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Generate Custom CSS Code for Rounded Corners

kjackson_ott — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:18:50 +0000

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 [...]

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Generate Custom CSS Code for Rounded Corners

Use Short Games in Place of Captcha

kjackson_ott — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:50:15 +0000

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 [...]

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Use Short Games in Place of Captcha

Make a Logo for Your Business or Website the Easy Way

kjackson_ott — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:17:21 +0000

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 [...]

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Make a Logo for Your Business or Website the Easy Way

Embed Your RSS Feed on Any Webpage

kjackson_ott — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:30:07 +0000

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 [...]

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Embed Your RSS Feed on Any Webpage

Make Money Through Advertisements that Replace CAPTCHA

kjackson_ott — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:58:54 +0000

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 [...]

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Make Money Through Advertisements that Replace CAPTCHA

Check How Your Website Looks to a Screen Reader

kjackson_ott — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:12:31 +0000

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 [...]

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Check How Your Website Looks to a Screen Reader

Check Web Pages for Duplicate Content

kjackson_ott — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:26:22 +0000

A few months ago, Google released a new algorithm known in the webmaster world as Panda. Overnight, websites that once had high rank in the Google search results virtually dropped off the face of the earth, leaving everyone to wonder why. One of the reasons for this dramatic shift is because Google’s new ranking method [...]

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Check Web Pages for Duplicate Content

Check the Social Media Profile, Traffic and Value of any Web Site

kjackson_ott — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:57:56 +0000

Most Web site owners use Google Analytics to track their traffic and ad campaigns, but unfortunately, Google Analytics only gives part of the overall picture of a Web site. Google can show search keywords that landed visitors on the site, the country in which visitors live and even how long they spent on the site. [...]

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Check the Social Media Profile, Traffic and Value of any Web Site

Make an Image Map the Easy Way

kjackson_ott — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:29:26 +0000

Image maps have many uses. Many Web sites use them to allow visitors to easy select their home country or state. Other Web sites use them as navigational sidebars. They play well with CSS, and some search engines even index their links. But, image maps can be a total pain to create. Few of us [...]

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Make an Image Map the Easy Way

Test Your Website’s Load Time for Mobile Devices

kjackson_ott — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:07:17 +0000

Internet surfers have notoriously short attention spans. If a website does not load quickly, they simply find another website to surf. This is especially true for mobile phone users. No one wants to spend their Starbucks time waiting for a website to load. To test your website’s load speed on mobile devices, try Mobitest. First, [...]

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Test Your Website’s Load Time for Mobile Devices

Create a Japanese Background for Your Website

kjackson_ott — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:08:58 +0000

Most websites use a background image in place of a standard color as a wrapper. This can give a professional look to an otherwise amateur site. However, finding a good background image that matches your overall theme can be challenging. Japonizer allows you to take a traditional Japanese pattern and customize it as a background [...]

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Create a Japanese Background for Your Website

Check Your On-Page Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

kjackson_ott — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:06:25 +0000

Search engine optimization is vital to a website’s long-term survival. New webmasters often pay close attention to the overall meta tags for the website, especially on the homepage, but neglect the need for customization on individual pages. SEO Page Explorer can help point out places for SEO improvement on your web pages. Enter the URL [...]

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Check Your On-Page Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Merge and Embed Your iCal Calendars on Any Website

kjackson_ott — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:25:58 +0000

The days of paper-based planners are long over for most of us. Between the electronic appointment reminders on our phones and tablets, cloud-based calendars like the Google Calendar and the elaborate calendar tool built into Outlook, very few people still keep a paper calendar. One of the best features of these iCal calendars is the [...]

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Merge and Embed Your iCal Calendars on Any Website

Track How Many People Open, Read and Delete Your Mass Emails

kjackson_ott — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:43:26 +0000

Mass email campaigns are used by nearly every company with an Internet presence. We receive at least 200 of these emails per day from bookstores, software developers, local grocery stores and even dating Web sites. Most of these mass emails end up in the trash folder without being opened. If you are using or considering [...]

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Track How Many People Open, Read and Delete Your Mass Emails

Link Directly to Webpage Quotes

kjackson_ott — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:22:58 +0000

Bloggers often borrow quotes and link to articles on other blogs as source material. These citations provide a helpful resource for readers, and also give a respectful nod to other, often competing, bloggers. However, if the linked article is lengthy, readers can become frustrated with finding information related to the original quote. What would be [...]

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Link Directly to Webpage Quotes