Web Design Tips
12 Web Design Trends That Should Die With The Decade
Our world, technologically-speaking, has changed dramatically over the past decade. We carry phone/computers in our pockets; we carry around entire music libraries that we might have paid for; we sit in coffee shops while we communicate with coworkers thousands of miles away – the last days of 2009, in short, look nothing like the first days of 2000. Except occasionally on the Internet, that is…
Ah, the Web – where the design mistakes of the decade live on eternally (or at least until someone stops renewing the hosting account). We used to think that if it looked cool, it was worth
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Protecting Your Web Content from Pirates: Part 2
Now that you know your rights under copyright law, you’re probably wondering how to exercise those rights. The good news is, you don’t need to hire an attorney – or be an attorney – to benefit from many of the protections of the law. One of the most effective weapons in your anti-piracy arsenal is the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998.
Protecting Your Content from Pirates: Part 1
The United States Constitution, in an effort “to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts,” guarantees certain rights to the creator of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, and artistic works. It also has been recognized by the courts to include website content. Any original work of authorship that is fixed in a tangible medium of expression – which includes a web page – is protected by copyright.
9 Tips to Make Your Website Load Much Faster (Part 1)
The goal of this article is to determine whether or not the cause of your website’s latency is due to your web host or due to the way you have constructed your site. This article will use examples from prominent websites and explain how to use the tools that they employ to ensure that their sites are served to their users quickly
1. Server Location: Closer is Faster - Google is estimated to have 450,000 – 1,000,000+ servers located in cities worldwide. This helps ensure Google’s website loads …
9 Tips to Make Your Website Load Much Faster (Part 2)
5. Your Bandwidth Is Slow - Most larger web hosts will have multiple bandwidth providers so that if one gets jammed, they can switch to another bandwidth provider to ensure the fastest connection and load times for your website. An easy way to see if your hosting provider is partnered with large bandwidth providers is by running a trace route test. Once you have completed the test, check to see if it has references to major bandwidth providers such as Sprint, Level(3) Communications, MCI-Verizon, Mzima …
Design Tip: Don’t Be 5,000 Miles From Your Server
Give Your Data a Shortcut
Do you know what happens after you hit the “Send” button in your email program or when you hit the “Upload” button on your FTP program? Most people take for granted what happens next and how the data gets to where it’s going. Much like cars traveling on a highway, the data has to enter and exit a complicated and long system of networks. Logically, the shorter the distance the data has to travel, the faster the data gets to where its going and the less …