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9) Select "POP3" as Incoming Mail Server
10) Enter [mail.your-domain.com] for both your Incoming and Outgoing Mail Server (i.e. mail.js-solutions.com)
11) Select "Outgoing server requires Authentication"
12) Click "Next"



13) Enter your email address [yourname@your-domain.com] as the Account Name (i.e. wendy@js-solutions.com)
14) Enter your [password]
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You should choose dedicated server hosting when you notice your web users at your site is growing to approximately 3000 daily web users per day, or when you notice your web pages are loading very much slower when you initially started your website. Always check your web statistics to get the exact details. The database that you use can also affect the speed of downloading your web pages. In a nusthell, when you have a lot of concurrent web users on your website, you need a hosting server that serves your site only.

When a hosting server devotes solely to your web site, it is called dedicated hosting or dedicated server hosting. With a dedicated server, you have complete admission to the fundamental administrative functions of the server. With most dedicated server plans offered by web hosting companies, you need to know how to manage a dedicated hosting where technical support is concerned. If your not competent in managing a dedicated server, choose managed dedicated server hosting. This service allows you to rent an entire server that is supervised by a specialized hosting company. Most hosting companies provided managed dedicated hosting, but if you think you can manage and maintain the dedicated server by yourself, you can opt to choose unmanaged dedicated hosting which is slightly cheaper than managed dedicated hosting.

Because a dedicated server do not share its server resources with other website sites, as with shared hosting, it allows for more control over your server performance and bandwidth for your website. A dedicated server can also be configured and operated remotely. Hence, the cost of a dedicated server is always higher than the cost of a shared hosting services.

Choosing a good dedicated hosting service
Please research carefully before you want to sign up. Find a hosting providers that offer you good network stability, reliable support and better operation of sophisticated applications in a dedicated server compare to shared hosting. There are a lot of hosting companies out there that offer dedicated server hosting services. Many hosts offers both Linux and Windows platform, while some are only specialized in dedicated hosting. I list the hosting companies below to help you find good and reliable dedicated hosting services. ]]>
For those who are not familiar with Google's Page Rank, which is commonly known as PR, is Google's calculation or score of a web page based on external and internal linking of a site, as well as on-page criteria of the web page being linked to as well as the web page being linked from. The Page Rank calculation is much more detailed and complex, and we go into the calculation in more detail later in the tutorial, as well point out other places that you can read up on how Google calculates a web page's PR.

Before you can begin to develop or increase the PageRank of your website and individual web pages, you will need to evaluate what the PageRank of your site's pages is currently. To view the PR of your site you will need to download the Google Toolbar.

PageRank is in some ways related to link popularity, but the calculation is dependant on the quality and strength of the links, not just the number of links. So, how does one go about building and increasing their Page Rank. It is not as difficult as some may think. Google searches more sites more quickly, delivering the most relevant results.

Ranking Web Pages
Google runs on a unique combination of advanced hardware and software. The speed you experience can be attributed in part to the efficiency of our search algorithm and partly to the thousands of low cost PC's we've networked together to create a superfast search engine.

The heart of our software is PageRank™, a system for ranking web pages developed by our founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University. And while we have dozens of engineers working to improve every aspect of Google on a daily basis, PageRank continues to provide the basis for all of our web search tools.

PageRank Explained
PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important."

Important, high-quality sites receive a higher PageRank, which Google remembers each time it conducts a search. Of course, important pages mean nothing to you if they don't match your query. So, Google combines PageRank with sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search. Google goes far beyond the number of times a term appears on a page and examines all aspects of the page's content (and the content of the pages linking to it) to determine if it's a good match for your query.

Integrity
The Google Page Rank value relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the Internet by using its vast global link structure as a prime indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives. It also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves important or are favorably viewed as "established firms" in the Web community weigh more heavily and help to make other pages look established too.

Google's complex, automated methods make human tampering with our results extremely difficult. Google combines Page Rank with sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search. And though we do run relevant ads above and next to our results, Google does not sell placement within the results themselves (i.e., no one can buy a higher PageRank). A Google search is an easy, honest and objective way to find high-quality websites with information relevant to your search. ]]>
Free Web Space
Remember seeing all those ads that mention "free web space"? Please avoid participating in these services. In most cases, the reason it's free is because the company will place advertisements for other websites all over your web page. This defeats the entire purpose of having "your own" web business.

Why should you have to give your potential customers away? Shouldn't you be able to keep the visitors that you have paid to receive through your own ad campaigns?

With "free web space" sites, you'll give away more business than it would cost you to get your own domain and hosting service. It's not worth it.


Limited hosting
Avoid hosting packages that will not allow you to add order forms, statistics, or multiple email accounts to your website. These are necessary tools for any webmaster who desires to open an online business.

It's best to choose a hosting service that offers many options such as:

- Multiple POP Email Accounts - Dedicated Hosting - Secure Servers - Web Usage Statistics - Web Space Allocation (you can get how much web space you'll need) - URL Redirection - Autoresponders

These are just a few "necessary" services to look for when choosing a web host for your new website.

Low Cost Hosting
Watch out for very low cost hosting packages (i.e. $2.50 per month). They usually require something in return, which can take away profits from your online business.

I must admit that it does sound appealing to sign up for free or very low cost hosting, but count the costs before signing up...

Each time an advertisement banner is placed on your website, it's designed to get your visitor to click out of your website and go some place else. Most free or low cost web hosting services place these banners at the very top of your web page - giving the visitor an opportunity to click out of your site before getting to the first words of your presentation.

One complaint that comes to mind about a free hosting service was that the company's server became overcrowded and the customer could not get their website to come up 50% of the time. When this happens, your business is closed - and you have no control over this situation]]>
Internet Service Providers
If you want to use the Internet, you need to have an Internet Service Provider (ISP). And many ISPs include a small amount of free Web space to create Web pages quickly and easily. ISP Web pages are perfect for people who want to put up small sites with low amounts of traffic. There are usually rate restrictions, and most ISPs don't offer a lot of features with their Web space.

