Getting Started with Silverlight Despite the options available with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, accommodating their differences can be maddening. Enter Silverlight, a plug-in for multiple Web browsers on multiple platforms that makes it easier to create rich content.
Giving Caches a Chance Though it tends to get treated poorly, HTTP isn't a dumb file-transfer protocol. It allows you to specify an intention with your requests (GET/POST, with PUT and DELETE available) and offers authentication. The focus of this article, however, is about caching.
Script GUI for PHP If you've been writing PHP scripts on the Windows operating system, you know about the hassle that's involved when you want to test it on a Web site. That can get old - fast. Fortunately, there's an alternative.
Web Hosting Control Panels Web hosting is a highly competitive field. Extra features, such as free domain names, site builder and pricing vary widely, but the control panel makes a difference and you have to pick the service which suits your requirements.
Work on Computers or in the Computer Industry? Texas Law May Affect You! A Texas law passed in 2007 has computer repair shops statewide up in arms. Seemingly pressured by the Private Investigator lobby, lawmakers enacted House Bill 2833, which seems to require computer repair personnel to obtain a Private Investigator license before being allowed to work on customers' computers.
New Life for Old Drives If you're looking to upgrade to a larger hard drive, add an external hard drive, CD drive or give additional life to a switched-out drive, this system is as simple as it gets.
An introduction to Autoresponders If you've reached the point of exhaustion trying to keep up with answering mountains of email, you're ready to learn about autoresponders. Using them properly can make a huge difference to your bottom line.
Top Online Marketing Techniques In this article you'll learn about several effective online marketing techniques (such as article writing for ezines, blogging, joint ventures, etc.) and how to implement them.
Opening The Source On Your Host In this article you'll learn how to configure Apache to allow your visitors to learn from (or offer advice on) your source code through browsing it in much the same way that they would browse your ordinary Web pages.
Email Marketing for MySpace Artists The competition for attention on MySpace is intense. Many artists want to stand out from the crowd, but it can be difficult to break through the clutter. Enter email marketing, which gives artists the ability to send out newsletters, targeted email campaigns and more.
Firefox Web Developer Extension is Pederrifick Remember when cross-browser compatibility was mostly wishful thinking? We were spending hours debugging a Web page, only to learn the culprit was something simple like CSS padding. This week we look at Chris Pederick's Web Developer Extension for Firefox, and you'll wonder how we ever lived without it!!
Adding Images to Your MySpace Profile One of the most popular things for people to do on MySpace is posting images on their profile page. Unfortunately, like many things on MySpace, this is not always easy to figure out. In order to help eliminate some of that pain, this article will take a look at how to go about posting images and pictures on a personal MySpace page.
Partial Page Rendering Using Hidden IFrame Partial page rendering removes the need for the entire Web page to be refreshed as the result of a postback. Instead, only regions that have changed are updated, speeding up user interaction with the Web site.
Software Review: A1 Sitemap Generator Sitemaps are now being used by search engines to index Web sites, which can help improve your site's rankings. To quickly generate a sitemap, you need a script or a program. One of these is the A1 Sitemap Generator, the subject of this review.
Cost Effective Web Marketing When promoting your Web site you want to make sure visitors will want to return again. To make that happen, you need to address many aspects of promotion, such as page layout, site preparation, optimization, seo strategies, etc., which are covered in this article.
How to Get Great Search Engine Rankings Once you've chosen your business and purchased a domain name the next step is to find useful and relevant keywords. This article gives you ten useful tips on how to optimize your Web pages.
Must Have: Internet Explorer Web Developer Toolbar Pucker up, Web developers. You will want to kiss Bill Gates on the lips for this one. In this article, new author Tyme shows us why we won't want to miss this web development tool from Microsoft!
How to Build a Web Design Business - Part 2 This week we discuss the skills and knowledge needed to succeed as a Web designer, such as knowledge of HTML, CSS, browser issues, programming knowledge, e-commerce shopping carts and more.
How to Build a Web Design Business With all the HTML editors available, you too can build Web sites for profit. Time to start a small business? No! While it's easy to publish Web pages, a lot of planning is necessary to create a viable business. In this article you'll learn how.
How to Write and Publish Articles for the Internet Want to generate more traffic? Write articles. Articles are a great way answer client questions, drive traffic to your Web site and be seen as an expert in your field.
A Web Development Primer In this article, Ahmad Permessur examines a wide variety of Web technologies, beginning with HTML, it's limitations and how to go beyond it. Other topics covered are client- and server-side technologies, networks, JavaScript, DHTML, CGI. and more.
Domain Name Basics: An Introduction Most people know what domain names are but few understand what having one entails. In this article, you will learn about the various types of domain names, formatting, registration issues, domain pointing and more.
How to Build a Web Design Business With all the HTML editors available, you too can build Web sites for profit. Time to start a small business? No! While it's easy to publish Web pages, a lot of planning is necessary to create a viable business. In this article you'll learn how.
Web-Related Careers A common misconception among many people is that Web development and Web design are synonymous. This article explores the distinctions between the two careers, including some of the skills you need to pursue them.
Book Review: The Designer's Apprentice One of the great challenges facing computer artists is productivity, especially with repetitive tasks. Fortunately, automation can ease the drudgery of these tasks and that is the subject of this book.
