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Making Web Pages Search Engine Friendly

by Terry Llewellyn, 30 April 2008 - 5:49pm

They say that if you have the world’s best mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door. When it comes to the Internet this couldn't be further from the truth. For any product to succeed you have to let the world know you have it. One of the easist ways to do that is to have the search engines pull up your site on page one of the search results for your product or service.

What is a Div?

by Liam McDermott, 27 October 2007 - 6:32pm

Web designers use it nearly every day, but not many actually know what the div tag means and where it should be used. This article aims to de-mystify the div tag, explain when and where it should be used and compare it with the similar span tag.

5 Steps to a Search Engine Friendly Site

by Megan McDermott, 23 July 2007 - 3:04am

Creating a site that ranks well in search engines is a difficult task. This article breaks it down into 5 simple steps, and points out some key features that search engines are looking for. Follow these steps and you'll be ranking well in no time! (well, more like 3-4 months)

Enabling Clean URLs and the Path Module in Drupal

by Liam McDermott, 19 June 2007 - 8:12pm

Clean URLs and the Path module are complementary features of Drupal. This mixed text and video article shows how to enable this functionality. Many aPaddedCell articles on Drupal expect that readers will have Clean URLs and the Path module enabled.

Moving the Login Block to a Seperate Page in Drupal

by Liam McDermott, 18 June 2007 - 5:56pm

This text and video tutorial will show how the login block may be moved to a seperate page in Drupal. This can be desirable for site owners who only allow login access to administrators, not all visitors.

Using Web Standards to Reduce Cost

by Liam McDermott, 12 May 2007 - 6:10am

The advantages of Web standards have been listed in this series of articles. These advantages can also reduce the cost of a project, which is what this article aims to show.

Future Proofing Using Standards

by Liam McDermott, 6 April 2007 - 3:37pm

When creating sites it is important to realise the code might not be changed for years. This article shows how Web standards can be used to ensure a Web site still looks good, and functions well, years after it's creation.

Ensuring People with Disabilities have Equal Access

by Liam McDermott, 29 March 2007 - 6:23pm

Continuing the ‘Web Standards for Everyone’ series, this article discusses the use of Web standards to ensure the disabled have equal access to Web sites.

What are the Differences Between the Internet and the World Wide Web?

by Liam McDermott, 15 March 2007 - 8:34pm

Many people do not realize the Internet and World Wide Web (we'll call it the Web) are actually different things.

This article aims to explain the differences.

7 Things all Webmasters Need to Know about SEO

by Megan McDermott, 14 March 2007 - 12:10am

Webmasters come to the forums with a lot of of misconceptions about SEO. They ask all kinds of questions about PageRank, or how to get the most out of their meta tags. It's time to set the record straight with five basic things all webmasters need to know about SEO.