Domain registration and hosting are two separate services. Many companies offer both, but they are completely different services. Here’s a metaphor that may help you understand the difference — it confuses a lot of people. Think of a hosting company like an apartment you rent, a place where your web site can live. Think of [...]

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When I send people my Web address (URL) or print it on my business cards, should I use all lowercase, or can I write it like I would in a sentence and use the caps? Answer: In any URL, caps are optional up to the .com part. Addresses are only case-sensitive after the .com (same [...]

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Janine, I have tried everything under the sun to get my site to look proper in IE on the PC. Every other browser looks fine, but in IE there is always a “gap” between the top div and the middle. The bottom looks fine. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! Sincerely, Ronnie Hi Ronnie, Unfortunately, CSS [...]

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Hi Janine, I’m currently working through your book Teach Yourself Visually Dreamweaver and really enjoy the approachable instructions and text. The question I have is around the screenshots you have used in your book. I would like to produce similar books and training manuals/handouts on other IT products and am unsure about the copyright issues [...]

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Hello Janine, I’m going through your Dreamweaver CS4 session on Total Training and was looking for the spam-blocker app you mentioned in the chapter “Creating a New Website, Creating Links.” I think I’m blind – I can’t seem to find it. Could you please direct me to the software you were referring to? Thank you [...]

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Hi, I am a high school web design teacher and I was wondering if you could help me. How are web pages putting MapQuest in their sites? It is just like you are at the MapQuest site but it is in a box on the web page? Thank you so much, Jan Hi, Jan, Many [...]

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