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Do You Really Need All Those Plugins?

Web Page Mistakes — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:48:22 +0000

Blogging software, content management systems and ecommerce software already (generally) require more processing on the web server and by the user's browser due to their programming compared to a static HTML site. What is more important to you? Keeping up with the Jones by using all those plugins just because every one else is doing it or creating a site people want to visit because it loads fast, is not cluttered, provides what they want to see and doesn't stall because of some 3rd party plugin or feature being unavailable.

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Should I Create a Sitemap or HTML Site Map?

Web Page Mistakes — Sat, 14 May 2011 06:45:37 +0000

There seems to be a big confusion between Sitemaps and a HTML site map for those new to websites. We are going to run through what each is and what they are used for today to try and undo the confusion. First of all, notice the spelling of each. Sitemaps vs site map. Sitemaps are [...]

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Website Testing

Web Page Mistakes — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:59:49 +0000

Whether you author a blog, own a website, are a web designer or are a web developer website testing is a must. This testing goes beyond initial testing when the blog or website is launched, it needs to be an on going maintenance task. The website or blog does not have to be live to [...]

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Browser Specific Design

Web Page Mistakes — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:20:07 +0000

Creating a browser specific design which uses browser specific tags, scripts and stylesheet selectors will create problems for your visitors who are not using the “right” browser. Today we have Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and the new kid on the block, Google Chrome all fighting to be the most popular browser used by Internet users. [...]

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404 Error

Web Page Mistakes — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:16:11 +0000

Have you ever clicked a link to only end up at a page that says that the page does not exist? This is a 404 error which means the link you clicked (or typed) is incorrect, the website was revised/renovated and no redirects were put in place or that the website owner has deleted the [...]

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Website ROI

Web Page Mistakes — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:43:43 +0000

Your website is an investment in your business and as such, you would want a return on that investment. We’ll look at website ROI in this article and why it is good business sense to invest time and money into your website. First, let’s look at ROI (return on investment). ROI (Return on Investment) ROI [...]

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How all Your Web Pages Fit Together

Web Page Mistakes — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:35:25 +0000

To better understand how all the different web pages fit together on your ecommerce website (or any website actually) let’s look at different scenarios of how someone can enter your website. Remember that a person can enter your website on any page that is indexed by the search engines, they won’t always arrive to your [...]

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Custom Error Pages

Web Page Mistakes — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:51:35 +0000

Have you ever visited a website where you clicked a link and were taken to a none descript error page? Maybe you clicked a link on another website or in the search engine results and ended up at an error page. This is because the website you are visiting (or trying to visit) does not [...]

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Website Navigation

Web Page Mistakes — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:14:25 +0000

Website navigation is important to the sucess of your website visitor’s experience to your website. The website’s navigation system is like a road map to all the different areas and information contained within the website. Using a consistent navigation scheme from page to page helps the website visitor learn your website navigation system. Types of [...]

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Search Engine Friendly Design

Web Page Mistakes — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:05:08 +0000

When looking into having a website created for your business or how you can improve your existing website’s results through the search engines you will often hear and see the buzz words “Search engine friendly”. Creating a search engine friendly website has two main parts: Search engine friendly website design. Search engine optimization. A third [...]

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Disable Right Click

Web Page Mistakes — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:36:42 +0000

Some websites use a script to disable the right click function of the mouse (the right mouse button). Let’s look at whether it is really worth using a disable right click function. PopUp Windows When someone has set up their browser to ignore/disable popups (hand up!) and you have used a script to disable right [...]

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Using Javascript on Websites

Web Page Mistakes — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:02:45 +0000

Using Javascript on websites is not a new thing. Javascript has been around for quite a while. It gained a bad reputation in the past because hackers would (and still do) include malicous scripts on web pages. Now Javascript is being used beyond the typical applications in the past with the advent of Web 2.0. [...]

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Effective Colour Contrast

Web Page Mistakes — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:44:51 +0000

Have you taken a serious look at the colour scheme your website uses? Are all parts of your web page visible to everyone? Some times when we pick a colour scheme for our website we forget that there are people with poor vision and colour deficiencies. Even website visitors with “normal” vision can have difficulties [...]

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Does Your Website Have to be Accessible?

Web Page Mistakes — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 07:13:39 +0000

Accessible websites have come to the forefront of people’s minds with legal actions being taken against websites that are not accessible. As a website owner you may think this doesn’t affect your small business, association or non profit website but it does. Let’s take a look at accessible websites beyond the buzz word accessible, the [...]

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Not Designing for Most Common Screen Resolution

Web Page Mistakes — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:38:10 +0000

As a website owner or web designer you have to take into consideration what are the most common screen resolutions for the intended target audience of the website to determine what web page width is suitable for the website. Have you visited a website that has a web page width too wide for your monitor [...]

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Heading Structure – Heading Tag

Web Page Mistakes — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:53:10 +0000

Heading structure is important not only to present a clear structure to the web page but also in consideration of those using text readers and the search engines. First let’s go over what Heading tags are. Heading Tags Heading tags are used to define the headings in your page. There are 6 available, h1 set [...]

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