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eHow's computer specialists demystify Web design and development by walking you through every step of running a website, from choosing a domain name to creating a usable interface. Not sure what comes after picking a clever URL? Get advice on selecting a web design application and hosting service. Learn how to get more traffic to a site through search engine optimization techniques. Not too tech savvy? eHow also has tips on hiring someone else to design and build your website.

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How to Manage Your Domains Using Godaddy

By eHow Internet Editor

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Using the Account Manager at GoDaddy online, you can manage the domain name servers (DNS) associated with your account as well as the subdomains... more »

How to Optimize Your Website for Google

By Cathereine Night

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There are things that you can do to help your website get a better ranking with search engines like Google before you even begin to advertise. The following five steps are probably the most important to consider. Google is not very particular ... more »

How to Profit From Domain Names

By eHow Internet Editor

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The marketability of a domain name can be one of the greatest financial assets in e-commerce, but there is more to domain names than simply choosing one for your site--they can mean big business. Individuals and organizations are on the hunt for ... more »

How to Purchase a Domain Name

By eHow Internet Editor

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To really get serious about your website, you need to purchase a domain name. A URL like http://user.host.com/~amateur329 won't make your website look professional. Luckily, buying and registering a domain name is as easy as signing up for an ... more »

How to Purchase Content for Your Website

By AimeeE

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Setting up a website is usually a complex task that may require payment processing, photo-buying rights, and the purchase of web content. For this article, the focus will be on purchasing web content and how to determine which kind of web content ... more »

How to recompile the MySQL library to run under the Medium Trust environment for enom web hosting

By AminTaheri

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eNom has configured the .NET 1.1 and 2.0 environments to run in a customized medium trust environment. The MySQL libraries must be modified to run under this environment since they use a non trusted code module, .Net will error out. This ... more »

How to Register Domain Names in Bulk At Register.com

By eHow Internet Editor

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A domain name is an important element for a Web site. It is one word that speaks about the nature and content of your business. It has to be extremely different and to create a large impact on the minds of the reader. To have domain names in bulk ... more »

How to Search for Google Keywords online

By smilesatme1

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Google keywords are important factors to bring more sales to your online business. And if you are writing online we need to know what hot Keyword that will sell to our viewers. There are services online that will give you the hottest words that ... more »

How to Set Page Margins on a Web Page With FrontPage

By eHow Internet Editor

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Changing the default margins on a Web page is easy with FrontPage 97, Microsoft's simple Web design program... more »

How to Speed Up Download Time on a Web Page

By eHow Internet Editor

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Fast Web pages are the key to keeping visitors interested. There are many ways to optimize a site for fast download... more »

How to Start a Fan Fiction Website

By eHow Internet Editor

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If you're a huge fan of science fiction or other stories and TV shows with any writing talent, you've probably written fan fiction stories on your favorites. Thanks to the Internet, you can allow other fans to read your stories and provide their ... more »

How to Start Using Nvu for Web Design

By Virginia DeBolt

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Nvu works on Windows, Mac and Linux. It has a helpful forum for its users. Because it's open source, it's free. Here is how to get started with Nvu... more »

How to Start Your Own Web Site

By derekawalker

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Starting your own website is quite simple, and very inexpensive. Just follow these simple steps... more »

How to Style a Background Image with CSS

By Virginia DeBolt

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The CSS background-image property can add style, color and design elements to an entire web page or to a small part of a web page. Here's how you achieve it... more »

How to Switch the Values of Two Variables Without Using a Temporary Variable

By Adam Wolkov

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In programming, there are many times that you need to switch two variable values (such as in a Bubble Sort). Most people would show you how to do it with three variables and use wasteful operations, but I can show you how to do it with ... more »

How to Transfer Your Domain Name to eNom or eNom Central.

By frank

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It's easy to transfer your domain name to eNom and you'll benefit from a huge selection of free services. Like, Free Email Fowarding, Free URL redirection, Free DNS, any much more!.. more »

How to Understand Measurement on the Web

By Virginia DeBolt

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Designing a web page and confused about pixels (px), ems and percentages? Here's an explanation of each type of measure that can be used for on-screen display... more »

How to Upload files onto the Internet

By 1Hooksey

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Take a look at this freeware FTP solution that enables you to transfer files over the Web quickly and easily... more »

How to Use Dreamweaver 8 or Dreamweaver CS3 to Remove Font Tags

By Virginia DeBolt

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Have an old website that needs an update? Have some old HTML that you want to bring into a modern site. Adobe Dreamweaver makes the job easy... more »

How to Use Dreamweaver CS 3 Spry Menu Bars

By Virginia DeBolt

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Dreamweaver CS3 came equipped with new functions labeled Spry, which are a WYSIWYG way to add AJAX to a web page. They automatically provide you with HTML, CSS and JavaScripts to perform certain interactive functions. In this article, you'll ... more »

How to Use Frames to Eliminate Page Borders in Dreamweaver

By eHow Internet Editor

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When you preview your Dreamweaver website within your browser, you may notice that you have a page border showing up on the right side of your page. You can eliminate this page border by creating two frames within your webpage and setting certain ... more »

How to Use Gilder/Levin Image Replacement for Headings

By Virginia DeBolt

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Web designers often need special fonts or stylized text in the headings on a web page. Many techniques for doing this exist. This article teaches you how to replace a heading with an image in a way that is accessible and reliable. It explains the ... more »

How to use Google Adsense on your website

By bmerritt

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Google Adsense - you have heard about it, and not a lot of people really know how to use it effectively for their website. There is a lot of information out there about Google Adsense and how to use it - so I wanted to give you some easy steps ... more »

How to Use HTML Tags for Links

By Virginia DeBolt

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A link in HTML is an A (for anchor) element. It contains two basic parts and is easy to write. Here is how it's done... more »

How to Use HTML Tags for Links

By torque63

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Every inch of text on your screen in front of you is created using HTML coding, this coding is used for creating links to other pages. I will show you how easily this is done... more »