Ever really wondered why your website is running so slow? – One of the main causes of it is because of unneeded CSS coding and unneeded JavaScript. We had a new client move over to us one day last week and he asked us ‘‘could you go over our website SEO and coding to make sure everything is alright?”

We got our designers to update a few things and our SEO team checked over his Meta tags and descriptions. I also went over the website and looked into his HTML and CSS coding. I was shocked to see that the previous design company had left so much unneeded CSS and loading lots of JavaScript, which didn't have any use.

Don't get me wrong, lf your website is looking well and no CSS problems going on, having unneeded CSS on your website wont hurt it as long as its not interfering with any other CSS styling, it will just cause the load times to be slower. Well, this is when I said to one of our Developers, Mark. – Is there any easy way of removing unneeded CSS coding rather than us spending hours reviewing over it. We discovered that: unused-css.com does just that.

"A web crawler follows the links of your site. On each page, we retrieve the CSS files and list the selectors. The selectors are tested on the html page. If the selector matches an element, it is marked as used. When all the files have been visited, a new css file with only the used selectors is built. That's the file you can download. It will also explore pages behind a login."

This smart little service can save you hours cleaning up any unneeded and unnecessary CSS coding. I understand that there is quite a few tools out there which does tidy CSS up, remove spaces and comments and such, but this smart tool actually crawls your website and totally does review your CSS files one by one and shows unneeded coding and more!

When you sign-up for your FREE Account you will have the ability to add a website to test it out.

1). Add a website

You can also enable the crawler to login. If you have a login required to access your pages which the crawler cannot access, enter the login details and the crawler will find other related CSS files for that page. For an example if you have a customer area which only customers can access and you have CSS styling on that page, the crawler will find it.

Don't forget the cool blacklist pages option to exclude any pages you wouldn't want the crawler to access.

The Results (Before)

The Results (After)

This was actually my clients website when i hadn't used the unused CSS service. As you can see the majority of the website CSS wasn't even used. When i downloaded the optimized version which the service provided and re-uploaded to my FTP the outcome was fantastic and saved us so much time.

Testing the site load time (Before)

Testing the site load time (After)

Big improvement since using this service and i would personally would highly recommend using this service for your CSS needs and to optimize your business and personal website for speeding up page load times and more. Give it a try!

Sign-up for your FREE account and try this great service!

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Small website, only a few pages.

In short, If you have a small website, Google will have no problems indexing the pages if the sitemap are present or not given that the site only contains very few pages. If you are a small business owner with a little website, I wouldn't worry too much about an XML Sitemap. It is easier to check the indexing process by typing the URL into the Google search box if you are worried.

Great for Flash and Ajax site owners

Sitemaps are a great way to improve your search engine visibility. When Google find your sitemap, all pages guaranteed to be found and indexed. If your website is using flash, an XML sitemap will benefit you. Since Flash based and AJAX coded websites make it impossible for search engines to find your pages, by using a sitemap this will correct the problem and will be very beneficial for your business website.

How do i create a Sitemap?

Unless you desire to hand code your XML sitemap or you prefer to use a Sitemap Generator tool to build your sitemap for you, there are quite a few useful tools out there to help you generate a XML sitemap for your website.

I personally recommend:

In conclusion that sitemaps are useful:

- For large websites
- Frequently updated websites
- Sites full of archival content
- Pages that are hard to reach via links.

If you include your sitemap within your website (hyperlink) the search engine spiders can locate the site map easily enough.

Require further assistance building your XML sitemap?
Feel free to contact us

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Those that search your business name could possibly find it, all the other keywords for your products and pages could be secondary and your customers may be actually finding your competitors websites and there products. You need to make sure you have done your keyword research on your website, then follow these top 5 SEO tips and you will be far on your way to a good SERP position.

Some companies actually try to do SEO themselves to save money and its the same with there websites. I see many companies go and create there own website using FREE online website builders but carry lots of disadvantages. Just like doing your own SEO it isn't as easy as entering a few descriptions and keywords, you need to do the correct research, correct characters and targeted keywords.

You can't just enter a description and keywords to expect to get a page one ranking in Google, Bing or Yahoo! Like most think they can, there is a lot more to SEO and once you have done these 5 tips, this wont guarantee to put you at the top of the search engines, these are the basics which everyone should no if thinking of undertaking SEO. Once done these 5 tips there is even more which you need to and read up yourself on Link Building strategies.