ISP hosting is best for personal Web pages that don't get a lot of traffic. If you plan to run a business, you should only use your ISP hosting for testing and preparation of your site, rather than the site itself.

Free Web Hosting
If you have an ISP that doesn't offer Web space, free Web hosting is good. There are many free hosting providers and a lot of them offer advanced services like CGI, shell access, PHP, SSI, and other advanced topics. Free hosting is usually supported by advertising.

Free hosting is best for personal Web pages and very small business Web pages. Because they are supported by advertising, they are not ideal for any serious business. If you plan to run a business on your site, free hosting is great for testing your site and preparing the pages, but not good for running the business unless you can turn off the advertising.

Standard Paid Hosting
With paid hosting, you pay some money typically once a month for space and services on a Web hosting provider's site. Prices range from $1-2USD to several hundred per month. Generally, it depends upon what services you want. Services include CGI access, database support, ASP, ecommerce, SSL, extra space, extra bandwidth, and more.

Standard paid hosting is a great option for most Web-based businessses. Be sure to examine the options available from your server so that you get what you need. And don't focus solely on price - changing hosting providers can be difficult and expensive.

Domain Hosting
Domain hosting can be hard to understand. Instead of paying for the Web page space, you pay for your domain and then have your Web site hosted anywhere you like. With Domain hosting, you can use your ISP or free hosting service, and still reap the benefits of having a personalized Web site URL. Domain name hosting is sometimes referred to as URL redirection.

Domain name hosting is perfect for small businesses that don't have a lot of money to spend on Web hosting.

Colocation
Colocation puts your Web server in the machine room of a larger company. You connect to their very high-speed Internet connection. Colocation comes in managed and unmanaged versions.

Colocation is a great option for small to medium sized businesses that want more control over their Web hosting. With managed colocation, it's almost like having an IT department, even if your company is still fairly small.

Direct Internet Access
With direct access, you host your site yourself. You need a Web server computer and software and a very high-speed Internet connection with a dedicated IP address.

Hosting your site yourself offers you the most control over your Web server. Companies that have large data centers or just want to control every aspect of their Web and Internet access should look into this type of hosting. Be sure to contact your ISP before setting up a direct connection on a DSL or consumer ISP connection.



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Linux and Windows are the two most common and readily available operating systems, and there are many good reasons for using both. Unix systems are very similar to Linux (and Mac OSX systems are as well) but as I mentioned above, Macintosh systems are few and far-between.

Accessing the Server
The first difference that most people notice with Web hosting operating systems is how you access the server. Both Windows and Linux offer FTP access to your files, but only Linux will generally offer telnet or ssh access. (It's possible to set up telnet access on Windows, but very few hosting administrators offer it.) FTP is a way of transferring your files from your hard drive to your Web server. Telnet and SSH are a way to open a window directly on the Web server and manipulate files right there, usually using Unix command line commands.

Writing Your Pages
Both Windows and Linux servers will serve HTML pages and JavaScript. Typically, Windows servers use files named *.htm while Linux servers use files named *.html, but there is no real difference between these names, just what you prefer.

FrontPage extensions are often cited as the reason to use a Windows server. But there are Linux servers that offer this service as well.

CGI
CGI and Perl access are often found on both Windows and Linux servers, but it is more typical on Linux. If you need to program forms, you should make sure that your hosting service provides CGI or another way to process them.

Other Server-Side Scripts
But you're not stuck with just Perl if you need to process forms. Many hosting systems offer PHP, ASP, and ColdFusion. These server side scripting options give you a lot of flexibility. PHP is more often found on Linux systems, while ASP is more often found on Windows. ColdFusion can be found on both.

Databases
If you're going to run a dynamically driven Web site, then you'll want a database. The two most popular are mySQL and Access. mySQL runs on both Linux and Windows, but is more often found on Linux servers. Access is only available for Windows.

Security
Security is very important to your Web host. Many people will argue that Windows servers have more vulnerabilities than Linux servers. But the reality is that they both have security problems. Security is more important at the hosting service's administration level than it is at the operating system level. If you have good administrators, your server will be more secure - regardless of OS.

The Bottom Line
The differences between the operating systems is much less than you might think. I would recommend, when choosing a hosting server you find one that has the options you want, rather than worrying about what operating system they are running on the back end.]]>
The following list of common web design mistakes addresses the needs of commercial websites, but it can be easily applied to personal and hobby websites, and to professional non-profit website as well. Avoid these common mistakes at all costs.

#1: About us: Every website should be very clear and forthcoming about its purpose. Either include a brief descriptive blurb on the homepage of your website, or provide an ‘About us’ (or equivalent) page with a prominent and obvious link from the homepage, which describes your website and its value to the people visiting it.

It is even important to explain why some people may not find it useful, providing enough information so they will not be confused about the site's purpose. It is better to send away someone uninterested in what you have to offer with a clear idea of why he or she isn't interested than to attempt to trick such a person into wasting an inordinately long time finding this out without your help. After all, a good experience with a website that is not useful is more likely to get you customers by word of mouth than a website that is intentionally obscure and difficult to understand.

#2: Alt and title text: Ensure you make use of the alt and title attributes for every XHTML tag on your website that supports them. This information is of critical importance for accessibility when the website is visited using browsers that do not support images, and when more information than the main content might otherwise be needed.

The most commonly important reason for this is accessibility for the disabled, such as blind visitors who use screen readers to surf the web. Never include too much text in the alt or title attribute, however — the text included should be short, clear and to the point. Do not inundate your visitors with paragraph after paragraph of useless, vague information in numerous pop-up messages; just make it as accessible as possible. The purpose of alt and title tags is, in general, to enhance accessibility.

#3: Archive URLs: All too often, websites change URLs (web addresses) of pages when they are outdated and move off the main page, into archives. This can make it extremely difficult to build up significantly good search engine placement, as links to pages of your site become broken. When you first create your website, ensure you do so in a manner that allows you to move content into archives without having to change the URL. Popularity on the web is built on word of mouth, and you will not be getting any of that publicity if your page URLs change every few days.

