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Jun
24th

Using the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) BOLD tag with the keyword phrase or keyword- tactics of SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

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So be BOLD now. If you are the one who is very much new to the web development then you will be able to discover that there are brilliant ways to add up the vales to the words and that is the BOLD tag or B tag. In overall plan of all the things, this is one of the extreme basic tags and also very low level in the terms of additional uses. However the power of adding the focus to the word is just not only in its own power but also there are many other tags that will be able to accomplish the same effect and also might be meant as it is bit more efficient. In fact all these additional tags are Strong and Font but do not fall in these types of traps.

This type of trap relates to a presupposition. The assumption is very much trusting that the icons that will be able to be located on most of the toolbars in the Microsoft FrontPage and the XSite Pro, you are very much aware of the ones that looks exactly like the capital ‘B”. In most of the times, this will mean BOLD and also within an application such as Microsoft Word it does.

Since now, we’re just talking about HTML so now let us concentrate in this fact. ‘B’ is not the one what it actually looks like to be. For example: in the Microsoft FrontPage, the icon ‘B’ works exactly as you would like to think of.

But the XSite Pro would place the tags strong and strong all round the text that you want to be bolded. Yet it will yield the same results visually however from within the source of HTML it is pretty peculiar from the b tag and now here is booby trap. If the keywords are encapsulated then the search engines will not be able to add any weight to them.

So in order to be very much sure to now on how your WYSIWYG (“what you see is what you get”) application processes your own bolded text when and where you will make use of the button but here you should not just suspect. This will be the right time and it will be very much advantageous on knowing the HTML programming. Don’t bold too much as this will be thought as spam.

Do always stay tuned for all the examples that will be shown in a particular manner and you will come from the boundlessness of internet to the top 10 for the key phrase. You might also look out for the examples on many websites where most of the examples will include some of the images that will try to explain the alterations that are exactly done on the website. By doing so you can get the search engine optimization (SEO) tactics which will provide your website greater rank in the search engines


Jun
19th

Going in a different Direction and Building a Website without HTML

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If you are the one who had wanted to have a website of your own for long period of time, but have go scared just because of lack of knowledge of HTML, but you will be able to still have happy home on web. It is very simple. The first and foremost thing that you will need to know is that according to the belief, you will not need to know about HTML to own a site on web. In fact, building a site is pretty easy and it can be even done a by a child.

The first thing that you will need to know about building A Website without HTML is that of the type of the ‘host’ or ‘web host’ that you will need to look out for a site host along with a website editor. These website editors are called as editors, WYSIWYG (“what you see is what you get”), site builders, template builders or even as site editors. The important thing that you need to know is that you should no go with the free hosters as they will put up their advertisements on your WebPages. Some of the companies do provide with easy sitebuilder but they do not allow you to get the freedom of having your own domain name, add-free webspace or the full control over your website. Several of the paid hosting companies’ offer easy site building and it is available cheaply for as low as $2 pr month or even less.

If you use the non-free site hosting, then you will be able to use your domain name, can use professional email address, can install the different scripts on the site and many more things can be done. Than the sound, it is very much easy to do.

The foremost thing is to purchase your own domain name when you want to own a website. On the internet, there are different registrars. Some of them would recommend some companies but however in the Google search for the domain registration would give lots of options. If you have purchased the first domain then you will have to purchase the website hosting as well. Do check out for the web hosting companies that will provide you reasonable rates with great service. Once you have purchased the web hosting, then you will get the information from the web hosting company that will have your new nameservers. By yourself you will be able to set up your own nameservers by just logging in to your domain account and however it may be pretty easier to call the web hosting company that you have purchased the domain name from and can ask them to modify the nameservers for you.

At once you have set up your domain’s nameservers and then the rest of the work is pretty easy. Go to the control panel in your website and then login into the editor which you would want and then start building the website without HTML. Later publish it into your voila and directory as well. Now you ill have your own domain name and very own website with full control over it.


