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htaccess file is a configuration file which is run over Apache web server. It is used to configure different settings and functionality of the Apache server for a given website. These settings include URL rewriting, URL redirection, 404 Not Found page handling, etc. However, htaccess is quite sensitive configuration file and it may pose some problem including compromising over security of your website. Following are some of the point need to be considered while going with htaccess.

1. Careful about spellings
.htaccess is not conscious about spellings, so you have to be very careful about your spelling mistakes. Make sure, you don’t make any spell mistake.

2. Case sensitive
.htaccess is case sensitive. If something is shown in the examples with a capital letter, make sure it’s capitalized in your htaccess file. Don’t change the case of symbols and variables there.

3. Consider your caching
Considering your caching needs care before setting it up. If your site is almost entirely static, you can set longer cache times. If your site changes frequently then you should be able to identify only those files which are (not changed often) need to be cached and for how long. There’s nothing worse as a visitor than coming back to a site thinking there’s been an update and not seeing it.

4. Comment out your notes
Don’t forget to comment out your notes within the file. This is done by adding a # before the comment line.

5. Always test your site
Always test your sites immediately after making any changes to your htaccess file. One mistyped character could make the difference between your site working and being down for hours before you realize what has happened.

6. Backup you htaccess
On that note, always make sure you backup your htaccess file before making any changes. That is way, if there is a problem, you can easily swap back in the old file. Don’t forget to backup your htaccess file.

7. Cross Browser compatibility
Make sure any essential htaccess functions you’ve included are cross-browser compatible. There are certain things some browsers just won’t support.

8. Dont Forget to Secure
Remember when protecting a web directory with htaccess, that unless it’s restricted to https access, the password could be sniffed as your authentication will be done over an un-secure connection.

You can renovate your website with different plugins and gadgets freely available. Today, even if you are not expert at coding than there is not need to worry for getting your top notch website having thrill and attraction. You can do it with jQuery and many other Ajax and PhP plugin. Here I have listed down most useful jQuery plugins that can help you lifting up your website among a huge crowd.

AD Gallery

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Add to Cart

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Agile Carousel

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Ajax Tooltip

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Animate to Class

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Animated Collapsible DIV

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Animated Hover

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jQuery Approach

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Auto Scroller

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Animated Menu Spirit

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Photo Effect Before/After

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Bounce Effect

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CSS-3 Box-Shadow

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Bubble Puff

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Box Slider

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Canvas Based Image Rotation

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Simple Slide Show

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Pop-ups Coda Bubble style

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Collapsible Text Menu

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Color Animations

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CT Rotator

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Cyclic Fade Text Animator

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Diagonal Accordion

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Web designing trends keep on changing and HTML 5 has emerged as the new revolutionary revision to the current HTML which is the core markup language for the web. HTML 5 will probably be the next standard to web designing and will stay for years to come.

It’s a project started by W3C and WHATWG with the support from the four major browsers namely Mozilla, Opera, Microsoft and Apple. Although a long period of final completion stands ahead for HTML 5 but many of its features are already supported by the major browsers.

Major Browsers supporting HTML 5 today:

• Safari
• Firefox
• Chrome
• Opera

Structure of HTML 5

Every innovation adds and supplements the existing process. Similarly, HTML 5 also makes web page structuring an easy process. Div elements are used in the current HTML 4, but HTML 5 tackles this problem by introducing elements that represent each section individually. The structure for a page with a header, footer, sidebar and content will be represented this way in HTML 5:

Audio & Video elements:

HTML 5 fresh audio and video features will make embedding media into a site a very easy task. You’ll be saved from using plugins, plus it can all be managed by using scripts. This gives two benefits 1) simplicity in use 2) provision of excellent interface for authors.

Canvas:

The canvas is another interesting “drawing” feature introduced in HTML 5. The canvas element will allow you to design games, animations and high-end graphics without much trouble.

Drag & Drop:

Enables you to drag an entity from one place and drop to another. This utilizes JavaScript which work as a complete drag and drop function.

There are so many new features to look forward to in HTML 5, so keep your fingers crossed as there’s much more on its way!

Search engine optimization has become a rising trend in the online world. Web development companies need to have a complete grasp over SEO techniques, because no matter how stunning website design is created, it will be of no use if users can’t reach it.

Many times it is thought that SEO is quite a different field and only individual SEO companies are responsible for making a website search engine optimized, where the truth is that website owners are now looking for experts that build their site keeping SEO in mind. Because implying step by step changes to a website with respect to SEO is way easier than getting your site built and then optimizing it. Though, you can experiment off-page optimization once a site is built, but to avail on-page optimization you need to know the SEO concept in the earlier stages when the site is being designed and developed.

Why Should A Web Development Company Should Go Along SEO?

• SEO isn’t only for online marketers. As the on-site SEO largely depends on the web designer and a web developer.
• People don’t know your site and they will not enter the exact address in the form of www.your-website-name.com to find your site, instead they will use search engines. So if your site is not search engine friendly, you might risk losing a lot of traffic that you’re not even aware of.
• SEO will spice up your company’s services. If you provide designing and developing services along with SEO, you will be likely to gain more clients and won’t fear your clients will shift to some other company.

Today, web development company should have a complete know-how of how they to develop websites that can be easily found by search engines, as only then they will be able to produce websites that can actually earn!

This is the arena of getting social and having an identity over web. A quality website design can bring you image globally but it will not be visible to a big share of audience until and unless it is renown or branded well enough. Usually, your website design sails your identity and traits in different platforms. These days the most common and effective platform is the social media and networks just like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Youtube, etc. There are numerous social networks for various purpose and niches which can be highly effective to promote your business globally and can build your reputation.

Social media exits in different varieties specific to different domains and cateogies such as for networking, blogging, booking marking, wikis, videos etc.

However, following is the list of  social media platforms which are categorized to help your web design and development business promotion by means of appropriate planning and selection of suitable niche in that particular social platform.

These social platforms can help your web design and development business for promotion and marketing alongside building a brand name and reputation for your own self too. However, it is necessary to hit a suitable platform or the niche in each of the social stream and then setting up your goals and business plan accordingly. Such as promoting your web design portfolio and building an identity as a web design or graphic design company via social and business networks. Having your readers/clients being informed of your latest offers, news and getting them in constant collaboration using social networks for news and blogs etc.

In short, social media can really be a good start for your website promotion and this is not the all since there are tremendous opportunities for getting business, keeping your clients informed and sticky, brand awareness, building reputation and so on. So, get social and take an edge of social media.