It used to be that if you wanted a print friendly page version of each page of your website you made one and blocked the search engines from indexing them as duplicate content by blocking them in your robots.txt file, but now you can get your printer friendly page with just a wee bit of […]
You’ve seen websites like this, the layout slides around over lays other elements and looks very different in Firefox and Internet Explorer. Although the world is moving to all CSS website design layouts, there is still use for table layouts combined with CSS.
I have found that these hybrid layouts may be more cross-browser compatible and may […]
We’ve added a new template to our Quick Launch templated web design program. It is called Tropical and you can view it online here.
What Quick Launch Web Design Can Do
If you need a fast web presence and like one of the website template designs as they are Quick Launch is a good choice for you.
If […]
Typically navigation belongs on the left of your web page. Years and websites have trained readers to look for navigation there. If you differ from this model, you’d better have a good reason as you do not want to needlessly confuse readers or have your site be difficult to navigate. One of the top reasons […]
Have you wondered how other websites get that Orange feed icon to light up in IE 7 and Firefox? Here’s how to do it.
In the head section of your source code insert the following code:
link rel=”alternate” type=”application/rss+xml” title=”RSS Design-World Watch” href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/Design-WorldWatch” /
Please note so you can see the code, I have removed the < in front and […]
There are many web hosts that offer free build your own website tools, so what are the pros and cons of using them?
When you would want to use a web template:
You do not want to pay a web designer or webmaster to create and update a website.
You are wanting to test out an idea or […]
When you want to check out what you’ve done on your web page to see if it is search engine friendly, you can use this smart online tool to take a peak.
Why is this tool valuable, if you are using scripts, Ajax, spry, layers, or grids in the implementation of your website, sometimes you need […]
For contact forms the best practice is to keep it short and to not require too much information. You will have better success in clients completing your contact form if you do not require more than an email address and first name.
On my own site, I require only the email and first name all other […]
There are several no-no’s when it comes to web design. They are not including a contact form on your website and not including your phone number and your address.
The whole purpose of having a website is to be able to have information available for prospects 24/7 and to make it really easy for them to […]
If you are not sure what a splash page is, I’m sure that you have seen them and maybe just not known that they have a name. What I am speaking about is the home page of a website that has a Flash Movie and no content, sometimes it is interesting and sometimes it is […]