Review: Ajax Starter Kit The term Ajax is often referred to as a new type of technology, but is actually several technologies that work together. This review looks at how to get started using Ajax and the different technologies involved.
Partial Page Rendering Using Hidden IFrame Partial page rendering removes the need for the entire Web page to be refreshed as the result of a postback. Instead, only regions that have changed are updated, speeding up user interaction with the Web site.
Facts You Never Knew About Yahoo, Google, Ask Jeeves, and AllTheWeb Nearly 85% of all knowledge obtained online starts with somebody doing research on one or more search engines. This week you'll learn about the history of some popular search engines and the importance of using search engines to grow your business.
Getting in on the 'Mobile' Internet Looking for opportunities to reach new visitors? Check out the explosion of mobile phone users which offers the largest distribution platform on earth. With a registration process that began in 2006, over 500,000 .mobi domain names have been registered.
MySpace Profile Page Resources With the recent popularity of social networking sites, there has been a need for free graphics, CSS generators, background images and sources for videos. In this listing, we will provide you with links to many of those resources, all in one convenient location!
A Technology Roadmap - The Basic Map To some, the selection of language or programming tool might be obvious, to others it's a complete roadblock. We present.... The Goodies Roadmap! In Part one, we examine the Basic Roadmap
10 Tips for the Beginning Internet Entrepreneur For the beginning Internet business entrepreneur, here are 10 unwritten rules that may well prevent you from 'skidding into the ditch'. Make a point of reading through them regularly to remain focused on the road ahead!
Choosing Sides Do you know whether you are processing on the 'client-side' or the 'server-side'? Do you know the difference? Do you know how to determine which side you want to be on? Read this piece and you will!
The Red X Dilemma 'Why am I getting a box with a red X in it instead of my pictures?' It's one of the most frequently asked questions as folks study the fine art of web page creation, so here, in one convenient place, is the comprehensive answer!
Tips & Tricks - A Picture Upload in PHP You can learn the basics of PHP by following our tutorial series (see the index to the left) but once you have a solid foundation, there's nothing quite like a start to finish example, explained as you go, to help you see the language in action. That's what our Tips & Tricks series is all about. Here's a useful example of file uploads accomplished in PHP - in this instance enhanced with some special handling for picture files.
A Home Server So you want to run a server at home, huh? What a shame your ISP is making life impossible! Is there any hope? Yes! Read on!
Patchworking Once you have your computer set just the way you like it, you should follow the rule 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' and keep it like it is; right? -- Noooo... 'bout as wrong as it gets!
An Introduction to DNS You know DNS is vital to your success with a website, but how does it work? Here's a quick intro to help you understand it better.
A Little Gem of Software It comes without fanfare in a package along with other software, but it's a shining example of how software should be written. Want to know more? Read on!
A Halloween Host Story Newly updated to reflect all the changes in the modern website hosting community, this story is all about finding a ghoul deal for your hosting needs. Happy hunting!
So You Want To FTP/Download, Huh? If you transfer a file, you need to transfer it in the correct format, ensuring it will work when it arrives on your server. This tutorial will explain how.
So, You Want Sponsors/Advertisers, Huh? What do you have that people want? If enough people want it, you may be able to get advertising banners on your page. I'll tell you how.
So You Want To Telnet, Huh? What does it mean when someone says you need to 'telnet into your system'? I put this quick lesson together to explain how to use telnet for those who are not used to this utility.
Hand-Coding Web Pages To the true die-hard web coder, hand coding is the way to go. Others think that modern tools present a more realistic method, especially for the newer web developer. Whatever you opinion might be, should you chose to do some hand coding, what would be the best way to go about it?
Radio for help! When it come to making choices, there are choices to be made! One choice is to use Radio Buttons to let your visitors indicate their choice. Here's a little help with their use, along with some tips for validation.
Understanding Operators They're not too complicated a concept really, but operators are not a part of everyday life, except for the life of a computer programmer or web page developer! Here's a little primer of the use of operators in our favorite languages.
Firewalling You've heard it said that 'the first level of defense in a modern computer system should be a firewall.' Are the risks really that great? Is this something you need to be paying attention to?
Page Layout with Tables While there's lots of discussion as to whether tables are the right tool for the job, there's no doubt that they can be very handy for laying things out on a web page. Here are some tips on how to use them for this purpose -- you'll have to check the rest of the site for discussions about the virtues of using them this way!
Pricing Development Work Now that you've honed your web development skills to the point where you could earn some income at it, how do you determine what you should be charging? Here's a little basic advice.
Computer Security for the Novice Computer security has become a major issue for everybody who uses one. Allen Kenner, a forum moderator known as 'Gore' at the security site Antionline.com, expresses some of his thoughts and feelings on the subject--and provides advice for those who may be uncertain about their own computer security.
The Big Picture There's plenty of advice out there telling not to make your pictures and graphics too large, but what does 'too large' mean, especially when it come to email or a web page? Let's get down to the nitty-gritty and talk actual file sizes.
What's In a Domain Name? Are you clear about the elements that go into the make-up of a Domain Name? Do you know the functions of each? Here's a chance to brush up on the details.
Validating Special Numbers Want to validate an input field that's mostly numeric, but not entirely? Can it be done? Absolutely! Here's a soup-to-nuts example of just such a validation, done in JavaScript.
