SEO (search engine optimization)

SEO or (Search Engine Optimization) is all about giving yourself a higher ranking in the various search engines on the web. Clients get very funny if your brilliantly designed and functional web site is not able to be found. People use Google as a defacto Address line and rarely type in any URLs manually. Here are a few tips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBAJgksyhxo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDZEoDtNYx8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBHoM971g70&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YjPOwRB_Nw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot45fjeJqbk&feature=related

How to plan a website step by step

Hello I hope your all fit and well and feeling happy. Here is a back to basic look at planning a web site. Web sites are all about thinking ahead. Targeting market needs and wants, Content, Design, coding should all be standardised before you draw your first Div. Planning can turn web development into a joy. Lack of planning results in issues at the development stage as well as down the track when the client wants a 50% make-over.
THOROUGH YET SIMPLE GUIDE
http://www.realfreewebsites.com/articles/website-planning-guide/
WEBSITE PROJECT PLANNING TEMPLATE
https://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0Apy_FCy70vsOdHBCR1I5LXBsbkI0ZTdGZ3lfM3RLUUE&mode=public
GENERAL TEMPLATES
https://docs.google.com/templates?hl=en_GB
HOW TO WRITE A CONTRACT
http://24ways.org/2008/contract-killer

Validate your HTML and CSS

HTML and CSS can be a tricky business. One mistake in the code and it could be a design disaster. Thankfully the W3C, a bunch of good people provide a free service to test your code. Simply upload at the links below and watch the magic. They will check the code and return a list of errors, Some are fatal, some you can live with, but it recommended that you use this service.
HTML VALIDATOR
http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_upload
CSS VALIDATOR
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
ABOUT THE W3C
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/mission.html