Finding the Errors on Your SiteWritten by Paulina Roe
When you are building your site, and try to test it in a browser, do you sometimes (or perhaps more often) get an error message telling you that your site contains a script error, and would you like to continue running scripts on page - yes or no? If so, look at that screen before discounting it - it should tell you which line has a syntax error or whatever problem it tells you. You can now look for that line to correct it - but finding it might not be as easy as you'd think. Blank lines do count, and count might piece some lines together which you would no expect. One way to find line in question is to go near line you think you counted to. When you are there, see which line it tells you error is at. For example, if your error is at line 33, you can go to about line 29 and then add a blank line. Again try to view page - which line does it tell you error is on now? Does it say line 33 again? If so, you have added blank line AFTER line with an error. Go up
| | Would You Buy There?Written by Jason D. Huhtala
So you have a product that you want to sell on Internet. What is first thing you think about? Some may be thinking, "I need to set up a link directory, or maybe fork over some cash to overture and get some traffic in here." Others may be thinking, "I need a lot of great content to keep those precious visitors here." "Catchy url, that's what I need," may be on some people's minds. But even if you do all those things; if you have bad site design, you're going to have a hard time selling.Take a moment and think about hundreds or maybe thousands of sites that you've been to. Now think about how many of them that you have actually bought something from compared to how many were selling something. I think it would be safe for me to say, you didn't buy from Charlie's Bargain Basement that is fashionably designed in orange with puke green frames? Did you chance your hard earned money with Guido's Lava Lamps with mysql errors, just so you could get a couple dollars off? What about Betty's Fine Fishing Worms? It clearly states at bottom that it hasn't been updated since June 2000 and looks best in Netscape 4.0. Did you still buy there? Now why didn't you? One of largest problems on Internet today is Trust. I bet you've heard saying, "Never judge a book by it's cover", but that rule does not apply to web. Are you breaking any rules that may be driving visitors away? Let's talk about a few things. 1st rule - Colors. I've heard this one a couple times: "But this black background looks cool." Now think of top retailers on Internet. What color is their background? I wonder why they are all white? The first thing you do when you go to a site is look around to see if it's even worth your time. Dark backgrounds are -10 points right off top for me. Studies show that people click a lot more links when there is a white background. One reason is that some people have a hard time reading white on black. Personally I feel a headache come on in a hurry if I stare at a site with a dark background for too long. Others may feel claustrophobic or intimidated and next thing you know poor design has frightened those precious visitors away. Unless you're interested in selling chokers and leashes to Goth teenagers, keep your colors light.
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