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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 Write a Keyword-optimized Article

By eHow Internet Editor

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There are three things to think about when writing articles. The first is the most important: make it interesting with valuable content. Readers don't care about keywords. They care about information. Write your articles first for the reader and ... more »

How to Write Title Meta Tags

By Meredith Simonds

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Most sources now say title meta tags are the most important of the three main meta tags you’ll write for your website’s search engine optimization (SEO), the other two meta tags being the description meta tag and the keyword meta tag. The title ... more »

How to Access Your Web Site Like a Blind User

By Virginia DeBolt

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There are many reasons people may visit your web page without actually visually "seeing" your design. Search engines only "read" your text. Blind or visually impaired users may have devices that read your text aloud. And some people surf the web ... more »

How to add a "Bookmark Us" Link to Your Website or Blog using Javascript

By gottalovelattes

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Want to invite your visitors to bookmark your webpage or blog? Want them to be able to add your site to their favorites with minimal effort? Do you know that many people do not know how to add sites to their favorites? Even if they do, a web ... more »

How to Add a Target Link to a Web Page With Dreamweaver

By eHow Internet Editor

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A named anchor, also known as a target link, takes viewers directly to a predetermined area on a Web page. To make a target link, you first create the anchor, then link to it. These instructions are for Dreamweaver 3.0... more »

How to Add a Video to a .TV Site

By ChannelME.TV

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So you’ve bought a .TV domain name and you’re turning it into your very own .TV channel. If you’ve opted to use one of the cool ChannelME.TV templates, then adding videos to your channel is easy, just follow the step-by-step instructions below... more »

How to Add a Website to Google Analytics

By eHow Internet Editor

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Google provides many useful web tools that visitors can use for free. For website owners, one of the most valuable services is Google Analytics. Once a website is entered into the system, Google Analytics gives back detailed site traffic reports. ... more »

How to Add a Wiki Article

By grouch

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There are many ways to start an article in any wiki. There are very few requirements to get started. The following two ways are the easiest I have found to date. Read up and you will be creating new pages in no time... more »

How to Add AdSense Ads to a WordPress Blog

By eHow Internet Editor

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AdSense is an advertising program run by Google that enables you to place content-relevant advertisements on your blog. These ads generate revenue on a pay-per-click basis... more »

How to Add Flash Text to a Web Page With Dreamweaver CS3

By Virginia DeBolt

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Dreamweaver is integrated with Flash in ways that make it easy for you to use small Flash movies on your page to create text in fonts and styles that wouldn't normally display on a web page. The following steps will show you how to use it... more »

How to Add Game Widgets to MySpace

By eHow Internet Editor

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If you have a love of video games, consider adding game widgets to your MySpace page. Widgets are tiny programs you can add to your profile. You'll find a variety of free game widgets on the Internet, designed for easy embedding in Web site ... more »

How to Add Graphics to Your Website

By AmberRae

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Whether you're starting your own website, or interested in adding graphics to your myspace and you don't know how...I'll give you a few simple tips to help you out... more »

How to Add Punch to Your EHow Image Captions

By Patricia Resnick

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Ehow writers, you can use simple HTML to make your image captions stand out on the page. I used it for the title of the image at the top of this article. Your articles will have a more finished look!.. more »

How to Add Tags to a PDF Document

By Virginia DeBolt

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If you are interested in making your PDFs capable of use by screenreaders or small screens where the content must reflow to fit the screen, you need to use a structured document with tags added. Tags can only be added to a document with a full ... more »

How to align pictures in your post or website

By Danny Thornton

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I will show you 2 ways to get your pictures aligned properly... more »

How to Begin a Website for Your New Business Part 3

By Paul M. J. Suchecki

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Even though the tools look the same, designing a web page is not word processing or desktop publishing. What you see is not what you get. You ultimately load your site in HTML, Hyper Text Markup Language, which defines the structure of your ... more »

How to Build A Great List Of Keywords

By dovinea

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This free keyword list builder is a great way to find the best keywords for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)... more »

How to Build a Website

By Joe IntellySite

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IntellySite is a powerful and easy to use website building tool that helps you build your own website. With IntellySite, you can add, edit, or delete pages at the click of a button. You have the freedom to create your own navigational menu titles ... more »

How to build a website

By kiwi800321

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In this tutorial, I will explain how to build your own website. Whether it is for personal use to impress some friends or business use to impress potential clients. The approach I sill show you will be to start with a website template and change ... more »

How to Build Relevant Inbound Links to a Website

By eHow Internet Editor

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Most anyone who consults a search engine optimization company has one main request: "Build relevant inbound links to my website!" This is the best way to get higher ratings on the search engines as well as traffic to your website. ... more »

How to Calculate the Specificity of CSS Selectors

By Virginia DeBolt

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Have you ever added a new rule to your CSS stylesheet, but seen no change in the results on the page in the browser window? Maybe the new selector wasn't specific enough to overrule an existing rule in your stylesheet. This article will explain ... more »

How to Capture Free Website Thumbnails

By grogo21

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Capturing website snapshots for your site uses a lot of system resources and I found it very difficult to do. After attempting to do so myself I found another free reliable way to include web page snapshots on my website... more »

How to change background on Word Press

By Mike429

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How To change the background of your Word Press website or Blog.. more »

How to Change PHP or ASP.NET version with enom web hosting

By AminTaheri

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With eNom's Web Hosting you have the ability to mix and match php4 and php5, as well as asp.Net 1.1 and 2.0 You can do this on a per host header basis, meaning each domain that points to a phyiscally different folder on the server can have a ... more »

How to Change the Background COLOR on your Website

By ElectricalNut

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Want to change the background color on your website. Follow these easy steps to change it to any color... more »