Web Design Tutorials
Not Seeing any Google Custom Search Engine Results in Analytics? Here's the Fix!
I'm a big fan of Google Analytics 
and use it on most all of the sites that I build. I recently installed a Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) to a site of mine and was hoping to use Google Analytics to track the searches that were performed on the site in the Google CSE.
The problem is that after a couple days, there were still no results. It was off to the Google CSE Discussion Group to search for the answer - and I found it.
iPhoney Simulates iPhone Web Browsing
In a previous post (Why test your website in different browsers?) I talked about the importance of testing your website in a variety of browsers to ensure that it will be rendered properly no matter what browser a visitor to your site is using.
With the launch of the iPhone, mobile web browsing is going to be taken to a whole new level and you, as a web developer need to be sure that sites you develop render properly when viewed not only on the desktop but also on handheld devices like the iPhone (and other mobile phones).
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Add a 'Set as Homepage' link to your website
Someone recently asked me how to add a 'Set as Homepage' link to their website. If you are unfamiliar with these types of links, they are links which you can click on to set the current page as your homepage. It simplifies the process for changing the homepage (see previous tutorial on setting homepage in Internet Explorer) that you have set in your browser. In this tutorial for website designers I'll show you how you can add a link like this to your website.
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Research your Keywords [SEO Wed. Vol. 4]
In the fourth entry of SEO Wednesday, we will look at researching the keywords that our target audience would use when searching. By knowing the keywords that our audience will use when they search, we can generate content for those keywords, making our site more relevant, hopefully moving it one step closer to the top of the SERP (search engine results page).
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Google Sitemaps Gets New Interface & Stats
Google sitemaps, which I've recently discovered and enjoyed playing with has implemented a new interface and new stats this week. It is well worth checking out.
In this short entry I'll give you a look at some of the screenshots from my gBradhopkins.com sitemap account.
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Optimize your site for your audience [SEO Wed. Vol. 3]
In last week's SEO Wednesday (Getting Search Engine Rank), we discussed how you could use a program like Advanced Web Ranking to find out your current search engine rank for various keywords on various search engines. We also looked at tip number one of our highrankings.com top 10, which was "Do not purchase a new domain unless you have to."
This week, even though it is two days late, we'll look at tip number two, "Optimize your site for your target audience, not for the search engines."
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Monitor your Google Page Rank
Most website owners (and anyone who uses the Google Toolbar with their browser) has heard of Google Page Rank. but how do you monitor it (or show it off)? In today's gBradhopkins.com Web Design Tutorial (Web Design Tutorial Archive) I'm going to show you how to add a small bit of code to your web page that will display your Google Page Rank for all the world to see.
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Getting Search Engine Rank [SEO Wed. Vol.2]
This is the second installment of the newly created SEO Wednesday column here at gbradhopkins.com. As a recap, we will be discussing some techniques (mostly White Hat) that can be used to optimize your website for the major search engines and increase traffic. Tonight we will set a baseline for our current search engine rankings and start to tackle the HighRankings.com list that I mentioned last time.
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Ways to Build Website Traffic [SEO Wed. Vol.1]
I'm launching a new column, called SEO Wednesday (as if you couldn't figure that out by the huge graphic) here at gBradhopkins.com.
In this column, which I hope will run every Wednesday, I will use tips, tools and techniques that I find on the web to optimize this website and increase traffic. In addition to optimizing this site, we will also dispell myths, highlight tools, websites and resources for those looking to optimize their website for the major search engines.
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Why test your website in different browsers?
This is entry #100 (Unfortunately, it took 6 months to go from 99 to 100) for gbradhopkins.com and in this entry we're going to take a look at why you MUST test your website in various browsers.
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Faux .MP4 Problem with Safari
There is a lot of (dis)information and even an online petition about how Apple's Safari web browser 
will not play MPEG-4 (.mp4) files. In this quick tutorial I'll show you the solution to this very simple problem.
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MacDesign Magazine becomes Layers
MacDesign Magazine, one of the best you'll find for tips, tricks and tutorials on 
the applications that are near and dear to the heart (and wallet) of every web developer, graphic designer and video editor has changed names and focus (slightly).
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ESPN.com Celebrates 10th Anniversary
ESPN.com, the 21st most popular site on the internet, according to Alexa.com, celebrated its 
10th anniversary today (April 1). In honor of the achievement, the administrators of ESPN.com have provided a look back at the many variations of the site as it has developed over the years. This is especially interesting for anyone who develops websites for a living or as a hobby.
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Make Your Website - Multi-Lingual [Web Designers Toolbox]
Do you have a website with information that may be relevant to people who speak languages other than English? Have you noticed that recently, you've received a number of hits from non-english speaking domains? If this is the case, then you will want to check out my first installment of Web Designers Toolbox. Web Designers Toolbox will focus on tutorials that help average people do great things with their websites, for little or no money!
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Obfuscate Your Email Address
Email Obfuscating? What the heck is email obfuscating and how can it help me avoid SPAM in my inbox?
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Make your web site searchable
The ability to search a site is probably one of the most useful features you can add to your site. Especially if your site has a number of pages. If you have a very basic site with a handful of pages then you probably don't want to even bother with it.
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Add a Counter to Your Web Page
Anyone who has ever built a web page has one thing that they want to know once they upload it; how many visits am I getting? In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to add a counter to your web page, for free of course.
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Display Your Site Logo in the Address Bar
How do you display your web site logo in the address bar? Use favicon, a bit of code and this tutorial.
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Create an RSS Feed for Your Web Site
Anyone with a web page knows that no matter how good your web site is, it's no good unless someone sees it. So, to keep readers informed of updates, most sites employ things like mailing lists to keep readers up to date.
In this tutorial I'm going to show you the simple to way to create your own RSS News Feed.
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Add a Message Board to Your Web Site
Want to add some traffic to your web site? Try a Message Board (aka Forum). With a Message Board, visitors can discuss topics of interest. I have recently added a Message Board to my site, in hopes of helping people receive answers to their computer questions. In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to add and customize a FREE Message Board.
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Installing a Multi-User Calendar (p3)
This is tutorial three (of what now looks like four) showing you how to install and customize a multi-user calendar on your web server/site. In this tutorial I will show you how to edit the CSS files to match the site calendar to your web site more exactly. For installation tips see tutorial 1 (installing) and 2 (adding to your web page).
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Installing a Multi-User Calendar (p2)
In part one of this tutorial, I showed you how to install phpEventCalendar on you web server. In part two, I will show you how to customize the calendar to match the look of your web site.
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Install a Multi-User Calendar on Your Web Site
A calendar that is editable by multiple users can be a great resource for businesses, churches, clubs or other groups that have a web site. In this tutorial I will show you how to add a free calendar to your web site.
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Analyze Web Page Load Times
Wait. Pause. Delay. Patience. People hate to wait. Don't make then wait on your web site to load. I'll show you how to check the load time of your web site.
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What does a Spider see?
How do search engines like google and yahoo! find a web site? How do they index the information on that web site to include it in their directory?