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14 Steps: How to Use Divs: Dreamweaver Tutorial

Robert — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:15:20 +0000

This is a tutorial straight from the Tutvid.com newsletter! We will take a look at a whole bunch of the things you want to be sure to know when starting to use Divs. Learn all about placing and using Divs as well as styling them with CSS in Dreamweaver!

Gary Wright – Dreamweaver (1976)

Robert — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:14:58 +0000

Gary Wright – Dreamweaver (1976) I’ve just closed my eyes again Climbed aboard the dream weaver train Driver take away my worries of today And leave tomorrow behind Ooooh, dream weaver I believe you can get me through the night Ooooh, dream weaver I believe we can reach the morning light Fly me high through the starry skies Maybe to an astral plane Cross the highways of fantasy Help me to forget todays pain Ooooh, dream weaver I believe you can get me through the night Ooooh, dream weaver I …

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Robert — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:28:43 +0000

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Robert — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:28:29 +0000

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Robert — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:31:59 +0000

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Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques

Robert — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:21:07 +0000

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Robert — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:14:59 +0000

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Website Customization

Robert — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:04:04 +0000

Today in this modern world some people seem to get very tense when they do not look entirely respectable. This would also be the case in web designing.

Every person would unquestionably want their web site to look right to the best of their ability. Here are a few things you could look out for when wanting to create a professional looking web page.

Color Schemes and Themes

When designing always opt for matching colors. An example of a matching color would be to have a dark background with visible words and designs. With the dark theme try not to mix too many bright colors into the design. What we should never do is to combine two very different colors such as blue and green. Now, of course, it would depend on the purpose of the web site, but those two colors are too striking for one who wants it to look more professional.

Themes must always accommodate the company, organization. If the web site was made to provide for a baseball company it would be smart to stick to that particular category rather than to revert to a different theme such as food.

Fonts

Should be used in respect to the formalities of the web site. A simple sans-serif font would serve you well in most cases. Unusual cases such as design and art groups might want to use creative designs and fonts. Of course, that’s only if you know what you’re doing.

Finally, we must always try to think of our visitors, envision what they would want to see. The resolutions and file sizes of the pictures must not be too large in terms of size. This is to allow maximum compatibility and cater our visitor’s needs.

So, preparation is something we should always do before undertaking something.

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Page Load Analysis Tool To Speed Up Your Website

Robert — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:00:28 +0000

Here is a great page load analysis tool (and it is free) to help you speed up your website. Page Load time plays a major role in determining your sites speed and quality. Keeping your page load time to a minimum will certainly keep your visitors happy and coming back to your site. While a slow loading site may deter people from coming back at all.

In all probability, the number one factor that is slowing down your site, or any other site for that matter, is the use of many and or large images.

5 Important Website Design Rules

Robert — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:00:36 +0000

When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally to serve it’s purpose. Here are five important rules in my opinion to observe to make sure your website performs well.

1) Do not use splash pages

Splash pages are the first pages you see when you arrive at a website. They normally have a very beautiful image with words like “welcome” or “click here to enter”. In fact, they are just that — pretty vases with no real purpose. Do not let your visitors have a reason to click on the “back” button! Give them the value of your site up front without the splash page.

2) Do not use excessive banner advertisements

Even the least net savvy people have trained themselves to ignore banner advertisements so you will be wasting valuable website real estate. Instead provide more valuable content and weave relevant affiliate links into your content and let your visitors feel that they want to buy instead of being pushed to buy.

3) Have a simple and clear navigation

You have to provide a simple and very straightforward navigation menu so that even a young child will know how to use it. Stay away from complicated Flash based menus or multi-tiered drop down menus. If your visitors don’t know how to navigate, they will leave your site.

4) Have a clear indication of where the user is

When visitors are deeply engrossed in browsing your site, you will want to make sure they know which part of the site they are in at that moment. That way, they will be able to browse relevant information or navigate to any section of the site easily. Don’t confuse your visitors because confusion means “bye bye”!

5) Avoid using audio on your site

If your visitor is going to stay a long time at your site, reading your content, you will want to make sure they’re not annoyed by some audio looping on and on on your website. If you insist on adding audio, make sure your visitors have some control over it — volume or muting controls would work fine.

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