Ever notice the tiny icons that display in your browser address bar or favorites list for some sites? They are called favicons (short for “favorites icon”) and you can easily make one for your homepage with a graphics editor or …[Continue]
PowerPoint Tips
When creating PowerPoint presentations, keep in mind the distance your audience will be from your screen. Sign painter’s use this rule of thumb: a one-inch letter is readable from 10 feet, and a two- inch letter is legible at twenty …[Continue]
News Tickers
If you have your own website, and would like to add news headlines to it, there are several sources of free news tickers that are very simple to use. Here are three popular ones: 7am Ticker, MSNBC Newsstand and Moreover….[Continue]
Learning HTML
If you are learning how to create HTML web pages, viewing the source code of existing pages is a great tool. Both Netscape and Internet Explorer make this available under View. If you are an Internet Explorer user, and you …[Continue]
Long URLs
If your Web site is on a free server (such as space provided by your Internet service provider or Yahoo! Geocities) you might suffer from long URL syndrome. You know what I mean. Long Web site addresses that look like …[Continue]