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 - Track Your Ads
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   -  Email Link or Form?
   -  Add Video to Website
 - Get Ranked in Search Engines
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Website Maintenance
 - Using Archive Manager
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 - Maintenance Checklist
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Web Site Tutorials

Tips & Tricks

Email Link or Form? - New!
You want visitors to be able to contact you through your website, but which method is best?

Adding a Video to Website - New!
Learn about several options you can use to add a video to your website.

Custom Favorites Icon
When you bookmark a site a tiny logo icon appears in your favorites bar next to the site's title. Here's how to make one for your own site!

Server Side Includes
Use SSI to ensure that common components such as a copyright notice, contact info or even navigation stay the same on all pages throughout your site. What at time-saver!

Spam-Proof Your Site
Download this free spambot tool to encrypt your email addresses so email harvesters can't get them and sell them to spammers!


Website Maintenance

Save Space with Archive Manager
Getting too close to your disk space quota? Use Archive Manager to compress files and save them on your pc instead. (Especially useful for old site stats!)

Using Your Diskspace Wisely
You pay for your diskspace, so use it wisely! Here are some tips to keep your space usage down to the essentials.

Annual Website Maintenance
It's a good idea to verify AT LEAST once a year that all your links, etc are in working order. Take a look at this helpful checklist.


The Basics

Web Site Terms Explained
How is a website like renting an apartment? Click above to find out and have all the web site lingo explained in a simple-to-understand metaphor!

HTML Cheat Sheet
A quick and dirty cheat sheet for the most used html tags

HTML Tips
Tips to make your html coding less frustrating!

Naming Your Web Pages and Directories
Learn what to use and what not to use in your file names so that everybody can load your pages and how to organize your site with folders.

Image File Size
Is your page loading slowly? Try these tips to reduce the filesize of your images.

Moving to HostingCT from Another Host
It may seem like a daunting task, but with these tips, switching over your hosting to Hosting CT will be a breeze!

8 Reasons to Build Your Business Online
You've been bombarded by marketing gurus telling you that your business needs a website. Here are a few reasons why.

Top 10 Website Mistakes
You've got a website. Great! But is it bringing you new business? The not-so-old axiom, "if you build it they will come" doesn't apply online. Make sure your website doesn't make any of the following common mistakes.


Planning Your Website

Planning Your Web Site
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Make sure you've got all your ducks in a row before starting to develop your web site.

Web Site Worksheet
Things to remember! Use this sheet when thinking about how to make the best use of your upcoming website.

Do It Yourself or Hire a Designer?
You want your site to instill quality and trust. Do you have what it takes to design a killer website?


Marketing Your Website Tutorials

Twitter for Business - New!
Use social media to market your business and generate leads.

Google Local - New!
Get your business noticed in Google Maps - when a prospect searches for you they'll see more than just a link to your website - they'll see your business description, map to your location, hours, a photo, and more.

Reading Your Site Statistics (stats) -
Every hosting plan at Hosting Connecticut includes a Site Statistics program. Learn which stats to keep your eye on.

Track Your Advertising
Are your ezine ads really bringing you more visitors? Use tracking urls and find out!

Press Releases
Learn how to use press releases to gain exposure for your business.

Search Engine Submission
Get your site listed in the search engines and directories. Here are some guidelines for the most popular search engines, directories and pay-per-click sites.


Resources

Good Books
Learn HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL the easy way! Lots of good reference books to choose from including the popular "HTML Visual Quick Start" Guide.

 

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