Hosting The Right Way

How To Bring Your Website Into The 21st Century

Although a relatively new medium, the Web is more than a decade old (at least as far as the public is concerned); it has opened up avenues of communication not possible previously. It allows for communication with customers around the world no matter where you happen to be located. It allows you artistic expression and the ability to express your own personal sense of style.

When the Web was a new entity, more than a decade ago, that style came from all sorts of places. Although once cutting-edge, some of these practices are now old and should be abandoned for fresher, newer approaches.

First one, remember that the ?T? in HTML stands for " text." Except for your company's logo, don't use graphics of words. This is important for several reasons. First of all, your text can be selected and copied, then pasted by visitors. Graphic headers cannot. The second reason graphics of words should not be used is because graphical headers won't change size to match your customers target resolution; a font-based system will. The third reason is that many browsers still allow users to shut off graphics, especially if users are using mobile devices, in order to save bandwidth for download.

When you're working on graphical design for your website, don't use fancy fonts. Since your site is designed for reading, you can you several fonts that are designed to be read onscreen with a minimum of eyestrain. Among these are Georgia, Verdana and MS Times New Roman. Another thing you can do to make your life easier is to set your fonts in a cascading style sheet, or CSS file. In this way, you can make one change to a file list and it will affect all of the fonts on your website. Most modern web design tools will also handle the CSS file for you; you need little if any expertise, and how much you want to deal with this is your choice.

You can also use CSS to avoid two other common web design drawbacks dating from the late 1990s. The first is using a lot of tables or tiled backgrounds, often in very bright, even garish colors. CSS lets you specify backgrounds that flow around text and don't choke the browsers with tables or other clunky elements. Although tiled backgrounds were once the rage, it's no longer true that this is the way to go. These days, most web pages should have a light gray, white or "gray blue" background. That is the easiest background for text to be read on. Although very avant-garde and stylish, white text on a black background is very hard to read. If you must use it, use larger text with the dark background, because it will make it easier to read.

Don't use animated GIFs and the Blink tag. These things are best handled with CSS and JavaScript rollovers. Again, most good web design software can already handle this for you, so you don't need to know coding in order to do this yourself. In general, GIFs should be avoided altogether; you should use PNGs instead, if you need to go with a transparent background or an animation; they'll combine everything you want from a GIF yet provide the color and depth of a JPG.

Finally, think about how you want to organize your web site. Make sure that you have a way on every web page to get back to the site map or home page. This is because people will mostly come to your web site from a search engine result. It may be tempting to do a lot of search engine optimized landing pages in order to get your page ranks in the top 10, but remember that the people you're writing for don't care about web spiders. If people can't read your pages and flee because they're so badly written, it doesn't matter how well you've optimized your pages for search engines.

For more information and reviews please visit us at: http://www.xsiteprowebsitedesignbuilder.com XSitePro Tips, Bonuses & Videos.

Other Article Sites

findabook.com  moneycd.info  a-mortgage.info   about-lemon-laws.info  aboutstudentloans.info
all-about-publishing.info  auctions-articles.info  bestcollege-university.com  bestispconnection.com
biblefolder.com  blogger-website.com  books-used.info  brokers-guide.info  buywindows.info  cable-dsl.info
career-miner.com  carpel-tunnel.info  cashinaflash.info  cashloanreviews.info  casinobell.com  chat-house.info
clearmycredit.info  collegeloantips.info  crones.info  depression-articles.info   dirnic.net  dishguides.info
divers-below.com  expodog.info   financewizz.com  fire-insurance.info  getgood.info  handleit.net   it-idea.info
health-supplies.info  hosting-right.com  insidealert.com  insurance-facts.info  jobs-employment.info
justgood.info  lookgold.net   lowcost-travel.info  money-source.info  myhostzone.info  numisblog.com
peoplesearchfinder.info  pr-articles.info  realeas.com   refinancing-guides.info  spyware-remove.info
telelot.info  the-law.info   toppaid.info  travel-deals.info  travelcorrect.com  wedding-guide-site.com
your-blog.info  your-credit.info

