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The Decline and Fall of Internet Explorer 6: Implications for Webmasters Yes, Internet Explorer 6 is finally dying. While webmasters and security pundits the world over breathe a sigh of relief, this article deals with some of the practical aspects of that demise where webmasters are concerned.

Should You Choose a Linux or a Windows Web Hosting Package? Is There Such a T... Those who are thinking of starting a website will have noticed that some web hosts advertise Linux packages, others Windows, still others FreeBSD. Should you choose a Linux web host or a Windows one? What if you have a Mac? When do you need a Windows web host and when a Linux or FreeBSD? This article attempts to answer these questions.

How to Solve the Error Message from ReCAPTCHA about Using JavaScript-Free Ver... Another frequently asked question (FAQ) has been added to the How to Add a CAPTCHA Test to Your Feedback Form Script: Reducing Spam in Your Contact Form tutorial. This one deals with the error message from ReCAPTCHA about using the "JavaScript free version of reCAPTCHA" in a browser that has JavaScript. Note: if you do not already have a contact form on your website with CAPTCHA support to filter out spam, read that article for an easy way to do this.

How to Redesign a New Website without Affecting the Old Site Until the New On... If you have an existing website and you want to redesign it from scratch using Dreamweaver, how do you go about doing it without overwriting the current one while developing? This article describes the procedure, and shows you not only how to defer the publication of your newly redesigned website, but also how you can test your site offline while working on it.

How to Move Your Dreamweaver Files to a New Computer Have you upgraded to a new computer and are wondering how you can transfer your Dreamweaver website files and site definition from your old system to the new? This article shows you how you can do it in a quick and easy way, without losing any work and without having to redo anything.

How to Pop Up a Tool Tip Window for Your Images Using Dreamweaver When you move your mouse over the images of some websites, you'll probably have noticed that a tool tip window pops up. This article shows you how you can create that effect for your site using Dreamweaver. It also addresses the question some visitors ask about why the ALT text does not show for their images. (The question rests on mistaken assumptions about the ALT text.)

Is There a WYSIWYG Editor for PHP? Or Should I Use PHP or HTML for My Website? This article answers a few questions that I have received from visitors about PHP and HTML, in particular, about whether to choose PHP or HTML for their site, and whether there is a visual editor for PHP. On the way, I try to clarify the meaning of those terms in order to sort out the confusion surrounding those words.

How to Put a Clickable Email Address on Your Web Page Using Dreamweaver For webmasters (especially those running businesses) who want to put an email address on their website, this article describes how you can make that email address into a clickable link.

How to Install PrestaShop Shopping Cart on Your Website Are you selling goods or services on your website? Or perhaps you want to sell digital goods like ebooks, software, music MP3 files, etc, and don't know how to get your website to automatically deliver the goods sold to your customers after they pay for it. The PrestaShop software is a free (and open source) shopping cart program that you can install on your website to run your own online shop. This tutorial shows you how you can set it up.

How to Make Your Links Change Colour When the Mouse Hovers Over It Using Drea... If you're fascinated by how a link is highlighted when you move your mouse over it on some sites, including thesitewizard.com itself, this article teaches you how you can create the same effect for your website using Dreamweaver. It also shows how you can change the default colour ("color") scheme for your unclicked and visited links, add/remove underlines, etc.

Reminder: Geocities Closes on 29 October 2009: Move Your Website Before It's ... Important: Geocities, the well-known free web host, officially closes on 29 October 2009. If you still have a website on Geocities, please move it before it's too late. Read the guide How to Transfer / Move Your Website from GeoCities: Closure of GeoCities' Free Web Hosting to make sure you don't miss an important step.

Will I Have to Continue to Pay a Fee to Keep My Domain Name After I Buy It? C... This article answers some questions newcomers have about registering a domain name, namely whether they have to continue to pay a fee to keep the domain name, whether they can change registrars and whether they can terminate a domain name if they don't want it any more.

How to Put Multiple Feedback Forms on One Website I've often been asked whether it's possible to put 2 or more contact forms on a website, using thesitewizard.com's Free Feedback Form Wizard. Some webmasters want to do this because there are multiple people that visitors may want to reach. This article shows you how to do this.

