Your Own Name Servers
Registrars require at least two name servers. My site only had one. I could have defined two by asking my dedicated hosting company for another IP address, but this had a problem. The reason for requiring two name servers is redundancy. More ...
Building an Effective Website
There is no question that these days you cannot
successfully run an Internet business, or in most cases any type of business, without an effective website. There are basic steps involved in building an effective website. More ...
Ten Basic Concepts for the Newbie Webmaster
This article is for new Webmasters, who are not techies with long experience. Its objective is to save you time in understanding things the techies know at their core. If you have just decided that you want to host your own web site, but you don't have strong technical skills, keep reading. More ...
A Random Walk Down Web Street - Litter Revolution
The best way to learn how to start a business and design a Web site is to study how other people do it and see what works and what doesn't work. In this series of articles, I randomly choose a Web site to review. Today's Web site is litterrevolution.com. More ...
Preplanning Your Website, The Secret To Success
I've known several people who put together a website, and within a month or two had to do major redesigns and rewriting of the copy. They wound up spending twice as much time as was necessary just because they didn't preplan. More ...
How To Reduce Web Hosting Bandwidth
You just received a higher than normal monthly bill on your credit card for web hosting. Your hosting company explains that you exceeded your monthly minimum for bandwidth usage and suggests reducing the size of your web site files. More ...
A Beginner's Guide to Setting Up a Successful Online Store
To sell products online not only requires making use of high end marketing strategies but also involves lots of planning. This article is meant for those of you who intend to start an online store. It is intended to give you a fair idea of what you would need to do and what you need to avoid. More ...
Six Tips For Writing User Interface Instructions
When people are online, their behavior is often driven by specific goals. They have things to accomplish. Therefore in many web page designs there is information to help a user perform an action. More ...
The Importance of Color in Web Design
Color impacts your user on many psychological and physiological levels. Your site's color scheme can have a dramatic impact, either positive or negative on your potential success. In Website designing of color is as critical as the design of graphics and layout. More ...
Alternative Online Payment Systems
For most businesses venturing into ecommerce, e-payment means accepting credit cards. This involves setting up a complex system including a SECURE order page, shopping cart software, a merchant account, and a credit card processing service. More ...
Separation of Layers of Webpage Code
Eventually almost all webpages will require changes. Separation of layers of webpage code is one approach that makes future changes very easy. Separation of layers means the content and html code are in one page, the CSS presentation code is in a separate file, and JavaScript behavior is in a separate file. More ...
How to Create a Website
What type of website would you like to create? A blog, e-commerse, information, news, or other type of site? Here's how to plan and create a website. More ...