#4: Content dates: In general, you must update content if you want return visitors. People only come back if there's something new to see. This content needs to be dated, so that your website's visitors know what is new and in what order it appeared. Even in the rare case that website content does not change regularly, it will almost certainly change from time to time — if only because a page needs to be edited now and then to reflect changing information.

Help your readers determine what information might be out of date, by date stamping all the content on your Web site somehow, even if you do so only by adding "last modified on" fine print at the bottom of every page of content. This not only helps your Web site's visitors, but also helps you: the more readers understand that any inconsistencies between what you've said and what they read elsewhere is a result of changing information, the more likely they are to grant your words value and come back to read more.

#5: Content density: Including too much information in one location can drive visitors away. The common-sense tendency is to be as informative as possible, but you should avoid providing too much of a good thing. When too much information is provided, readers get tired of reading it after a while and start skimming. When that gets old, they stop reading altogether.

Keep your initial points short and relevant, in bite-sized chunks, with links to more in-depth information when necessary. Bullet lists are an excellent means of breaking up information into sections that are easily digested and will not drive away visitors to your Web site.

The same principles apply to lists of links — too many links in one place becomes little more than line noise and static. Keep your lists of links short and well-organised so readers can find exactly what they need with very little effort. Visitors will find more value in your Web site when you help them find what they want, and make it as easily digestible as possible.

#6: Decorative images: With the exception of banners and other necessary branding, decorative images should be used as little as possible. Use images to illustrate content when it is helpful to the reader, and use images when they themselves are the content you wish to provide.

Populate your Web site with useful images, not decorative images, and even those should not be too numerous. Images load slowly, get in the way of the text your readers seek, and are not visible in some browsers or with screen readers. Text, on the other hand, is universal.

#7: Link indirection/interception/redirection: Never prevent other Web sites from linking directly to your content. There are far too many major content providers who violate this rule, such as news Web sites that redirect links to specific articles so visitors always end up at the homepage.

This sort of heavy-handed treatment of incoming visitors, forcing them to the homepage of the Web site as if they can force visitors to be interested in the rest of the content on the site, just drives people away in frustration. When they have difficulty finding an article, your visitors may give up and go elsewhere for information. Also, incoming links improve your search engine placement dramatically — and by preventing incoming links from working properly, you discourage others from linking to your Web site.

#8: Recent features: The content dates point above (number four) mentioned changing content. Any Web site with content that changes regularly should make the changes easily available to visitors to the Web site. New content today should not end up in the same archive as material from three years ago, especially without a way to tell the difference.

New content should stay fresh and new long enough for your readers to get some value from it. This can be aided by categorising it if you have a Web site whose content is updated very quickly — by breaking up new items into categories, you can ensure readers will still find relatively new material easily within specific areas of interest. Effective search functionality and good Web site organisation can also help readers find information they've seen before and want to find again. Help them do that as much as possible.

#9: Thumbnail image size: When providing image galleries with large numbers of images, linking to them from lists of thumbnails is a common tactic. Thumbnail images, in case you are not familiar with the term, are smaller versions of images intended to give the viewer an idea what the main image will look like when it is viewed. When presenting thumbnail images, however, it is important to avoid making them so small that the visitor to your Web site cannot get a useful idea of the main image from the thumbnail.

It is also important to produce scaled-down and/or cropped versions of your main images, rather than to use XHTML and CSS to resize the images. When images are resized using markup, the larger image size is still being sent to the client system — to the browser the Web site's visitor uses. When loading a page full of thumbnails that are full-size images resized by markup and stylesheets, a browser uses a lot of processor and memory resources. This can lead to browser crashes and other problems or, at the very least, cause extremely slow load times. Slow load times cause Web site visitors to go elsewhere. Browser crashes are even more effective at driving visitors away.

#10: Webpage title: Many Web designers do not set the title of their Web pages. This is obviously a mistake, if only because search engines identify your Web site by page titles in the results they display and saving a Web page in your browser's bookmarks uses the page title for the bookmark name by default.

A less obvious mistake is the tendency of Web designers to use the same title for every page of the Web site. It would be far more advantageous to provide a title for every page that identifies not only the Web site, but the specific page. The title should still be kept short and succinct, of course. A Webpage title that is too long is almost as bad as no Webpage title at all.

The above considerations for Web design are very important, but often overlooked or mishandled. A couple of minor failures can be overcome by successes in other areas, of course, but it never pays to shoot yourself in the foot just because you have another foot to use. Enhance your Web site's chances of success by keeping these principles in mind while designing your Web site.
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A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.

Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available. ]]>
Design a Website that Pushes Customer Hot Buttons
The website should meet customer needs and build excitement about your products or services. This is absolutely critical, because the sales process may stall when a potential customer visits a poorly designed site. Develop a site that gets rave reviews and works for customers. Get outside of your box and get feedback from folks other than your site developer, friends or co-workers. Get feedback from customers. They will decide if your site adds value with a click of their mouse.

Send Everyone to Your Site
Be proud of your site. This confidence is expressed in how you ask people to visit the site. If you believe in your site's ability to push hot buttons, your customers will believe. Send anyone you meet to your site. If the site pushes hot buttons, then the sales process will be much easier. Make sure there is something of value on the site for each visitor. This will usually come in the form of expert advice, or knowledge, about your product or service, not self-promoting content.

Deflect Sales Objections with Your Web Site
When objections arise, send people to your web site. Always validate the objection and let the customer know where to go on the site for help. Inform them that others have had the same concerns and the web site will clarify the situation. This educates the customer about how your company can help them. The website will allow the customer to look at the information with no pressure to respond or act. It lets the customer stay in control. A good website, that pushes customer hot buttons, will help ease objections and build the customer's confidence.

Use the Site to Build Trust
The site should support your sales process by building trust. This trust is built through credibility and competence, which are the keys to building trust and reducing objections. A well-designed site communicates to your customers that you know what you are doing and you understand their needs. This builds competence by expressing to your customer that you know how to help them. It also builds credibility by showing that you have the savvy and knowledge to build a web site that works. Customers will return to your site because it provides valuable knowledge.

