Generate Custom CSS Code for Rounded Corners
Posted on February 4, 2012 - Filed Under Cool Websites, Web Site Tips | Leave a Comment
Rounded corners are highly desired as in Web design. They give a softer, more professional experience for borders on a Web page. However, they are not the easiest element to code for CSS beginners.
If you are struggling with making your corners round, a service called Border Radius can generate code for you—all to your custom specifications and in CSS3, Gecko and WebKit.
Use Short Games in Place of Captcha
Posted on January 13, 2012 - Filed Under Web Site Tips | Leave a Comment
Practically everyone on the Web hates Captcha. Most of the time, the words are nonsensical and illegible. Users spend 2-4 tries in decoding Captcha messages, all in an effort to make the website owner’s life just a touch better by avoiding spam. Obviously, this is not customer-oriented Web design.
However, most website owners are not ready to delete Captcha codes altogether. For those who feel they need spam protection, but understand the frustration associated with Captcha, try Are You a Human—a Captcha replacement that asks users to complete a very short game to prove they are not robots.
Make a Logo for Your Business or Website the Easy Way
Posted on December 22, 2011 - Filed Under Web Site Tips | Leave a Comment
New websites appear on the Internet every single day. Each one of these sites needs individual branding in order to survive for any great length of time. A great business logo is the first piece of good branding, but not everybody has the artistic skills or vision needed to create a memorable logo.
Logotype Maker is a quick way to make a custom logo for your business with little artistic skill required.
Enter the name of your business, then click Generate Logo.
Embed Your RSS Feed on Any Webpage
Posted on December 1, 2011 - Filed Under Web Site Tips | Leave a Comment
Blog popularity depends on more than just being seen by the major search engines. Advertisements definitely help, but having your feed showing in as many places as possible, include Facebook pages and personal Web sites, can also help.
RSSInclude.com provides an easy way to embed your feed on any Webpage.
Click the Create a New RSSbox button on the homepage.
On the next page, choose one of the free box templates on the left and click Create Now. The templates on the right are premium, and thus cost $36.50 per year.
Make Money Through Advertisements that Replace CAPTCHA
Posted on November 20, 2011 - Filed Under Web Site Tips | 1 Comment
If there is anything utterly annoying about Web sites these days, it is CAPTCHA technology. Distorted, hard-to-read text and numbers might cut down on spam, but frustrate Web site visitors and may result in more lost sales than we care to admit.
A new company called Solve Media has an innovative idea. Instead of distorted text, visitors are asked to input part of the text in an advertisement. This still proves the user as human, but is less frustrating for the user, and earns the site owner a profit at the same time.
Check How Your Website Looks to a Screen Reader
Posted on November 17, 2011 - Filed Under Web Site Tips | Leave a Comment
While accessibility for the handicapped is not always a primary concern for Web developers, the fact remains that there are plenty of visually impaired who try to surf the Internet every day. Not all website designs are created equally when it comes to the devices the blind use to navigate the Web.
To check how your design would look in a screen reader, download the Firefox plugin called Fangs.
On the Fangs page in the Firefox Add-ons list, click Continue to Download.
