HTTP compression is a capability that can be built into Web servers and browsers to make better use of available bandwidth, and provide faster transmission speeds between both. The most common compression are gzip and deflate. More from Wikipedia…
HTTP Compression saves bandwidth usage and may speed up a Website loading time by reducing the amount of data sent. Continue Reading »
WordPress 2.6 and above has a new feature which is the posts and page revision. WordPress automatically creates revisions of your posts or pages. Whenever you save a post or a page, the old version is retained so you can revert back at any time. Older revisions are never deleted so you always have a full history of all changes. Continue Reading »
The 404 or “Not Found” is the error message displayed whenever someone requests a Web page that is not available on your Website. The 404 message is an HTTP standard response code indicating that although the client could communicate to the server, the server could not find what was requested. As there is no Web page to display, the Web server sends a generic page that says “Not found”. Continue Reading »
My seventh post in this series. It is a handy list, a one stop shop if you like, of the best Free Web analytics tools. While there are many expensive Web analytics tools available, you will be pleased to know that there are also many free alternatives. I currently use Google analytics and Mochibot. Whatever you decide stick to one (at most two) and don´t clutter your pages with extra unnecessary code, since your pages might take longer to load as each analytics tracking code will add some delay to the load time. Continue Reading »
This is my sixth post in this series. It is a handy list, a one stop shop if you like, of the best Free SEO extensions for Mozilla Firefox browser. Search Engine Optimization is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a Website from search engines via natural search results. All links are External. Continue Reading »
This is my fifth post in this series. It is a handy list, a one stop shop if you like, of the best Free online SEO tools. Search Engine Optimization is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a Website from search engines via natural search results. While there are many expensive SEO tools, you will be happy to know that there are also many free SEO tools. Continue Reading »
This is my fourth post in this series. It is a handy list, a one stop shop if you like, of the best Free online color tools that a Web designer needs. Color tools are very important in Web design. A good color combination tend to communicate with the user. The Website´s look is half the battle in attracting users (the other half is content and SEO/SEM). Continue Reading »
My Third post in this series. It is a handy list, a one stop shop, of the best Free online and desktop Photo editors. In my opinion, Adobe Photoshop remains the dominant desktop photo editor but it is expensive. Luckily, below are the free alternatives. All links are External.
Hover over each image or link for a short description about each editor. Continue Reading »
My second post in this series. It is a handy list, a one stop shop, of the best Free Website speed check tools that a Web developer/Web designer needs. There are many online tools, but in my opinion these are the best. My favorite ones are the first three. All links are External.
It means how fast a Website loads. Continue Reading »
This is my first post in this series. It is a handy list, a one stop shop if you like, of the best Free Website Validation tools that a Web developer and Web designer need. Validation is an important process of checking the code against formal guidelines. All links are External.
Make sure to hover over each image and link for a short description about each validation tool. Continue Reading »
