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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Seven reasons your website sucks

Web design errors you make at your peril

Our sister title .net, the bible for web designers and developers, has saved web sites and designers' jobs with its list of the top 10 design mistakes and how to avoid them.

Here are seven from the ten that are guaranteed to make your site suck.

  1. Non-standard UI elements

    With web design, it's tempting to define not only the appearance of page content, but also the browser controls. This is commonplace with forms and scrollbars, but Jakob Nielsen of useit.com reckons mucking about with these elements is dangerous. "Basic GUI widgets are the lexical units that form dialogue design's vocabulary," he cautions. "Changing their appearance or behaviour is like injecting foreign words into a natural-language communication."
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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Web Design Project - Website Development Projects

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Project Details:

Type :Project

Id : 15772822

Category : Web Design and Development

Title : Website Development Projects

Estimated Budget : Need Best Proposals

Total Requirement : Ongoing

Description :

We are Russia based company looking for service provider for our ongoing requirement of website development in PHP and MySQL. We have many projects and we are looking for best proposal on project basis. Payment will be via Western Union after completion of Project. We will give test task to evaluate the applicants. Interested service providers are requested to contact us as soon as possible.

Country : Russian Federation

Status : Closed

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Friday, October 24, 2008

Web design Project - Redesigning of Auction Website

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Project Details:

Type :Project

Id : 29408017

Category : Web Design and Development

Title : Redesigning of Auction Website

Estimated Budget :Upto 1000 USD

Total Requirement : One Website

Description :

We are UK based company looking for service provider for our requirement of website redesigning in PHP. We want to modify our current auction website. Layout will be provided by us. Our approximate budget is upto 1000 USD will be paid by PayPal or other any other payment modes. We are ready to pay 20% advance payment to the selected service providers. Interested service providers are requested to conact us as soon as possible.

Country : United Kingdom

Status : Closed

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Thursday, October 23, 2008

A Web-based app builder with a Microsoft twist

Now that the desktop revolution is largely over, most of the excitement lies in the counter-desktop revolution that is bringing all the flair developed by the desktop programmers back to the safe world of the server. Caspio is one of the most prominent players seeking to lure the desktop database builders away from Microsoft Access and back into the datacenter's fold. The company has been around since before the last bubble burst, and now it boasts a number of prominent companies as customers.

The process is simple and requires, as Caspio's Web site promises, "no more programming." First you specify some database tables and then you describe how these tables can be filled up with Web forms. After a bit of testing, you push a button and copy some JavaScript, and the forms are deployed on your Web site. The data your Web application captures lives in Caspio's datacenter.

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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Advantages of a custom website versus using a Website Builder Tool

The internet has revolutionized business all around the globe. Almost every competent new or existing business wishes to exploit the incredible potential of the internet, and the first step is to have a web site designed done and maintained by a professional web site design service or build and maintain it yourself. One of the first things to consider is your computer ability. If you despise computers and software and find them confusing and frustrating then building your own website can be quite a task. One that you may not w0000ant to undertake. However, if you enjoy working with computers and learning new things or if you just have the patience to stick with it, then building a website is within your grasp. You may also decide to do it yourself to save cost. If you still feel that you want to build your own site you should choose software that is easy to use and user friendly.

Your website should be as unique as you and your business. You should select the website that is specialized in what will meet all your needs, both now and in the future. Custom based websites are for those who already have a website but are looking for those special finishing touches that quality custom graphics can provide. Designer graphics can make your website stand out above the rest and a custom website specializes in taking your original graphic or photo and turning it into a unique work of art. Quality graphics make an incredible difference in the visual appeal of your website.

Actual site "content" continues to be essential to the success of a website. More often than not though, visual appeal is the determining factor as to whether or not a client or customer will remain on a website long enough, to actually see the product or service the business is providing. Custom websites are for those who don’t have the time to design or create, but want to get things mush better and fast with a nice graphics.

Web site builders are online tools which anyone can use to build a professional looking Web site without programming and have it hosted instantly. No software to buy, no code to learn, all you need is to be a little Internet savvy and know how to click your mouse.

Most business owners today know that having a web site is an essential component of marketing. In the past, the choices were to hire a professional web designer, hire a local teenager to create a site for mall money, or learn to do it yourself. The last two options, are the least expensive, and were the preferred method for small businesses. The results are often not what businesses need to grow, reach, and impress new potential customers, however. They seem good at the start but quickly become limiting.

If you operate or manage a business, you surely must realize the increase in e-commerce taking place today. Many businesses find themselves searching for the best way to increase their exposure on the internet, and for most a website is the first course of action. As most businesses operate on firm budgets, finding cost effective solutions are usually one of the first thoughts when looking to make new purchases. When it comes to creating a website there are many affordable software programs that can produce professional results. Business software should be capable of handling your needs today and in the future. Business are always changing, adding new products, changing or removing old products, offering specials, having sales, etc. By choosing a business website builder over a professional web designer you will be able to make changes to your website whenever you want to. Another benefit is that you will be avoiding the high costs associated with developing the website and costs for making any necessary changes.

Website Builder tools advantages to you are increased revenue, cost control, caters to the large demand existing for web designing in the SME sector and can increase the client base without adding to your overhead. The advantage that your customers gets is a professional quality website, up and running in minutes and a User friendly and easily customizable interfaces that gives a complete website with all its frills and features and a nice attractive design. The downside is that you are limited to the look and functions of the tool and the templates or designs they provide.

