Archive for March, 2005

CSS: Absolute Positioning

Here are a few tutorials that cover “Absolute Positioning” with CSS.

Tutorial: CSS Positioning
W3Scools: The position property
MSDN: About Element Positioning
HTML Tutorials: CSS Layout

Google LocalRank

Here are a couple links to information about LocalRank:
-LocalRank: Google’s 2 rankings & you
-LocalRank: Forum Post
-LocalRank: Patent

Search Engine Ranking Factors

Source: SEOMOZ.org

http://www.seomoz.org/articles/search-ranking-factors.php

Search Engine Spam Reporting

Search Engine Spam Reporting links:
Google
Yahoo
Where To Report Spam

Checking Backlinks on Search Engines

Google:
"yoursite.com" -site:www.yoursite.com

Yahoo:
linkdomain:www.yoursite.com -inurl:yoursite.com

Internet Connection Speed

If you would like to test your internet connection speed here is a link to McAfee’s Internet Connection Speedometer.

Copyright Symbols

Here is a page for Copyright Symbol Code and Images:
The Copyright Symbol Webpage

PHP Mail Forms

Here are a few sites with information on how to build PHP Email Forms:
Email Forms in PHP
PHP: Mail Manual
Email – Making Forms
Project: phpFormGenerator
Form Processing Solutions

Web Page Review Tools

Netmechanic’s HTML Toolbox: This will provide information on Load Time, HTML Check, Browser Compatibility, Spell Check, and Link Check.

W3C’s Markup Validation Service: This will provide specific code errors.

Delorie’s Lynx Viewer: This will give you an idea of how your page lays out for the search engine spiders.

Web Page Analyzer

Bobby: Accessibility

Change Default Directory Page

If you want to change your default directory page from “index” to something else, and you’re on an Apache Server, with Mod_rewrite installed, you can add this code to your .htaccess file:

DirectoryIndex otherpage.html

You can also set it up so that if the default page isn’t found that another takes its place:

DirectoryIndex otherpage.html differentpage.html

Of course, use the appropriate file extension for your web pages [.html, .php, etc.]

…or you use a simple redirect in the default page:


< ?php
header( 'HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently' );
header( 'Location: http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].'/otherpage.php' );
?>