If you're looking for a free HTML editor that will help you to a make a website quicker and with less mistakes made, this article should help. I'll cover some of the best HTML editors that are freely available at no cost.Benefits of an HTML editorThere's no denying that you can make a … [Read more...]
Setting Up a robots.txt File to Control Search Engine Spiders
Every day, hundreds of web crawlers (also known as spiders, bots or robots) will search the web and will most like crawl your website as well. It could be Google trying to index your website to show in their search results, or a spam bot trying to find email addresses to send junk mail to.For … [Read more...]
Simple AJAX PHP Email Form with Validation
When you design and build a website it's very likely that you're doing it because you want to be contacted by your visitors or to get feedback from them for something. This is why a PHP email form is such a popular request for first time webmasters.This tutorial will walk you through creating a … [Read more...]
Free Email Autoresponders for Your Newsletter
If you run a website which gets traffic then a very good way to build on that audience to create a long-term relationship is to collect their email address. This gives you a one-to-one way of communicating with them to share new content or to promote services or products they might be interested … [Read more...]
What Is a Favicon and How You Can Create One for Your Site
What is a favicon? You've probably noticed that many websites you visit have a little browser icon next to them in the tab on your web browser, as well as in your Bookmarks bar. This little 16x16 icon is known as a favicon (pronounced fa-vi-con) and it's used in many places across the web when … [Read more...]
What is a 500 Internal Server Error and How to Fix It
A common error message that you might see when creating your website is a 500 Internal Server error. The error is particularly frustrating because it gives you no information about what specifically caused the server error. The steps in this article should help you to diagnose and find what is … [Read more...]
How to Block Web Spiders/Crawlers and Bots from Your Website With .htaccess
A common question asked in webmaster forums is how to block certain web spiders, crawlers or bots from accessing your site. You can do this using robots.txt, but some web crawlers have been known to ignore this request. A more reliable way to block bots is to use your .htaccess file instead. What … [Read more...]
How to Edit Drupal htaccess to View Non-Drupal Folders
One of the first things you might notice when you install Drupal is that trying to visit a file or folder that is not controlled by the Drupal CMS returns a 404 File Not Found error. This happens even if those files and folders do exist. So for example if you went to mysite.com/not-drupal/ it would … [Read more...]
What is Newsjacking? Real-Time Linkbaiting
There is a symbiotic relationship between news media and the growing internet population. Both parities continuously raise the bar for instantaneous modes of communication and commerce. The pressure from the consumers is on, but those on the other end have adopted, becoming just as responsive and … [Read more...]
Pretty Link Pro Review
Pretty Link Pro Review - Overview Reviewed by: Ian Nuttall Ease of use: Options: Reporting: Price:Overall:Summary Pretty Link Pro is the easiest affiliate link tracking plugin and link cloaking tool for WordPress. I use it on every site to make links look, pretty, and … [Read more...]
Why Grayhats & Blackhats Aren’t the Problem With SEO
I've had the following rant percolating in my mind for some time now. It is a familiar gripe that rings as true in me as any. It can be summarized as: Pure white hat marketers need to shut the hell up and stop pretending their shit does not stink. It has felt to me for a long time that Google, … [Read more...]
How to Use HTML Meta Tags For Better Search Engine Results
When your web site is found by a search engine like Google, they look for certain pieces of information to display in their results. HTML meta tags are one of the first things they check for.If you don't have the meta tags in place the search engine will just display an excerpt of text from the … [Read more...]
What is MySQL?
If you're looking to start a website you might see references online to databases, MySQL or other types of database like PostgreSQL. For the layman, it can be a bit confusing.The quick definition of MySQL, in case you were wondering, is:A relational database that runs as a server providing … [Read more...]
How to Accept Credit Cards on Your Website
Are you looking to sell products or services online? You'll probably want to know how to accept credit cards. Luckily, it's quite easy to get started with credit card payments and you don't need to have a merchant account if you don't want to. … [Read more...]
The Link Building Process in GIF Form
Another quiet morning in the office so you decide to check your ranking reports...But you discover that your competitors are outranking you with link spamSo off you go sending emails to bloggers and webmasters hunting for links...But then you hit email number 58 and you're all.... … [Read more...]