Websites Qualify Prospects
The Internet is still very young and there is some novelty to having a web site, as not everyone has one, yet. Prospects that are interested in doing business with you will visit your site. This is a great way to qualify potential clients. If they do not take the time to visit your web site, then they probably are not going to buy or move forward with the project. Customer feedback about your site will be very helpful as you assess their needs. However, don't give up on prospects who do not visit your site, but learn from this process.

Follow-up with Email
Use benefit-oriented emails to connect with customers. Email is non-threatening and very customer focused because the client can respond on their time. Be direct with email and focus on benefits to the customer. Write about how you can help. Use the customer's name and avoid referring to yourself too often in your email message. The email should clearly express what you are going to do for your customers and how it will be a direct benefit to them.

This is an exciting time for sales and marketing professionals. Research and develop effective Internet marketing strategies and watch your sales grow.]]>
1. The main page of your web site should load in 8 seconds or less with a 56K modem.
According to two surveys, conducted by Forrester Research and Gartner Group, ecommerce sites are losing US$1.1 to US$1.3 billion in revenue each year due to customers click-away caused by slow loading sites. If a page takes too long to load, your potential customer will not wait.

2. Make sure you include proper META tags within the HTML of each page of your web site.
META tags are HTML codes that enable the Search Engines to determine what keywords are relevant to a specific site. About 80 percent of all web site traffic originates from major Search Engines. It would be a good idea to make sure you have done your homework and fully understand how to optimize your web pages prior to designing your site.

3. Be cautious when selecting your background and text colors.
Busy backgrounds make text difficult to read and draw attention away from the text. Always be consistent with your background theme on each page of your site. Your site should be nicely organized and uniform throughout.
Keep in mind, colors affect your mood and will have an affect on your visitors as well. Bright colors such as yellow and orange cause you to become more cheerful or happy. Colors such as blue and purple have a calming effect. Dark colors such as brown and black have a depressing effect. A good rule of thumb is to use colors based on the type of effect you are trying to achieve.

4. Avoid using too many animated graphics.
Not only can they be very distracting, but they can also cause your page to look unprofessional. In addition, animated graphics cause your page to load more slowly.

5. Your main page should specifically let your visitors know exactly what you are offering.
How many times have you visited a site and never figured out exactly what they were selling? If your potential customer cannot find your product or service, they definitely will not waste a lot of time looking for it. They will go on to the next site and probably never return. They are visiting your site for a specific purpose. They want something your site offers, may it be information, a product or service.

6. Try to avoid placing banners at the top of your page.
These can instantly take your customers or even be indexed by Search Engine robots. Limit the number of banners on your site to no more than two per page. One will be ideal.

7. Include your contact information on each page of your site.
In addition, try to reply to all comments and suggestions within 24 hours. This will help promote good business relationships. Your business relationships are the key to your success.

8. Check and double-check your site for spelling and grammatical errors.
In addition, make sure your images and links are all working properly. If you have several errors, your site will appear to be unprofessional.
9. Design your site to be easily navigated.
Place your navigation links together at the top, bottom, left or right side of the page. Use tables to neatly align your links. If you are planning on using graphic buttons to navigate your site, keep in mind that each graphic you add to your page will cause the page to take longer to load. If you only have a handful of navigational links, the use of graphic buttons will be fine.

10. If you must use frames, use them sparingly.
If frames are not properly used, they can make your site look unprofessional. Avoid making your visitors have to scroll from side to side to view your content. This can be very irritating.

11. Try to keep the number of clicks required to get from your main page to any other page on your site down to three.
Keep in mind, your visitors may enter your site from pages other than your main. Always have good navigational links on every page and place your company logo at the top of each page.

12. All web browsers are not created equally.
View your site through different browsers and screen resolutions so you will see how your visitors will view your site.

13. Continually add new content to your site.
Give your visitors a reason to keep coming back!
The proven fact is - the simple, well-designed, professional looking web sites make the sales. If you are still fazed by all the possibilities and would rather leave the job to a professional, contact our sales representatives at +65 67563527 or email at enquiry@js-solutions.com]]>
1. Search Engine Submissions
Search engines bring 84% of the traffic to most web sites. To achieve effective results, ensure that the essential information is included in the meta tag of your web pages. Of course, it will not be easy to always secure top rankings as you will be competing against thousands of others.

2. Classifieds in IT Magazines
You can reach thousands of potential customers in your targeted market in this manner. Explore the hundreds of IT magazines available to find a medium that works for your product or service.

3. AOL Classifieds
AOL currently has over 15 million members. For USD12.50, you can have your little classified ad placed in view of people on a service where the ads are actually read. The key on AOL is to create a killer headline for your ad so it stands out above the hundreds of other ads in every category.

4. Yahoo Classifieds
There are very few free classified ad sites that actually work but Yahoo is one of the few that stands out above the crowd of mediocre free ad sites. Yahoo has more traffic than any other Internet site.
One tip is to create effective ads by deleting your ads every few days and replacing them. Then, you will be able to keep your ads towards the top of the list.

5. Trade Links
If you have a strong content-oriented site, you may be able to persuade other webmasters to link to you or to trade links with you. Develop content that people want to link to and then make contacts by visiting other websites, sending out personalized emails to webmasters you have visited and networking in discussion groups.

6. Start Your Own Mailing List
If you want to make money online, start your own mailing list. It is the best way to keep contact with your prospects and your customers. It is also the best way to build the credibility you need to make sales to your targeted market.

7. Banner Ads on Individual Sites
When people mention banner ads, one will almost always think of the major search engines or major sites online. However using banner ads on these high-traffic-high-cost sites is extremely difficult and risky.
Seek out individual sites who gets relatively high traffic (50,000 hits to 1,000,000 hits a month) instead to lower your dollar per impression cost.

