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1226. Web Design: Photograph Copyright Issues By Teve Torbes
      When designing a web page, you need to be careful about what pictures you use. Many people simply grab them off Google - they see a picture they like, and they put it on their web site. Unfortunately, copyright law protects the person who took the picture as the owner - if you’re not careful you could end up facing a lawsuit.Copyright law gives rights to anyone whose creativity results in some expression - in the case of photographs, that means the photographer. If you don’t have express permi…



1227. IS YOUR WEB SITE UNFRIENDLY? Part 9 of 9
      Other 'unfriendly' things often found on web sites are:1 'Blinking' text--fortunately not so common these days.2 Words marching across the page.3 Words marching across the status bar at the bottom ofthe browser. That's where I want to see the URL of the linkat which my mouse is pointing, for goodness' sake!These gimmicks, along with animated graphics, are extremelydistracting, especially to the eyes of visitors who are muchmore interested in what the owner of the web site has tosay.SUMMING UP:We…



1228. Web Design – Embedded MIDI Files Don't Have to be Evil By Bob Davis
      How many times have you read in an online forum or a web design tutorial that embedded midi (Musical Instrumental Digital Interface) files are "bad"? Probably more times than you care to remember. For the most part, embedded sound files of any kind have been categorized as web site "bling-bling", right along side animated gifs, flashing banners and complex frames layouts. Essentially, they just contribute to unnecessary glitz and clutter that does nothing more than distract visitors and sig…



1229. How to get your own Website for under $15 a year in 3 Simple Steps
      Yes in today’s article I’ll show you how you can have your own personal or even a business website for under $15 bucks a year plus that includes a one year of domain registration and hosting with all the bells and whistles. For some people just thinking of designing a website and creating their online presence is a hectic thing. That was just a thing of the past. Almost every individual in I.T. field should have a site where they can showcase their skills and build credibility. Before we start …



1230. Formulating a Website Design Strategy
      Fred R. David, a business strategy author, defines strategy as 'the art and science of formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross functional decisions that enable an organisation to achieve its objective', Strategic Management, Prentice-Hall (1985). My definition of Website design strategy is 'the process by which to optimise your website to take advantage of the opportunities in the external environment, whilst addressing the threats that are likely to impact on it'. Formulating a websit…



1231. Print Design vs Web Design - Part 2
      One of the costliest mistakes companies make when creating their web sites is hiring graphic designers who specialise in print design. Many print designers believe that if they can learn HTML, they can easily transfer their 'vision' from the printed page to a web site, thus having a special advantage in designing for the web. Print design specialists tend to make one profound mistake: using print layouts and print marketing strategies to design and market a web site. The fact is that any success…



1232. Finding the Perfect Web Designer 101
      So, you've decided that your company needs a web site. Now what? Since we are ultimately talking about your 'online business image', unless you yourself have web design experience, finding that perfect web designer to create your company site is a very important next step. If you've never had a web site created before, you will find that there is quite a lot to consider if you want your site to be successful, and you may have to do a bit of homework to find the right person for you. Regardless o…



1233. Do-It-Yourself or Hire a Professional Designer By Maya Sunpongco
      Remember your vision for your company and the brand or statement you want to make when any of your current or potential customers come in contact with you. You have to impress them in all the ways you connect with them. DIY (Do-It-Yourself) ›› Knowledge is Power    I highly recommend reading and    learning about graphic/web design.    It’s a good idea in a long-term sense    whether you do design projects yourself    now or hire in the future. You will be    able to communicate more effect…



1234. Top Ten Absolutely Free Websites for Downloading Cool Fonts By Michael Turner
      The following list of websites is the best compilation of sites on the web where you can download many different fonts totally free. Also, there are a variety of different types of fonts and styles you can download from the following sites so start searching today. Keep in mind that these sites are not listed in any particular order.#1 www.1001freefonts.com/links.htmGreat site because it ranks other font websites in order of popularity as well as having more than 1,000 different fonts to downl…



1235. Repetitions to remember
      Try sitting in front of the television for a day and notice the commercials that keep coming in every now and then. Start counting them. How about in print media. In more than one magazine or newspaper you see the same ads with the same exact wordings in the same style. If you start counting how many times you have seen the same commercials and ads, you would be startled at the result. And sometimes seeing the same things would make you wonder if the people making these things have gone crazy or…



1236. Use Feng Shui Techniques To Design a Harmonic Website For Your Business By Jakob Jelling
      By following feng shui guidelines and techniques, you can build and design a business website that is not only visually attractive but also attractive to wealth and prosperity. The elements that are part of a business website are somehow equivalent to the objects distributed through a working space since the website is the electronic version of the actual business' offices. Therefore, the website design and the elements that will be in it should follow feng shui guidelines in order to be prope…



1237. 7 Tips To Increase Sales With Your Ecommerce Web Site By Jordan Williams
      Ecommerce is just exploding right now on the Net. More and more people are doing their shopping online. Some Internet retailers are even beating out their offline counterparts. So what does this mean to you? It’s important that you are taking full advantage of your web site to get your share of the billions of dollars spent online every year. In this article we are going to cover 7 tips that you can put into practice immediately to increase your sales and revenue with your ecommerce web site.1…



