Giving search engine spiders direction with a 301 redirect
You are upgrading your web site and as part of the upgrade, it means moving and renaming particular files. [read]

Basic ecommerce web site design and development - Part 1
This series examines the many different stages in preparing your web site for online sales and credit card transactions. It will assist you in making a more educated decision before implementing ecommerce software, web development packages and add-ons, or purchasing commercial web site hosting. [read]

Basic ecommerce web site design and development - Part 2
This article examines other pre-sale services you may wish to consider as part of your online sales pitch. [read]

Changing domain names & preserving rankings - mod_rewrite
The basic 301 redirect works very well in that scenario, where folder paths will remain the same, but what if you are changing your domain name and/or changing many folder names? Writing out dozens, hundreds or perhaps even thousands of basic 301 redirects would be very time consuming and the potential for errors is huge. [read]

Cascading Stylesheets - CSS - tutorial
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standards were originally introduced in 1996, but like so many technologies introduced by the W3C, the way the information was presented confused many non-geeks. Consequently, even 8 years later, many webmasters still haven't taken advantage of this *huge* time-saving technology. [read]

Custom error pages - beating 404 errors and keeping visitors
Create custom error pages, keep your visitors and increase your sales! [read]

How to create a customized Favorites icon and bookmarking script
Just about everyone who uses a web browser also makes use of their "Favorites" or "Bookmarks" function. [read]

Web site file base structure
Before you begin on designing your website, you may need to resort to pen and paper or a whiteboard for the planning stages.

Finding free web site hosting
Looking for free web site hosting with no annoying pop-ups, pop-unders, buttons, banners, headers or footers? And as well as this, you'd like 99.8 percent up-time, fast servers, access to the cgi-bin for scripts, FP extensions, PHP and MySQL databases and FTP access? [read]

Web Site Hosting Guide 1 - Asking the right questions & host reviews strategies
The web hosting industry has become increasingly competitive. A recent search on a popular engine with relevant criteria returned millions of results from thousands of organizations offering site storage solutions. There are thousands of companies out there battling for your business - but some won't definitely have you or your business interests in mind. Cheap web site hosting definitely doesn't mean the best hosting and neither does signing up with the most expensive companies guarantee you the best service - it's a confusing world of solutions, smoke and mirrors. [read]

How to create simple chromeless popup windows
Hate 'em or love 'em; popup and popunder windows are a constant companion during our Internet surfing. But they can be quite useful, especially the chromeless variety. [read]

Free Web Polls and Surveys
Web development can be a hit and miss affair at times. We try our best to provide information to attract visitors and encourage their return. Sometimes we assume too much as to what our visitors want and don't want. [read]