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How to Rescue Your Website from the Clutches of a Bad Web Designer or Bad Web Host

25 Aug 2010 06:00:19 GMT

Is your website stuck with a bad web host or a bad web designer, who is refusing to return your site to you, and leaving it to languish? Here's help on how to regain control of your website and move it elsewhere without their cooperation.

How to Created Rounded Corners for Your Box Borders in CSS

9 Aug 2010 05:51:34 GMT

Tired of putting retro rectangular boxes with right-angled corners on your web pages? This article teaches you how to create boxes with rounded corners to enclose your text and/or pictures, giving it a more modern look. And you don't even need to do tedious things like slice images: the tutorial uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to accomplish the job.

[Updated] How to Add ReCAPTCHA to Your Contact Form Script: Reducing Spam in Your Contact Form

5 Aug 2010 02:02:23 GMT

Another frequently asked question (FAQ) has been added to the How to Add a CAPTCHA Test to Your Feedback Form Script: Reducing Spam in Your Contact Form article. This one deals with how to solve the problem of the ReCAPTCHA service rejecting your CAPTCHA test after you move your site to a new domain.

How to Add a Feedback Form to Your Website with Dreamweaver CS5

21 Jul 2010 01:00:59 GMT

Learn how to use Dreamweaver CS5 to add a feedback form to your website, so that your visitors can send you email messages without leaving your site. No programming knowledge is required. This is the final chapter of the Dreamweaver CS5 Tutorial.

How to Manage and Auto-Update Multiple Pages on Your Website with Dreamweaver CS5's Template System

13 Jul 2010 01:00:39 GMT

Dreamweaver makes it easy for webmasters to create and manage multiple web pages on a site. For example, if you want to change your site design, you only have to do it in one place, and Dreamweaver will automatically update the rest of your site to include your changes, even if you have hundreds of pages on your site. This tutorial shows you how to take advantage of this web editor to manage your website in an easy and efficient manner. This is chapter 7 of the Dreamweaver CS5 Tutorial.

How to Customize Your Website's Navigation Menu Bar with Dreamweaver CS5

29 Jun 2010 03:36:04 GMT

Learn how to customize the navigation menu buttons of your website in Dreamweaver CS5. Add new buttons, delete existing ones, make them point to important pages on your website, and change the colours of the buttons both when the mouse is hovering over them and when it is not. This is the chapter 6 of the free Dreamweaver CS5 Tutorial.

How to Make Your Images and Text into Clickable Links with Dreamweaver CS5

14 Jun 2010 01:04:37 GMT

Find out how to make your pictures and words into links that point to other pages and websites using Dreamweaver CS5. This is the fifth chapter of the Dreamweaver CS5 Tutorial.

How to Change the Background of Your Website in Dreamweaver CS5

7 Jun 2010 01:15:56 GMT

Learn how to use Dreamweaver CS5 to set the background colours ("colors") of your web page or use an image as the backdrop for the various parts of your website in this chapter of the Dreamweaver CS5 Tutorial.

How to Change Fonts, Text Size and Colours in Dreamweaver CS5

31 May 2010 04:46:25 GMT

This tutorial shows you how to change fonts, modify the size and colour ("color") of your text, and put text in bold and italics using the Dreamweaver CS5 web editor. It is the 3rd chapter of the Dreamweaver CS5 Tutorial.

How to Add Pictures and a Site Logo to Your Website Using Dreamweaver CS5

19 May 2010 04:37:12 GMT

This article teaches you how to insert images, including a site logo, into your website using Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. It also shows you how to centre ("center") your logo on your page, should you need to do so. This is the 2nd chapter of the Dreamweaver CS5 Tutorial series.

Dreamweaver CS5 Tutorial: How to Create a Website with the New Dreamweaver CS5 Web Editor

13 May 2010 01:19:47 GMT

The newest version of the famous Dreamweaver web editor, Dreamweaver CS5, has now been released. Learn how to use this editor to create your own website with this latest tutorial, Dreamweaver CS5 Tutorial: How to Design a Website with Dreamweaver CS5.

What is MySQL? What is a Database? What is SQL?

26 Apr 2010 04:14:10 GMT

If you're trying to set up your own website, and are puzzled by the terms "MySQL" and "database" that seem to appear everywhere on webmaster sites, read this article to find out what they mean.

How to Make the Meta Tags for Your Website into an Editable Region in a Dreamweaver Template

18 Mar 2010 04:03:12 GMT

A meta description tag provides a short summary of what a web page is about, and is meant for search engines to display underneath your web page's title in search engine results. Templates are used by the Dreamweaver web editor to let you manage multiple pages on your website in an easy and efficient way. This article answers a question asked by a few visitors on how the two can be made to work with each other.

How to Create Bulleted Lists (Unordered Lists) for Your Web Page with KompoZer

10 Mar 2010 01:15:14 GMT

Unordered lists are useful if you want to place a list of loosely related items on your web page. This article shows you how to do this using the free KompoZer web editor.

How to Point Multiple Domain Names to One Website: And How to Avoid Search Engine Problems When Doing So

18 Feb 2010 06:51:11 GMT

Find out why you might want multiple domain names pointing to your website and how to do it correctly so as to avoid the problems that it might have on your search engine rankings.

How to Create a Bulleted List (Unordered List) for Your Website in Dreamweaver

13 Feb 2010 04:06:33 GMT

This article deals with how you can create one of those lists with bullet points preceding each item using the Dreamweaver web editor. It's very handy if you want to list things but don't want to use numbers since that would suggest some sort of sequence or order to the items. (And yes, I use this type of list a lot on thesitewizard.com.)

Should You Choose a Linux or a Windows Web Hosting Package? Is There Such a Thing as a Mac Web Host?

21 Jan 2010 01:00:21 GMT

Those who are thinking of starting a website will have noticed that some web hosts advertise Linux packages, others Windows, still others FreeBSD. Should you choose a Linux web host or a Windows one? What if you have a Mac? When do you need a Windows web host and when a Linux or FreeBSD? This article attempts to answer these questions.

How to Point a Domain Name to Your Website (Or What to Do After Buying Your Domain Name)

3 Jun 2009 01:00:10 GMT

So you've bought your own domain name. What do you do next? How do you point a domain name at your website or your web hosting account? This article answers that question.

What Does It Mean to Park a Domain Name? Domain Name Parking Explained.

26 May 2009 06:42:58 GMT

In response to a query, this article explains what it means to park a domain name. It also covers situations where you may want to park a domain name, and discusses why you may not want use your domain name registrar's parking services.

How to Make / Create Your Own Website: A Beginner's A-Z Guide (Updated)

19 Mar 2009 06:35:35 GMT

The popular Beginner's A-Z Guide on Starting/Creating Your Own Website has been updated. In particular, the section on making money from your website has been augmented so that it now has information on how to put an order form or "Buy Now" button on your site in addition to the existing tutorial on placing advertisements and collecting credit card payments.

If you're thinking of starting your own website, this guide will take you through all the steps necessary, in an easy-to-understand way.

What is HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and Perl? Do I Need to Learn Them to Create a Website?

30 Jun 2008 09:00:29 GMT

If you're thinking of starting your own website, and are stumped by terms like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and Perl, take a look at this article, explaining them, as well as describing what you'll need to do to create a website.