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Chief Poingologist Mark Meshulam
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How To: The Web |
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One of the great features of working with the web is the ability to download a file by clicking on a link. As most earthlings know, a link is most frequently visible as blue underlined text displayed on a website or on an HTML email. Links can also be presented as hot spots on an image, or as a button which can be clicked.... Read more |
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For those of us who routinely move large files around the Internet like chess pieces, sending large files as email attachments can be a dead end game.
It is not uncommon for large email attachments to be lost in the vapors or bounced back as undeliverable as they encounter system bottlenecks during their journey.
The elegant, impressive solution is to upload the large file to a web server, then create a download link in your email. .. Read more |
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As small business grows, it accumulates forms, lists, procedures and other resources which become the backbone of the company's functioning. Over time, these important documents become scattered and soon people begin asking, "Is this the most recent form we should use?" "Is this the latest list?" "Where is the certification we just updated?".. Read more |
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Every time you open your browser, it automatically opens to a particular web page. This is called the home page. You can change this page so that you see what you want to see when your browser opens.... Read more |
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Many web-marketers believe that creating and submitting a sitemap to Google is a fast-track way to having your site indexed.
A sitemap is a specially formatted list which tells Google the names, locations and most recent modification dates of each web page.
This is a must-do for anyone serious about getting Google's attention... Read more |
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Anyone serious about having a website needs to know something about HTML, the computer code of websites.
HTML is a simple language - although some native speakers would argue that so is Swahili - it is made up of characters from your keyboard. No fancy heiroglyphics. ... Read more |
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Most websites maintain the same headers, footers and margin navigations on each page. This is good design. The common look tells your visitor she is in a unified environment and ever-present links make site navigation easy.
As your site grows, changing those common elements can become laborious because changes must be made on each page of your growing site.
Using SSI (Server Side Includes), these elements need be changed only once.... Read more |
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It was inevitable that our work files would mushroom to sizes far beyond restrictions imposed by most email services. The reason can be summarized in one word: graphics.
Whether you want to send photos, CADD (computer aided drafting & design) files or encyclopedic volumes of scanned documents, you will hit roadblocks when you try to send these as email attachments... Read more |
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