8. Freebies
Attract traffic to your site by providing the kind of free content and services that you know your target market will be magnetized to.
We are talking about providing free articles (such as this), free downloads, links to useful tools, links to downloadable software. Give your visitors what they want and they will keep coming back. Best of all, they will bring their friend!]]>
Get informative responses
To be effective, your website should have the ability to respond to your clients' needs, provide them with the information they need and convince them of the value of your product or service. Besides being informative to your clients, you can also gather invaluable feedback from your clients that are useful to improve your business.

Define the purpose of your website
First, identify the type of business you are in, be it B2B (Business-to-Business) or B2C (Business-to-Consumer). A website can sell products to your target market and be a complementary marketing tool. It allows you to develop a qualified list of potential customers or database of potential members of your target market. It is imperative that you decide what you want your website to do for you.

your website contents
Successful websites are those that have relevant content that responds to the needs of the intended target market. The website should allow surfers to give you information about themselves as well as their enquiries/feedback on your business. Most importantly, it is essential that the website indicates the full contact details of your business so that it allows your potential customers to reach you more easily.

Entice users to come back to your website
Elements that make people come back to your website include high quality content, offers and incentives, online purchasing ability etc.
It is important that the website be easy to navigate, allows quick download and is frequently updated.

Creating the website
To find out more about our web design service, please contact us at +65 6756 3527 or email us at enquiry@js-solutions.com. ]]> "A website is a commodity"

All websites are not created equally, and all websites will aim for different goals. Your business' website is a unique marketing and sales tool, and should be perceived, created and managed as such.

"If I build a website, visitors will come"

This is not very true. It is true that, in time, the major search engines will eventually find your website and index it, but this may not happen for many months and they may not index your site favourably

Active and passive techniques should be employed to bolster the amount of targeted' traffic your website receives (targeted' traffic consists of visitors who are actually interested in your business and its products and services, as opposed to visitors who wind up on your site by accident or misleading techniques). There are different ways to promote your site, and we can help you get started, or take your existing strategy to the next level.

"All I need on my website is my corporate brochure"

While displaying some standard, corporate' information on your website can be valuable, the ways in which content is delivered and read online vary greatly from the ways it is presented in print. The content you display needs to be written for the web; in other words, it must be short, to the point, highly organized, and very hierarchical in importance.

Also, a website without goals is a website that won't achieve any. Simply placing your brochure online is not the answer. You must consider certain factors such as what do I want my visitors to do on my website', and what do I want to tell them'?


"I don't need a custom website. I'll just use a template"

It is true that using a template or having a junior website firm develop your site for you using a template will save you money. But just keep in mind the age old business adage, you get what you pay for'.

A template site may in fact be a good starting point to ease your business onto the web, but it is definitely not a tool for taking your online strategy to the next level. Your website should have specific and measurable goals, and these goals will be unique to your business. More often than not, a template will be unable to facilitate meeting those goals.

"My friend's niece, Elaine, knows computers. I'll get her to build my site"

This is probably the single largest and most common mistake people make when having a website built. If you think you are going to save thousands of dollars and receive professional results, you are going to be sorely mistaken.

Although Elaine may know a little about building basic web pages and manipulating pictures, she will almost certainly miss many important aspects of website design, not to mention website management, promotion, analysis, usability, accessibility, etc.

Most businesses who undertake this low cost approach will be sorely disappointed in the results. Their website will typically lack focus, cohesion and direction, and will not have been built for scalability or the changing needs of a business.
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Do you currently (or would you like to) use email to communicate within your business and to your customers/vendors?

You will need a domain name in order to send and receive corporate email, which is the first step to getting a website.

Does your business publish public reports such as annual reports or earnings reports?

If so, these reports can be easily posted on your website, saving you both time and money when it comes to mailouts and printing.

Do the people in your business' target market spend time online?

If your customers are online part of the time, then they may be looking for your business online. This is an extra medium for you to capture their interest and inform them about your business and your products/services.

Does your business actively market its products or services?

Marketing your products/services online is very cost effective. Your message can be broadcast all over the world instantly, and with a proper promotion strategy in place, you could put your message directly in front of people in your target market who are ready to buy.

Do you find that your customers typically ask the same questions in regards to your product/service or its support?

If so, these frequently asked questions can easily find an effective home online.

Do you ever hire new staff?

Posting job opportunities online is becoming increasingly popular, and can be a first stop for a lot of job seekers.]]>
Online Sales
Selling products or services either directly or indirectly through your website.

Promoting Your Business/Brand awareness
Making your customers and potential customers (and/or the general public) more aware of your company and what it does.

Information Dissemination
Sharing important business information and documents with your customers and potential customers.

Generating Leads, Prospects and/or Customers
Probably the most common goal of a website, this can be very difficult to measure. It is the process of leading visitors to your website to facilitate their conversion into actual customers.

Repeat Business
Providing a website as a tool for existing customers to find out about secondary and add-on offers.]]>
Purpose:
Why do you have a website? What its purpose? How are you going to measure your success?

Design:
We're talking about things like colour choice, alignments, visual interest, and meaningful metaphors.

Message:
Content is king. Every page in your website needs a goal. You need to understand who your target audience is and what you want them to do. Then you must provide them with the appropriate information and a meaningful call to action.

Architecture:
How are your pages organized? Is it intuitive? Will your target audience understand?

Usability & Accessibility:
HTML is still a coding language and it needs to be well formed and accessible. Not everyone who visits your site have fast connections, some can't install the Flash plug-in, knowing your target audience and your goals certainly help to set your usability and accessibility standards.

