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I have met frequently in the position of having to choose between adequately covers all possible resolutions and losing accuracy, or fit a couple or three of them being able to design exactly as you imagine it or drawing on paper. I think many other designers novice like me will have been seen in such circumstances, and although it is not easy to develop a universal rule, at least pretend to explain the advantages and disadvantages here that I see over and over how to design.

At present, the computer is an essential part of our life, enables us to obtain results that hardly get in another way. And to be so important, computing is evolving at a rapid speed in most cases we can not fit. NEVER be able to have the latest system software, the latest software, there will always be some piece of our team that this outdated, even for a few days or few months. It is clear that the main reason is our pocket, but we must also think that not everyone has the time and / or the knowledge needed to keep up.

Why do I say this? It’s simple, I intend to say that based on these circumstances, not everyone has the same monitor, in the same browser or the same programs, and this hinders the form of design. In this article I will focus on some of the biggest problems of the current web design: Unlike the resolutions. As we do not know how many pixels will have wide web, we do not know who put the size of our design. This issue divides how to design in two: the design liquid, which is suited to all possible resolutions, or the static design, which can only bring two or three.

Liquid web design
The idea of the design is based on liquid that measures of the components of the web are related, that is, having sizes percentage. If you put a table width as 100%, that table will have a width of 800 pixels resolution if the computer is 800×600, or 1024 pixels of resolution if the computer is 1024×768 pixels, and thus with all resolutions. Similarly, if we put a 50% size, the slab measured half the width of the resolution.

It would seem that this form of design is the panacea for all our problems, but obviously not the case. And this is not the case for many reasons: think of an image, the size has to be absolute, therefore we can not make that image occupies the entire width of the screen; what if that image is the “top”, which is logo, which also has static measures, and where there is a Pad of a certain width? There are tricks to solve certain parts of the problem, I will discuss later, but I think the idea of the design liquid and its main problem have been made clear.

Static web design
The idea of static design is based on the components of the Web have absolute measurements. That is, we’ll give you a width in pixels to anything, whether table, image, form field … In this way, and taking into account that most of the designers distribute the elements of your web pages using tables or CSS divisions, we have a system that allows us to be precise, will always know where each element, because the resolution will not make change its position.

But of course, not everything was going to be good, if you stop to think a little, it is clear that with this system we chose the width in pixels on our page, and of course, if you make a webpage of 800 pixels wide and someone has a resolution smaller, you have to use the odious horizontal scroll bar, and if your resolution is bigger, you see a small page. Usually the people who design this way, make their web pages with a size between 740 and 755 pixels wide, to understand, adapt to the resolution of 800×600 and thus the page looks good in resolutions of 800×600 and 1024×768, which are the most used according to the statistics.

One possible solution, web design mixed
One possible solution to alleviate the problems of earlier forms; the design is mixed, but still is far from a panacea. Is to mix the two forms of design, to achieve an outcome that is compatible with all resolutions and has a minimum of accuracy. Imagine that we want to make a kind web portal, so typical, two menus, one on each side and the content in the middle: Well, we can take action is likely to menus, and on the center, for example, we can put 100 pixels wide Each menu, and the downtown area 100%. That way each menu would be 100 pixels wide and the central area would take the rest of the screen size. For example in a resolution of 800×600 pixels each menu would have 100 and the central area would have 600, and in 1024 the menus would have 100 pixels and the central area would have 824 (measures of the central area are well placed to simplify the way, but we should always Remove the width of the vertical scroll bar, and one more thing that takes the browser).

But this system remains a problem, we still do not know the exact size of the central area, because it varies with each resolution, and therefore we still lack precision.

