5 tips on web
CSS debugging
I'm sure this technique is used by many web developers, but it took me some time to figure out for myself.
When working on a specific style class it's often helpful to add a red border around it by adding the following line:
border: solid 1px red
This makes all the items which use this class very easy to notice and really helps solving the problems with the style sheets.
Centering a block without using HTML <center> tag
To align a block to the center of the containing block you can set both 'margin-left' and 'margin-right' properties of the block to 'auto'.
The width of the internal block should of course be smaller than the parent's.
Submit your site to Search Engines
Use the following links to submit your site to Search Engines:
Google [ http://www.google.com/addurl.html ]
Yahoo! [ http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html ]
MSN [ http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx ]
Open Directory Project [ http://dmoz.org/add.html ]
Rex [ http://rex.skyline.net/add/ ]
Infotiger [ http://www.infotiger.com/addurl.html ]
Netsearch Voyager [ http://www.netsearch.org/addurl.html ]
ExactSeek [ http://www.exactseek.com/add.html ]
LinkCentre [ http://linkcentre.com/addurl.html ]
TrueSearch [ http://www.truesearch.com/addurl/ ]
WhatsNu [ http://www.whatsnu.com/cgi-bin/addlink.cgi ]
Walhello.com [ http://www.walhello.com/addlinkgl.html ]
Dirs.org [ http://www.websbiggest.com/dirorder.cfm ]
Wisenut [ http://www.wisenut.com/submit.html ]
Make your site del.icio.us friendly
When people find a page they like to bookmark, they frequently use services such as http://del.icio.us. Adding a bookmark is often done using a bookmarklet, which submits the URL and the title of the current page.
As a web developer, you should make sure the page's url is a "permalink" to the currently viewed item and that the title of the current page includes the title of the item (this site is not a good example, as the page title does not reflect the current item...). Additionally, you can provide submit-to links for the common social-bookmarking services (e.g. digg, del.icio.us, reddit, furl, blinklist, simpy and fark).
Bookmark!
When you find something interesting, bookmark it. Bookmark it like there is no tomorrow. You never know when you're going to need that link...
