: self.close()">Close Window</a>
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 3, 2004
The Table tag is the opening tag used to create a table within a web
page. You can specify your Table width in pixels or as a percentage
by adding the Width attribute to your Table code. The pixel value will
display your table in a specific width with no variation. The percentage
value will display your table a specified percentage of the viewers
screen width.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 8, 2004
When creating links on your web page, you can highlight your links by
using the style tag. Add style="background:yellow; color:black"
to your link code. You can change the colors to whatever you'd like.
However, make sure your link text is clearly visible through the background
color.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 13, 2004
Your website should be specifically designed to rank high in the Search
Engines. This involves much more than just including Meta tags. Your
Keywords, Title, Image Alt tags, Text and overall design, all play an
important roll in determining how your website will rank.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 17, 2004
You can align forms on a web page by using a <pre> tag rather
than a table. Preformatting forms saves time, cuts down on html code
and speeds up web page load time.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 22, 2004
If you're marketing your own product on the Internet, you can dramatically
increase your sales simply by displaying a product image. A picture
says a thousand words. There is absolutely nothing that will sell your
product better.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
September 27, 2004
You can create an email link that will automatically fill in the subject
line when clicked on. Add ?subject=Your_Subject to
the end of your mailto tag. Your link might look something like this:
mailto:you@yourdomain.com? subject=Your_Subject
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 1, 2004
Ordered lists will display your list items with any of five styles:
1, a, A, i, and I. The default display style is numbers. To specify
an alternative style, add type="a" or whatever style you'd
like, within your OL tag.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 6, 2004
You can create a mouseover text description, similar to an image alt
tag, that will be viewed when your mouse is placed over the text link.
Place title="your text description" within
your html link code.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 11, 2004
Information is the number one best-selling product on the Internet.
There are literally hundreds of Internet entrepreneurs quietly making
a fortune simply by selling information. The information you have within
your own mind is extremely valuable -- use it to your advantage.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 15, 2004
If you've been struggling with your website traff'ic, maybe it's time
to start paying for traff'ic. Pay-per-click Search Engines provide a
very effective means of obtaining highly targeted-traffic to your website
at a reasonable price.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 20, 2004
When visiting a web site, browsers cache or make a copy of the web site
for faster viewing on subsequent visits. This prevents your regular
visitors from seeing your new content unless they manually reload their
browser. To prevent this problem, add the following code between the
<head> and </head> tags of your html.
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 25, 2004
Meta tags are used to give browsers and search engines detailed information
regarding web pages. Instead of deleting pages within your web site,
use a meta refresh tag to redirect your visitor to another location.
For example, you could use:
meta http-equiv="refresh" content="4; url=http://www.yourdomain.com/
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
October 29, 2004
When creating bulleted lists, you can use graphic bullets to replace
the standard text bullets by using a "Definition List" tag.
Place your image tag between your DD tag and your list text.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development.
November 3, 2004
To specify text and background colors within a web page, you must use
special color codes within your html. These color codes are known as
RGB color codes and are represented as hexadecimal values. To find both,
use this 216
Web Safe Color Chart.
Today's tip by Shelley Lowery of Web-Source.net
- Your Guide to Professional Web Site Design and Development. |
