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While it is important to have an attractive site, as much thought must be given to functionality as to appearancehttp://www.uswebpros.com?Beautiful_Web_Sites_Seldom_Make_More_Sales&a=3398Installment 1http://www.uswebpros.com?Developing_Stateenabled_Applications_With_PHP&a=3319Dispelling some popular myths about designing accessible websiteshttp://www.uswebpros.com?Web_Accessibility_Myths_44&a=3232Find out about the UK legal requirements for websites under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)http://www.uswebpros.com?Web_accessibility_and_the_law_in_the_UK__Is_Your_Website_Legal__44&a=3231Learn the all-important web accessibility basics with these tips and guidelineshttp://www.uswebpros.com?Web_Accessibility__The_Basics_44&a=3230Find out why usability will no longer give you the edge. 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PageRank is a value that represents how important a page is on the web. Robots or Spiders figures that when one page links to another page, it is casting a vote for the other page. Also the importance of the page that is casting the vote determines how important the vote is....http://www.uswebpros.com?What_is_PageRank&a=3206The benefits of accessible websites and web accessibilityhttp://www.uswebpros.com?Benefits_of_an_accessible_website___part_2__The_business_case_31&a=3205Your website should be focused around your users' needs - find out howhttp://www.uswebpros.com?Planning_a_usable_website__A_three_step_guide_31&a=3204Find out why outbound links from your website can benefit you.http://www.uswebpros.com?Linking_out_is_good_31&a=3203Changing your website from a table layout to a CSS layout will make you money. Sound weird? Read on and find out how.http://www.uswebpros.com?Why_a_CSS_Website_Layout_Will_Make_You_Money_31&a=3202How a website optimised for accessibility helps it achieve a high search engine ranking.http://www.uswebpros.com?The_Secret_Benefit_Of_Accessibility_Part_2__A_Higher_Search_Engine_Ranking_31&a=3201How a website optimised for search engines also improves its usability.http://www.uswebpros.com?The_Secret_Benefit_Of_Search_Engine_Optimisation__Increased_Usability_31&a=3200Simply inserting ALT text isn't necessarily enough to ensure accessible images - the text must also be effectively written. Find out how to achieve this...http://www.uswebpros.com?Writing_Effective_ALT_Text_For_Images_31&a=3199Explaining what you actually do is the first thing your website should do, but many sites forget this most basic of information. Find out how to do this effectively and avoid leaving your site visitors in the dark.http://www.uswebpros.com?Tell_me_what_your_website_does__31&a=3198Discover how to improve both usability and accessibility for screen magnifier users using the Internet.http://www.uswebpros.com?Web_accessibility_for_screen_magnifier_users_31&a=3197Why a separate text-only version of a website is a really bad ideahttp://www.uswebpros.com?Separate_text_only_version__No_thanks__31&a=3196Writing for the web is totally different to writing for printed matter - find out how to write content for this medium with these eight guidelines.http://www.uswebpros.com?Website_content___usability_31&a=3195Popular article outlining how a website optimised for accessibility also improves its usabilityhttp://www.uswebpros.com?The_Secret_Benefit_Of_Accessibility_Part_1__Increased_Usability_31&a=3194How to make web website x 10 times cheaper and x 10 times faster.http://www.uswebpros.com?Web_Site_Templates&a=3102Everyday we hear that another company goes out of business. http://www.uswebpros.com?Why_DotComs_Fail__a_Webmaster39s_Perspective&a=3005The Web Accessibility Toolbar will help you test any website for basic accessibility in just a few minutes - find out where you can get it from and how to use it. http://www.uswebpros.com?Using_the_Web_Accessibility_Toolbar_28&a=2968Well, I bet many of you have been trying to find tools to help you in optimizing your website for search engines. So I thought I would throw together an article with a list of really useful tools (and of course ill give you a link to their websites so you can download them to!)http://www.uswebpros.com?Search_Engine_Optimization_Tools&a=2899The great debate: how much copy you should have on your site, particularly on the home page?http://www.uswebpros.com?Is_a_Picture_Really_Worth_a_Thousand_Words&a=2799"It's good.""You've done a nice job.""I don't like it.http://www.uswebpros.com?Eliciting_Constructive_Website_Feedback&a=2694Does your website have a links/resources page?http://www.uswebpros.com?Enhance_Your_Website_With_A_YahooStyle_Directory&a=2597Web Site Optimization: How To Speed Up Your Web Site By Minimizing Your GIF and PNG Image "Bit-Depthhttp://www.uswebpros.com?Web_Site_Optimization_How_To_Speed_Up_Your_Web_Site_By_Minimizing_Your_GIF_and_PNG_Image_BitDepth&a=2506One of the most frequent questions I get asked about my ebook, Don't Get Banned BY The Search Engines, is whether I amended it to include post-Florida Google. "Florida" is the code name that search engine optimizer wizards gave to a November, 2003, shakeup at Google that left many webmasters covering themselves up with makeshift fig leaves while...http://www.uswebpros.com?Are_You_A_Bill_Clinton_Webmaster&a=2409Understanding exactly what search engines do and what search engine optimization is seems to elude many new website owners when first starting out. The fact is that when you’re not familiar enough with the industry to determine SEO fact from SEO fiction can only mean trouble for your website. Could you be making those same mistakes with your site?http://www.uswebpros.com?Most_Common_Search_Engine_Optimization_Mistakes&a=2299If you’re an up and coming graphic/web designer just out of university, you’ll know it’s quite hard to break into the workforce. You have to contact employers one by one, spend your