http://www.sitemy.com/articles/articles_web_design_and_development.html Articles about web design and development. en-us livesupport@superiorincome.com livesupport@superiorincome.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:57:12 -0500 SiteMY.com - RSSBIN http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.sitemy.com/logo.gif http://www.sitemy.com/articles/articles_web_design_and_development.html http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19433.html When you build your website you need to have a plan first. The reason for this is if you do not have a plan you will likely make mistakes, forget to include information, and overall have an unorganized and not a well thought out page. While you might read the page and completely understand everything, remember that your website visitor did not design the page and needs a little more direction. Read the following 10 website blunders that are common and will make your visitors head to another site quickly. Blunder #1 Contact Information You need to provide your contact information, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and physical address if important. The reason for this is if a potential customer wants to contact you for whatever r... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19433.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:41 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19432.html Choosing the right blog software for your new blog requires that you ask yourself some questions and make a list of all of the features and tools you need as well as your budget. Once you have this information written down you will be prepared to start shopping for blog software. However, keep in mind the following seven tips for choosing the best software for you. Tip #1 Ping Updates These allow you to update your blog and are very important in blog software. Make sure the blog software you are interested in provides automatic ping updates. Tip #2 Comments Whatever blog software you choose, you'll want to make sure that it has an area for comments from visitors. This will help you understand what is successful in your ... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19432.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:40 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19430.html Every website needs a great web host, however when you are looking online for a host you may be overwhelmed with the wide variety available ranging from absolutely free to relatively expensive. How do you know what you need and what is the best choice? The answer to this depends on your business and whether you will have a lot of business or none at all, however you always want to have more space than you think you will need as well as the following options for a great web host. Ingredient #1 24/7 Support When choosing a web hosting company you definitely want to make sure that they have 24/7 support. The reason for this is if you have a problem with your website, you need to be able to talk to someone and have them fix it imme... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19430.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:39 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19431.html CSS is a new option for website designers that have been using HTML and tables for most of their web designing careers. Of course, it is a huge change and requires learning a new language and skill, however most people are saying CSS is worth it and it will give you more control, options, and is easier to edit. Consider the following 7 reasons why using CSS is a must and see if it convinces you to change your method of web design. Reason #1 Present Data Logically When you use CSS in the layout of your website you can present your data in a logical way and CSS can then manage how the information appears. This is significantly easier than other methods and is one reason why CSS is a must. Reason #2 More Options With CSS y... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19431.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:39 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19429.html There are many ways to make money online and the best way for you is to simply be creative with your skills, knowledge, and abilities. However, the following five options are powerful ways to make money online with a website and definite something you should consider. #1 Knowledge You can always sell your knowledge, which many times is the best way if you are an "expert" of any type or subject matter. People are looking for your knowledge and input, regardless if it is self taught, learned in college, or wherever. People are always looking for answers online, so if you sell your knowledge you can simply make money from what you know. #2 Affiliate Programs Become an affiliate for products based on your website theme and... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19429.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:38 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19427.html For me to demonstrate this, I will lead off with a little story, dating back a couple years. Two years ago, when I first started online, my biggest nightmare was trying to figure out what program to use to build my websites, and which hosting company to house my web pages at. I was always chasing the fast highway to riches. Finally, I could see why they call it the Internet Highway, I was on a highway and I didn't realize that I could control my own speed. I stopped chasing the Internet Highway and started studying patterns online. As time went by, I got better at not letting myself jump at the next "big" or "great product", I learned to focus and I slowly started to keep the plastic hidden. It became difficult for me to us... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19427.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:37 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19428.html There are many tactics you can use to increase traffic to your website. However, three particularly effective suggestions include search engine optimization, keyword articles, and trading links with other web pages. When you incorporate these three strategies into your overall Web site strategy you will be sure to increase your traffic. Tip #1 Search Engines and Optimization You need to be sure your web page is listed with as many search engines as possible and that it is optimized to return results. The more web sites that have your information the more visitors you will attract, it is as simple as that. Also, optimizing your website to be returned in the search engines is also very important. You will be able to do this thro... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19428.