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Check Web Page Download Time

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

One of the principles of usability is fast downloading of a web page. Here’s a neat tool that helps to check web page download time. This will help your website from search engine optimization perspective as well.

Tips for reducing download time for a web page:

  • Use div’s rather than tables for layout.
  • Use XHTML rather than HTML.
  • Separate content from presentation completely by using external StyleSheet.
  • Do not add inline styles or scripts. All JavaScript should be in external file.
  • Optimize the size of images. Make sure that you use GIF images or JPEG images appropriately depending upon the file size and required resolution.
  • Keep the length of the page not too long. This will help reduce the size of the page and is user-friendly as the visitor doesn’t have to scroll too much.
  • Optimize the size of all multimedia files such as video, audio and flash.
  • Do not use frames.
  • Make sure your hosting server can provide required bandwidth for your website.
  • Note that adding advertisements on your web page usually increases the download time.

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Min-Height

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

Majority of the web page layout require side navigation column and the content column to expand vertically equal. This can be a challenge when we prefer to use div rather than tables for layout.

I explained one of the most useful hacks that create an appearance of two columnar div’s expanding vertically equal to each other. However, there are times when we actually want both the columns to have equal height. The solution can be min-height – a very helpful CSS property. However, it doesn’t work in IE. It works in FireFox. (more…)

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PHP Script for Form with File Attachment

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

I developed contact us form for DagadTrikon.com using HiQFormMail PHP Script. It is available for download for free and allows file attachments. This is the best one I have found so far and is very easy to customize. Please note that this script will not work on Windows server. I hope you find it useful.

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1, 2, 3 … You’re done! Website Design Made Easy

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Designing a website may not seem like the easiest of tasks, but with the help of some new web building conveniences that have entered the market in the past few years it is possible to create a professional website for your business with only a small investment of your time and money. In fact, with the advent of greater choice in web design such as ready-made website templates, logos and other corporate necessities, you can build a website in three easy steps.

Step One: Plan Ahead

Before you delve into the world of web design and start looking for a suitable template, it’s important to plan ahead. You need to clearly define your company’s objectives beforehand so that the design selection process goes more quickly and you choose the right template. (more…)

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PHP Script for Tell A Friend Form

Friday, April 21st, 2006

When I was working on the website for The Legend of Dagad Trikon, I needed a PHP script for Tell A Friend form. I searched and tried to install quite a few. None came close to Tell A Friend script by Maian Friend. It’s perfect and was really easy to install. Hence I recommend it and if you want you can look at how beautifully this script is working at DagadTrikon.com.

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