What is Deep Linking?
February 12, 2008 by admin
Filed under Web Design
Deep linking is the process of linking to a specific page on a website, rather than just the homepage. For instance, a regular link would point to mysite.com, but a deep link would point to a specific page on that site, such as mysite.com/page1.
Some corporations try to discourage deep linking, as it allows users to visit a specific page, while bypassing advertising on the front page of the site. For most people deep linking is very helpful and actually sought after. The following are a few reasons why deep linking can help a business.
Deep linking greatly increases a user’s ability to find exactly what they are looking for on the web. If you were on a website researching chicken recipes and saw a link for chicken pot pie, when you clicked on it, you would expect to be on a page that had a recipe for chicken pot pie.
How To Set Up a Customized 404 Error Page On Your Website
February 10, 2008 by admin
Filed under Web Design
Question: What happens when a customer or visitor clicks on a link and the file has been moved?
Answer: They get a 404 File Not Found Error page.
What does your customer likely do next? Well they could click the back button on their browser or they could go somewhere else. This is why you must customize your 404 error page. You have to tell people what to do if they come upon a page that has been moved or deleted – you don’t want to lose them.
Tips For Making a Site Mobile Friendly
February 8, 2008 by admin
Filed under Web Design
You have undoubtedly seen the commercials for the new wireless devices, such as the iPhone and Blackberry that combine the merge a computer and cell phone into one easy to carry device. More and more people are starting to use these new smart phones and PDAs. As technology improves, people want to receive information from wherever they may be, whether they are in line at the grocery store, in a movie theater or at home on the couch.
These devices see websites differently than a laptop or desktop computer. Their display screens are much smaller and their browser capabilities may not be able to read some programming languages.
How Video Can Enhance A Website
February 5, 2008 by admin
Filed under Marketing, Web Design
Adding video to a website can greatly enhance its appeal. It allows communication with customers in a new and fresh way. The popularity of video on the web is growing rapidly. YouTube.com, one of the most popular video sites on the web was bought by Google for 1.65 billion dollars. Google would not put that much into something that was a fly by night venture.
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Using CSS Makes Life Easier
February 3, 2008 by admin
Filed under Web Design
Cascading Style Sheets, also known as CSS, is a computer language that describes how the website should be presented. It shows what the background color is, what size of font is displayed and so forth.
CSS is designed in a manner that makes it easier to define how text should look. If you are familiar with HTML, you will know that it was designed as a structural language. When the web was in it’s early development stages, websites were not “pretty”. In fact, HTML didn’t contain bold or italics tags until the mid 1990’s.
Does My Website Need a Flash Intro?
February 3, 2008 by admin
Filed under Web Design
The term “flash intro” may not sound familiar to you but chances are you have seen it several times on the internet. A site with a flash intro will display a bit of animation and sound as the page loads. A flash intro can definitely dress up a website and make it seem more “flashy” but is it something you really need?
