http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding This section contains information about general Internet coding issues such as using server side includes, streaming audio, dealing with search engine robots, using frames, troubleshooting a web design, using redirects, using CGI and PHP, and creating a favicon. en-us Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:02:04 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/coding.xml http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/89061002.asp This article gives you six different ways to center an element on a webpage, the one you choose depending upon whether you need to add other elements to the left or right of the centered element and how robust and browser version compatible your method needs to be. Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:02:04 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/90032002.asp If you have an email contact form on your Website and you have received a message which appears to contain random text and the file name doors.txt followed by some digits, your mail server is being probed for vulnerabilities by a hacker. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:16:28 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/90040002.asp Understanding and using RSS feeds is critical to today's webmasters and bloggers. Being able to syndicate news of new information added can drive traffic to your site. In addition to revenue from increased traffic, RSS provides many other marketing opportunities, such as in-feed advertising and higher search engine ranking. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:53:13 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/90071402.asp In this video, Stephen Lamm, who works at Google in Web Performance teaches you about browser caching and what you can do to configure your web pages so that they're cached properly in browsers. Mon, 17 May 2010 19:20:45 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/90081103.asp This video by Tony Gentilcore, software engineer at Goggle, shows you two easy-to-implement yet high-impact techniques for speeding up your web pages. For example, a script included before a CSS file may cause the browser to block. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:05:59 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/92030002.asp A favicon is a small icon that appears to the left of the address in the address bar of your Web browser and to the left of favorites. Having a favicon makes your Web site more professional and is an element of branding. Fortunately, the process of creating a favicon is very easy. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/94040901.asp QuickTime is a common video format on the Internet. The QuickTime video format was developed by the Apple Computer company. QuickTime videos have the file extension ".mov". Code to play a QuickTime movie can easily be added to a webpage. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/94112201.asp One of the most recent buzz words going around the Internet is "AJAX". What is AJAX? Is it a new and extremely powerful programming language? Is it an all-purpose cleaner? In plain-simple English, what exactly is AJAX? Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/95001501.asp You've just redesigned some pages of your web site. The pages have high search engine rankings that you don't want to lose. How can you safely redirect web site traffic from your old pages to the new pages without losing your rankings? You can do this by using a "301 redirect" Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/96002402.asp CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is not a programming language but a standard that allows visitors to interact with your website. CGI scripts can be written in a number of different languages but most are written in Perl Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/96031002.asp Although CSS layouts have been around for years, they haven't become so commonplace until recently. why should you convert your website from its current table-based layout to a CSS layout? It'll make you money. Simple really. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/97071620.asp When an error is encountered, your server will display specific generic error pages according to the error. These error pages are not only dead ends, but they are also very frustrating for your potential visitors. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/97071700.asp If you have been struggling to set up forms on your web site using cgi, then definitely read this article. Installing a simple PHP form is much easier and faster than installing a cgi form and doesn't need any programming experience. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/97071900.asp I've kept away from using frames in any of my work where possible. As much as I like some of the features that frames offer, such as a static header area and side menu bar, there is still a number of negative aspects to their use. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/97082400.asp It's hard enough to bring people to your little corner of cyberspace,and once they're there, you have just a few brief seconds to catch their attention. Keep as many interested prospects on your site by avoiding these blunders. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/97102210.asp A "robot" is a program that search engines use to follow links, read web pages, and create indexes of the information they find on the web pages. There are several reasons why you might want to prevent robots from indexing your web page. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/98002861.asp If you develop your own web pages for an internet or an intranet website, then you will probably create some form of content for your pages. Content can be stories, articles, photographs or a collection of your favorite poems etc. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/98002921.asp Are you looking to add professional impact to your website and newsletter for almost little or no cost. How about introducing an audio ezine or other informative audio stream to your web site? Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/98002961.asp Try to find an article on the Web that explains, in plain English, what a "Web Service" is and you'll be going around in rhetorical circles with no simple explanation, and no examples. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/98010431.asp If you ever had to make a change to your website that needed to be carried onto every page, you know what a tedious job it is. Well, have I got news for you. It doesn't have to be. Welcome to the world of Server Side Includes, also known as SSI. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/98010481.asp Imagine my plight... I have 100+ pages on my website and I have to change my e-mail address and the copyright info on all the pages. The reason... My mail box is over-flown with junk mails. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/98010660.asp If you are a small business person who wants to reach millions quickly and easily, building a web site is a necessity. There are many ways to build a website but I'll just give you an overview of the most popular ones. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/coding/98011420.asp Getting your web site to look right can sometimes be a hair-pulling experience. Even for professional web designers! I can only imagine how frustrated many newbies can get. Let me share with you some of the common problems in designing a well-functioning web site. Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:46:24 GMT