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HTML Cheat Sheet For Beginners
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Here is a list of simple HTML codes anyone can use to format and link images Read More→
12 Essential Web Site Building Blocks | Smiley Cat Web Design
Posted by: | CommentsI just came across this great article on some essential blocks you should use whenever you are creating any website for any reason. Click the link to learn more about these 12 essential building blocks.
12 Essential Web Site Building Blocks | Smiley Cat Web Design
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She has some awesome information over there.
Laura
How to Register and Choose a Domain Name
Posted by: | CommentsIn this how to article I will be discussing how to register and choose the right domain name for your business or website.
The first thing you need to think about before you just go off and register any name, you need to understand some things.
1. Just what is a domain name? - To put it simply a domain name is how both prospects and search engines will find your website. The domain name can be your first and last name, your company name, or a name that has your keywords of what your website will be about. So, as you can see, this is a critical step when you register a domain name. You will have this domain name forever once you register it, so choose carefully.
2. How do you choose a domain name? – Think about what your website is about, for an example, it’s easier to use my domain name – laurasbasicstowebdesign.com I choose this name for a few reasons. 1. it has my name in it, this will make it easier for people to know who I am, 2. my keywords on what my website is about basics to web design. Yes it is a bit long and you do want to avoid this. As of this writing, I haven’t had any problems with it, but keep this in mind when choosing your domain name, you want it to be short and to the point of what your website is about, not only so your visitors can remember it but it’s better for search engines as well.
3. Some things to think about when you are thinking of a domain name is simplicity, think of words like fast, easy, guide, steps, things like this to add to your domain name.
4. Now what about registering your domain name? Now there are hundreds to thousands of websites that will register your domain name for you. You can do a search for a registrar, this is what a company is called that registers domain names. Keep in mind while you are looking for a registrar that all you need is to register a domain name, DO NOT get anything else but a domain name, I’ll explain that in a minute. To help you out though, I highly recommend and have been using Godaddy.com for over 6 years without any problems ever, their support is outstanding and they are always there to help. So do consider registering your domain name with Godaddy.com, just please only register your domain name, they will try to upsell you on everything they have, you don’t need this.
5. Why should you register a domain name at a different place than your hosting? This is pretty easy to understand if you’ve been doing anything at all online for any amount of time. Things change, and they change quickly. If you have your domain name and hosting at the same company, there is always a chance that, that company might get sold or go out of business, this would mean your entire website might be gone too. And it is hard to move your website and domain name at the same time. This is why you should have them in 2 different companies. It’s also a lot easier to manage your domain name with one company and to manage your hosting with someone else. If your hosting company disappears tomorrow, you still have access to your domain name and can easily just move your website to another hosting company without worring about your domain name.
To register your domain name, is pretty easy especially with Godaddy.com and if you need hosting that is reliable and afforadable I highly recommend and use Hostgator.I’ll be writing more about hosting in a future article.
If you need more step by step detailed information on registering a domain name grab a copy of the ebook Introduction to the Basics to Web Designing it will walk you through step by step on how to register and choose a domain name.
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Until next time Take Action and get yourself a domain name and register it!
Laura Miller
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What Exactly is HTML?
Posted by: | CommentsI get asked an awful a lot what is HTML and why do I need to learn it? So I decided to put this together to some of you out there better understand HTML and why you should learn just a little of it. You don’t have to be an expert or know everything, you just need to know the basics of HTML and what it all means.
As some of you may or may not know HTML stands for Hpyer Text Markup Language, this is just a fancy way of you telling a browser what to display on the screen for the viewer.
Computers talk in what is known as Hexidecimal language, all numbers and codes. So to make it easier for everyone to understand they came up with HTML, this code interrupts the language and then translates into viewable words and pictures for everyone else out there.
There are probably thousands of ways to write HTML but you don’t have to know all this to build a website or landing page. You just need to understand what the basics are.
So, the first thing you have to do is tell the browser what type of language you are talking in, hence the < HTML > tag, when the browser sees the < character it knows to interrupt what is inside of this and put it on the screen, so you also need to tell the browser when not to do this task any longer, hence the closing tag < /HTML > ***of course there are no spaces at all when you actually write this code.
After the < html > tag you need to tell the browser what the name of your page is, < title > insert your title and put the closing tag < /title >
The next thing most people will see if they are looking at a source code of a website, is the Meta tags, these are used for a varity of reasons but mostly to help index your website pages. Such Meta tags are, description, keywords, content,nofollow, and much more. Now you don’t have to have these tags, but for search engine optimization you will definitely what your title tag, description tag and your keyword tags.
Next you need to tell the browser when to start the main part of your website < body > tag this is where all your content and pictures will be held. Now there are numerous other tags you can use inside your < body > tags to make paragraphs, page breaks, bold your text, underline your text, change the size and color of your text and much more. You can also add tables and rows within your body tag to set things apart from others, you can change the back ground of your website page, or change the back ground just within a table.
Here is just some of the tags you can use within your body tag:
< b > = makes your text bold < /b >
< U> = makes your text underlined
< p > = makes a paragraph
< br > = makes a line break – as if you hit the enter/return key on your keyboard
< bgcolor > = changes your back ground color
< table > = puts a table around your content < /table >
< font color > = controls what color your text font will be < /font >
< font size > = controls the size of your font < /font size >
< img src > = tells the browser where a picture is located so it can retrive it
< a href = > this is an anchor tag for a link, you can link words together or one word to make the text clickable by your visitors < /a href >
There are hundreds more and to learn more I’d study the information they have at W3schools this is a great way to learn and play around with HTML.
As you start to build your website you will begin to understand more and more about how to use HTML and it’s tags. I have learned it is much easier to just do it and make a few mistakes then to Never even Try!!!
I’ll be posting more here in regards to HTML and tags, so do grab the RSS feed and make sure to leave your comments and questions so I can make this a better learning place for everyone.
Laura
http://www.laurasbasicstowebdesign.com
Learn Basics to writing HTML Code with this video
Posted by: | CommentsWatch this video below from JimmyR.com, he gives clear and simple instructions to the basics to writing html code. This is the easiest it gets folks!
I really hope you enjoyed this video from jimmyr.com.Using html code and css is easy once you know the codes. Don't be afraid of it and don't let that fear stop you from learning the basics to writng html code.
I hope this article has helped and please do pick up a copy of the Introduction to the Basics to Web Design it is a must have.
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