Online Marketing:
Appealing to the search engines is a game. Get it wrong and you'll find yourself banned. Do it right and you'll be rewarded with lots of free, targeted traffic. It's not difficult, it just takes experience and planning

Technical Stuff:
Is your domain easy to remember? Is your ISP reliable? Do they have 20,000 other websites hosted on your server? Do they support the right technologies for your website to grow? ]]>
There are many aspects (design concerns) in this process, and due to the rapid development of the Internet, new aspects may emerge. For typical commercial Web sites, the basic aspects of design are:

The content: The substance, and information on the site should be relevant to the site and should target the area of the public that the website is concerned with.
The usability: The site should be user-friendly, with the interface and navigation simple and reliable.
The appearance: The graphics and text should include a single style that flows throughout, to show consistency. The style should be professional, appealing and relevant.
The visibility: The site must also be easy to find via most, if not all, major search engines and advertisement media.
A Web site typically consists of text and images. The first page of a website is known as the Home page or Index. Some websites use what is commonly called a Splash Page. Splash pages might include a welcome message, language/region selection, or disclaimer. Each web page within a Web site is an HTML file which has its own URL. After each Web page is created, they are typically linked together using a navigation menu composed of hyperlinks. Faster browsing speeds have led to shorter attention spans and more demanding online visitors and this has resulted in less use of Splash Pages, particularly where commercial websites are concerned.

Once a Web site is completed, it must be published or uploaded in order to be viewable to the public over the internet. This may be done using an FTP client. Once published, the Web master may use a variety of techniques to increase the traffic, or hits, that the website receives. This may include submitting the Web site to a search engine such as Google or Yahoo, exchanging links with other Web sites, creating affiliations with similar Web sites, etc.]]>
XSL is the second style specification to be offered by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C )(www.w3c.org).The first, called Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), is similar to XSL but does not include two major XSL's innovations ? allowing developers to dictate the way Web pages are printed, and specifications allowing one to transfer XML documents across different applications.

W3C released the first draft of XSL in August 1998, and promotes the specifications as helpful to the Web's speed, accessibility, and maintenance.]]>
When it receives a request for a Web resource (specified by a URL), a caching proxy looks for the resulting URL in its local cache. If found, it returns the document immediately. Otherwise it fetches it from the remote server, returns it to the requester and saves a copy in the cache. The cache usually uses an expiry algorithm to remove documents from the cache, according to their age, size, and access history. Two simple cache algorithms are Least Recently Used (LRU) and Least Frequently Used (LFU). LRU removes the least-recently used documents, and LFU removes the least-frequently used documents.

Web proxies can also filter the content of Web pages served. Some censorware applications which attempt to block offensive Web content are implemented as Web proxies. Other web proxies reformat web pages for a specific purpose or audience; for example, Skweezer reformats web pages for cell phones and PDAs. Network operators can also deploy proxies to intercept computer viruses and other hostile content served from remote Web pages.]]>
Below are some of the common TLDs,

.COM
.com was one of the original top-level domains, established in January 1985, and has grown to be the largest TLD in use. Although .com domains have always been intended for commercial use, they are currently available for anyone to register.

.NET
.net was one of the original top-level domains, created in January 1985. It was initially intended for use by network oriented entities such as Internet service providers. Currently, there are no formal restrictions on who can register a .net domain name. Therefore, while still popular with network operators, it is often treated as a second .com by many.

.BIZ
.biz is intended for domains to be used by businesses; the name is a phonetic spelling of the first syllable of "business." It was created to relieve some of the demand for the finite domain names available in the .com top-level domain, and to provide an alternative to businesses whose preferred .com domain name had already been registered by another party. There are no specific legal or geographic qualifications to register a .biz domain name, except that it must be for "business or commercial use".

.ORG
.org was one of the original top-level domains, established in January 1985, originally intended for use by organizations that did not meet the requirements for other TLDs. Now anyone can register a .org domain. .org was the domain commonly recommended for use by individuals, although .name and .info are now alternatives.]]>
SQL defines the methods used to create and manipulate relational databases on all major platforms.

By the way, the correct pronunciation of SQL is a contentious issue within the database community.

In their SQL standard, the American National Standards Institute declared that the official pronunciation is "es queue el."

However, many database professionals have taken to the slang pronunciation "sequel."

SQL comes in many flavors. Oracle databases utilize their proprietary PL/SQL.

Microsoft SQL Server makes use of Transact-SQL. However, all of these variations are based upon the industry standard ANSI SQL.

SQL commands can be divided into two main sublanguages.

The Data Definition Language (DDL) contains the commands used to create and destroy databases and database objects.

After the database structure is defined with DDL, database administrators and users can utilize the Data Manipulation Language to insert, retrieve and modify the data contained within it.]]>
A device is said to be 'SNMP compatible' if it can be monitored and/or controlled using SNMP messages. SNMP messages are known as 'PDU's' - Protocol Data Units.
Devices that are SNMP compatible contain SNMP 'agent' software to receive, send, and act upon SNMP messages.

Software for managing devices via SNMP are available for every kind of commonly used computer and are often bundled along with the device they are designed to manage. Some SNMP software is designed to handle a wide variety of devices.]]>
SMTP consists of a set of rules for how a program sending mail and a program receiving mail should interact.

Almost all Internet email is sent and received by clients and servers using SMTP, thus if one wanted to set up an email server on the Internet one would look for email server software that supports SMTP.]]>
To use SPF, the domain sending e-mails must establish an SPF record that is published in DNS records. When e-mail passes through the DNS server, it is compared to the SPF record for that domain to determine if the sender is authorized to send e-mails from that sender's address. If the e-mail comes from a domain that is not authorized, the DNS server will not forward the e-mail to the expected destination.

SPF only stops the spammer from forging the From field in the e-mail
and does not stop the spammer from sending e-mails from a domain in which it is a member.]]> Another more prevalent technology for transmitting secure communications over the World Wide Web is Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). S-HTTP is easily confused with HTTPS (HTTP over SSL). However, S-HTTP and SSL have very different designs and goals so it is possible to use the two protocols together. Both security protocols can be used by a browser user, but only one can be used with a given document.
A major difference is that S-HTTP allows the client to send a certificate to authenticate the user whereas, using SSL, only the server can be authenticated. S-HTTP is more likely to be used in situations where the server represents a bank and requires authentication from the user that is more secure than a user ID and password. SSL works at a program layer slightly higher than the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) level. S-HTTP works at the even higher level of the HTTP application. S-HTTP was developed by Enterprise Integration Technologies (EIT), which was acquired by Verifone, Inc. in 1995.]]>
- They search the Internet - or select pieces of the Internet based on important words.
- They keep an index of the words they find, and where they find them.
- They allow users to look for words or combinations of words found in that index.

