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WebHead
Here is a complete
back catalogue of our popular WebHead columns for your
convenience. No more digging through old issues of Sympatico NetLife!
Whether you're building your first-ever site or want to add some bells
and whistles to an existing one, WebHead can help. Choose a specific
topic from our list, or save all of them to create a free guide to
building a Web site that shines.
2002
issue
03 |
Make Your Site Picture Perfect |
There are ways to get all the images you want on your site and still not
take up too much bandwidth |
issue
02 |
What’s
Your Type? |
Our font of Web knowledge shows how to gain greater control of your
online type |
issue
01 |
Indispensable
Web-Building Resources |
Whether you are a beginner or a master builder, here are sites that
will keep
you armed with the best technologies and advice |
2001
issue
06 |
How to make people pay |
Want
to get serious about selling online? Here’s how to accept credit-card
payments without getting a merchant account. By Ric Mazereeuw. |
issue
05 |
Control
By Design |
It’s
With all the Web’s variables, what you design isn’t always
what viewers see.
Here are some tips to help you get the results you want. By Ric Mazereeuw |
issue
04 |
Form and Function |
It’s now easier than ever to collect and manipulate the data
left by visitors on forms on your Web site. By Ric Mazereeuw |
issue
03 |
All
the News That’s Fit to Borrow |
Give
your site depth and freshness with free, constantly updated syndicated
content. |
issue
02 |
Help
the Lost to Get Found |
What
can you do if people are losing themselves in your sprawling site?
Simple. Just add a free search function. |
issue
01 |
Make
Your Site Purr |
It’s
time to tune up your site, fixing broken links, checking HTML and
slashing load times with easy Web diagnostic tools |
2000
issue
06 |
No
Purchase Necessary |
Get
all the tools you need to build and maintain a Web site for free. |
issue
05 |
Score
with Animated GIFs |
Create
the illusion of animation on your site with minimal effort and maximum
effect |
issue
04 |
Doing
It With Style |
Easily
change your site’s text formatting—including colour, size
and weight—with flexible cascading style sheets |
issue
03 |
Moving
Picture Shows |
Turn
your site into a multimedia delight by adding video. Just don’t
post your uncut home movies. |
issue
02 |
Show
and Sell |
Banner
exchanges and referral programs help you to promote you site, snag
banner ads and, if you’re lucky, get a little cash. |
issue
01 |
Track
Your Traffic |
Learn
how to track visitors to your site—hits, page views, impressions
and more. But beware: tracking is an inexact science. |
1999
issue
06 |
Shock
Your Site |
Macromedia’s
Shockwave Flash brings futuristic effects to the Web, with animated
sequences full of motion, rotation, fade-ins and morphing. |
issue
05 |
Tagging
Your Site |
Properly
constructed META tags will help you to index your site with search
engines and let visitors know when you’ve moved to a new URL |
issue
03 |
Your
Cup of Java |
Programmers
may use Java may to create applets, but it’s the less-complicated
JavaScript that helps amateurs to build interesting Web sites |
issue
02 |
The
Speed of Sound |
Delivering
sound files quickly and efficiently, MP3 may become the standard for
music on the Web—despite recording industry fears of piracy |
issue
01 |
Winning
Forms |
Want
to make your site more interactive? Learn how to post forms so visitors
can share their thoughts and information |
1998
issue
06 |
Polish
Your Images |
You
can fine-tune or even overhaul your Web site’s look with inexpensive
image-manipulation programs |
issue
05 |
The
Protocol of File Transfers |
If
you want to upload files to your Web site, you’ll have to learn
how to FTP |
issue
03 |
Playing
with Palettes |
Dealing
effectively with image and background colours on your Web site requires
more that coordinating the blues with the reds |
issue
01 |
On
the Table |
Adding
tables to your Web pages will make them
appear more polished and organized—not to mention a lot easier
to read |
1997
issue
06 |
Good
Design |
Simplicity,
clarity and careful experimentation: the basics of good Web page design |
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