Layouts are important for those who own web blogs. One of the oldest blog websites is Xanga, which a wide variety of people have used and are still using today. Creating a Xanga layout is not very difficult and can be done in many ways. Making Custom Themes First, it is important to disable the Xanga default themes to get to the section that allows settings to be altered. To disable default themes, navigate to theme settings. New Users or those who have never made any changes to their layout Read More

Streaming is a process by which video is created and passed to a viewer in real time. For example, a live video that is being watched by someone around the world is known as a video stream. History of Streaming Streaming has always been of interest to computer users; however, because bandwidth was so expensive, it was difficult to transfer the video. However, when high speed Internet became more affordable for the average person a lot more people became interested in watching live feeds. Specifically, the reason that the average Read More

Some users type “www.topbits.com” into their web browsers when they want to reach this web page. Other users type in only “topbits.com”, leaving off the “www” portion. On a technical level, the two names do not refer to the same domain object. Google, and other search engines, often see these two objects as seperate web servers. Check the PageRank for several domains to see the results of this. For some domains, the PageRank will be the same for both the www and non-www domains. For other domains, the PageRank will Read More

A webpage is a document written in either XHTML or HTML syntax that is accessed through a web browser. Web pages may include text, images, multimedia files, and links to other web pages or resources on the Internet. Learning how to make a web page using HTML tags in a text editor is necessary to make advanced pages using advanced Web page editors. How to Make a Website Steps to Make a Basic Web Page Step 1 – Open the text editor on your computer. For Windows users, the “Notepad” Read More

One of the perks of sites such as YouTube is the ease in which someone can upload a video tribute about something of importance to them–a favorite team, a musician, or someone who has passed. In about two minutes, a previously created video tribute can be up on YouTube for millions of users to watch and appreciate. Creating the actual video tribute, though, isn’t that difficult either. To begin with, compile many different pictures that fall within the category of the tribute video. For example, if it is about a Read More

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a type of file format developed by Adobe Systems. It was first introduced in 1993 and is capable of capturing content and formatting information from any document; irrespective of the hardware and operating system platform. It was initially a proprietary file format; however PDF has been available as an open format from 2008 and adheres to the ISO/IEC 3200-1:2008 standard. The current PDF version is 1.7 Extension Level 3. PDF documents require PDF viewing software such as Adobe Reader, Xpdf, Foxit Reader, Evince and so Read More

Information Foraging is one of the theories used in developing content on the Internet that deals with how a regular user looks for information over the internet. Information foraging theory stems from the foraging theory used to model animal behavior when looking for food. The aim of this model is to make the search for information in the Internet much more user friendly. The Foraging Theory The foraging theory was first proposed by ecologists and anthropologists during the 70s to explain foraging behavior and strategies by animals. It was proposed Read More

Flash, or Adobe Flash, is a type of video file that can be embedded into webpages in order to display animations and/or provide interactivity for the user. Flash is often used in games, interactive office programs, and advertisements. Flash is relatively easy to use and can be generated by a number of websites and programs that are specifically designed for creating Flash video files. These services also often provide embedding options that allow the user to designate a location and embed the file to a website, blog, or profile with Read More

An eBook is, as the name suggests, an electronic book. This is any book that, instead of holding it in your hands, appears on your screen. Typically, an eBook is packaged in PDF form so that it cannot be copied as easily and so that the presentation, especially with images, is more appealing. Publishers these days are starting to turn their hardcover books into eBooks because of the arrival of so many different types of eBook readers. How to Publish an eBook The first and most basic step to publishing Read More

To redirect from one webpage to another, often, the HTML redirect is used. This redirect is one of the more widely used redirect techniques as it is the most supported and compatible. Implementing the HTML Redirect As it is an HTML redirect, your whole HTML document will need to be in this code: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN”> <html> <head> <title>ByteGuide HTML Redirection Page</title> <meta http-equiv=”REFRESH” content=”0;url=http://www.byteguide.com”> </head> <body> Redirecting you to ByteGuide </body> <footer> </footer> </HTML> Note that you should change the destination of the redirection from Read More