Monday, April 20th, 2009 at 4:40 am
You know exactly what your organisation does and what your website offers its users. This information has probably become second nature to you, but first-time visitors to your site won’t know this. As such, make sure you don’t forget to tell them what you do. As soon as new site visitors arrive at your website [...]
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 at 9:40 am
I have written before about long sales copy on the web. But I have more to say on the subject. First, let me be clear about what Im saying here. Im not talking about long content pages within dozens of other pages on a site. Im talking about stand-alone pages…a long, direct response sales letter [...]
Saturday, April 4th, 2009 at 2:40 am
HTML might seem like a simple language for web documents, and to an extent, it is – that’s what it was intended to be. If you know what you’re doing, though, you can do a lot more with HTML than you might think. This article should give you a few ideas on how to take [...]
Monday, March 9th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Let’s start with an example so you see where we’re going to with this article. Consider a listings type site; in this case, let’s think of a real estate website which lists properties. Each property has a picture. You have a page where you list all properties in a given neighborhood, about 20 properties per [...]
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
A favicon (pronounced fav-eye-con) – short for ‘Favorites Icon’ – is a multi-resolution image included on nearly all professionally developed sites. Within Internet Explorer the favicon is displayed on the address line and in the favorites menu. Tabbed browsers like Firefox and Opera extend the functionality of favicons. Firefox can even display animated favicons. Each [...]
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 at 1:40 am
A favicon is that little image that most browsers display on the address line and in the favorites (bookmarks) menu. Tabbed browsers like Firefox and Opera extend the functionality of favicons, adding them to their tabs. The name was coined based on Internet Explorer (the first browser to support it) and derives from “Favorites Icon”. [...]
Sunday, February 15th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Mini sites are highly powerful sales tools to promote and sell products be it digital like ebooks and software or physical goods like hardcover books. Mini sites are usually comprised of 5-10 pages and its main purpose is to make a sale. As compared with a content site which can consist of hundreds or even [...]
Saturday, February 14th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
A favicon is that little image that most browsers display on the address line and in the favorites (bookmarks) menu. Tabbed browsers like Firefox and Opera extend the functionality of favicons, adding them to their tabs. The name was coined based on Internet Explorer (the first browser to support it) and derives from “Favorites Icon”. [...]
Thursday, February 12th, 2009 at 7:40 am
When people first hit your site, the first thing they see is your header. As this is your only chance to make a good first impression, it is important that your header look as good as it can be. Because of this, it is imperative that you understand the different ways to create headers. First [...]
Friday, February 6th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Making your own Xsitepro templates should not be out of reach for most web masters. Even for those who consider web design and web page aesthetic pleasures beyond them, can with time, learn how to develop their own free Xsitepro templates. The question is, why would you want to make your own template when there [...]