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Article by Peter Taylour

I am guessing an article on this subject has been posted prior to this one, I should hope a few have! However I hope this will provide a refreshing angle on the subject and branch to some other interesting bits of stuff.

I am sure that anyone who has taken even only a few steps into web development has come across the gigantic force that is Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Even for the most experienced coders, the most popular browser of this age has always been a prominent foot across the path of our websites technological progression and the possibilities of which the internet is yet to yield. Maybe not crushing ideas, but certainly making it a lot harder to bring these ideas from paper to browser.

However, although IE, wielding its scathing weapon the Microsoft corp. and therefore for-fronting the battle as the windows default has dominated the market; we have weapons which allow us the fight back! I think I’ll cut the metaphors here and get back to business… Well, how can we fight back? And more importantly, what can be done to keep our designs looking slick in the interim… Yeah before the proper browsers take over!

I’ll start with the fighting back. Personally my favourite method would be to utilize a conditional comment and tell people what they should be doing! Something like this…

<!–[if IE]><h1>Internet Explorer is Sh**e! Get a proper browser like <a>Firefox before I come round and make you!!!</h1><![endif]–>

Realistically I wouldn’t try this method though, probably not the most tactful way when it gets down to it. You could however place a banner showing your support of these less buggy browsers such as firefox. This websites great for this promoting firefox business, very nice banners right here: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates/homepage

Conditionals are pretty clever little buggers though, for general use they can become quite useful. And you’re not just limited to <!–[if IE]>. The comments understand other operators as well; you’ve got the NOT operator which is an ‘!’. So “if not IE” would be <!—[if!IE]>. In addition to this there are “greater than” = ‘gt’, “greater than or equal to” = ‘gte’, “less then” = ‘lt’ and “less than or equal to” = ‘lte’. These can be used when referring to browser versions, so <!—[if lte IE 5.0]> could be used to warn users about a feature unavailable to them when browsing your site with IE version 5.0 and below.

But we are not here to help out the Internet explorer users; we’re here to convert them! Doing your bit locally can make all the difference. If you are round at a friends and he/she happens to log on to the internet using IE (boooooo), make it your concern that the very first thing that is done is the downloading of firefox (sorry Opera etc I’m a bit biased to the mighty fox.) Of course if the loging on to the internet part does not occur in the general flow of things it must also be your concern to make sure it does!… “Umm, you mind if I check the train times?” Okay I’m getting a bit carried away here, although very important to the advancement of the human race, you need not devote your life to spreading firefox.

The great progression in the internet and its uses over the last few years has meant that the look and the feel of a site has come under a lot more scrutiny, especially with ever rising amounts of traffic as more and more people connect to the internet. Complicated uses of graphics and CSS mean that when it come to interpretation by different browsers, everything can go wrong. The Browser that is renowned for taking perfect code and screwing with the end results is of course Internet explorer. It is so tempting just to say screw it and ignore the IE users and their browser, but with over 58% still using a version of IE this really isn’t plausible solution.

So okay we’ve got to fix the problem. Where to start?

Well firstly it is a must to make sure your code is valid. Just from an incorrectly written Doctype or wrongly phrased line of css can through internet explorer into all sorts of funny modes where anything can happen. Make sure you get a green light here http://validator.w3.org/ and here http://htmlhelp.com/tools/csscheck/.

Good stuff, that’s one step in the right direction if anything. Now if the problem still exists, what now?

Most of IE’s rendering blips are caused by bugs, which can be worked around with quick alterations or what are called hacks. Chances are your problem has been experienced by people before you and a fix has been fabricated already.

So what’s going wrong? I will list a few of the most common bugs, some which I myself have experienced and a link to some relevant articles explaining in depth the fixes.

* My borders have gone crazy! – fix… http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/border-chaos.html

* Margins doubled, pushing my content down and generally mucking stuff up – fix… http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/doubled-margin.html

* Contents there one minute gone the next, the peekaboo bug – fix… http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/peekaboo.html

You may have noticed that all those fixes above are at one website. Basically “Big John” and co of Position is Everything.net have done a fantastic job among some other geniuses out there, so why don’t I just give you guys a link to his site, the chances are you’ll be able to find a fix there… http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer.html

You’ve now with a bit of time and effort (it sucks doesn’t it, and it really is unnecessary effort!) probably been able to fixed up your site. But what if something still purists, what can you do!? Well here is what I do…