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:37 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19425.html It seems that almost every Tom Dick and Harry do web design in one form or another. Everyone seems to know a friends' brother's son who can build websites for real cheap. Why choose to pay the sometimes high fees that web designers charge? There's a right way to build websites and there's a wrong way to build them. There are a number of considerations when building a website. The first is that the website being created is search engine friendly. I've seen some websites built in such a way that search engines couldn't see more than the home page. This results in a fraction of the traffic potential that would otherwise result for the website. Professional or Mickey Mouse? A poorly designed website reflects on the busines... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19425.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:36 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19426.html Appealing to others is really important when you have a web page. This is because you will not have any personal contact with visitors and cannot persuade them to buy from you or come into your store, not personally that is. Your web page is your medium for persuasion so you need to put as much thought and effort into the design of your website and how it will appeal to potential customers as you would into a physical store. Unfortunately, a lot of web designers and marketers don’t think of their web pages this way and make a lot of mistakes that cost visitors and sales. Don’t let this happen to you, instead focus on the importance of appearance and have fake visitors visit your site and let you know what works and what does not, anony... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19426.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:36 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19424.html There’s an old saying: ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’, but this hardly applies to the science of designing web graphics. Everybody judges web sites by their ‘cover’ or home page, have no doubt. Is your site giving out a professional, visual aura, or is it telling visitors that you built it yourself, because of bad design? Ask yourself: Of the many thousands of web pages trying to sell you something, which are the ones that keep your interest? Which ones have convinced you to depart with your hard-earned cash? If you are honest, you will say the ones with the most attractive and professional graphics – the pretty pictures. Human nature determines that what catches your eye, and is pleasing to view, keeps your attention. Subc... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19424.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:35 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19422.html If you ever get to see photos that were not done digitally, you would begin to wonder why it isn’t so. With digital cameras now being used everyday, photography has been taken to another level. Digital cameras have just begun its reign in the printing industry for some years. But digital has been used in the printing industry for quite sometime. Many processing laboratories have been printing digitally, especially for printing material needs. Mass production of printing plates that are needed for books, magazines and other printed materials went digital years ago. Smaller publications have also seen the need for this digital printing as a source of less expensive but quality printing that they needed for their business. With digita... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19422.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:34 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19423.html With such a huge growth in the number of websites and the resulting difficulty in finding an available domain name, it is tempting to grab the first one that sounds like it might do the trick. However, a small amount of homework will pay big dividends – follow the ten steps below to obtain the optimal domain: 1. AVAILABILITY If it’s not available you can’t have it – simple! 2. COPYRIGHT Ensure that you do not breach copyright or infringe trademarks with your choice of domain. 3. EXTENSIONS It’s widely acknowledged that the best TLD (top level domain) is .com. However, in the UK, web users are more than used to .co.uk so this is equally acceptable for UK websites. If .com isn’t available and you use .net instead ... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19423.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:34 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19420.html It is said that in designing, there are certain rules that these designers have to know. These rules were designed to be followed but not necessarily at all times. Sometimes the need arises for them to break them. But it is always best to know them first before breaking them. Knowing the rules would be useful when the time comes when you are questioned why you broke them in the first place. Never use your font in only one document. In being a designer, it is common knowledge that they have their own fonts, many to be specific. As in other kind of printing job, using different types of fonts will make it jumbled and thus difficult to understand. The readers will get lost in the muddled words that what you are trying to say is not an... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19420.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:33 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19421.html There are some learning in life that people have to go through with in order to learn the lessons that come with it. This may sound dramatic but it really helps people in getting things right and knowing the best of the best. This is also true in printing. People getting printing materials that tend to be informational or is into marketing certain products and services are clearly becoming an expert on what they consider the best not just in presentation but also in contents. Take, for example, small printing materials like postcards. People receiving them have always been amazed at the development that these cards have undergone through the years. They started simply with the just some words and contact details, but now even g... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19421.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:33 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19418.html What is the main purpose in getting your work printed? The purpose is for others to read them and get something out of them. By getting something out of these prints, there lies the basis for your printing job to become the success that you have intended it to be. Business wise, these prints are the money generators that these owners have the great need for. The smallest of printing material can make phenomenal revenues. Postcards, even in their tiniest sense, can be the best source of keeping the income coming into a business or a company. The purpose in sending postcards into your prospective customers is to make money than the money you spend in the mailing of these cards. If you think you would not profit from this, the probabi... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19418.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:59:32 -0400