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Typography, The Letters Do Matter!

January 13, 2009 by dashaver

Reading text on a computer screen is different than on paper. Web pages are made up of hypertext. Hypertext is a document in electronic format. Documents on the web are linked by hyperlinks; this is how pages are transversed on the World Wide Web. Hyperlinks should always be the same size of font as the text around them. Otherwise an uncomfortable page shifting occurs when the link is hovered over.

High Contrast Text

Use the highest contrast possible for text. Black text on white page is best. Black pages with white text are very hard to read. -> Read more

How To Make A Website

January 10, 2009 by dashaver

Website Jobs

There are several categories of jobs which work together to create a website.

Photographer

The photographer takes the pictures used on the website. The developer may buy these pictures from a company such as Corbis or iStockphoto, which specialize in providing photos for graphic arts. Some web developers feel that for web sites it is better to have photos of that specific business instead of generic photos. -> Read more

Horde Email Is Better Than Outlook

January 8, 2009 by dashaver

Horde Email Is Better Than Outlook

Unlike Outlook Horde Is Not A Program On Your Computer

Horde email is better than Outlook. Horde is an open source email program that some web hosts include in their service. It is better than Outlook because it runs on the web server not on your computer. Not only does this free up system resources but it is available on any computer you are using. If you have ever lost important client contacts or emails because a computer failed than you will appreciate this. -> Read more

What Is A Search Engine?

January 5, 2009 by dashaver

Google SearchWiki: Every Search Is Your Own Personal Search

January 4, 2009 by dashaver

You can add or remove items from your personal searches simply by clicking on the icons located beside the search results. The information is stored in your Google account information.

The really amazing thing about this is the search information will be personal for you and you only. By clicking on the "See all notes for this SearchWiki" link you can other annotated their searches.

You must have a Google Account and you must be signed in to use this feature.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/searchwiki-make-search-your-own.html -> Read more