Webmaster Forum / General / Web Design / February 2004

I've discovered a great new game for dealing with tele-sales people and
transforming their calls into an entertainment opportunity.....
When a sales call comes in, you can generally tell them from normal
calls.....When I'm sure it's a sales call, my first priority is to find out

I work on my websites on-line.
And it is high time I made a backup of the sites.
Is there a freeware program which allows me to download a website (including
the structure) but which allows me to exclude certain areas?

My little content management system has a delete page function.  At the
moment, if you click on the delete icon for a page, it takes you to a
confirmation page (Step 1).  On this page there is a Yep, do it link which
take the visitor to a page where the actual delete function ...

When I look at my WEBALIZER stats it is the Visits that you look at rather than
hits. am I right?  
How long will it take alexa to report my site graph they use the site only been
up around 35 days will it take 90 days just wondering because it said not in

I use WHOIS Utra to try to come up with decent domain names, but it is
quite limited. Where is an online resource for suggesting decent domain
names? It would be great if the resource, like WHOSIS Ultra,
automatically checks for availability.

For some reason I can't work out, the background image at the head of
some pages at http://www.fuorimano.net does not show when viewed using
IE (I haven't been informed which version) on a Mac.
The pages with the problem are

Hi ^_^, I'm hopefully that I can ask here.
I need comments and tips, about my personal site and contents.
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Nicolò Armato

For some reason I can't work out, the background image at the head of
some pages at http://www.fuorimano.net does not show when viewed using
IE (I haven't been informed which version) on a Mac.
The pages with the problem are

My apologies if I am in the wrong forum.
As my business has grown the search engine placement piece is being
neglected.  I do not expect any magic bullet but I would like some thoughts
from you folks who manage quite a few sites.

http://www.touristguides.com.my/templates/header.htm
The search box on the page aligns itself to the top although I have made it
bottom-aligned. I have also tried moving the <form></form>before and after
the <td> or <table> tag. Still I cannot bottom-align it. Can someone please

Hi. I'm looking to have a web site build. Unfortunately I do not have much
to
pay, but a price can be talked about after I give the builder details. The
site

twinIsles has 100s of quality images for download and use. Absolutely
Free. Our images offer a distinct and unique perspective on the world.
We are now pleased to be able to offer royalty-free high resolution
images for purchase online at bargain rates. All our images are also

Short poll -
How much time do you think it takes to produce a complete HTML page using a
PSD template?

Thinking about moving over to broadband, maybe through Tiscali.
Has anuone have any thoughts regarding this company?
Matt, Wales, UK

What can be done to battle the bots and harvestors?
I have had sites up for less than a day and email accounts getting
slammed with spam.
How do we prevent the bots from picking up the email addresses out of