Firstly if you know something which could be causing the inconsistencies in your site when rendered by different browsers, try just experimenting with this particular element of the code. Say the content part of your page is being pushed below your side navigation and you recon that IE is playing with your margin values but it’s not the double margin bug. Just adjusting the values of margins can bring results. This is a good time to introduce an excellent piece of free software called CssVista. If you know css well it can also be an excellent tool when in depth analysing your code when looking for problems. Check it out here http://litmusapp.com/cssvista/

If you can still find no joy using this experimentation method I’m afraid the best hope is now to do what I really find annoying especially since if browser bugs didn’t exist it probably wouldn’t be necessary. We’re going to have to start again. Now don’t panic we’re not going to redesign your site from scratch, we’re going to make a mock up page of your current design, testing for rendering problems all the way.

Okay, well your average website nowadays is divs inside divs inside divs. So first step is to create you’re outermost div and in your css give it all the position you want and a background-color so that you can see it. Now add the divs that are contained with-in this one and do the same thing, giving them all nice bright colours so you know exactly where they are. Now test it like crazy, anything going wrong so far? Basically keep going like this, until something starts to look weird, then think why it doing this? What have I just done to make it go weird? Google and other free recourses can be come very useful now. Yahoo answers is fantastic for everything so it is always worth a try at http://answers.yahoo.com.

That’s about it really; Give that a try and well, good luck!

So, we’ve had a quick look at how to rid the world of Internet Explorer and how to get by in the time being. I’m not a fan of Microsoft attempt at an internet browser but not really in the league of this guy http://toastytech.com/evil/index.html.

Basically guys have fun and make sure you’re not supporting the IE domination by using it!

Pete Taylour is co-owner of the fast growing ebook site http://www.liqiuidebooks.com the only place to go for your cheap and free ebooks. With strong interests in a huge amount of different music styles Pete and friend are soon to embark on some crazy mix submission site for upcoming DJs across the globe, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for that and make sure you check out Liquid Ebooks at http://www.liquidebooks.com

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Pete Taylour is co-owner of the fast growing ebook site http://www.liqiuidebooks.com the only place to go for your cheap and free ebooks. With strong interests in a huge amount of different music styles Pete and friend are soon to embark on some crazy mix submission site for upcoming DJs across the globe, be sure

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I am a beginner and am playing around with Notepad++ for fun. I am using the language “HTML,” and people say that CSS has some unique designs. Can I put CSS codes into an HTML document?

Because I wanted to stretch a background image to full screen, and I cannot find code for HTML.

Thank!

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CSS is used for the look and feel and HTML is the structure of the website….

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One particular of the principal techniques to boost sales is to put offers in different locations that are usually overlooked by Net marketers. One particular such place is the error page. An additional is the thank you page or the order entry type. There are distinct ways to market place people when they lastly land on your site, but you want to add provides wherever you feel they may be visible to individuals, so even the error page can be a great place to add an provide.

When your consumers see the difficulty you’ve gone to in order to customize the web site to add gives in locations that can create unexpected sales, they will be delighted and impressed. So, let us go through some of the details right here.

An error page is the page people get when they form in a URL in your domain that does not exist. This can either be due to a misspelling or since you took the page down and people had the old page bookmarked. To add delivers to the error page, also recognized as the 404 error page, you can use a plug-in also.

Download the 404 Error page plug-in accessible at http://www.askapache.com/404-google-WordPress-plugin.html and FTP it up to your website. You will want to place it into the very same plugins folder you place the other plug-ins into prior to. Then, activate it the identical way by getting it to turn green.

While you are in the admin place of your site, you will want to look for the selection panel and choose that. There will be a submenu entitled “AA Google 404.” It really should take you to a page related to /wp-admin/alternatives-common.php?page=askapache-google-404.php.

You will want to insert the Google Search API crucial there. Hit the update button. Then go back to the major admin location and look up the Presentation&gtTheme Editor place. There must be a hyperlink there that will permit you to edit the 404 error page. Generate a template for how you want the error page to look and add the code that tells it to add some gives. This is accomplished by which includes the following code: &lt?php if(function_exists(‘aa_google_404′))aa_google_404()?&gt into the 404.php template page you have been editing. It should go in the main content material place to be useful.

One more factor that buyers like to see are website stats. You can provide these directly on the net site by putting in the Cystats plugin. It is situated at http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/cystats. This nifty plug-in lets guests to your web site see the number of referring pages, most read categories, and even most read comments, and a whole lot a lot more. It is a excellent way to show that your web site has readership and a high interest degree.