The big decision seen from different points of view
The first method is almost impossible to do, because unless you have only text, it is practically impossible to provide measures for everything. So compare the system is mixed with static system. Those who defend the mixed system, saying that they do have to respect all users by giving them facilities to view the contents of your site the same way that the whole world, it’s about giving equal opportunity to all. Whoever defends the method is based on the statistics, saying it prefers to give the best of himself to an 80% or more people (anything anyone can view a site, but have to use the horizontal scroll bar), which give a worse result at 100% of people. If we neither look coldly nor are like Web pages with different browsers or with different plug-ins. “It’s essentially seek a balance between accessibility and design. It also has much to do the kind of site you are going to design, because you will not in the same way for a web of technology that for a comedy. And as always the best you can do is to design according to your own experience and seeing many, many websites, to learn different methods, different designs and different ways of reaching the public… by Web design India

Your web statistics might not be lying on purpose. They might just

give you the wrong impression about what is happening with visitors on

your site. Keep the following seven possible lies in mind when you

check your web statistics next time.

Web Stats Lie #1 – All Your Visitors Are Being Counted

If you’re using more than one web statistics tools, you already know

this isn’t true. But do you know why?

Each web statistics software package counts visitors in several ways,

and each one decides what constitutes a unique visitor differently.

For example, some web statistics programs may set a cookie on a visit

from what it perceives is a new visitor. This may work well enough,

until that person moves to a new computer, or changes their browser.

Or they may be using a shared computer, and more than one person at

that computer may be visiting your site.

The programs that measure by IP address aren’t necessarily superior.

An IP address may represent a single user at a single computer, or it

may not.

Still, this is just an issue to be aware of, not a reason to abandon

all hope. The very best stats program is giving you an estimate at

best. A close estimate, but not an absolute number.

Web Stats Lie #2 – Common Terms Have Uniform Meanings

Even if your stats show as many of your visitors possible, the metrics

they measure may not mean the same thing from program to program, or

even from report to report.

A common term like page view might mean an entire page has been

completely displayed, or it might mean that an invisible graphic has

been loaded.

Web Stats Lie #3 – Your Page Views Can All Be Matched to a Person

Not all the times your pages are viewed are necessarily loaded by a

person. A common miscounted page would be an RSS feed. It may be

fetched once by a popular program, and then redisplayed to several

other viewers. Unless the referring site tells you the number of

subscribers, you have no way of knowing for sure.

Web Stats Lie #4 – Number of Page Views is of Utmost Importance

At the same time, how many pages are viewed isn’t as important as it

may seem when you look at your report for the month. For years, the

page view was one of the most important items on a web stats report.

It’s of some importance now, but just because it’s still prominently

featured on reports doesn’t mean it’s the main point of focus.

Page views were important because they were attempting to measure how

engaged visitors are with your content. Now, with audio, video, web

content feeds and other dynamic content that can be accessed from one

location, the length of time spent on a site is more important than

the page view.

Web Stats Lie #5 – Hits Are Meaningful

This is an old myth that has plagued the internet and allowed many

unsuspecting web owners to be duped by companies promising outlandish

results.

One of the first things you should learn about website traffic is what

a hit is. A hit is a successfully requested file. But your typical web

page may yield five hits when it is loaded. How is this possible?

A web page is a file often made up of several other files. The text of

your web page might be accompanied by four pictures. Each of those

files is counted under the term hit, where page view, or impression

entails the entire web page.

In fact, it’s possible for hits to be down when page views and uniques

are up. If you change the design of your pages to include fewer

images, each web page will yield fewer hits.

Next time you look at your web stats, ignore the hits column. It

doesn’t mean anything significant in terms of traffic, and is truly a

relic of the early era of the web.

Web Stats Lie #6 – Only Your High Volume Keywords Are Important

Since you are probably only seeing the top few dozen, few hundred, or

few thousand keywords in your reports, you might think that only the

keywords that bring the most visitors are of any importance. They’re

at the top of the list, and the program might not be able to show the

lower volume terms.

In some case, the high volume visitors aren’t the ones that bring the

most sales. The lower traffic keywords also often pave the way for

keywords that yield larger volumes, and can give you clues about what

you’re likely to rank for in the future.

Web Stats Lie #7 – The Amount of Traffic You Get is All That Matters

Your stats are measuring who came to your site, how long they stayed,

what they did, where they came in and how they left. These are all of

significance, but of equal importance is the number of those visitors

who turn out to be buyers. And there are other aspects of a site’s

success that stats can hint at, but not necessarily predict.

