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Yahoo Ad on a Google AdSense Panel - Keep your friends close and your enemies closer…

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

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While perusing the web, I came across a Yahoo! Search Engine Marketing ad on a Google AdSense Strip. I guess that the saying “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” holds true.

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Marketing & Publicity

Thursday, November 24th, 2005


E-mail signatures

This is the most inexpensive way to let people know about your site. Encourage your members to include the website address in their e-mail signatures, especially for officers.

A template of this is:
Name
Position (if applicable)
Organization Name
Chapter Designation (if applicable)
e-mail address
website address

An example of this is:
Name
Webmaster
GreekDeveloper
info@greekdeveloper.com
http://www.greekdeveloper.com

E-mail newsletters


Another way you can get the word out is through the list of e-mail newsletters.
A e-mail newsletter can consist of a tip or several articles. Its what you make of it.

This post is from the GreekDeveloper Archive. GreekDeveloper was created to help aid  greek-lettered and other campus organizations to develop and maintain websites. online.  

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Other Alternatives

Thursday, November 24th, 2005


Posters, Flyers & Print

Include the url of your website on posters, flyers, business cards and print articles. Ask school papers and publications to include it as well. It can own help your organization get more exposure.

Word of Mouth


If you are not confident about your website, then how can you convince others to check it out? Bring your website up in conversation, show your website to people while in the computer lab, cybercafe, during presentations-the possibilities are endless. Word of mouth leaves a powerful impression for those who want to know more.

This post is from the GreekDeveloper Archive. GreekDeveloper was created to help aid  greek-lettered and other campus organizations to develop and maintain websites online.  

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Search Engines

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

If you want to attract a wider audience to your site, it is good to post your website to search engines. Almost every search engine has a page were you can add a url, description and a designated category for your site.

Of course, you can also input search tags on your webpages. Here’s how:

Include the name of your site, or page in the </strong> Tag, i.e. <TITLE>GreekDeveloper

Include META tags within the tags.


put some keywords describing your site here separating them with a comma.“>
Include a brief description of your website here.“> 1

Submitting


There are too many search engine websites to list, however most browsers have search engines, and can direct you to where to submit your website.

1. “Promoting your website: meta tags and search engines”, GB3 NonprofitMarketing

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Maintenance Tips

Thursday, November 24th, 2005


Keep your website current

It is important to keep webpages current, especially events, and officer/alumni listing pages.

Contact Information


Always make sure the contact information is easy to find, i.e. an e-mail address, a geographical address and/or a phone number so that your vistors have alternate means of communication.

Images


It is recommended to include image alternate text, width and height attributes in the image tag. GreekDeveloper
If there are slow downloads, the layout and the description of the image will be there plus it is accessible for text only browsers.

Frames


When your site is frame enabled it is recommended that you check that every frame is functional.

Links


It is a good practice to check for broken links within your website. Links do become outdated and need to be changed or deleted.

This post is from the GreekDeveloper Archive. GreekDeveloper was created to help aid  greek-lettered and other campus organizations to develop and maintain websites online.

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FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

Thursday, November 24th, 2005


What is FTP?

FTP-File Transfer Protocol.
Web Professionals use FTP programs to transfer files from their local computers to a remote computer or server. The files can be webpages, images, cgi scripts or other web applications.

This post is from the GreekDeveloper Archive. GreekDeveloper was created to help aid  greek-lettered and other campus organizations to develop and maintain websites online.

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Web Design Resources

Thursday, November 24th, 2005


Bringing it all together

The way how your webpages are presented says a lot about not only the designer, but also makes a statement about the organization. Therefore, it is important that all information is clearly displayed and easy to find. From the beginning web surfer to the techo-savvy who knows what they want to know. If the information is vague and hard to find, that’s how a website loses interest. This is why it crucial to have a layout and plan for the site before building begins.

Design Resources


Corel’s Designer Section
The Design Studio By Molly
HTML help by Web Design Group
Netmechanic
Tips-Tricks How to and beyond
Web Design Group-Design Elements
WebMonkey| Design
Website Garage

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Image Resources

Thursday, November 24th, 2005


Images?

Without visual stimulation, visitors get lost in the meaning of the site. Images are one of many ways to make your webpages have a lasting impact.

Images Resources


GifWizard
MediaBulider
Web Clip Art from About.com

Images Programs


For those of you who are adventurous and want to create your own images, the following links can help:

Adobe
Corel Draw
PaintShop Pro

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JavaScript Resources

Thursday, November 24th, 2005


What is JavaScript?

JavaScript-JavaScript is a Programming Language which enables dynamic events to occur on a webpage. To make webpages come alive, code is embedded into existing HTML documents using special tags.

JavaScript Resources


Doc JavaScript
JavaScript.com
JavaScript Source
WebCoder

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HTML Resources

Thursday, November 24th, 2005


What is HTML?

HTML-HyperText Markup Language. The formatting method used in making pages on the World Wide Web. Tags are used with a HTML page that define how text and images is displayed. There are many HTML resources,taking a class or by doing an search on a engine. The sources are endless.

HTML Resources


Beginning HTML at EarthWeb
HTML Guide for Beginners
HTML help by Web Design Group
HTML with Style
Introduction to HTML
NCSA—A Beginner’s Guide to HTML Home Page
WebMonkey| Authoring

HTML Programs


WYSIWYG
(What You See is What You Get)
Editors


Adobe PageMill
AOL Press
Microsoft FrontPage
Netscape Composer
Macromedia Dreamweaver

Text Based Editors


BBEdit (for Macintosh users)
Homesite
Hot Dog Professional

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