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Q and As
Web authoring question and answers from Internet Magazine
by Mike Slocombe

For six years, I was on Internet Magazine's 'Expert Help' panel, helping find solutions to readers' problems. Here's a selection of published answers.
I hope you find them useful!

WEB DESIGN:
» Music on your site
» Where to put navigation?
» Liquid layouts
» How much bandwidth do I need?
» How do I compare traffic with my competitors?
» How do I get a domain name?
» Restructuring site and compressing images
» Building printer-friendly Web pages
» Adding secure password protection to a site
» Validating your HTML code
» How do you clear the 'visited' status of page links?
» Making framed sites search engine friendly

WORKING WITH IMAGES:
» How do I make an image map?
» How do I optimise photos for quick downloading?
» How do I control background images?
» Using animated PNG files and PNG compatibility
» Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) versus Flash

CSS STYLE SHEETS:
» How do I use style sheets instead of tables?
» Text effects with Cascading Style Sheets
» How can I change the scroll bar colours on my web page?

JAVASCRIPT:
» Creating a pop up window
» Opening an entire site in a pop up window
» How do I make dropdown navigation menus?
» Automatically clearing search/text boxes

FLASH:
» Authoring in Flash only?
» Why does using Flash reduce my traffic?

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