Are you getting downtime pretty often for your website? Is the tech support team of your hosting provider just not responding to your questions? Are you often intrigued by the promotions that your current hosting provider does while asking you to upgrade the system for a better security (After all, they promise security when you … Read more →
The following are some things you need to keep in mind when looking for a good web hosting provider. Good reputation Before you settle for any web host company, make sure they have a good track record. Many companies offer great hosting plans but fail to deliver on their promises. To find out if the … Read more →
Many people who are looking for a way how to present their content in a fun and interesting manner typically turn to using slideshows for their websites. If you are always using a flash slideshow to present your website content, then you should try using a JavaScript slideshow instead as it is more concise, faster and it simplifies the creation of slideshow animations.
The following are some of the most common advantages you get when you use a JavaScript slideshow:
Here I’m glad to offer you ten best components for Joomla you may find suitable for your purposes. As I have significant experience in working with Joomla, I suppose they will be really handy for you. 1. The very first component worth your attention is the well known VirtueMart. This component is one of the … Read more →
It’s difficult to predict how popular a web app will be these days when it’s introduced. Who could have imagined how popular Twitter would go on to become when it was introduced way back in 2006? So if you are building a web app and don’t know how much data your servers will have to … Read more →
Gone are the days of business websites hosted by Geocities and other easy to use web based site creation services. If you want to make a real impact with your customers, you need to have a well built and effective website. Most people are going to discover your company by searching for it online before … Read more →
Colors and the effects they have on everything they are placed on or displayed around are my absolute favorite things in the world. It makes me so sad to see that in this age of blogging with the freedom of expression that the World Wide Web gives us, so many people disregard the educated use … Read more →
The whole HTML5 vs Flash debate really started with the launch of iPhone worldwide when more and more people became aware that Flash-based websites didn’t work on iPhone. With that, non-flash versions of previously Flash-based websites began to popup around the Internet as more and more people started using iOS devices such as iPhone and iPod Touch.
Then when iPad came about a year ago, Flash almost became world-known since iPad, like iPhone, also did not support flash. I’m sure web companies such as Tampa web design saw an increase in their business as more and more website owners wanted to optimize their website for iOS devices. I believe there are some 100 million iOS devices out there now (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) so that’s a big chunk of the Internet to cut-off by relying mostly on Flash for your website, shop, portfolio etc.
We have covered the European Union “cookie issue” in a few previous articles: February 2009: New Cookie Law Will Require User Consent Before Placing Cookies December 2009: The Dreaded Cookie Law Crumbles November 2010: EU’s Cookie Law still being chewed on – might end up requiring users to “opt-in” for browser cookies… Now there’s once … Read more →
With the increasing trend in mobile platform, there are limitations of the website being displayed in the actual HTML format as designed for your web browsing over a PC or a laptop. These HTML formats could be made more amicable to make your website supportive and adapt efficiently to work well on the mobile platform. … Read more →
Last week I wrote a quick introduction to the different kinds of web hosting you might come across as a webmaster or blog owner. Today I thought I would share a quick note about what kind of web hosting TechPatio has been going through. When TechPatio.com was first launched in the Summer of 2009, it … Read more →
For the first time, Firefox is now the most used browser in Europe. Firefox reached a market share of 38.11% in December, leaving behind Internet Explorer in 2nd place with 37.52%. Firefox doesn’t have themselves to thank though, as the reason for being number one is mostly because of Internet Explorer losing market shares due … Read more →
I’ve said it several times before and I’ll say it again – if you’re just a tiny bit serious about your website, blog or whatever it is that you’re having online, you’ll want to have it hosted somewhere where you have control over your website and you’re not putting all your eggs in a basket … Read more →
G.A.S.P. , GrowMap Anti-Spambot Plugin, is a WordPress plugin that takes a different approach to spam filtering than Akismet does, which is the anti-spam plugin used by most WordPress bloggers. Instead of analyzing the content of each comment as well as having a giant database with information about which URL’s, IP’s etc. to mark as … Read more →
So we all know that the web is basically built on HTML, and that programming language has been with us since 97, but now we are seeing the emergence of the new incarnation of HTML. The current version of HTML, (4) has been with us a long time and from its humble beginnings way back, … Read more →
Apple created a new web page meant as a HTML5 showcase. It has seven HTML5 features, demonstrating their functions: Video Typography Photo gallery Transitions Audio 360º product view VR All of the demos have some kind of interactivity built-in so you get to manipulate with the result. Even though this web page is supposed to … Read more →