How to Delete a Web Page from Your Website: Removing an Already Uploaded File If you have ever published a web page, and then changed your mind about wanting such a page, this article is for you. It shows you how you can delete that file from your site, no matter which web editor you happen to be using.

How to Add a CAPTCHA Test to Your Feedback Form Script: Reducing Spam in Your... Is your mail box filled with spam sent by automated computer programs dumping junk into your feedback form? Are you tired of having to wade through tons of ridiculous body enhancement suggestions replete with grammatical errors before arriving at your real email? This article shows you how you can add a CAPTCHA facility to your feedback form in an easy-to-do way, to hopefully reduce the spam arriving through your contact form.Note that this article is intended for the ordinary, non-technical webmaster, and can be implemented by anyone.

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TCS site hacked; domain name put up for sale MUMBAI/KOLKATA: India?s biggest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) became a victim of cyber attack on Sunday, after the company?s website was hacked and the domain name was put up for sale. While in the recent past, hackers have

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Google Mystery Domain Reroutes 3% of Net Surfers An anonymous reader writes 'A new Google domain 1e400.net, a nod to the company's famously misspelled name is now the net's 44th most visited site. Google says the domain is used to 'identify servers' on its internal network, hinting that reverse DNS

TCS Website Hacked, Domain Name Up For Sale 1800 hrs IST The hack is believed to be a DNS Redirect Indian software giant Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) has witnessed the hijacking of its official website www.tcs.com. The hackers not only attacked the website but also allegedly changed its

VeriSign Reports Strong Q4 and Year Internet infrastructure services provider VeriSign has reported a net income of $92m for the fourth quarter 2009, compared to a net loss of $96m in the same quarter in the previous year. Revenue increased 26% to $263m. Operating income was $82.5m, while

Logix Microsystems Announces Carazoo.mobi - India's First Mobile Portal For A... Logix Microsystems Announces Carazoo.mobi - India's First Mobile Portal For Automobiles With 152 car models and 614 variants from 27 manufacturers onboard, Carazoo.mobi brings all the cars available in India to your cell phone Published on February 08,

Logix Microsystems Announces Carazoo.mobi - India?s First Mobile Portal For A... Logix Microsystems Limited, Indias fastest growing Software Company in the Automotive Retail space, recently announced that its Carazoo division had launched carazoo.mobi, Indias First Mobile Portal for Automobiles (www.carazoo.mobi). With 152 car models

Easyspace's Whois Privacy Service for .Me Domain Names Online (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Hosting and domain registration specialist Easyspace has announced the new availability of its Whois Privacy service for new and existing .Me domain name extension customers. According to a release, the service is available

China's UUCall Reopens Under Overseas Domain According to reports in local media, the domain name system of China's leading VoIP service provider UUCall has recovered and its website reopened on February 4, 2010. An insider said that after the DNS suspension of UUCall last year, the company

Sony Buys Domain Name For Forthcoming Arc Mot... After much speculation about the name of the much awaited Sony PlayStation 3 motion controller, a dedicated gaming blog, VGChartz, has reported that the much vaunted controller will be christened as ?Arc?. The blog reported that when

Domain Level Penalty, Part II In Part I, we talked about how to determine if your site has been banned or penalized by Google and what to do about it. This part delves more into Google penalty folklore, and how the search engine is constantly changing and evolving to counter

Legal Aspects of Public Domain Material (Prudent Press Agency)---Public domain material is content that's no longer copyrighted. That means you are allowed to use the work for creating your own personal or commercial projects. The potential problem comes when finding out whether the document

Cheap, Affordable Domain Names (Best Registration) - Canada (ca) Learn where to register a Canadian domain name. Best cheap, reliable registrar. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PR Log (Press Release) ? Feb 06, 2010 ? To obtain a domain name, you have to pay an annual fee to a registrar for the right to use that name. Take

Gossimer Unveils a New & Improved Payment System - Zibb.com The Melbourne-based (Florida) web hosting and domain name registration (http://www.gossimer.com/domain.php) company Gossimer has announced the inclusion of three more payment options in its system. From today the customers and the web hosting resellers