Tag: Copyright Information
Meta Tags – What Are They and Which Search Engines Use Them?
Posted on Jul.03, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
Defining Meta Tags is much easier than explaining how they are used, and by which engines. The reason is very few engines clearly lay out what they do and do not look at, and how much emphasis they put on any one factor. So, we’ll start with the easy part
Meta Tags are lines of HTML code embedded into web pages that are used by search engines to store information about your site. These “tags” contain keywords, descriptions, copyright information, site [...]
PHP & Templates
Posted on Mar.18, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
Much in the same way PHP can display dynamically generated content,
PHP can change the whole look of your site. Through a template
system and simple variable that sets a session containing the
user’s preferred template, you can make your site customizable
to your visitors. Many sites do this simple procedure to insure
a large percent of their visitors are content with the way their
site looks.
A template system generally consists of a header file, a body
compilation process in a number of files and a single [...]
Recipe For A Good Looking Web Site
Posted on Feb.18, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
We’ve all surfed the web and seen some awful web sites.
Sites that never completely loaded. Sites with too many photos.
Sites with no easy way to find what you wanted. Another way a
site looks bad is when each page looks different. You’re not
even sure you’re at the same site. It doesn’t have to be that
way. Templates are the solution.
A template is a web page showing the basic elements of how you
want the site to look. The navigation bar, title, banner, and
copyright [...]
Anatomy of a Website
Posted on Feb.04, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
Header
The header has a simple job, to remind the user what site they are at. It normally contains the title of the site. If some one had a pet care site, their header might be an off-white background, with the title Pet Care printed in black along with a picture of a dog and a cat.
Global Navigation
The sites highest level of navigation. This organizes the sites contents and pages into broad categories, which are linked to. On a simple pet [...]
Web Site Maintenance Made Easy
Posted on Dec.03, 2008, under Web Design No Comments
Anyone who has maintained a web site with many pages for an
extended period of time knows the nightmare of having to edit a
word or date that recurs on each page, such as copyright
information. Having to edit every single page can be very
time-consuming and tedious and often gets avoided for as long as
possible (usually too long). But it doesn’t have to be that way.
By using simple Server Side Includes (SSI), you can streamline
and simplify the maintenance of your site.
SSI can be [...]
Web Site Maintenance Made Easy
Posted on Nov.08, 2008, under Web Design No Comments
Anyone who has maintained a web site with many pages for an
extended period of time knows the nightmare of having to edit a
word or date that recurs on each page, such as copyright
information. Having to edit every single page can be very
time-consuming and tedious and often gets avoided for as long as
possible (usually too long). But it doesn’t have to be that way.
By using simple Server Side Includes (SSI), you can streamline
and simplify the maintenance of your site.
SSI can be [...]