1. Keyword In The URL

This is the most important place to put your targeted keywords and can be great for ecommerce businesses to have there product title in the website URL. You might of seen websites when searching through Google that look similar to: (http://www.company.com/your-keyword-here.html). You don't need to have the exact word in the same order as your targeted keyword, but having those words in different order will help just as good. Either way, having your targeted keyword in your URL weathers not in order or in order will have an increased value in your search ranking results page position. (SERP).

You see many people trying to take advantage over this by purchasing multiple domain names. For an example, if you are selling chocolates in Nottingham. A lot of companies will purchase domains such as ''www.cheapchocolatesinnottingham.com'' – ''www.chocolatesinnottingham''. Which can carry a lot of disadvantages for your main website, duplicate content, etc. which can have negative affect on your SERP but there are some advantages too if you do this correctly.

Just like Zenbix, we don’t do this. We target a brand able domain and do regular link building to our brand able website, we don’t try and cheat the search engines. J

2. Keyword In The Page Title

The page title is very important too, the title of the page is what you will see as the tab in your browser window or in the Search engines when your customers search for something within Google, you will see A) Website title. B) Website Description.

If you have your targeted keyword phrase appear the same order as your keyword phrase, just like your URL and description this is the most powerful way of optimizing for that keyword. This will produce great results within the search engines.

3. Keyword In Heading Tag

The H1 heading tags are quite important part too, the heading tag which include H1 are the most powerful heading and have a few little benefits believe it or not. There are quite a few other headings after the H1 followed by H2 and H3, which are your sub headings.

The sub headings for the optimization is not really necessary and could be seen by the Search engines as keyword stuffing if there is not enough of uniqueness of the page and headings. Just like anything, do go overboard and do it correctly by having a good heading tag, which can offer quite a bit of benefit.

4. Keyword In Body Of Page

When writing or creating a page, a lot of people tend to put their keywords in the body description and repeat them quite a lot of it. Well this is actually the least most important place to place your keywords.

Just like the H1 tag, rather than putting them all over the page, just use one targeted keyword somewhere in the body text but mainly consider the context of your page and to use other related LSI keywords to help the search engine robots understand the context when they visit.

5. Image Optimization

When you search a picture in Google, Bing or Yahoo! of something for an example, Gym Squat Exercise. You will see the image of what you searched and instantly recognize what’s going on in the photo. The problem is that this isn't the actual recognition and works a little differently than most people think.

It's all down the search engine robots that pickup information to match your search request. This is down to something called the image alt text. It's a piece of text, which the search engines see, on the image to understand the image and match your request. Before you start and upload your image, pick a good filename for your image, preferably a file name you want that image to rank for and insert your code. If using wordpress you can click on your image inside of the post or page and insert the alt tag. (example) or use the HTML below.

<img src="filename.gif" alt="Alternative description goes here">

I hope I have explained some of these great SEO benefits for you and tips to help your SEO. As said, these 5 tips are the basics which everyone should know if undertaking SEO. There is a lot more to this than you think, once done these 5 great tips, you can read up on some great link building strategies which can be used to maintain your ranking position for your keyword phrases.

We can't go explaining any link building tips as we are a SEO company and offer these services. Rather than not only loosing sales, we wouldn't want our competitors reading this.

If you are a company and are new to SEO you might wish to consider a company to work with you on this SEO process. As said above, it can be very time consuming and can be a long process of weeks, months and even years of SEO work to receive good results within the search engines depending on your keywords.

This is why Zenbix SEO team are proud to offer fantastic SEO services at great rates and get quick results. Our team work around the clock 24-hours a day with link building and SEO optimization. We have a bunch of SEO systems setup packed solid with SEO tools and things we need to get you great results for your business. 

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P.S: If you wish to discuss your project or need a push with your business, give us a call on how we can help.

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When doing the correct research on keywords this ensures that your customers will have a much higher chance of locating your products and business information. SEO is the most important part of a website, especially when it comes down to eCommerce. Without good SEO you wont be getting much or any business and your customers will be finding your competitors products and purchasing with them. 

This is why when working with Zenbix we work with you and your staff and do the correct research. We look into every product or service you sell and deeply look into your competitors keywords, meta tags and descriptions.

Your Websites Titles

Product Descriptions

The product description is where you can give the most detailed information about the product or page to the customer, you do not need to write anything big, around 150 characters would be an ideal description. This is your opportunity to engage with the customer and make sure the type of person buying your product can see a detailed report about that item and see some of the keywords, sizes and colors interested to them and the search phrase used.

