Category: Web Design Tips

What’s The Difference Between Liquid, Elastic, Relative, Fluid, Flexible and Fixed Layouts?

Where web design is concerned, I’m sure you’ve heard of things like a “liquid” layout, or a “fluid” one, or an “elastic” one, and so on. What do all these terms mean, and which layout should you choose for your website? What are the consequences of choosing one layout over the other?

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How to Add Text and Image Links to Your Website in Serif WebPlus X2

This fifth chapter of the Serif WebPlus X2 tutorial deals with how you can make any text or image on your site into a clickable link. You can now link to other pages, photos, PDF ebooks, and other files on your site, as well as link to other websites.

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How to Centre a Horizontal Navigation Menu Bar in Dreamweaver

If you have inserted a horizontal menu bar into your site using Dreamweaver’s built-in menu facilities, this tutorial may be of interest to you. It shows you how you can centre (or “center”) the menu bar on the web page (or in one of the columns if you have a multi-column site)

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How to Make Your Links Change Colour When the Mouse is Hovering Over It Using KompoZer: Creating a Rollover or Mouseover Effect

I’m sure you’ve seen those websites (including thesitewizard.com itself) where if you hover your mouse over a link, the link is highlighted or changes colour (or “color”) in some way. This tutorial shows you how you can accomplish this for your website using the free web editor KompoZer.

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Do You Need a Web Editor If You Use Your Web Host’s Free Website Templates?

This article tries to clarify some of the confusing terms used in webmaster jargon while answering a question asked by one of thesitewizard.com’s visitors. It also gives an important precaution to take before using any free web design template provided by your web host

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How to Add a Navigation Menu to Your Website with Serif WebPlus X2

The fourth chapter of the Serif WebPlus X2 tutorial series is now online. This chapter shows you how you can insert a navigation menu to your website as well as how you can configure the navigation bar so that it has an appearance that suits your site design. (For those wondering, Serif WebPlus X2 is a visual web editor for designing websites.)

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Why Does My Web Page Look Different After I Publish It with Dreamweaver? What Happened to the Columns?

If you find that your website does not have the multi-column layout you designed in Dreamweaver after you publish it, or it’s missing the pictures you placed on your site, read this article for the solution.

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How to Create a Hanging Indent Using Dreamweaver

This article teaches you how to create a hanging indent effect for your paragraphs using the well-known Dreamweaver web editor.

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How to Add a CAPTCHA Test to Your Feedback Form Script: Reducing Spam in Your Contact Form

Is your mail box filled with spam sent by automated computer programs dumping junk into your feedback form? Are you tired of having to wade through tons of ridiculous body enhancement suggestions replete with grammatical errors before arriving at your real email? This article shows you how you can add a CAPTCHA facility to your feedback form in an easy-to-do way, to hopefully reduce the spam arriving through your contact form.

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How to Point a Domain Name to Your Website (Or What to Do After Buying Your Domain Name)

So you’ve bought your own domain name. What do you do next? How do you point a domain name at your website or your web hosting account

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