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Introduction to HTML 5

Online Marketing Advisors — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:16:21 +0000

I’ m sure most of you have heard of HTML 5 by now, if not then feel free to check out this video. It is a basic introduction of some of the things that you can do using HTML 5, it’s a pretty long video but worth the time if you want to see all of the new features in action.

What is HTML 5?

HTML 5 is the next revision of the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), the standard programming language for describing the contents and appearance of Web pages. HTML 5 was adopted by the new HTML working group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 2007. This group published the first public draft of HTML 5 in January 2008, but refinements are expected to continue for several years before HTML 5 becomes a formal recommendation.

Although HTML 5 is not officially released yet there are a number of websites that have already started using the code and have created some pretty fancy sites with it. Check out some of the designs from HTML 5 Gallery, this site also has a wealth of information regarding HTML 5. I myself have not created a site yet using the code, I still have a few things to learn about the language before I jump into it. But for those who want to get started now I have provided a few resources below to help you get started. Enjoy, and as always, thanks for reading.

HTML 5 References

HTML5 differences from HTML4

HTML5 validator

HTML 5 Tag Reference

MSN Gets A Makeover

Online Marketing Advisors — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:30 +0000

Microsoft has rolled out a redesign of the MSN website and have also included a new butterfly logo to go with it. Microsoft says the redesign is MSN’s most significant in more than a decade and that “The simplicity of the design is really based on feedback from our customers and looking at traffic on our sites.” The new site has half as many blue links, features tabbed browsing and integrates with Facebook and Twitter. The reduced home-page links will be augmented by the deeper integration of Bing search technology.

Personally I think the new design is a little boring and does not have the professional feel of a corporate website. Although the old site was a little crowed it still had a pretty good feel to it, the new one looks like it was designed by a few rookies. But hey, this is Microsoft so I guess it works for them, but the comments regarding the new design have not been in their favor. Most feel that the site should have stayed the way it was, after all if it ant broke then why mess with it right?

In either case it looks like we will be stuck with this new design for the next 10 years or until Microsoft realizes that this was not the best move they have made in regards to the website. But if you haven’t seen the new design feel free to check it out at MSN.com. As always thanks for reading.

Create A Free Flash Website

Online Marketing Advisors — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:43:03 +0000

Have you ever wanted to build one of those flashy looking websites with all of the cool mouse-overs and animated banners? We all want a nice looking website but we don’t want to pay $1,000′s for it to be designed. Now unless you have some pretty good design skills creating a flash website will not be easy, you will need some of the best web tools on the market in order to create something that will be professional looking as well as user friendly.

But what if you need a website but just don’t have the money that it takes to get all of the tools? Well you are in luck, there is a website called Wix.com which lets you create high quality flash websites and other web content free of charge. The other cool thing is that the site that you create will be search engine friendly, in other words it doesn’t put a whole bunch of crap in your source code which can make it hard for the search engines spiders to read.

So if your looking for a way to spice up your website and want something that will be reliable and free then check out Wix.com for information about how you can start building your free professional website today.

Once you have created your new flash site don’t forget to contact us about getting to the top of the search engines.