Early search engines held an index of a few hundred thousand pages and documents, and received maybe one or two thousand inquiries each day. Today, a top search engine will index hundreds of millions of pages, and respond to tens of millions of queries per day. In this article, we'll tell you how these major tasks are performed, and how Internet search engines put the pieces together in order to let you find the information you need on the Web.]]>
An example from cryptography is the man in the middle attack, in which an attacker spoofs Alice into believing he's Bob, and spoofs Bob into believing he's Alice, thus gaining access to all messages in both directions without the trouble of any cryptanalytic effort.
The attacker must monitor the packets sent from Alice to Bob and then guess the sequence number of the packets. Then the attacker knocks out Alice with a SYN attack and injects his own packets, claiming to have the address of Alice. Alice's firewall can defend against spoof attacks when it has been configured with knowledge of all the IP addresses connected to each of its interfaces. It can then detect a spoofed packet if it arrives from an interface that is not known to be connected to that interface.]]>
Valid subdomains as described by RFC 1034 may contain any letter or number as well as the '-' (hyphen), but must begin with an alphabet character. While both upper and lower case characters are valid, subdomains are case insensitive so 'ABC.com' is identical to 'abc.COM'.

Length of sub domain
The length of a particular subdomain label is restricted to 63 characters, but the number of subdomain labels in a domain name is arbitrary.
Structure
Subdomains are separated by dots "." and are read from left to right, in descending specificity. Each consecutive subdomain contains all previous subdomains, and is contained by any subsequent subdomains. All subdomains are contained by the second-level domain, which is in turn contained by its top level domain.]]>
There are number of different RAID levels:
1. Level 0 -- Striped Disk Array without Fault Tolerance: Provides data striping (spreading out blocks of each file across multiple disk drives) but no redundancy. This improves performance but does not deliver fault tolerance. If one drive fails then all data in the array is lost.

2. Level 1 -- Mirroring and Duplexing: Provides disk mirroring. Level 1 provides twice the read transaction rate of single disks and the same write transaction rate as single disks.

3. Level 2 -- Error-Correcting Coding: Not a typical implementation and rarely used, Level 2 stripes data at the bit level rather than the block level.

4. Level 3 -- Bit-Interleaved Parity: Provides byte-level striping with a dedicated parity disk. Level 3, which cannot service simultaneous multiple requests, also is rarely used.

5. Level 4 -- Dedicated Parity Drive: A commonly used implementation of RAID, Level 4 provides block-level striping (like Level 0) with a parity disk. If a data disk fails, the parity data is used to create a replacement disk. A disadvantage to Level 4 is that the parity disk can create write bottlenecks.

6. Level 5 -- Block Interleaved Distributed Parity: Provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Level 5 is one of the most popular implementations of RAID.

7. Level 6 -- Independent Data Disks with Double Parity: Provides block-level striping with parity data distributed across all disks.

8. Level 0+1 A Mirror of Stripes: Not one of the original RAID levels, two RAID 0 stripes are created, and a RAID 1 mirror is created over them. Used for both replicating and sharing data among disks.

9. Level 10 A Stripe of Mirrors: Not one of the original RAID levels, multiple RAID 1 mirrors are created, and a RAID 0 stripe is created over these.

10.Level 7: A trademark of Storage Computer Corporation that adds caching to Levels 3 or 4.

11.RAID S: EMC Corporation's proprietary striped pairty RAID system used in its Symmetrix storage systems.
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Allow relay for authenticated senders
This means that people who try to send mail out through your server need to enter a username and password (ie. SMTP authentication). To set this is different for various mail clients, but in Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook for instance, you do this in the account properties via the "My server requires authentication" checkbox under the "Servers" tab. It is advisable that you have this option enabled if you aren't using priviledged IP ranges.

Allow relay for priviledged IP ranges
This means that you will allow people with certain IP addresses to send email through your server. If you know the IP addresses of those persons who are able to send email out through your server, you can use this option. DO NOT select this if you haven't set a list of IP addresses, as you may inadvertently allow everyone access. Normally this option is not selected.

Allow relay for local sender addresses
This will allow people to send mail if their From address has a domain that you host on Mail Enable. For instance, if you host domain.com, and someone sends a mail that has their From address as peter@domain.com, the email will be sent. Unfortunately spammers may still abuse this by pretending they are one of your users, so most servers will not use this option.]]>
Because of its strong text processing abilities, Perl has become one of the most popular languages for writing CGI scripts.

Perl is an interpretive language, which makes it easy to build and test simple programs.]]>
From 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255
From 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255
From 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255 ]]>
The OpenURL is, in effect, an actionable URL that transports metadata, or keys to access metadata, for the object for which the OpenURL is provided. The target of the OpenURL is an OpenURL resolver that offers context sensitive services based on that metadata. The OpenURL resolver is sometimes referred to as the user's Institutional Service Component (ISC).]]>
An email program is said to be MIME Compliant if it can both send and receive files using the MIME standard.

When non-text files are sent using the MIME standard they are converted (encoded) into text - although the resulting text is not really readable.
Generally speaking the MIME standard is a way of specifying both the type of file being sent (e.g. a QuicktimeŠvideo file), and the method that should be used to turn it back into its original form.

Besides email software, the MIME standard is also universally used by Web Servers to identify the files they are sending to Web Clients, in this way new file formats can be accommodated simply by updating the Browsers' list of pairs of MIME-Types and appropriate software for handling each type.]]>
We can expect to see a huge variety of features added to the Web using Java, since you can write a Java program to do almost anything a regular computer program can do, and then include that Java program in a Web page.]]>
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/exec/overview/changed.asp]]>
A number of hosting companies describe their services as virtual hosting. Virtual hosting usually implies that their services will be transparent and that each Web site will have its own domain name and set of e-mail addresses. In most usages, hosting and virtual hosting are synonyms. Some hosting companies let you have your own virtual server, the appearance that you are controlling a server that is dedicated entirely to your site.

