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29 March 2018

• New article: How to Make Expression Web Use HTML5 By Default. I was asked by a visitor how he could make Expression Web use HTML5 by default. This article addresses that question.

22 March 2018

• New article: How to Hide Images on a Website When It is Viewed on a Mobile Phone. I was asked by a visitor how to make an image disappear from a web page when it is displayed on a phone. This article answers that question.

16 March 2018

• Updated: How to Make / Create a Website. The article on how to create a website has been updated with information on the latest developments on the Internet, namely the worldwide move towards using SSL, and how it affects the webmaster.

9 March 2018

• New article: How to Add a Video to Your Website in HTML (HTML5). If you are looking for a way to put a video on your web page without hosting it on a video sharing site like YouTube, this article shows you the HTML code to use. With HTML5, this is now a very simple process.

1 March 2018

• New article: How to Change the Background Colour of a Web Page in CSS (HTML/CSS). In answer to a query from a visitor, this article deals with how you can change the colour of the background of either an entire web page or some portion of it (such as a paragraph or a column) using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

16 February 2018

• New article: How to Block the Author ID and Author Archive URLs in WordPress Blogs Using .htaccess. I was asked by a visitor how he could block queries for his author ID and archive pages on his WordPress blog using the Apache .htaccess file. He may have wanted to do this to prevent duplicate content and/or the unintended disclosure of his login name. This article answers that question, as well as provides additional things that need to be done if either or both those reasons were behind the query.

9 February 2018

• Updated: The entire BlueGriffon Tutorial has been updated for the version 3 series of BlueGriffon. Those who are thinking of using it to create a website can find the complete series online.

25 January 2018

• New article: What is the Best Font Size for a Web Page? And How to Change Font Sizes with CSS. I was asked by one visitor what the ideal font size for a web page is and another about how to change that size. This article answers both questions.

16 January 2018

• New article: How to Create a Blog. This guide takes you through the steps of setting up your own blog. (Note that the article deals specifically with making a blog. If you want some other type of site, you should read How to Create a Website instead.)

11 January 2018

• Updated: How to Secure Your WordPress Blog. For those of you who are thinking of starting a website and installing WordPress, my article on securing a WordPress blog has been updated for the current versions of WordPress.

2 January 2018

• New article: What's the Difference Between a Domain Name Registrar and a Web Host? This article on whether a domain name registrar is the same thing as a web host answers a question I was asked by a visitor.

7 December 2017

• New article: How to Double-Space Text and Change the Line Spacing on a Web Page (HTML/CSS). Once again, I'm clearing my backlog of visitor queries on how to accomplish certain things on a website. This time, it is to answer a question on how to add additional space between lines, such as to double-space text, or even the reverse, to reduce the gap. This requires a bit of help from CSS.

29 November 2017

• New article: How to Create a Coloured ("Colored") Box in HTML/CSS. I was asked by a visitor how he could create a coloured box into which he could put some text, to supplement the information given in his main content. This tutorial shows you how to do this with a bit of HTML and CSS.

22 November 2017

• New article: How to Centre ("Center") Text on Your Web Page with CSS. This article deals with how you can centre text on a web page or in a DIV block or box using CSS.

15 November 2017

• New article: The Crucial Task Often Forgotten by New Webmasters (Until It's Too Late). No one likes a nag, but this is not something you want to discover the hard way.

31 October 2017

• New article: Can You Fix a Typo in a Domain Name After You Register It? I was asked by a visitor who made a spelling error when buying a domain name whether he could edit the name to fix the typo. This article answers that question.

17 October 2017

• New article: How to Centre an Image with CSS. Find out how to centre ("center") an image along the horizontal axis of your web page using CSS. Note that if you have designed your site using my guide on creating a website, and used one of the visual web editors mentioned, you can also centre it from within the editor (as taught in that guide).

13 October 2017

• New article: How to Use Letters and Roman Numerals in Numbered Lists (HTML/CSS Tutorial). I was asked by a visitor how he could use letters of the alphabet instead of numbers in his ordered (ie, numbered) lists. This article answers that question, and also shows you how to switch to Roman numerals, if that is what you prefer.

19 September 2017

• New article: How to Add a Contact Form to Your Website with BlueGriffon 2. Find out how to add a contact (or feedback) form to your website using BlueGriffon. This is the final chapter of the BlueGriffon 2 tutorial, so if you were waiting for me to finish the series before making a website, you can now find all the chapters online.

7 September 2017

• New article: How to Publish (Upload) Your Website with BlueGriffon 2. This article deals with how you can transfer your website to the Internet. It is chapter 8 of the BlueGriffon 2 tutorial.
   
  (Note: for those who don't actually use BlueGriffon, but want to upload your pages or other files, please read my more general tutorial How to Upload a File to Your Website.)

29 August 2017

• New article: How to Create Multiple Pages for Your Website with BlueGriffon 2.x. This article shows you how to add multiple pages to your website using the free BlueGriffon web editor. It is chapter 7 of the BlueGriffon 2.x tutorial.

22 August 2017

• New article: How to Add a Navigation Menu to Your Website with BlueGriffon 2.x. Find out how to add a navigation menu, complete with buttons that change colour when a mouse hovers over it, to your website using the free BlueGriffon web editor. This is chapter 6 of the BlueGriffon 2.x tutorial.

10 August 2017

• New article: How to Make Text and Images into Clickable Links with BlueGriffon 2.x. This article shows you how to make the words and pictures on your website into links using the free BlueGriffon web editor. It is chapter 5 of the BlueGriffon 2.x tutorial.

