Broken links annoy the visitors to your web site, which lowers you percentage of return visitors. In addition, broken links on your web site may negatively affect your search engine rankings. Finding broken links on your web site can be accomplished by either a downloadable program such as Xenu Link Sleuth, or by using a web-based application such as the W3C Link Checker. Xenu Link Sleuth Xenu's Link Sleuth (TM) checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on "normal" links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, Read More

The term image rollover refers to the technique of changing an image display on a web page when the end-user mouses over a picture or image embedded on a web page. When you program a web page to contain a rollover image, two pictures are commonly used for the effect. One of the images is displayed when the web page is loaded in the user's web browser, and the second image is displayed when the mouse is positioned over the image. The JavaScript method “onMouseOver” is invoked when the mouse Read More

Sending email is a straight forward process, but does have some requirements. To begin with, you need to have an email address. Two of the best email clients are either Gmail or Yahoo Mail. Once you have signed up with an email account, it is easy to send an email. The first thing you’ll need is the recipient’s email address. The address will be something@emailclient.com. For example, it might be abcdefghijk@gmail.com. If that is the recipient’s email address, plug that in the “To” section of the email draft. Below that, Read More

With the rise of the Internet, search engines have become a way of life for millions of computer users worldwide. Search engines allow computer users to find information and websites that have relevant answers to their questions by using keywords and meta data to match consumers with their interests. Although nearly everyone uses search engines on a daily basis, not that many people know how search engines work. In this article, we will explore types of search engines and how they operate. What is a Search Engine A search engine is an Read More

BitTorrent is an open-source peer-to-peer protocol designed for the transfer of large files. The central philosophy underlying BitTorrent is that users should upload data (or transmit outbound) simultaneously with their downloading (accepting data or receiving inbound), which maximizes network bandwidth efficiency. BitTorrent is designed to be more efficient and will work better if there are more people interested in a specific file. Client-Server File Transfer Systems The client-server model is the most common method used when transferring files over the internet; it is the core concept governing http and file Read More

An MSN Display Name is a form of identity that is displayed to every MSN Contact that you have added. Your MSN Display Name is not viewable to people until you accept their invitation to become an MSN Contact — but if you are the one sending the invitation, the name will be viewable straight away. Your MSN Display Name can be viewed in your contacts (or your) MSN Contact List or during a Conversation (before every message sent, top bar and the status bar). Changing an MSN Display Name Read More

Apple’s iTunes is a hugely popular music service with millions of dollars in sales over the last few years. The music that iTunes generally sells, is in a format called AAC. This format includes DRM (digital rights management). Unlike standard MP3’s, music in the AAC format will play fine on an iPod, but probably won’t be accessible for many other types of MP3 players. For those customers that purchased music in the AAC format, it can be quite frustrating n to be unable to play your music whenever and wherever Read More

Setting up an email account on Outlook is a pretty simple process. The first thing you do is to bring up your Outlook page. There is a bar along the top that says File, Edit, View, Favorites, Tools, Actions and Help. Choose the one that says Tools. There is a drop down list that will appear. Go down towards the bottom and select Email Accounts. It is the third one from the bottom. From there you select Add New Email Account and then under type select POP3. You will then Read More

Validate HTML First, you should validate your HTML with either an online HTML validator or an off-line HTML validator. Online HTML Validators W3C HTML Validator Web Design Group HTML Validator CSE HTML Validator Lite Online Validator Offline HTML Validators HTML Tidy W3C Markup Validator (Unix only) Ensuring that your HTML is 100% standards compliant will give your web page the best chances of being rendered properly in the majority of web browsers. Test Against Popular Web Browsers Next, you should manually test your pages with popular web browsers. The most Read More

A Firefox Theme is a type of Firefox Add-On that can be installed in order to change the appearance and/or functionality of Mozilla Firefox. Firefox Themes allow users to customize the “look and feel” of their web browser without removing any of the basic functions provided by Mozilla Firefox. Firefox Themes can be created by any Firefox user, but are most commonly created by Firefox developers, and are the Firefox equivalent of Google Chrome Themes or Windows Live Themes.   How To Get Firefox Themes Users can download and install Read More