CareerTours Launches Over 12,000 Career Tours on New Website
CareerTours, a national recruiting resource, has launched over 12,000 new CareerTours for opportunities across the US on its website, www.careertours.com. The company matches qualified career seekers with potential employers through virtual and live experiences; please contact me with any questions. Respectfully, Jennifer Brooks, 602.561.0204 jennbrooks@careertours.com

Local Vacation Rental Web Site Launches New Site
Owned and operated in downtown Buffalo, FindRentals.com has become one of the largest vacation rental Web sites on the Internet. FindRentals.com has recently expanded to include FindVacationRentalManagers.com, a site specifically dedicated to connecting travelers with almost 500 of the industry's largest property managers.

New Website Offers the Elegance of Natural Fibre Floor Coverings
A new website just launched by Crucial Trading Online (www.crucialtradingonline.co.uk) proves that choosing a natural fibre floor overing can be as relaxed and effortless as living with a natural fibre floor covering. The website design emphasises the natural beauty of the materials and the elegant simplicity of the look they create.

Web Site Builder - Designing And Utilizing
The nature of international commerce has been radically altered by the advent of the Internet. Technological developments have revolutionized the entire system. The Internet is now used by almost everyone. Millions of homes, businesses and worldwide institutions are now able to connect electronically.

Online Poker Bombshell Launches Website To Deliver Breaking WSOP News
Serinda Swan, the face of Absolute Poker, just launched her new website with exclusive WSOP news.

ReadyNation Launches Disaster Preparedness Web Site for Families : New online site delivers innovative preparedness products and services
A new Web site designed to make it easy and affordable for families to prepare for and recover from disasters was unveiled today. ReadyNation.com provides families with innovative products and services, including ready-to-use online tools that will change the face of disaster preparedness.

Website Offers Users Cash for Gift Cards
iRegift.com users “cash-in” after the holidays, receiving money for unwanted gift cards.

Website Creativity: Why It Matters Now More than Ever
If one more business owner tells me their website sucks because they're just "too darn busy to deal with it", I'm gonna hurl. That's like saying, "I'm doing business in my dirty underwear because I'm too busy to get dressed.

A Consumer Guide to Buying an Internet Business Franchise
Many people dream of being an entrepreneur. By purchasing a internet business franchise, you often can sell goods and services that have instant name recognition and can obtain training and ongoing support to help you succeed. But be cautious. Like any investment, purchasing a internet business franchise is not a guarantee of success.

Challenges For eCommerce Growth In India
eCommerce in India is estimated to be around $1.9 billion by the year end of 2008, according to eMarketer with 66% growth from 2007. Though these figures look good on paper, but when compared with some of the Asian counterparts, they are not encouraging. The eCommerce growth in India is being hindered by various drawbacks and bottlenecks.

Windows vs Linux : Hosting
The Basics of Linux & Windows :Linux (and its close relation Unix) and Windows 2000 (and its close cousin Windows NT) are types of software (known as operating systems) that web servers use to do the kind of things that web servers do. You do not need to know any real detail of either to make a decision as to which you need but here a few guidelines.

Window Book Launches Redesigned Website
Window Book, Inc., the leader in postal mailing and shipping software announced launching of a revamped website. Window Book's new website, www.windowbook.com, has a brand new look that is easier to navigate and find what you need much faster. Not only does it include products and services for Mailers and Shippers, it provides valuable up-to-the-minute industry news via blogs and newsletters  all for free to the postal community.

Cheap Website Promotion in Birmingham
People are always wanting to attract more visitors to their website. We all would like to see more traffic, however what are the best ways to promote a website, which does not cost an arm and a leg?1.

How To Keep Your Website Sticky
Developing a website with content that entices visitors to return over and over again is something that takes time and effort to put together. This checklist can give you a great start on creating a popular website that entices readers to hang around on your site.