|
|
|
10 Tips on designing a fast loading web site
Tips and tricks on effective web design The Number 1 rule that every web designer should follow is to create a fast loading web site. You might have a great design but very few people are going to see it if it takes a long time to load. While...
Bigmouthmedia wins ‘Best Use of Search’ award.
Leading search engine optimisation agency bigmouthmedia has just announced its acceptance of the ‘Best Use of Search’ award in the prestigious 2005 Imperatives Digital Awards. This award was especially gratifying to the company as it included an...
CD/DVD and Music Software
Music Software There is plenty of free and trial version (shareware) audio software available for download these days. You can convert, encode, rip, edit, burn, and even record audio off LPs or in some cases, you can record any sound you...
Effective Website Design
One of the most commonly overlooked elements of an effective E-Business is the very thing that is essential to your success. Something as simple as the design of your website can make or break your business. Each consumer has their own set...
GSM Cell Phones - What You Wanted To Ask But Always Slipped Out Of Your Mind...
GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communication. GSM cell
phones come with integrated voice mail, high-speed data, fax,
paging and Short Messaging Services. Excellent sound quality,
International Roaming facility with state of the art...
Is your website legal?
So let's get straight to the point. Is your website legal? Well, in October 2004 we reached the deadline of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), 1995 in which the DDA ordered service providers to make "reasonable adjustments" to the physical...
Mobile phone- PC data synchronization
Mobile Navigator is a worldwide known synchronization tool for
your Siemens/Ericsson mobile phone and PC.
We celebrated our new generation software by supporting Siemens S55/56/57 first!
Great mobile deserves great software..So here it comes...
Page Structure: Headings and Lists
When HTML started, people put all sorts of things on their
pages: there was a tag to say which font you wanted your text to
be in, a tag to say you wanted it to be in the centre of the
page, and so on. Now, though, that way of writing pages...
Understanding HTML
HTML is a relatively simple language, in some places it is
almost completely readable and understandable but that doesn't
stop people from having problems with it. Why is that? It's
mainly because, while the HTML tags themselves are...
Web Designer's Guide to Search Engine Optimization
From a search engine point of view, the perfect webpage has no
graphics, no scripting, no tables...etc but just alot of normal,
plain readable text. You can just take it that plain text is the
food for search engine spiders. Therefore, the more...
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 Reasons Why Using CSS is a Must
CSS is a new option for website designers that have been using HTML and tables for most of their web designing careers. Of course, it is a huge change and requires learning a new language and skill, however most people are saying CSS is worth it and it will give you more control, options, and is easier to edit. Consider the following 7 reasons why using CSS is a must and see if it convinces you to change your method of web design.
Reason #1 Present Data Logically
When you use CSS in the layout of your website you can present your data in a logical way and CSS can then manage how the information appears. This is significantly easier than other methods and is one reason why CSS is a must.
Reason #2 More Options
With CSS you have more options for changing the location of information on your screen. This is important for a variety of reasons, especially if you anticipate the need to change columns or links at some time.
Reason #3 Complements HTML
Another reason CSS is a must is because it complements HTML. HTML and CSS alone both have weaknesses, but when used together your website design will be significantly stronger.
Reason #4 Editing
You can edit your website design if you need to for whatever reason without that much hassle if you are using CSS. All you do is go in and edit the definition. This is a lot easer than searching and replacing of years
past.
Reason #5 Faster
When you use CSS your pages not only load faster but they also can be scrolled quicker than ever before. This is a huge deal to most web surfers as well as webmasters because speed is a huge implication in whether someone stays on your page or moves on. CSS increases speed, and as a result is a tool you must learn how to use.
Reason #6 Print
When you use CSS you can also include a printer friendly version of the website that makes it easier to print and can eliminate color, images, and other things that do not print easily.
Reason #7 Control
If you have been working with tables for layouts you are probably tired of the guessing that goes on. However, with CSS you have more control and can issues commands and know exactly where the result will appear, rather than guessing. This is in itself makes CSS a must have.
Now that you have some information on CSS, you are probably interested in knowing more details about how it works and above all how you can learn to use CSS. Fortunately, there is tons of information available online that will provide you with the answers to your many questions on CSS and how it can help you.
About the Author
Michael Turner shows you exactly how to increase web site traffic in his free 7 part mini-series. Grab it today at http://www.powertraffictactics.com/
|
|
|
|
|
|