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If you have an employee whom you really like, and you think they have a lot of potential, do you keep them employed if they never perform up to your expectations? What if they just aren’t motivated to perform the way you know they can?

A lot of companies we talk to describe their websites like this. “We like our website, and it does what we need it to do, but it could probably be better…” What are you expecting your website to do? In most cases, it is a way that companies give out detailed information to potential customers who have already made contact with your company. “If you want to learn more, visit our website…”

Let me make a bold proclamation – this is exactly the opposite of how you should be treating your website. Get someone interested, then put them online. Do you have a phone number, email address, or contact form on your site? If so, then chances are, you want people on your website to contact you… so why would you put people back on your site after they are already familiar with your company? Take the time to give the person the info they need and build the relationship. Don’t take a lazy approach and just use your website simply as additional information. That is not how a smart business uses technology.

Let’s look at a different approach. What if you reversed the traditional way of using a website. What if the first point of contact was the website. They find you online, then read about you or look through a portfolio, and then click to contact you or pick up the phone and call you. Should you send that person to get answers from your website, or invest some time into them and find out how you can serve their needs?

Go back to the under-performing employee who has so much potential. What if you could invest some time and training into them and get them on the right track? Would you do it? Of course. If they ever reach their full potential, then your business gets better, and they start producing more for the company. Your website can be the same way. What if you could put your website in front of the people looking for what you do or what you sell? Wouldn’t you have a better chance of getting more customers? Sure you would.

Don’t let your website under-perform any longer. Start researching your industry and identify where the demand is based on how many people search for keywords related to what you do. Then, put together a strategy to get your website in front of those people. Getting your website ranked isn’t magic, nor is it impossible for you to compete on a big stage, but it is a combination of in-depth research, highly specific strategy, hard work, and long-term dedication.

Getting people on your site is not the perfect ending. You want to maximize the percentage of people who actually get in contact with you to do business. That is where CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization) comes in. Once you are getting traffic, you need to identify what will make more of those visitors react and contact you. The higher your Conversion Rate (the ratio of the number of visitors to the number of visitors that become clients), the more profitable your business becomes, and the faster you grow.

Conversion Rate Optimization, much like SEO, is a process. You should perform A/B testing on changes and monitor results, continuing the process until identifying the common behavior of your website visitors and getting them to make that call or to contact you. When you combine SEO (to get ranked for keywords that bring in visitors) with CRO (turning more visitors into clients) then you begin to see how effective your website can really be.

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For instance, if you just use "regular" HTML, will people still be able to see and use my website normally, even if they are not using Internet Explorer? For example, I always use Firefox. Other people use things like AOL or Opera to browse the web. Thanks for your help!

There’s no such thing as a silly question. Don’t worry; HTML will work across all browsers. However, bear in mind that html does have different ‘dialects’ depending on whether you’re using strict, transitional, or frameset (this goes in the doc type declaration or DTD at the top of a html page) plus older browsers such as IE6 can be quirky and not show websites exactly as they should. Just use strict and xhtml (which is a cleaner, stricter version of HTML) and you should be okay in most modern browsers. Visit http://www.freewebtutorial.co.uk (web standards section) for more info.
Hope this helps.

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I have a report that automatically generates in html format. I usually tweak this report myself by adding a few lines of HTML in specific places and writing whatever needs to be written in those lines. I need a way to automate this process so that other people can do it with minimal to no knowledge of HTML.

Either the people editing can use a WYSIWYG program like Microsoft Expression Web or Adobe Dreamweaver, or you could use a "tag" system similar to BBCode ( http://www.bbcode.org/ )

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I installed wordpress into a folder called ‘wordpress’, and developed it there. Now I am wanting to move it to the main index, so that when people visit my website they will automatically go to my installed wordpress.

Do I have to delete all of my old pages?
Will I need to update any of my wordpress files to the new URL?

Thanks for any help and advice

Check out this page for easy step-by-step instructions:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

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Im creating a website and i have codes that i want to provide for people but, one i put the Brackets around the html code it automatically doesnt show anything or applys the code.

Is there a box i can put around it or somthing so it wont apply the code?

Well it depends. It you’re using BBC you just use [Code] and [/Code].

For html, I believe it’s <code> for computer code text. And <samp> for sample computer code.

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