Category Archives: Website Design Tips & Tutorials

File Naming Tutorials

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Patricia Geary

An important part of designing your website is the name you give to each of your files. The first part is the actual file name and the last part is the file extension or the format in which it is … Continue reading →

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A Guide to Website Design Patterns

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Patricia Geary

A good navigation system is a MUST for any website, especially a genealogy website. The larger your site, the better the navigation should be. Six Revisions, a blog for web developers and web designers had a very insightful post by … Continue reading →

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Seven Super Quick Tips for Beginner and Amateur Web Designers

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Patricia Geary

Web design is a tricky art that combines both the creative and the analytical skill sets to create something unique and visually compelling. At the end of the day, good web design is more than the sum of its parts. … Continue reading →

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Limiting Window Size

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Patricia Geary

A recent question on the RootsWeb Freepages Mailing list was: For some files on a Freepages site I’m in the process of developing, I would like to restrict the size of the page window to a fraction of the normal … Continue reading →

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Absolute vs. Relative Links

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Patricia Geary

Do you know the difference between an absolute and a relative link? Do you know which is your best choice for SEO  (Seatch Engine Optimization) purposes? Absolute Link An absolute link is created when the href value is a fully … Continue reading →

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