Dedicated hosting is the provision of a dedicated server machine that is dedicated to the traffic to your Web site. Only very busy sites require dedicated hosting. Many companies purchase their own servers and place them on a site that provides fast access to the Internet. This practice is called colocation. ]]>
NOTE : File System Object (FSO) is supported on JS-Solutions Networks Windows 2003 Server.
]]> FrontPage extensions are also available for Unix-based operating systems but it has potential security holes.]]> Encryption can be used to ensure secrecy, but other techniques are still needed to make communications secure, particularly to verify the integrity and authenticity of a message. For instance, a message authentication code (MAC) or digital signatures. Another consideration is protection against traffic analysis.]]>
DDoS stands for "Distributed Denial of Service," an attack in which a multitude of compromised systems attack a single target, thereby causing a DoS for users of the targeted system. The flood of incoming messages to the target system essentially forces it to shut down, thereby denying service to legitimate users.]]>
www.totalbaseball.com

locates an Internet address for "totalbaseball.com" at Internet point 199.0.0.2 and a particular host server named "www". The "com" part of the domain name reflects the purpose of the organization or entity (in this example, "commercial") and is called the top-level domain name. The "totalbaseball" part of the domain name defines the organization or entity and together with the top-level is called the second-level domain name. The second-level domain name maps to and can be thought of as the "readable" version of the Internet address.

A third level can be defined to identify a particular host server at the Internet address. In our example, "www" is the name of the server that handles Internet requests. (A second server might be called "www2".) A third level of domain name is not required. For example, the fully-qualified domain name could have been "totalbaseball.com" and the server assumed.
Subdomain levels can be used. For example, you could have "www.nyyankees.totalbaseball.com". Together, "www.totalbaseball.com" constitutes a fully-qualified domain name.

Second-level domain names must be unique on the Internet and registered with one of the ICANN-accredited registrars for the COM, NET, and ORG top-level domains. Where appropriate, a top-level domain name can be geographic. (Currently, most non-U.S. domain names use a top-level domain name based on the country the server is in.) To register a U. S. geographic domain name or a domain name under a country code, see an appropriate registrar.

On the Web, the domain name is that part of the Uniform Resource Locator(URL) that tells a domain name server using the domain name server (DNS) whether and where to forward a request for a Web page. The domain name is mapped to an IP address (which represents a physical point on the Internet).

More than one domain name can be mapped to the same Internet address. This allows multiple individuals, businesses, and organizations to have separate Internet identities while sharing the same Internet server.]]>
In renting a dedicated server, the client company may be required to use a specified computer system or may be offered a choice of several systems. Some host providers allow a client company to purchase and install its own computer server at the host provider's location, a service known as colocation.

Typically, a dedicated server is rented that provides a stated amount of memory, hard disk space, and bandwidth ( here meaning the number of gigabytes of data that can be delivered each month). Some hosting companies allow the renter of a dedicated server to do virtual hosting, in turn renting services on the server to third parties for their Web sites. domain name system, e-mail, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) capabilities are typically included and some companies provide an easy-to-use control interface.]]>
The DNS provides a vital service on the Internet as it allows the transmission of technical information in a user-friendly way. While computers and network hardware work with IP addresses to perform tasks such as addressing and routing, humans generally find it easier to work with hostnames and domain names in URLs and e-mail addresses. The DNS therefore mediates between the needs and preferences of humans and of software.

Domain Name System are the Internet's equivalent to a phone book. A Domain Name System Server maintains a directory of domain names and matching IP addresses. The information from all the name servers across the Internet is then gathered in the Central Registry. Host companies check in with the Central Registry on a regular schedule to get updated name server information, which makes it possible for people across the Internet to access your web site. When your domain is set up, information about your domain name is added to our name servers. That information is then sent from us to the Central Registry to be used by the other name servers on the Internet.

It usually takes about 48 hours before name servers on other networks will be able to access the information after the Central Registry gets it. This 48-hour period is referred to as propagation.]]>
JS-Solutions Networks Monitor checks servers for availability by sending ICMP Echo commands and wait for the responds. An ICMP timeout failure doesn't necessarily mean that the remote host is actually functioning beyond its ability to echo packets.

An ICMP/Ping check has the following parameters:

- Hostname or IP address - The DNS name or IP address of the computer you want to ping (can even be a WINS name, but only if the name can be resolved by some WINS server in the network);

- Timeout for each reply - Maximum number of milliseconds it may take before a response is received;

- Number of echo requests - Number of echo requests to send;

- Time to Live - Maximum Time to Live (TTL) value;

- Buffer size - Send buffer size.]]>
There are similarities at a deeper level, as well. A biological virus is not a living thing. A virus is a fragment of DNA inside a protective jacket. Unlike a cell, a virus has no way to do anything or to reproduce by itself -- it is not alive. Instead, a biological virus must inject its DNA into a cell. The viral DNA then uses the cell's existing machinery to reproduce itself. In some cases, the cell fills with new viral particles until it bursts, releasing the virus. In other cases, the new virus particles bud off the cell one at a time, and the cell remains alive.

A computer virus shares some of these traits. A computer virus must piggyback on top of some other program or document in order to get executed. Once it is running, it is then able to infect other programs or documents. Obviously, the analogy between computer and biological viruses stretches things a bit, but there are enough similarities that the name sticks.]]>
Cold Fusion 1.0 was officially released on July 10th of 1995 by Allaire. The tag-based programming language used was called DBML (DataBase Markup Language) and was later renamed to CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language). Beginning with version 1.5, ColdFusion contained compatibility with C++, allowing users to develop extensions to the language. Years later, this would be the basis for ColdFusion Extension (CFX) Tags, a method of extending the ColdFusion language. Later versions of the language allowed extending the language by writing custom tags in Java and CFML itself. The product was also renamed ColdFusion (one word) - most likely to make it trademarkable - about this time. Starting in version 5.0, users could also define functions to extend the language (UDF = User Defined Function).

Meanwhile, Allaire began work on rewriting the basi