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Newsletter Archive: 2004
Website Usability And You
Visitors will usually scan a website for a maximum of 5 seconds before they decide to move on or stay and look around. Those 5 seconds are key to getting your message across and piquing your customers' interest. You want to do everything you can to keep your visitors at your website. Hard to read? They leave. Difficult to navigate? They leave. Too complicated? They leave. Your website is so vague they don't know what it is about? You better believe they leave.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/1220.html
12.20.04
Track Your Visitors, Using PHP
There are many different traffic analysis tools, ranging from simple counters to complete traffic analyzers.


http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/1207.html
12.07.04
Web Site Accessibility - It’s Just Good Sense
Most of us already know it's good business to have a presence on the World Wide Web. Since millions of people from all over the world use the Web each day, having a web site is one of the best ways to increase market share and audience reach. However, even companies with a web site could be missing out on the full potential the Web offers, if the content on their site is not accessible to the widest audience possible.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/1110.html
11.10.04
Culture and Website Localization
With 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 English speakers. This figure is constantly rising. In response, businesses have quickly become aware of the benefits of website localization.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/1015.html
10.15.04
JavaScript: Redirecting URL
Whenever you want to generate dynamic pages you often have to resort to using some server side scripting language such as PHP or ASP.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/0922.html
09.22.04
Web Analytics Designed to Improve Keyword Conversion
The information you get from your site's web analytics is crucial to your company's online success. By monitoring the traffic of your web site, tracking online behavior, measuring conversion ratio and profiling your visitors, you can make profitable decisions about your site.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/0909.html
09.09.04
Why A CSS Website Layout Will Make You Money
Although CSS layouts have been around for years, they haven't become so commonplace until recently.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/0908.html
09.08.04
Optimizing Your Web Site To Load Faster
Is your website taking forever to load because of all the heavy graphics you're using? How long does it takes for a modest DIALUP user to wait patiently for a website to completely load up on his/her browser? 60 seconds? 30 seconds?

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/0623.html
06.23.04
Dreamweaver Vs FrontPage
There are two major WYSIWYG(What You See Is What You Get) editors available for beginners. These are: Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver. So the question is which one is better?

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/0609.html
06.09.04
HTACCESS Wrappers With PHP
HTACCESS is a remarkable tool you can use for password protection, error handling (like custom 404 pages), or HTTP redirects. It can also be used to transform whole folders in seconds: adding headers to all your HTML documents, watermarking all your images, and more.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/0526.html
05.26.04
Dynamic Thumbnail Generation with PHP
The Web is about self-service. To achieve success in self-service you need to really understand how your visitors think and behave. If they are to serve themselves they must feel comfortable and confident. That requires getting to know their needs in a comprehensive manner. It requires an ongoing conversation with them.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/0512.html
05.12.04
The Top 3 Priorities of the Talking Horse
A guy walks into a bar and tells the bartender he is all excited. Apparently, he just met a talking horse. He goes on and on about how impressed he was that the horse could talk. After a few minutes of listening, the bartender asks, "What did the horse say?"

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/0428.html
04.28.04
Create a Fully Customized Web News Center
ActiveRefresh - Web News Reader, CRT - Terminal Emulation, Dr.Tag - Music Management, Alchemy Eye - Network Monitor.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004/0424.html
04.24.04
Dynamic Thumbnail Generation with PHP
This article covers the topic of dynamic thumbnail generation. The idea is that a user uploads a large image and then our program generates a thumbnail version of that large image. The examples in this article require that you have a version of php compiled with the gd library and are able to write to a directory on your server from within php.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0417.html
04.17.04
The Three Core Principles Of Great Web Design
The essence of a website is self-service. There are three core things that self-service needs to get right: convenience, speed, and price. Convenience means task achievement with minimum effort. Speed means that you get in and out of a website as quickly as possible. People are cheap on the Web.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0414.html
04.14.04
Share Your Opinions on Web Design and Development Tools
The study is designed for IT professionals with experience in developing and/or designing web sites and web applications.  If you do not fit this description, please forward this invitation to one colleague in your company who does

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0408.html
04.08.04
PHP In The Command Line
Ever run commands in DOS? You've used a shell. A "shell" in the computer world is a place where you enter commands and run files by name rather than clicking around different windows.

Most web hosts let you operate a shell remotely. This means that you can type commands in window on your computer, that are actually run on your web host, thousands of miles away.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0407.html
04.07.04
Introduction To Microsoft's .NET Platform
In the present Internet scenario, accessing data from different accounts at various places isn't practically feasible. Usually databases are designed for particular devices such as a PC, a WAP enabled Cell Phone, a PDA (HPC) is inaccessible from other devices. Microsoft has unveiled MICROSOFT.NET which supports the following technologies keeping all these aspects in mind.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0331.html
03.31.04
Now Anyone Can Update Web Content Quickly and Easily
Macromedia Contribute allows literally anyone to quickly and easily update simple web site content without jeopardizing your sites' structure. Content owners get to make controlled web updates while you get to worry about the real stuff. Try it today, and if you buy in March you'll save up to 50% for your office.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0324.html
03.24.04
Recover Lost or Deleted Files
Ashampoo Movie Shrink & Burn, R-Word Recovery Software, Ashampoo MP3 AudioCenter, Active@ File Recovery

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0213.html
02.13.04
3 Quick Tips To Improve Your Homepage
Everyone who has a website struggles at one time or another with how to improve their home page. Although many visitors enter through pages deeper in your site, your home page is often a visitor's first introduction to your company or organization. For that reason, it's important to start off on the right foot.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0211.html
02.11.04
IHotelier: Demonstrating The Potential Of Flash For Web App Design
Here, in the nether-regions of the Greater Boston area, we have a linguistic habit of leaving the letter 'R' out of words like 'car' (pronounced caa) or 'Harvard' (pronounced haavaad). It's what makes us special.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0128.html
01.28.04
Start Your Own Hosting Company - No experience required
Alabanza's 400+ partners are entrepreneurs just like you. Most started their Web Hosting and Web Services companies from scratch or as a complement to other businesses.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0119.html
01.19.04
Alabanza: 2003 Year in Review
Alabanza has been the leader in Web Hosting Automation and a total solution since our inception in 1995 (see chart at end of document) and 2003 was proof that we won't settle for anything less.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0118.html
01.18.04
Alabanza: Hosting's Best Kept Secret
Alabanza does one thing and does it well – supports Hosting Resellers. That is why we have a staggering 400 of the world’s best Hosts as clients.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0117.html
01.17.04
The CAA: A Wicked Good Design Technique
Here, in the nether-regions of the Greater Boston area, we have a linguistic habit of leaving the letter 'R' out of words like 'car' (pronounced caa) or 'Harvard' (pronounced haavaad). It's what makes us special.

http://www.thedevweb.com/2004a/0114.html
01.14.04


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