This isn’t to say that the information that web statistics programs

give us aren’t valuable or don’t give us important data. In proper

context, the information we get from observing visitor activity is

helpful to the point of being essential to monitor.

It just helps to understand what you’re reading.

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What exactly is web hosting? What features will you need from a web host? Questions like these often overwhelm would-be web publishers that are just starting out. But we are here to help. After reading this article you will not know everything there is to know about web hosting, but you will understand enough to get you started.

To start off with – what is web hosting? A web host is a company that manage computers that are part of the Internet, and web hosting is leasing disk space on those computers to store the files that make up your website. This means that there is a computer in a data center on which your files are stored, and the computer will present the web pages of your website to visitors. It should be clear to you that if you want to have a website, you will need web hosting.

What are the most important features to look for in a web host? Different web hosting companies offer different sets of features, and usually at various price points. Two of the most important things for you to look at is the amount of disk space you get and the amount of bandwidth they offer you. The more disk space you have the larger you can make your website. Some web hosts will even let you host more than one website on a single web hosting account, and in this case the amount of disk space will play a large role. Bandwidth refers to the amount of data that is transferred to and from your website. You want to make sure you have enough bandwidth to display your website to all the visitors you expect to get. Sometime a web hosting company will offer unlimited bandwidth, but read the fine print carefully because there is usually a catch, often the terms of service restricts the kind of data you transfer. For example you may not be allowed to use audio or video on your website.

Other features to look for in a web hosting account include: is the web host Windows, Unix or Linux based, script compatibility, the number and type of databases, the type of control panel and number and type of email accounts. The operating system of the server will determine what software you can use on your website. The software programs you use on your website is often referred to as scripts. Not all web hosts are compatible to all scripting languages, like Perl, PHP and others. The scripts you want to use on your website often needs a database to manage the operation of the script, so you will need a compatible database. You will usually be able to create one or more email addresses using your own domain name.

Before choosing a web hosting company, decide what you want to accomplish with your website and choose a company that offers you the features and options you need.

If you have a computer, then chances are you have either spyware or adware lurking on it somewhere. Estimates suggest that 90% of computers are infected with malicious software (malware) of some type. They take over your computer, infest it with pop-ups and other junk, or even worse, steal your private information. Although there are countless types of spyware and adware, these are the ones generally considered the biggest threats to your computer.

Gator – This adware is designed to track the sites you surf and so get a picture of your online interests. Once it has enough data, it starts to bombard you with everything from banner ads to pop-ups on similar subjects, hoping to grab your interest and attention. Generally your computer gets infected with Gator when you share files through Kazaa or other means, or when you download freeware.

n-Case – Another type of adware, which subjects you to an endless flood of pop-up ads. Downloading freeware from online sites is the way your computer usually gets infected with this malware.

PurtyScan – This is particularly sneaky adware. First it displays a pop-up ad on your computer offering to detect any pornographic content on your computer, with an offer to remove it. If you click on the ad, however, you end up a website which then infiltrates your computer with even more spyware and adware.

Transponder – Similar to Gator, in that it ‘watches’ your online behavior, then bombards you with ads that this malware decides are relevant.

CoolWebSearch – This malware is certainly not cool, but malicious. The first step is that it hijacks your Internet settings and web page, and then redirects you to another web page of its own. As you can imagine, that website is full of more adware and spyware, waiting to get into your computer.

Internet Optimizer – You could almost call this piece of malware a hacker. It takes control of your home page, and also any other web pages you visit. The final step is to pass you on to its own web page, so that it can download other malware onto your computer.

Perfect KeyLogger – This malware is a tool for hackers. It can record your keystrokes, which makes it simple to find out private information such as credit card numbers, passwords and other private details. These are then passed on to the hacker.

ISTbar/Aupdate – Although it pretends to be a toolbar, this is still malware. It’s a form of spyware, and it operates by continually displaying pornographic images and pop-up ads on your computer, which is both embarrassing and annoying. It also takes control of your Internet settings and web page.

