When the the king of search looks to optimize its own content for search results, you know it’s not by going out and buying back links. They get those free of charge by their millions of users who love their resources. So what can Google do to improve their own rankings? They optimize their code on-site. Continue reading »
Mar 022010
For those of you that need a minimum width set for whatever reason, most browsers understand the style of “min-width:1024px”. In this case, 1024 would be how wide you need it.
Typically, this min-width style is used to prevent inline DIV tags from wrapping. Min-width works great for most modern browsers, but the notorious IE6 refuses to play ball. It’s also still popularly used by large corporations. Continue reading »
Feb 252010
Are you suffering from Giant Image Syndrome? The common symptoms are: squished content, wrapped content, horizontal scrolling, super long lines of text, and basic site destruction.
Right now I am working for a Fortune 100 company that has a ton of intranet sites. The IT department was nice enough to create a default template so that anyone can build a site. They even allow them to use their own creativity, by not specifying a style guide. Oops. Continue reading »
Feb 182010
Yesterday I wrote about the benefits a website visitor experience when a site has been done with valid HTML. Now it’s time for the benefits for the person or persons building the website.
Personal Benefits of Validating HTML
It’s the case of hear me now, believe me later. As I mentioned in the first post of this series, many are very defensive about not validating. The only reason I can guess why is because it just means more work, and they have never tried.
I have two things to say about that. First, it’s easier than you think, and second, once you get in the habit, you won’t see it as extra work. Below are the reasons why.
Feb 172010
If you are learning to build websites, or have been already, know that learning how to validate your HTML could be one of the best things you could do. My next post will be about its benefit for website owners and developers, but today it’s about the user.
They Didn’t Even Notice You Validated
Most web users don’t even know if a website has valid HTML or not. Is there a reason for them to? Not really. They just want the site to work. Do you think visitors notice when your site doesn’t work, appears messed up in their browser, or takes forever to load?
Taking the time to use W3C’s method to validate your HTML is an important step to take when building a website because it can have a huge impact on your users. Continue reading »
Occasionally, I offer free advice on forums where webmasters ask for feedback on there website. When doing so, myself or another experienced webmaster will suggest that the owner asking for the review should validate their code.
The common responses:
- Validating HTML, who cares…
- I can get my site to look and work the way I want without validating. It’s a waste of time.
- It won’t help my SEO
- It takes too long
- Nobody needs to tell me how to build a site
- And the list goes on… Continue reading »
Feb 082010
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has a new little tool for webmasters. It’s the W3C Cheatsheet. Though the page is lacking in luster when it comes to description (I had to guess what to do when first using it), it packs a fully loaded archive of all your HTML and CSS element attributes.
To use the tool you simply type in the HTML element you want to know more about, and W3C delivers all of the elements attributes. Knowing how to address those attributes is up to you, but I’m guessing will come in very handy for many of us.
Jan 282010
Are you using Gravatar? I know some of the regulars to BWI are not. What is Gravatar? I’ve included a video at the bottom of this post to help explain.
A gravatar is a globally recognized avatar. Confused yet? It’s the picture of yourself when you comment on this blog. Don’t see a picture of yourself? That is because you don’t have a gravatar. Continue reading »
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