3 August 2017

• New article: How to Change the Background Colour of Your Web Page in BlueGriffon 2.x. Find out how to change the background (and foreground) colour of the entire left or right column of your web page (or even the whole page, if you like) with the free BlueGriffon web editor. This is the fourth chapter of the BlueGriffon 2.x tutorial series.

24 July 2017

• New article: How to Change Fonts and Customize the Text on Your Web Page with BlueGriffon. This article deals with how to change fonts, use bold, italics and underline, and change the text size and font colour with the open source BlueGriffon web editor. It is chapter 3 of the BlueGriffon 2.x tutorial series.

18 July 2017

• New article: How to Add Pictures and a Site Logo to Your Website with BlueGriffon 2.x Find out how to insert pictures (including a logo) into your website using the free BlueGriffon web editor. This is chapter 2 of the BlueGriffon 2.x tutorial series.

6 July 2017

• New article: BlueGriffon Tutorial: How to Design a Website with BlueGriffon 2.x. If you are thinking of creating a website, this BlueGriffon tutorial shows you how you can design a mobile-friendly, multi-page website with the current version (2.x series) of the free BlueGriffon web editor.

23 June 2017

• New article: What Should the Width of a Web Page Be? I was asked by a visitor how wide his web page should be. This article addresses that question.

14 June 2017

• New article: How to Move Your Website to SSL (ie, Convert from HTTP to HTTPS). This article deals with the issue of moving a website from HTTP to HTTPS. Besides discussing the pros and cons of the conversion, it gives a checklist of things that you need to remember to do. You can also read the guide if you are planning to start a website, and want a better understanding of what this is all about.

6 June 2017

• New article: How to Redirect a URL. I was asked by a visitor last week how he could set things up so that when visitors go to the old URL of a web page, they will automatically be sent to its new address. This article shows you how to redirect URLs using .htaccess.

29 May 2017

• [Updated] The Free Feedback Form Wizard now supports the Invisible ReCAPTCHA test. With this facility, you can generate a contact form for your website with a test that only shows if Google cannot figure out if the sender of the message is a human or a spam computer program.
   
  (Note that you can still generate a form without any CAPTCHA test, or one with the visible "I am not a robot" test. It's up to you. It's just a new option for those who want it. And they are all free.)
   
  Find out more from my guide on adding a CAPTCHA test to your form.

17 May 2017

• New article: How to Insert a DIV Block and Other HTML Elements into a Web Page Using JavaScript. This article discusses one way to insert a DIV block (or other HTML element) into a web page using JavaScript.

8 May 2017

• New article: How to Insert HTML Code into a Web Page with Expression Web. Find out how to insert HTML code into your website (whether in the main body of the page or in the HEAD section) using the free Microsoft Expression Web editor.

20 April 2017

• New article: Does the Price of a Domain Depend on the Name Chosen? Why do Some Domains Cost So Much? This article discusses some possible reasons why the total bill you get for your domain name differs from the price listed on your registrar's page.

11 April 2017

• New article: How to Hide Content or Data from the Search Engines. In response to a query from a visitor, this article deals with how you can prevent Google and Bing from indexing certain content on your website and displaying it in their results.

30 March 2017

• New article: Do I Need a Web Editor if I Create a Blog? I was asked by a visitor whether she needed to use a web editor like Expression Web or Dreamweaver if she wanted to start a blog. This article answers that question.

14 March 2017

• New article: How to Insert a Table into a Web Page (and Customize it) with Expression Web. If you want to display some information in a tabular format on your website, this article shows you how to insert a table and customize it using Microsoft Expression Web.

2 March 2017

• New article: How to Use Web Fonts: CSS Tutorial. This article shows you how to use any font in your CSS (and not just the usual web-safe ones like Arial and Times New Roman) on your website. With modern browsers, it's now possible to use such fonts without running into the problem of visitors not having the required typefaces installed on their computers.

23 February 2017

• New article: How to Insert a Bullet Point (Unordered) List into Your Website with Expression Web. There are times when you want to put a list with bullet points appearing before each item into a web page. This article shows you how to do this. It also shows you how to use your own customized bullets instead of the default solid black circles. For example, you can use it to insert ticks before each point, like in a checklist, or arrows, etc.

15 February 2017

• New article: How to Add an Automatically Numbered List to Your Website with Expression Web. Depending on what your website deals with, you may sometimes need to add a numbered list. This tutorial shows you how to insert an automatically numbered list using Microsoft Expression Web.

New Pages on thefreecountry.com

• Free Social Network Software: create your own social media website
• Free JavaScript Minifiers (Minimizers), Obfuscators and Compressors
• Free Image Pop-Up JavaScripts (Where Image Overlays Current Web Page)
• Free Royalty-Free Stock Photos
• Free Online Web Editors and Programmer's Editors
• Free PHP Compilers: native code, .NET and Java bytecode compilers
• Free Embedded Web Video Player Scripts/Code
• Free Image/Photo Slide Show JavaScript
• Free GUI Builders, Application Builders and Rapid Application Development (RAD) Software
• Free Partitioning Software - Copy, Create, Move, Resize, Convert, Undelete Partitions
• Free CD and DVD Burners and Copying Software
• Hard Disk Backup and Restore, Hard Disk Image and Cloning Utilities

New Pages on HowToHaven.com

• How to Record a Game Video
• How to Boot a CD or DVD in Windows 8.1
• How to Change BIOS Settings on a Computer with Windows 8.1 Installed
• How to Shut Down Windows 8 (Full Shutdown and Normal Hybrid Shutdown)
• How to Set Up a Standard User Account (or Limited Account) on Windows Vista and Windows 7 for Daily Use
• How to Back Up Your Hard Disk in Windows
• How to Securely Prepare Your Old Computer for Disposal