For an “improved web browser,” Internet Explorer 7 has much in common with a stubborn mule. No matter what you want to do, it doesn’t want to do it right now. If you happened to visit my Terry’s Computer Tips web site late this afternoon, you might have seen what I mean… I made some [...]
Sitemaps Rule!
Before switching my site to WordPress and the Genesis Framework from StudioPress, I had started using GSiteCrawler to create my sitemaps for Google. This program creates XML sitemaps in the open configuration used by Google (Google released this XML protocol under a Creative Commons license). Now, I’m really glad that I did. I saw a [...]
IE7 Bug: Bulleted Lists
I wrote the other day about the IE7 Center tag bug. IE6, Firefox 1.5.0.7, Firefox 2.0, and Opera all displayed the pages exactly the same. And, then IE7 came along… Bulleted lists were the first thing that I found that IE7 displayed differently from IE6, Firefox and Opera. IE7′s default indent for bulleted lists appears [...]
Internet Marketing: The Signal-to-Noise Ratio Problem
If you’re an Internet marketer, you probably have an auto-responder or mailing list. You know or have heard “the money is in the list.” You probably send emails to your subscribers and your customers on a regular basis. But, how well are those emails received? If you send your subscribers the same kind of information [...]
IE7 Web Design Issue: Centering
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Improving Website Usability, Revisited
No matter how gorgeous your website design might be, if your visitors have difficulty finding your content, then you will lose those visitors quickly. Here are some usability tips to improve the design of your website to ensure it serves its functions optimally: First, check the fonts and typography of your content If you have [...]
