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How to Put a Clickable Email Address on Your Web Page Using Dreamweaver

17 Nov 2009 05:29:13 GMT

For webmasters (especially those running businesses) who want to put an email address on their website, this article describes how you can make that email address into a clickable link.

How to Install PrestaShop Shopping Cart on Your Website

5 Nov 2009 05:36:13 GMT

Are you selling goods or services on your website? Or perhaps you want to sell digital goods like ebooks, software, music MP3 files, etc, and don't know how to get your website to automatically deliver the goods sold to your customers after they pay for it. The PrestaShop software is a free (and open source) shopping cart program that you can install on your website to run your own online shop. This tutorial shows you how you can set it up.

How to Make Your Links Change Colour When the Mouse Hovers Over It Using Dreamweaver: Creating Mouseover / Rollover Effects

21 Oct 2009 06:37:13 GMT

If you're fascinated by how a link is highlighted when you move your mouse over it on some sites, including thesitewizard.com itself, this article teaches you how you can create the same effect for your website using Dreamweaver. It also shows how you can change the default colour ("color") scheme for your unclicked and visited links, add/remove underlines, etc.

Reminder: Geocities Closes on 29 October 2009: Move Your Website Before It's Too Late

13 Oct 2009 06:00:56 GMT

Important: Geocities, the well-known free web host, officially closes on 29 October 2009. If you still have a website on Geocities, please move it before it's too late. Read the guide How to Transfer / Move Your Website from GeoCities: Closure of GeoCities' Free Web Hosting to make sure you don't miss an important step.

Will I Have to Continue to Pay a Fee to Keep My Domain Name After I Buy It? Can I Change Registrars? Can I Terminate My Domain Name?

28 Sep 2009 06:44:12 GMT

This article answers some questions newcomers have about registering a domain name, namely whether they have to continue to pay a fee to keep the domain name, whether they can change registrars and whether they can terminate a domain name if they don't want it any more.

How to Put Multiple Feedback Forms on One Website

18 Sep 2009 03:15:51 GMT

I've often been asked whether it's possible to put 2 or more contact forms on a website, using thesitewizard.com's Free Feedback Form Wizard. Some webmasters want to do this because there are multiple people that visitors may want to reach. This article shows you how to do this.

How to Delete a Web Page from Your Website: Removing an Already Uploaded File

10 Sep 2009 03:36:26 GMT

If you have ever published a web page, and then changed your mind about wanting such a page, this article is for you. It shows you how you can delete that file from your site, no matter which web editor you happen to be using.

What's The Difference Between Liquid, Elastic, Relative, Fluid, Flexible and Fixed Layouts?

1 Sep 2009 05:33:01 GMT

Where web design is concerned, I'm sure you've heard of things like a "liquid" layout, or a "fluid" one, or an "elastic" one, and so on. What do all these terms mean, and which layout should you choose for your website? What are the consequences of choosing one layout over the other? This article attempts to answer those questions.

How to Add Text and Image Links to Your Website in Serif WebPlus X2

28 Aug 2009 00:30:41 GMT

This fifth chapter of the Serif WebPlus X2 tutorial deals with how you can make any text or image on your site into a clickable link. You can now link to other pages, photos, PDF ebooks, and other files on your site, as well as link to other websites.

How to Centre a Horizontal Navigation Menu Bar in Dreamweaver

18 Aug 2009 05:27:58 GMT

If you have inserted a horizontal menu bar into your site using Dreamweaver's built-in menu facilities, this tutorial may be of interest to you. It shows you how you can centre (or "center") the menu bar on the web page (or in one of the columns if you have a multi-column site).

How to Make Your Links Change Colour When the Mouse is Hovering Over It Using KompoZer: Creating a Rollover or Mouseover Effect

11 Aug 2009 05:25:10 GMT

I'm sure you've seen those websites (including thesitewizard.com itself) where if you hover your mouse over a link, the link is highlighted or changes colour (or "color") in some way. This tutorial shows you how you can accomplish this for your website using the free web editor KompoZer.

Do You Need a Web Editor If You Use Your Web Host's Free Website Templates?

5 Aug 2009 03:11:16 GMT

This article tries to clarify some of the confusing terms used in webmaster jargon while answering a question asked by one of thesitewizard.com's visitors. It also gives an important precaution to take before using any free web design template provided by your web host.

How to Add a Navigation Menu to Your Website with Serif WebPlus X2

29 Jul 2009 01:06:07 GMT

The fourth chapter of the Serif WebPlus X2 tutorial series is now online. This chapter shows you how you can insert a navigation menu to your website as well as how you can configure the navigation bar so that it has an appearance that suits your site design. (For those wondering, Serif WebPlus X2 is a visual web editor for designing websites.)

Why Does My Web Page Look Different After I Publish It with Dreamweaver? What Happened to the Columns?

22 Jul 2009 03:49:47 GMT

If you find that your website does not have the multi-column layout you designed in Dreamweaver after you publish it, or it's missing the pictures you placed on your site, read this article for the solution.

How to Add a CAPTCHA Test to Your Feedback Form Script: Reducing Spam in Your Contact Form

15 Jun 2009 07:13:55 GMT

Is your mail box filled with spam sent by automated computer programs dumping junk into your feedback form? Are you tired of having to wade through tons of ridiculous body enhancement suggestions replete with grammatical errors before arriving at your real email? This article shows you how you can add a CAPTCHA facility to your feedback form in an easy-to-do way, to hopefully reduce the spam arriving through your contact form.

Note that this article is intended for the ordinary, non-technical webmaster, and can be implemented by anyone.

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.

How to Create a Website with Dreamweaver CS4 (Dreamweaver Tutorial)

8 Dec 2008 11:08:57 GMT

If you are thinking of a way to create your own website, check out this tutorial on how you can use the famous Dreamweaver CS4 web editor to design and build it. The tutorial series goes through all the steps necessary for you to create a fully functional website, complete with home page, feedback form, site map, and so on.

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.