1238. Functionality Vs. Design
      The question faced by all web designers at sometime during a project is: How much functionality should I sacrifice for stylish design? I know that I have played this balancing game many times. However there is a way to have both in healthy servings, in other words, there is a way to have your cake and eat it too. `UserLovely.com beckons the next functionality revolution` The popularisation of .jpeg and .gif formats in web design was arguably one of the earliest and greatest functionality revolut…



1239. Flash - To Use Or Not 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:The First Fact:Sites are look much prettier and professional with the flash animation on their pages. Users sometimes visit sites only to see flash intros if it's done in some original mann…



1240. How To Make Money With Your Website, Part 2 of 2
      In part one I talked about making money by selling other people's stuff, now lets talk about making money by selling your stuff.Selling Your StuffTo sell your own things, you can:* Sell them exclusively on your own site* Sell your things to vendors at a discount, so they can sell them on their site for the normal price * Create your own affiliate programYou will need a shopping cart program to allows others to pay for your items, tell you who has ordered what and where to send it. There are many…



1241. Making pages attractive to both visitors and search engines!
      We all put keywords in the title and then the meta tags, butwe often forget or skip the next most important place, in aheadline tags. We know that they are importantbut we try to design attractive pages and use nice graphicsthat look better and can't work in a good way to use bigheadlines reasonably.Well, I'll let you in on a valuable secret. Big headlinesdon't actually have to be as big as you might think. Thereare two parts to this trick. The first is to shrink thesize of your big headline by…



1242. Take Advantage of Simple JavaScript Optimization
      Coding projects, anyone? Well, if you find yourself buried in some such projects like this either a small and simple one or a really large one, then JavaScript is here to the rescue. You might find that JavaScript optimization has special significance for you to salvage you from daunting prospects of a coding project. We understand that coding can be sometimes frustrating enough – thus, we advise you, be organized! Take advantage of JavaScript optimization!Being organized has its positive aspect…



1243. A Custom Icon For Your Web Site
      WHAT IS FAVICON (Or the Icon in general)It is the little thing you see on your Location bar(History/Address bar) when you visit a web site, on the left ofhttp://. For example, if you view a site through InternetExplorer, you see an e superimposed over a blank white papersheet. The icon also shows up when you press CTRL+D to save thelink in your Favorites folder. I think the icon is showedanywhere you store the link, whether on the Desktop or some otherplace.But some web masters prefer to have th…



1244. The Proper Way to Use Images By Leah West
      Most people will agree there is nothing more annoying than going to a site and it taking forever and a day to download all the images just so you can see the site. Then after waiting, realizing that the site is completely ugly, irrelevant,or not what you thought is was, and wasting your time.A lot of newbie web designers rely completely on the use of images to display their clients websites. In fact, a lot of times when you see text on a site it isn't actually text, it’s an image of text.You …



1245. Understanding How HTML Color Codes Work By Joe Duchesne
      Ever wonder how HTML color codes are put together? For the beginner, it can look like lots of numbers and letters that make no sense. In reality, HTML color codes are written that way for a specific reason that we'll look at in this article.Introduction to the Hexadecimal SystemIn mathematics, the hexadecimal or simply hex is a numeral system with a base of 16 usually written using the symbols 0-9 and A-F. The numbers 0-9 have the same value as in the decimal system but starting with the lette…



1246. Flash Design Does It Really Deliver What Is Promised?
      Flash design? Is it all it's cracked up to be?In this article, we'll be confronting all the questions head on:What is Flash? What's good about it? What's bad about it? And,most importantly, what will it do for your online business?INTRODUCTIONWhen Flash was first introduced by FutureWave Inc. in August 1996,it was known as 'FutureSplash Animator.' Macromedia acquiredFutureWave in December and renamed the application to 'Flash.'What made FutureSplash unique was the fact that FutureSplash'simages …



1247. Creating Data-driven pages in Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
      With the Macromedia’s release of the new version of Dreamweaver, the Dreamweaver MX 2004, creating data – driven pages have several requirements before you can begin making them. Unlike Dreamweaver 4, a previous version of Dreamweaver, wherein you can just dive in and everything you need are there in the application already, Dreamweaver MX requires some bits and bobs that should be in order and set up your environment. There are three things you need. Here are they:1. A Web Server – now, don’t p…



1248. Guide to Internet Business - Website Setup
      After planning the design and content of your website, it's time to actually physically set up your website. This is the step where you put all your designs and plans into action, creating a website that will attract visitors and earn income.a) WEBHOSTINGA webhost is a company that stores the pages and pictures and other files of your website. When a person visits your website, they will request these files from your webhost's server so they can view the website. When choosing a webhost, be care…



1249. How to Use Keywords to Optimize Your Site for Search Engines
      How to Use Keywords to Optimize Your Site for Search EnginesPart 2Copyright 2002 Herman Drost Placing keywords strategically throughout your web pages willgreatly improve your rankings in the search engines. Many sites,however, leave them out altogether so your Site won't get rankedat all. Inserting too many keywords in your web pages orrepeating them too often, will result in your site gettingbanned from the search engines. How do you sort all this out so you can effectively market yourweb site…



1250. Web Design: Use it to Showcase the Message
      If you are designing a web site for which the achievement of high conversion rates is a priority, focus your design efforts on showcasing and highlighting the content and copy.For sites where conversion rates are a priority, the primary purpose of design should be to present the message in such a way that it delivers the maximum impact.>> So 'good' design doesn't matter?That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that design serves a function. For an entertainment or arts site that primary function m…



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