SiteSpinner

SiteSpinner is a user-friendly web site development tool that includes many advanced features such as drag-and-drop positioning, built in FTP to publish directly to your web site, an image editor and graphics creation all in one. With SiteSpinner, objects can be placed wherever you want them with your mouse. Not only that, you can place objects so they are always centered, or automatically scale to fit your visitors browser. The Text Editor works like a word processor, allowing you to change font, size and color. Add links and spell-check your work. Add titles and you have a professional page. The drag-and-drop Table Editor lets you quickly organize your information. Text, pictures, or any object can easily be dragged into position, and your table's properties can be set way you want them.

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NoteTab Pro

NoteTab Pro is a leading-edge text editor and HTML coding tool, and an ideal Notepad replacement. Winner of top shareware industry awards since 1998, this elegant application does it all: you can handle multiple large files with a simple tabbed interface, use a spell-checker and thesaurus, format text, use multiple undo, and bookmark documents. You can build templates, use powerful system-wide searches, and do global multi-line replacements.

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CoffeeCup HTML Editor

Well, we've done very well with enticing visitors to come back, and our secret is very simple: Offer milk.

Still with us? Good.

Every local convenience store or bodega carries milk. They don't do it for profit either as milk has a very low markup. They do it because people need milk every week, sometimes twice a week.

Milk keeps customers coming back. Quite often, after customer picks up container of milk, they grab a few other things while in store. When this occurs, milk has served its purpose. (Stores also situate milk in section of store farthest from entrance, thus making customer have to walk by and look at all other products, but we'll save this for another article)

Hence question: Does your website offer milk?

Okay, enough with "milk" metaphor.

Does your website offer content that would give visitors desire to return? If not, you need to get to work.

There are many types of content that can achieve this purpose. Let's take a look at a few.

Message Boards This is probably most effective technique. Message boards are outstanding for drawing return traffic, especially when hot topics are going. There has been much written on how to promote and establish a successful message board. A rather nice side benefit of message board is fact that content is provided free of charge from forum members. If your forum threads get indexed by search engines, they will help draw new traffic as well.

Teasers on Upcoming Pieces When you begin working on a new piece or project, do you promote in on your site? How about announcing in a highly visible area, "Coming This Monday, How to Lose 30 Pounds in 30 Days!" Give visitors something in which to look forward.

Website Polls Okay, polls won't draw that much traffic, but some visitors are very curious as to how poll numbers progress. Every little bit helps.