TIBS Dialer – If you access the Internet via a dial-up connection, this malware will hijack your phone modem and then transfer you to various websites full of pornography.

Keen Value – This malware starts out by tracking your online behavior, analyzing every website you visit. It also collects your personal information if you fill out any forms online, and then bombards with endless advertisements, many of which link through to websites full of dangerous malware.

This is why protection is always important even if you surf the next just once a week.

For many years I have been writing Perl scripts to process ASCII files of one sort or another on my computer. I typically do this when I need to reformat or tidy up a series of HTML pages, for example.

To run a Perl script that is installed on your computer, which needs to process one or more files on your computer, and where the Perl interpreter is also installed on your computer, is very simple – you just need to double-click the perl script and it does the business – assuming that everything is set up correctly of course, for example, the location of the perl.exe program is defined in your path. You can also open a DOS window and type perl perlfile.pl to run a script (where perlfile.pl is the name of the Perl script you want to run).

However, when it comes to running a Perl script, or CGI script, on a web server, things can be a bit trickier – not too tricky, but a bit trickier.

In this article I’ll look at two versions of the same script: one that will run quite happily on a local machine (by double-clicking the script, for example), and one that will run on a web server.

The script itself is very simple – it opens a file, changes some text inside the file, and then saves the file under a different name.

Version 1 – the local version

Here is version 1 of the script. This is the version that will run locally on a computer, without a web server is sight. Note that I’ve used square brackets ‘[...]‘ instead of angle brackets at appropriate places to prevent the code from being processed by your browser. I’ve done this wherever necessary in this article.

localScript.pl

$name = “before.htm” or die “cannot assign to variable: $!”;
rename $name, “$name.bak” or die “cannot rename: $!”;
open (IN, “[$name.bak") or die "cannot open: $!";
open (OUT, "]$name”) or die “cannot create: $!”;
undef $/;
while ($line = [IN]) {
$line =~ s/hello world/goodbye cruel world/s;
(print OUT $line);
}
close (OUT);
close (IN);
rename “before.htm”, “after.htm”;
rename “before.htm.bak”, “before.htm”;

This script opens a file called before.htm, uses a regular expression to change the string ‘hello world’ to ‘goodbye cruel world’, and writes the contents to a file called after.htm. If after.htm does not exist, it is created.

The file before.htm simply contains one line – hello world. So it’s not even a proper HTML file in fact, but that doesn’t matter for this exercise as it’s the script that’s important, not the file that’s being processed.

Version 2 – the web server version

Here’s the web server version of the script. It contains everything that’s in version 1, plus a bit more. Again, I’ve inserted spaces where appropriate to ensure that the code displays correctly in your browser.

webScript.cgi

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use CGI qw(:all);
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser warningsToBrowser);
warningsToBrowser(1);
use strict;
print header;
my $name = “before.htm” or die “cannot assign to variable: $!”;
rename $name, “$name.bak” or die “cannot rename: $!”;
open (IN, “[$name.bak") or die "cannot open: $!";
open (OUT, "]$name”) or die “cannot create: $!”;
undef $/;
my $line;
while ($line = [IN]) {
$line =~ s/hello world/goodbye cruel world/s;
(print OUT $line);
}
close (OUT);
close (IN);
rename “before.htm”, “after.htm”;
rename “before.htm.bak”, “before.htm”;

A couple of initial points to note:

1. Why does the script have a .cgi extension instead of a .pl extension?
CGI is an abbreviation for Common Gateway Interface, which is a specification for transferring information between a web server and a CGI script. So CGI iteself is not a language, but CGI scripts can be written in a number of languages of which Perl is one. If you write a Perl script with a .pl extension, and then change that extension to .cgi, the script becomes a CGI script, and providing it conforms to the CGI specification, it will run on a web server.

2. If you call this script webScript.pl it will run without any problems on a local disk – just as version 1 did. That’s to say, all the extra code will not prevent it from running locally.

Ok, lets go through the script line by line to see what’s going on.

