AJAX elements added to a Web page are designed to query a server when the page loads. Direct Web Remoting, sometimes referred to as DWR, lets users reverse this system so that a server can transmit…
Using subdomains for parallel downloads allows you to host elements of your site, such as images and videos, on the subdomains. You then can link to the images from your main site. This can help speed…
The "robots.txt" file is a universal file you place in your website's root folder to customize a Web bot as it crawls your website. You must format the robots.txt file properly or the search…
NetObjects is a company that produces Fusion, a "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" website design application that allows you to create a website without extensive programming and Web design…
All electronics including televisions have recommended temperature and humidity ranges for two conditions: operations and storage. Use of any electronics in temperature or humidity ranges outside…
DotNetNuke, often referred to as DNN, is a commercial content management system designed for websites created using the ASP.NET programming framework. With the DotNetNuke CMS, you manage the website's…
A Web configuration file, more commonly known as a web.config file, is an XML data file that contains the configuration information for an ASP.NET website. A variety of AJAX scripts, which are a…
When a user refreshes a webpage that contains an inline frame, also known as iFrame, the page might display the default content of the iFrame instead of the one that was previously viewed. To prevent…
Adobe Flash is an excellent platform for building a portfolio site since Flash supports animation effects. You can use these effects to impress your visitors when you present your works to them. Flash…
ColdFusion is a computer application that makes certain tasks simpler without sacrificing a computer’s power. ColdFusion uses a Rapid Application Development language to simplify processes. This…
Because of their relatively small file size, JPEGs are the preferred way to save photos for Web pages among professional graphic designers. Many website designers use JPEGS with transparent…
The Ajax language lets you redirect and display dynamic content in a div container without requiring the user to refresh the page. You can create several div tags to contain several selection pages.…
JPEG metadata summarizes the content and information of a JPEG file. That might include anything from copyright details and serial numbers, to comments and descriptions about the image itself. JPEG…
Double redirects occur when a webpage redirects a user from one webpage to another automatically, then performs this function again to skip to a new page. This action usually occurs when the content…
The Microsoft .NET "ListBox" control displays a list of items you set up from a database or a static list of string variables. The "Add" function appends an additional item to the…
A snippet is the text that appears under the link to a website on the Google search results page. It usually gives information about the page the link takes you to, such as a synopsis or preview. If…
You can use Adobe Flash to display your best artwork or photographs in an online presentation of your portfolio. Flash includes many different tools for doing this, but if you are relatively new to…
Chatting on AIM -- AOL Instant Messaging -- gives you the chance to interact with existing friends while finding new ones through public chat rooms. Since those you chat with only get to know you…
Under certain conditions, you can import your bookmarks from another browser when installing Firefox or upgrading to a new version of Firefox and find that your bookmarks from the previous browser are…
Certain Apple products, including the Mac OS and iOS operating systems, have distinct rounded radio buttons. By using CSS code and some HTML, you can recreate these rounded Mac-style buttons on a Web…
The Philips Magnavox WebTV is a set-top box that relies on Microsoft's WebTV network service to provide Internet access to conventional TV sets. It accesses the network through a standard phone jack,…
Firefox has a variety of different features through which you can customize your general Internet browsing. One of these options is to prevent redirects that occur automatically, either by the way of…
When you move your website to another domain or relocate pages on the same domain, you should redirect your old pages to the new ones. This helps visitors find the new location of your content. The…
The many advantages of mounting applications on the Web center around the concepts of accessibility and ease of use. Using the Internet as a medium for deploying your applications frees you from many…
Domains are mapped to both a host name -- a text string -- and an Internet protocol address. Canonical names create an alias for a domain or subdomain; rather than directing a domain to a specific IP…
When you install Streampad on your Tumblr blog, it creates a bar that functions as a streaming media player at the bottom of the page. The Streampad player plays all of your blog's audio posts in…
Create graphics like those seen in iPhones by using the rectangle and gradient fill tools of imaging programs like Paint.NET, GIMP and Photoshop. The essence of this type of graphic is the illusion of…
Pixelmator, an image-editing application for Mac OS X, has all the tools you need to create an eye-catching custom header for your website or blog. If you've never created digital images before,…
One way to speed up large image downloads on your website is to add a buffering tag to your HTML code. You can also add padding to your buffered image to improve website visualization. By adding…
If you have a Joomla site that you want to merge with osCommerce, you can get Joomla extensions that will allow you to bridge the two platforms. When you bridge the platforms together, your users can…
To make an original design for your Tumblr blog, customize one of the site's many existing themes. This process involves and builds two major skills. One is that of Web design, and the other is…
IMVU is a social networking site that provides users with personalized avatars, 3-D chat rooms and profile pages to showcase their interests and other information. Although IMVU provides people with…
Use the HTML "span" tag to customize the background of your title tag in your Tumblr posts. The background color shows up behind the letters in your title, but the rest of your Tumblr…
In addition to the themes provided by Tumblr’s theme garden, the micro-blogging platform allows you to edit or create a theme using an HTML editor. The HTML editor is included as part of the…
The Blogger.com visual post editor has a text alignment tool you can use to align the text in a post or page to the left, right or center. If you have content on Blogger that you feel would look best…