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Saturday, March 28, 2009

How to Prevent Spam with Image Verification

Why do I need image verification on my website ?
Image verification, another name CAPTCHA, will prevent bots (internet bots or web robots) from using your web form for sending email spam.

CAPTCHAs have found active use in stopping automated posting to blogs, forums etc.

There are two methods to protect your website from sending an automatic emails:

The first one is to insert free CAPTCHA code into your website. Use Google to search for "Free CAPTCHA", "Free CAPTCHA script" etc.

Another method is to create CAPTCHA script by yourself. I found a nice and simple CAPTCHA script here.

Relevant links:

Free CAPTCHA script: http://www.thefreecountry.com/php/captcha.shtml

Sunday, February 3, 2008

How to Do a Redirect With GooglePages?

If you are planning to create or already created a website with GooglePages you must be aware of one little thing. If someday you'll want to move on to a regular, paid web hosting there will be a problem to do the right redirect to the new website.

How can I create the right redirect from an old website to the new one?
The best way to tell the search engines that your website moved, is with permanent redirect. The permanent redirect, which is referred to as 301 redirect, "sends" users and search engines from the old URL to the new one. The problem is that you cannot use any of 301 redirect methods with GooglePages.

You can accomplish the GooglePages redirect with Meta Refresh (method, that refreshes a web page after a given time interval). The disadvantage of Meta Refresh redirection is, that search engines will show the old website address in the search results. In addition, Meta Refresh is common spam technique. It is recommended to set the meta refresh to at least 5 seconds.

Meta Refresh Tag Sample
Redirect to www.mywebsiteadviser.com after 5 seconds:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;url=http://www.mywebsiteadivser">
Place the code between the <head> and </head> tags.

View Meta Refresh Sample.

Read how to choose free web hosting and paid web hosting.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Free Web Hosting - Advantages vs. Disadvantages

A free hosting service is good for beginners and simple personal home pages. If you are new in websites world, you can learn a lot by hosting a free website, understand the basics of web development and web design.

Free Web Hosting Advantages

The big advantage of free web hosting is the zero price. There are some free web providers that will not put ads and banners on your website.

Free Web Hosting Disadvantages

Ads - Most free web providers impose ads/banners on your website.

Disk Space - Usually you will have about 250-300mb of disk space only.

Account Expiration - Some free web hosts will disable your account after default expiration time.

File Size Limitation - Usually you cannot upload/store file bigger than a half megabyte.

Technical Support - From my bad experience, sometimes I didn't receive any answer. So, if you have a problem ...

Reliability - Before you are going to open a free web host account, try to get feedback from anyone about this free provider. And my recommendation, have a backup of your website.

*These are only the main disadvantages, for my opinion.

Learn more about free web hosting and paid web hosting.

Enjoy,
Alex Webs.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Keep Domain Name and Hosting Plan Separated

Some web hosting companies offer a free domain name registration for new users (includes into web host plan price). People usually make use of that feature since it enables them to save some money while keeping both the domain name and the hosting plan with the same company.

But! If you are unhappy with your web host's service and want to go to another web host, you will need to get them to release your name to the new web host. Some web hosts make troubles with releasing a domain name.

My recommendation is to keep all your domain names with a reliable registrar like GoDaddy.com while having an another company for web hosting.

See Also:

Save Money with Web Hosting Coupons.

How to Register a Domain Name.

How to Choose a Good Web Host.

Enjoy,
Alex Webs.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

JAlbum Free Hosting

As you know, JAlbum is all about publishing personalized photo albums.
Recently JAlbum created a new service - myjalbum.net hosting. That's a very simple way to get your albums online.

Steps to create photo albums online:

Sign up - Register an account at jalbum.net. (You don’t need to sign up if you already are registered in the JAlbum forum.)

Make album - Download the JAlbum software. Just drag and drop images and image folders onto JAlbum and press “Make album”.

Publish - Use your username and password to publish to: yourname.myjalbum.net

View JAlbum Free Hosting Example.

Let’s get your photo albums online!

Enjoy,
Create Online Photo Album

Friday, June 22, 2007

Create Photo Album in Three Easy Steps

How can I create a photo album on my website ?

We will explain how to create photo album on your own website. If you already have a website, skip to third section of this article.

At the beginning you have to create a website. The first step in creating a website is registering a domain name. We recommend to register a domain name at www.GoDaddy.com.
Next step is choosing hosting space for your website. The are a lot of hosting companies, we recommend to buy hosting from big and trusted companies like PowWeb.com or Hostgator.com.
* If you purchase domain name and hosting in different companies, you will need to change domain name pointer to the hosting company. For example, if you purchase domain name from www.GoDaddy.com you will need to do steps described in this article.
The last step is to download and install on your computer a photo album generator like JAlbum or ornj.net. Create photo album on separate folder following program instructions. Upload photo album folder to your website with ftp client.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Create Website in Three Easy Steps

How can I create a website in a few hours ?

We will explain how to create a website with free templates (without any knowledge in web development).

The first step in creating a website is registering a domain name. We recommend to register domain name at www.GoDaddy.com.
Next step is choosing hosting space for your website. The are a lot of hosting companies, we recommend to buy hosting from big and trusted companies like PowWeb.com or Hostgator.com.
* If you purchase domain name and hosting in different companies, you will need to change domain name pointer to the hosting company. For example, if you purchase domain name from www.GoDaddy.com you will need to do steps described in this article.
The last step is to download a template, modify it like you want it and upload to your website. Some useful website templates websites: freecsstemplates.org and freewebsitetemplates.com.

All these steps will be explained in details in next posts.

For questions you can contact us: info@MyWebsiteAdviser.com

Enjoy,
Create Website & Register Domain.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Register Domain name only for one dollar!

Do you want register domain name for your website and get 5 GB space for free hosting?

Now you can get it only for $0.99 for whole year.
Register .INFO domain name at www.GoDaddy.com
and enjoy.

View free hosting sample page.
View all www.GoDaddy.com free extras for domain name registration.

Alex Webs,
Register Domain Name.

Friday, June 1, 2007

Add cool DHTML menu to your website

Do you want to add or to upgrade navigation menu in your website ?
There is a site with many free useful examples of vertical menus, horizontal menus, multi-level menus etc.

Visit DynamicDrive website.

Enjoy,
Learn Web Development.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Google Page Creator - Easy way to create a website

Google Page Creator is a free tool that lets you create web pages. Create website right in your browser and publish it to the web with one click.

View examples:

MyWebsiteAdviser.com Google Page Creator Example

Workout info and consulting

Read about Google Page Creator
Visit Google Page Creator website

Enjoy,
Alex Webs

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