On of the advantage of a custom website design is that the web site will look and function exactly as you want. A custom made web site can promote your brand and increase sales. The functionality and design of your website is important, because the images and text on the screen can make an indifferent visitor turn into a keen client, and the goal is to optimize your site to evolve maximum traffic conversion.

As more and more people are starting their own small home business many are finding that having a website is an important factor to consider. When one starts to consider building a website, especially the novice, many questions arise including can I create a website myself or should I hire a professional?

Hiring a professional is a great way to go if you can afford it. Although there are several things to keep in mind: how much will it cost? How much will ongoing maintenance cost? What will changes cost? How long will changes take? etc. As a result, many people opt to build their own website and begin searching for software that can easily help them.

Source : http://www.promotionworld.com/

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Web design Tender - Graphic Designers Required

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Project Details:

Type : Tender

Id : 55136539

Category : Web Design and Development,DTP, Typesetting

Title : Graphic Designers Required

Estimated Budget : Request for Proposal

Total Requirement : Contract for 7 Months

Description :

We are USA based organization. We are looking for skilled and creative firms and/or individuals that would like to create interpretive educational materials for us. The successful provider will create brochures, signs, exhibits, activity cards, discovery kits, garden booklets, and educational materials for us. The contract will be for 7 months and can extend up to 1 Year. We have attached some examples.

Payment terms are negotiable. Interested providers are requested to send us the proposal on or before 2:00PM, Thursday, November 13, 2008. All proposals must reach us through courier on the given address. E-mailed proposals will bot be accepted. For more details have a look on attachment.

Country : United States

Status : Closed

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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Free Web Hosting Tips

With the wealth of free web hosting offers it's sometimes hard to decide which provider fits you. This article is meant to underline a few aspects you should keep in mind when choosing such a service.

  1. The reliability of the service and their offers.

    A brand new hosting provider which boasts features that are too good to be true usually won't last for too long. Let's take the example of one host (I won't give names here) that went offline only a few weeks ago. They were offering 500MB of storage, 10GB of bandwidth per month, domain hosting, unlimited domain parking, CPanel with just about all possible features, absolutely no ads (not even a request to link back), and this only for 150 posts in their forum. Sounds too good to be true? Betcha! After they cashed in two fat checks from AdSense they simply went offline. No prior notice, no apology, nothing.

    Things to watch out for:

    • Design. If the site looks like it was bought from a man in a white van, or if it's using a design from a free template site, it's probably just a waste of time. If these guys couldn't pay a web designer $100 for a decent layout, they don't probably have the skills to run such a site.
    • How long they've been around. I'm not saying that new sprung hosting services can't make it, just be careful when choosing one that's two months old.
    • Check their Google PR, ranking on free hosting directories and any other location you might think of. If the site has tons of inbound links, the owners have probably spent a considerable amount of money advertising it, so they plan to do their best to keep the service up.
  2. Ads

    Advertising placed on your web space is how free web hosting providers support their service. Having someone else's ads displayed on your page is usually the price you have to pay for their free service. There are a select few hosts that won't plug in banners or other forms of advertising in exchange for your performing other services in their favour (like posting in their forum or referring other members). What you should look for: - How well the ads blend into your design. A red frame at the top will probably not go well with your blue template. If possible, pick a host that allows you to place a banner code anywhere you want-- this way you can put it wherever it best fits.

    • Whether or not they display targeted ads. If your site is on dog chewing toys and the ads are on car deals your visitors will probably not like it. Worse, watch out for sites that display pornographic ads.
    • What kind of ads they're displaying. Never, under any circumstances, sign up for a site that advertises through popups. Popups are extremely annoying, and most visitors will not return to your site.
    • Do they allow your own ads to be displayed? It's one BIG issue you should know before signing up if you plan to make money with your site.

  3. Tools and scripts available

    Forums, guest books, counters, polls are always nice features to add to your site. If you can't or don't want to handle installing such an addon from a third party you could look for a host that already provides it. Keep in mind that these tools are not always the best and that there are most likely many other free ones out there. On the other hand, if your chosen host provides very few or no such tools, then it's probably either running on a slow server and doesn't want to clog it up or doesn't give a dime about their customers.

  4. Monthly bandwidth and what they do after you eat it up

    Always, no matter how small your site is, look for a host that offers at least 1GB of traffic per month. Also consider going with a host that will offer you a paid subscription if you go over this quota instead of simply blocking access to your page. Say you hit the jackpot and visitors start flowing in like crazy from day one. Next day you don't want them to see a page like "Sorry, this site has gone over the allotted bandwidth, please check back in a month or so".

    Try this simple calculation: say your pages average 50kB, including images, or (approx.) 0.05MB. Now let's say your visitors browse 3 pages on average, before they leave the site. That's 3 x 0.05 = 0.15 MB. If we divide 1GB (or 1,000 MB) by 0.15, we get 6,666 -- the average number of visitors you can get in one month without going over the bandwidth quota. Divide that by 30 and you can have 222 visitors per day. Also keep in mind that search engines also eat up bandwidth, a deep crawl from a spider can eat up as much as 100MB if you have a lot of pages.

  5. What your URL will look like

    Even though you can get a short URL for free from services like http://go.to or a subdomain (.co.nr / .biz.ly etc), it's always best if your host can offer you a URL that's easy to remember. Choose a host that offers a subdomain if available (http://youraccount.theirdomain.com as opposed to http://www.theirdomain.com/youraccount).

    Source : Sebastian Ghiurca is a senior web developer and also owner of http://web-design-tutorials.blogspot.com.