Working with FTP Applications
FTP, the File Transfer Protocol is one of the many languages of the Internet. This article shows you how to work with FTP on a 1&1 host and use programs like Transmit and FileZilla to update your server.Setting up a Password Protected Directory in 1 & 1
Setting up directories which are protected from normal visitors is a great way to develop projects visible only to some people. It's a great way to stage a site for a client before releasing it to the public. 1&1's awesome control panel makes it easy.Creating a Self Grading Test or Quiz in Google Docs
Google docs allows teachers or anyone to create forms for quizes, polls and tests quickly and easily. The results of the tests are stored in an Google Spreadsheet that can be programmed to quickly calculate your test results.Create a Button that clicks to a Website URL in Flash using ActionScript 3
If you're used to working with ActionScript 2.0, figuring out how to make a button click to a URL has change din ActionScript 3. This is a little hard to find in all of the manuals so I wrote a short tutorial on it.Learn a simple way to code a form
Building forms in HTML can be challenging. Here's a very simple HTML form beautifully styled with CSS that you can use as a starter for your web pages. It has an example of code for the most common html elements.How to make your website relevant to search engines
Part 1 of a three part series discussing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques you can use to improve your ranking on search engines. This part examines how search engines work and some basic things you can do to improve your ranking.Using Inbound Links for better SEO
Inbound links are links to your website from external sources. This is an important way to generate traffic and a good ranking with search engines. Part 2 of a 3 part series on Search Engine Optimization.Writing for Search Engines
Writing content that is easily searchable means learning to write in a very specific manner that is both semantic and spider friendly. In the last part of my three-part series on Search Engine Optimization, I talk about what you can do within your pages to get SEO results.A simple way to place Flash SWF's on HTML pages
Placing .swf files in your web pages can be complicated. The code that Flash creates when you publish a document can be daunting. I've created a simpler way using JavaScript to place these documents on your web pages.Freelancing, Business and Contract Basics for the Web Designer
Graphic Designers, Web Developers, Photographers and all other professionals in the creative field end up freelancing at one point or another, but freelancing is rarely taught in school. This article explains the process and some of the caveats when freelancing in the web design industryKey Online Metrics
Google Analytics and other web site traffic and metrics measuring tools allow you to keep track of the health of your website, but only if you understand how to use them. This article talks about the importance of each metric and what it means to your website.Other Important Website Metrics
Once you've got the hang of the key Analytics metrics, there are some additional tools in Google that will take your site from an average performer to a top performer. These metrics are important because they help you tweak your site and be a smart content designer.
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