News Archive

Ebusiness news archive from July 2005
Special character display

Occasionally web site owners will find they need to display a non-standard letter character on a web page. Offline this is easy enough by going to the Insert option of your text application, but on a web page, it’s a different matter.
29 July 2005


Auto-refresh your content for free

One of the perpetual tasks of being a web site owner, particularly for the small to micro-sized business, is refreshing the content.
29 July 2005


Router or modem?

Why buy a router if you can get a modem for free from your ISP?
22 July 2005


Route of the matter

A modem links a computer directly to the internet using your machine’s ID, but how does a router differ in its approach?
22 July 2005


Float your pics

Sometimes the things that appear to be the simplest in the world are often those that turn out to be the most difficult.
22 July 2005


Games people play

Nothing on the telly? Why not point your broadband connection at all the latest live and on demand video coverage of the NatWest Island Games in Shetland?
14 July 2005


FAQs revisited

Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQ as they are more commonly known on the web, are valuable web site furniture. Their aim is to field the top ten or more questions asked by customers. But could long, clumsy-looking FAQ pages be avoided in the first place?
14 July 2005


Context, context, context

Maybe not the catchiest of mantras, but for web site owners and webmasters churning relevant content is an essential task to help pull in traffic.
14 July 2005


Make mapping a priority

Search engine watchers are recommending that web site owners make Google mapping a priority on their To Do list if they wish to remain competitive.
08 July 2005


UK tops for broadband growth

More broadband connections are being installed in the UK than anywhere else in the world, according to new data from analysis firm, TopicPoint.
01 July 2005


Delivering confidence in e-commerce

Fulfilment, oftentimes the weakest link of online retailing in the eyes of the consumer, is to receive a confidence booster. For the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) has taken the wraps off a new home delivery scheme in an effort to reassure consumers that internet shopping is reliable.
01 July 2005