May
28th

Why should you learn HTML? Here are some important Reasons

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In today’s modern world, all the works are governed by internet and each and everyone wants to build their own Website and one of the major questions that come in mind is how to build? At this time the research begins. During the research, most of the times you will be on the same media and at last you will end up with more number of questions than answers. So how will handle all the information that you gather? This might happen because you have to know the answers to the question such as “just use WYSIWYG Editor or else should i lean HTML code? What will be better for me?” Answers for these questions will depend upon all your expectations, intentions and needs as well. In order to clear all the things, you have to know the difference between WYSIWYG and HTML editors.

Time to learn

Learning WYSIWYG editors is the biggest advantage as using this it is easy to build any Website. For the people who write a letter in their text editor or draw the image in their picture will know what it is all about. On the other hand, writing in the HTML language tends to be complicated although it is an easy language. HTML is just a markup language and one of the reasons why it is easier then many other languages is because the resulting Webpage is interpreted by the codes. Learning HTML will give you long time advantages.

Time to build

While building a Website, time is one of the diffuse points. During the building of a website, the time will depend upon the expertise of the designer and most probably, the Website can be finished faster by using WYSIWYG editor.

Portability

HTML codes can be written in any of the text editor but you will not be able to build a website using WYSIWYG editor.

Code properness

when you’re using the WYSIWYG editor, the Webpage that is created should be in the visual way that is translated into the HTML code by the editor itself. When using the language of HTML, designer is the person who will be deciding on the codes which are to be used and which are not to be used.

Reach

The WYSIWYG editors that are available today brings you the advanced and easy solutions to all the designers incorporating the server side languages, markup languages, plug-ins, client side language and many more.

On the other side, HTML is just an HTML, but if you are a visionary then you will see that the HTML as the doorway for further learning.

Credibility

If you are trying to get a client or else you are working for a client already, it will not be the same to say that you know how to handle HTML and it will just say that you know to handle WYSIWYG editors only. By learning HTML, it gives additional point that is credibility.


Feb
13th

Evaluating and deciding on a Web Editor

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It can be hard or an easy decision to chose a Web Editor. There are a lot of products available in the market today. Web Editors should not be chosed on the basis of price and what the others are using. It’s pretty important to choose a Web Editor which satisfies your needs and budget. There are little useful tips in buying Web Editor which makes a great one.

Operating system and price

These are the facts which have to be kept in mind- if an Editor won’t work for your OS (operating system) or it is not affordable, then don’t download or buy it. Than the price there are a lot of other features to a good Web Page Editor or whether the Editor it runs Mac OS or other OS.

What type of a Web Editor is it?

There are 3 types of Editors available, they are:

Text Editors: these Editors let you to edit HTML tags directly and not in a visual way.
WYSIWYG Editors: these Editors let you to edit WebPages in visual manner and not the HTML directly
Combo Editors: these editors let you to edit either text or WYSIWYG depending upon your style or mood.

An Editor that offers you both will be more useful and gets more points than the one that is only text or WYSIWYG. What ever type of Editor you use it has come with HTML validator attached to it so that you can gain more points. Having an HTML validator saves you a lot of time in the long run. Text Editors should come with tag completion and colour coding.

Managing web pages:

Many Web Editors which are more powerful comes attached with Site Managers (projects). This site manager helps you to keep the files of one Website at a particular place. By doing so the Web Editor manipulates the files as sites rather than a single file. Here Web Editors manipulate the single files through FTP. Using replace and search, Web Editors help you to manage the files.

Images

Some of the Webpage Editors provides you with limited image editing in its tool like resizing and cropping. If these Web Editors can connect to other (outside) image editors, it makes more convenient to use.

Special characters, CSS and Java script

In most of the Editors these days you can write CSS styles, if the Editor is embedded with style library, CSS validator and CSS editor. With Web Editor it is easy to write CSS WebPages. This is the same case with Java script.
Web designers mostly forget about special characters. If the text is written in English, it’s easy to assume that, for an accented character you will not require to know the codes for that.

Conveniences of Web Editors

The ability of the Web Editors to connect with data base
Support for the languages like ASP, JSP, cold fusion and PHP.
Spell checkers ignoring tags will be critical.
Some of the Editors provide you with photo gallery maker