Newsgator brings us another breakthrough in designing websites.TopStyle is a multiple script language editor packed with some serious features that will make your hair stand up.Here we have taken the time to review the latest edition of this software written by the creator of HomeSite.

Are you a web designer who spends hours trying to create websites and make them compatible with multiple browsers using a variety of tools?Well, there is some positive news for those of you spending hours of pains taking work to design sites.Using TopStyle is both fast and easy when you are looking at a large web project at hand.

Newsgator TopStyle is a program capable of handling multiple script languages in only a 3mb download.You can edit CSS,HTML,and xHTML in a single program and can even convert your age old markup to an equivalent style of the new version.Haven’t taken the time learn xHTML?No problem,newsgator can even convert HTML to xHTML.To make it even better, the style checker can validate style sheets in multiple browsers.

Web developers have been wishing for some time to have the ability to preview markup in multiple browsers integrated in to a single program.TopStyle does just that and one better with a feature to actually preview your markup side by side.A built-in color schemer makes the daunting task of finding appropriate color schemes quick and easy.

TopStyle is also Integrated with W3C HTML Validation which means results of the validation are displayed within TopStyle, with hyperlinked line numbers that synchronize with TopStyle’s editor.

Newsgator has priced it at $79.99 which is reasonable for all the added features and the ease of use.This editor is a must have for those planing to design websites or just want to create a suitable layout for their blog.

Images indexed by google can be a great source of traffic for bloggers.Although this fact is known among many SEO experts, your average blogger would not be aware of this.

I am sure all of you are aware of google image search which retrieves pictures relating to a query you provide. Well, the rules involved in indexing images in google are irrelevant to the ranking method used for your text. Since image results are based on assumptions, even the smallest of websites can stay ahead of large corporations in this area.

In the past, Google was  hesitant in disclosing information about the method in which they rank images, much like the way they keep their search algorithms a secret. However during a SES convention in chicago, a group of analyists provided some insights into optimizing your images for Google Image search.

» Place text around images not inside image files. Search engines for the most part are not capable of reading text inside of images. If the image is directly related to the text you are using, then google should be able to display your image more accuratly.

» Take advantage of alt tags for all of your images. Make sure the alt text is descriptive and unique. For instance, alt text such as “picture1″ or “logo” doesn’t provide much information about the image. “Charting the path of stock x” and “Company Y” give more details.

» Don’t overload your alt text. Be descriptive, but don’t stuff it with extra keywords.

» It’s important to use alt text for any image on your pages, but if your company name, navigation, or other major elements of your pages are in images, alt text becomes especially important. Consider moving vital details to text to ensure all visitors can view them.

» Look at the image-to-text ratio on your page. How much text do you have? One way of looking at this is to look at your site with images turned off in your browser. What content can you see? Is the intent of your site obvious? Do the pages convey your message effectively?

» Opt into Enhanced Image Search in Web Master Tools. This allows google to ensure that all your images are indexed accuratly by adding metadata to your images.

» An additional tip to keep in mind is to use descriptive filenames for your images. For the most part, avoid using commonly used filenames for that image. For example, if your site provides pictures detailing the release of the new Iphone, then try using “IPhone-launch-day.jpg” instead of just “IPhone.jpg”.

These are some of the small but effective measures your can take to ensure better ranking for your images in google. Although, getting your images listed in google image search can be a great source of traffic, be aware people who will try to steal your bandwidth by hotlinking images on your webserver.

Microsoft Office 2007 is surely a worthy update from it’s previous version. One of the great features of Office 2007 is it’s ability to publish your entries directly from office word to your desired blog. Previously you had to download a plugin for google blogger to accomplish this task or download microsoft live writer.

You should began by simply registering your blog.Multiple blog accounts can be managed using the friendly interface found in this new addition. Publishing blog posts is a snap with a quick hit to the publish button found at the top right hand corner of the toolbar.

Basically all the features you find in your current blogging platform can be accessed in it. Blogging platforms such as Wordpress, Blogger, Windows Live spaces ,Typepad and several others are fully supported.

Take a look at the blogging interface found in Microsoft Office 2007:

Having the ability to add a site to the favorites list is a great way to increase direct traffic.There is still a wide audience out there who are either not aware of rss feeds or prefer using bookmarking methods.

Take a look at the amount of RSS readers who have subscribed to your feeds and think of the amount of people coming to your site directly.You can easily notice that only a small portion of the audience has subscribed to your RSS feeds.

Providing an easy way to add your website or blog to their favorites list would be a great way to keep your readers faithful.An additional advantage is the fact that not all visitors are bound to remember your website url for later use.

Orginally browsers come preinstalled with shortcuts that allow users to add a site of their liking to their favorites list.Popular web browsers like Firefox (Ctrl+D), Opera (Ctrl+T) and IE (Ctrl+D) provide these keyboard shortcuts to enable users to easily bookmark their favorite pages.

All though you would think everyone online is able to perform those shortcut keys,you are simply mistaken.Here is a javascript that will enable you to add this feature with all browsers including Firefox 2.0,Internet Explorer 7.0,Flock, and even Opera.

Just paste the code provided below and include it between the head tags on your template:

note:Include your website information where I have commented

<script language="JAVASCRIPT" type="TEXT/JAVASCRIPT"> <!--function favoris() {if ( navigator.appName != 'Microsoft Internet Explorer' ){ window.sidebar.addPanel("YourBlogTitle","YourSiteURL",""); }else { window.external.AddFavorite("YourSiteURL","YourBlogTitle"); } }//--></script>

Place this code anywhere you wish to have the “Add to Favorites” link shown:

<a href="javascript:void(favoris());" mce_href="javascript:void(favoris());" >Add to Favorites</a>  

Many of you have seen search engines that allow you to view a small preview of the website before you click them.This feature enables the user to get a view of the site before actually taking a visit.Some of you might have wondered if that feature could be intergrated to your blog to allow your visitors to do the same thing.

A popular search engine known as snap has just recently released the technology for free to the public.When installed, every link on the site will show a preview of the linked site when a viewer hovers over the link.Both the internal and external links will be previewed when the user hovers over it.

This is especially advantagious for those bloggers who have sections such as “Links worth looking into” or any similar method.This will however upset those visitors who might not wish to be annoyed with a popup preview of every link in your site.

 You should see the reactions of your visitors before ever implementing this tool.If you feel strongly that it will benefit your blog then no ones stopping you.You and only you know your blog best.

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