time traveling and lugging your portfolio to their offices. Well, things have changed, and for the better let me tell you. Now you can make your own on-line portfolio...http://www.uswebpros.com?Having_Your_Personal_Portfolio_On_The_Internet_Will_Help_You_Infiltrate_The_Workforce_And_Get_Your_Identity_Out_There&a=2195See how you can create graphic effects on text with PHP and GD - drop shadows, arcs, fonts and colors.http://www.uswebpros.com?PIM_Team_Case_Study_Creating_Text_Effects_With_PHP_and_GD&a=2088Although the vast majority of website traffic is the direct result of search engines, there are many offline marketing techniques that can be used to draw customers to your website. The examples listed below are but a few ways in which you can market your online presence to an offline audience in an inexpensive manner. Some of the examples listed...http://www.uswebpros.com?Creative_Offline_Website_Marketing_Techniques&a=1993I don't know about you, but when I built my first web site three years back I don't know anything about the webloggers. One day when I checking the features of my web host control panel (after two months of uploading my first home page) I saw the link 'Webstats'. That was the first time I get to know that I can know how many people are comming to...http://www.uswebpros.com?Reasons_Why_You_Should_Have_A_Weblogger_Installed_On_Your_Web_Site&a=1880Five FAQ about Google PageRankhttp://www.uswebpros.com?Five_FAQ_About_Google_PageRank&a=1755It doesn’t matter if your emailing photos of your grandson or putting images of your latest product on your online store. Too many people don’t consider optimizing their photos for the web. We’ve all been on too many web pages where it seemed that the photos would never load, and sometimes they didn’t. So here are some steps to make sure that your...http://www.uswebpros.com?Optimize_your_Photos_for_the_Web&a=1643(including how to build a fantastic website, all the elements you need to consider and how to make it work with little or notechnical abilities).http://www.uswebpros.com?The_Technical_Stuff&a=1518Through the explosive growth of the Web, companies have realized the benefit of building a strong online presence. By publishing a website to the Internet, companies are able to build their brand, market their products, support existing customers, release publicity pieces, and even take orders. Lost in the feverish pace of growth however, has been...http://www.uswebpros.com?Making_The_Business_Case_For_Web_Standards&a=1416"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" I'm going to bet that it's not you, um I mean, not your website. With all of the new websites popping up all over the place how do you know where you rank? How popular is your site compared to the next one?http://www.uswebpros.com?Determine_Your_Popularity_On_The_Web&a=12961. Use .gifs rather than .jpgs. GIFs are smaller in size when compared to JPGshttp://www.uswebpros.com?Images_How_To_Make_Them_To_Load_Fast_On_Your_Web_Pages&a=1187Don't mess with those links! When you're designing your site, you should leave your text links in their natural state--blue and underlined. We all want to be creative and not do the bland, expected, normal thing. We want to change our links to red, green, yellow, even black--anything but blue. And we have the urge to take off those underlines. http://www.uswebpros.com?Leave_those_Links_Blue&a=1081The very name CGI used to send chills up my spine. For years I put it in the 'too-hard-basket'. But like most things in life, CGI is not as scary as it seems. If you have a cgi directory on your website and you know how to FTP files, chances are you can have a CGI script up and running in less than 20 minutes. http://www.uswebpros.com?Why_Aren39t_You_Using_CGI&a=962We’ve all seen them, you’ve been browsing a website and you click a link and nothing loads apart from the words ‘404 Error’ along with the usual stuff.http://www.uswebpros.com?404_Error_Pages&a=854I've heard a lot of good comments regarding Macromedia's Dreamweaver site building tool.http://www.uswebpros.com?Superior_to_Dreamweaver&a=739Does your website make a good first impression? Is the navigation intuitive? Is the content appropriate for your audience? You've had your website up and running for a while now but you've always had a nagging suspicion that your website is lacking effectiveness and you just can't put your finger on it. You've dabbled with colors, added/removed...http://www.uswebpros.com?How_Does_Your_Website_Measure_Up&a=623There has been a lot of to-ing and fro-ing in the search engine world of late and there are lots of conspiracy theories as to why these things happenhttp://www.uswebpros.com?If_Content_is_King_then_surely_Relevance_is_Queen&a=514When you designed your website, you probably dreamt about how wonderful it would be if one day a popular TV program featured it, and you would become famous overnight, and make lots of $$$.http://www.uswebpros.com?Can_They_Use_Your_Website_In_A_TV_Broadcast_About_Scams&a=403Israel. What do you think when your first hear this word? Right, like most people you imagine what you probably saw on CNN or NBC. Blown up buses, Suicide Bombers, Military Operations, Outright Violence – all over the place. http://www.uswebpros.com?Mysterious_Tel_Aviv_Lifestyle_2&a=68With the rise in ownership of computers and internet usage growing daily, the internet is fast becoming the primary port of call for information, shopping and services. In addition, those computer and internet users are increasingly from non-English speaking countries. At the end of 2002, it was estimated that 32% of internet users were non-native...http://www.uswebpros.com?Culture_and_Website_Localization&a=67One of the single most important aspects of effective navigation is consistency. Why? There's a simple reason.http://www.uswebpros.com?Keep_Your_Navigation_Consistent&a=66Copyright 2005 USWebPros.com - All Rights Reserved.