Basic Dynamic Website Security
There are many things a user can do to cause you annoyance, but the biggest threat is an MySQL injection attack. This is where a user types in some PHP and SQL code into a field in your form. More ...
Creating a Secure Website Using Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
When setting up a website that will require payment through credit card it is important to have a minimum level of security. One protocol that has effectively become the de facto standard for website security is Secure Socket Layer (or SSL). More ...
Increase Your Traffic by Recovering Your Lost Visitors
When an error is encountered, your server will display specific generic error pages according to the error. These error pages are not only dead ends, but they are also very frustrating for your potential visitors. More ...
Video - Optimizing the Order of Scripts and Styles
This video by Tony Gentilcore, software engineer at Goggle, shows you two easy-to-implement yet high-impact techniques for speeding up your web pages. For example, a script included before a CSS file may cause the browser to block. More ...
How to Redirect a Web Page Using a 301 Redirect
You've just redesigned some pages of your web site. The pages have high search engine rankings that you don't want to lose. How can you safely redirect web site traffic from your old pages to the new pages without losing your rankings? You can do this by using a "301 redirect" More ...
Four Must-Have Webpages That Add Website Security
A website is a contract between you and your visitor, it must assure visitors that the site is safe. There are many ways to convey trust, but the easiest is within your website pages themselves. More ...
Create a Favicon for Your Web Site
A favicon is a small icon that appears to the left of the address in the address bar of your Web browser and to the left of favorites. Having a favicon makes your Web site more professional and is an element of branding. Fortunately, the process of creating a favicon is very easy. More ...
Understanding SSL Certificate
A secure web hosting service provider ensures safety protocols are in place by encrypting the data that is submitted on an e-commerce website. A customer can identify if a website is secure by checking for the padlock icon next to the URL. The address bar will also show the URL as https instead of http. More ...
Web Design Troubleshooting Guide
Getting your web site to look right can sometimes be a hair-pulling experience. Even for professional web designers! I can only imagine how frustrated many newbies can get. Let me share with you some of the common problems in designing a well-functioning web site. More ...
How to Strengthen Website Authentication
To achieve strong authentication on the Web, IT professionals must find a balance among three separate forces whose goals are often at odds: the cost and security needs of the company, the impact on user behavior, and the motivations of the would-be attacker. More ...
Six Ways to Center an Element on a Webpage
This article gives you six different ways to center an element on a webpage, the one you choose depending upon whether you need to add other elements to the left or right of the centered element and how robust and browser version compatible your method needs to be. More ...
What is AJAX?
One of the most recent buzz words going around the Internet is "AJAX". What is AJAX? Is it a new and extremely powerful programming language? Is it an all-purpose cleaner? In plain-simple English, what exactly is AJAX? More ...