Running the script

To run the script you need to first upload the script and the file before.htm into the cgi-bin directory on your web server. On your web server the cgi-bin directory might be called something else, but it will probably be recognizable as the place where cgi scripts need to be located.

By default, when you upload a file onto your web server it will probably have permissions of 644. You need to change these to 755 so that the script can be run by anyone. Your ISP should provide you with a way to do this. If not, contact me at john@dixondevelopment.co.uk and I’ll send you a script to change the permissions for you.

Once you have uploaded the files and changed the permissions, all you need to do is browse to the script in your favorite browser. If the browser window is blank, then everything has probably worked OK. Check in your cgi-bin directory to see if the file after.htm has been created and that it contains the words ‘goodbye cruel world’.

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The term Web 2.0 has come to dramatically increased usage over the past few years. Many people have since begun to appropriate this hot new buzzword for their own websites while others are not quite so eager to embrace this new concept, considering it little more than an inappropriately named web-marketing gimmick. It has clearly polarized the web into two opposing camps, of adherents on the one hand and skeptics on the other. Yet in spite of all this-or perhaps because of this-there is still plenty of confusion and controversy surrounding Web 2.0. What is it exactly? And are the changes to the way the Internet has come to be used in recent years really significant enough to warrant this name?

The phrase itself is attributed to O’Reilly media, the company who coined it in 2003. Subsequently, the first Web 2.0 conference, which was held in 2004, brought it into widespread public consciousness. A series if conferences hosted by O’Reilly media has made the term even more popular than ever and facilitated the adoption of it by many industry pundits. The term as it has come to be used by O’Reilly media, refers to what many in the Internet industry perceive to be the second wave of Web-based communities and hosted services, following the first wave of communities which flourished during the initial Internet boom. These web sites encompass social networking sites, wiki sites and folksonomies-all of which share the trait of encouraging and facilitating content collaboration and sharing among its many users.

Perhaps some of the confusion surrounding the use of the tem Web 2.0 stems from the fact that it does not actually signify a change or an update to the technical specification of the World Wide Web as we have come to know it. Instead it more appropriately describes the widespread changes that many systems developers have implemented in the way that they use the existing web platform. The founder of O’Reilly media, Tim O’Reilly has himself termed it a business revolution in the computer industry that was caused by the move to the Internet as a platform. He further goes on to say that attempts to come to grips with the rules for success on that new platform is an integral part of Web 2.0.

On his own blog, which can be found at http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/10/web_20_compact_definition.html, O’Reilly wrote a compact yet more detailed definition of the term and refers to Web 2.0 as his view of the network as a platform that encompasses all the devices that are connected to it. According to him, Web 2.0 applications are the applications that are in the best position to take advantage of most of the inherent benefits of that platform. The means by which they can achieve this is through the delivery of software to the public that is continuously updated and generates its content through the merging of data from many different sources, which may include the individual end user. The Web 2.0 applications in turn generate their own data as well as services in a way that other users can readily mix according to their own needs. This paradigm clearly goes beyond the nature of Web 1.0 into a network that is built upon as O’Reilly calls it “(an) architecture of participation”. The end result is a richer web experience for the end user by way of applications that actually get better the more it is used.

To further illustrate the differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, it may help to view Web 1.0 as primarily focused on the connectivity between computers and a way to make technology work better for computers, while Web 2.0 strives to link people together and make technology work better for people.

While some people would disagree with this last illustration-and indeed claim that the opposite is actually more accurate-the fact remains that the Web 2.0 is increasingly reliant on the varied input from its users and the dividing line between people and technology is becoming more and more blurred as time goes on.

While computer mediation is still-and will probably remain for the next foreseeable future-an integral part of the new paradigm, the utilization of the collective input from its users will bring about a continuous improvement of the particular application based on the same users’ interaction with it.

The clear shift in focus from “technology” to “people” is perhaps no better illustrated by the change in technological demands from the ’90s to the present. While many users previously focused their requests on solutions to very specific technological demands, the overwhelming clamor nowadays is for applications that allow for far more end user intervention and input.

The controversy rages on as to the validity of the term Web 2.0, but by all indications it seems that it is here to stay.