Make sure each description is different in some way. This is very hard when writing a description for basic products, when you have different sizes or colors it can be quite difficult to word it differently from the others. What we DO NOT recommended doing which is the most common mistakes when it comes down to business owners are copying others information, e.g., Reseller or Manufacturer product information. 

If you are selling a product which was developed by the company UPOL for an example, do not head over to the UPOL website and copy its contents, write your own detailed description on the product, you have a much higher chance in getting up in the search engines by writing a completely different description from other peoples.

The description should accurately describe the contents of the page and should include the most relevant keyword phrase for the page for optimization purposes, as well as serving as an indication to surfers who see it in the search engine listing that the page is relevant for what they are looking for. How much of the meta description tag is displayed can vary, and there is no set rule about how many words to include, but 25 to 30 words is a safe point. 

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Move over to us..

Whats the SEO Process?

Why move?

If you are NOT happy with your previous company whether its the price, service or customer support now is a great time to make the move over to us. If you are paying too much with you're existing company, we can help you save money by offering a better rate than you are existing company and also guarantee to offer a better service and support to go with it and do not forget we will more than likely also offer more space, bandwidth and features also.
 

What is the process?

Move me over..

Just simply purchase any 12-months hosting before 31st of December or if you need any help moving over, questions or need to contact us to discuss your requirements before ordering: please get in touch!

Offer starts now and ends 31st of December 2012.
 

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Lots of ideas, no step-by-step fix to the problems that was occurring with this phone. I spent around 14 hours on this phone in 2 days trying to get it up and running. What really annoyed me the most, is it's not really hard to get it up and working, after around 8 hours you’ll probably get the hang of it on your own, it's just when you’re not a expert with IP phones like myself, it can be very difficult to work with.

If you have this phone you probably will no the problems that comes up, if you fix something you might find something else will be the cause for it not working. Hopefully in this post you will get it back up and running with the latest firmware and how I managed to recover the phone.

TERMS: Before you start, I just want to let you know that I am not an expert with IP phones, nor am i cisco certified, so if anything happens to your phone or you BRICK your phone for trying anything of these steps provided by me, I’m not responsible for it. You’re using my information at your own risk.

How to fix the blank screen issue or stuck on upgrading issue.

I'm going to start off with the hard reset option. If you have done this option using code "3491672850*#" and it's not booting back up and is stuck at a blank screen. Don't worry about it! It's looking for the firmware. If you are stuck at the upgrading screen, then it's the same, its just looking for the firmware to upgrade the phone.

DO NOT TURN OFF THE PHONE!

I just want everyone to know, you might think the phone is dead if its not doing anything, but sometimes it is and it's not dead, so don't keep unplugging it and plugging it back in, as this could brick the phone.

1. Let’s get started. First of all, you need to connect the phone directly to your computers Ethernet port. Unplug your Ethernet from your PC/Modem/router and connect the Ethernet directly to the phone then the other end straight to your computers Ethernet port from the phone. Yes, this will cause your computer to have no internet, so Make sure you got all the firmware files first and everything you need, scroll down this post. Also make sure the power cord is plugged in the phone too.

2. Next you will need to assign an IP address to the computer. Control Panel > Networking & Internet > Network and Sharing Centre > Change Adapter settings (On the left). Find your Local area connection (Ethernet). Right click and select 'properties'. Then Double click on IPv4.

Use the same settings:

Click OK and OK again.

If you did this correctly, you will see at the bottom right hand corner a network adapter with a yellow explanation icon through it.

3. Now you have the IP assigned on '192.168.1.108' the Next step, you need to have a TFTP server running, Note: i'm not going to provide support for MAC/linux. Sorry about that, it's just for this post, im using windows. I'm using TFTPD32 on a Windows 7 box. I recommend using tftpd32 or solarwinds. For this post im going to use TFTPD32 and i will be using Windows 7 32-bit.

4. Once you have downloaded/installed TFTPD32, open the program found on the desktop.

5. Now you have the program open, same as the screenshot above. Click on 'Settings' in tftpd32. This will open a new tab. Use the same information below on all 2 screenshots found below. Global & DHCP Tab.

Click OK

6. Once you have the settings saved. You'll need to configure a directory for the phone to find the firmware files. Again, this is done in the Settings tab and on the main program. Create a Folder on your Desktop called Firmware. Browse to the folder.

Again, Navigate to the settings tab and select TFTP tab Do the same for the Base Directory. Then click OK. Once your back on the main TFTPD32 program, (Not settings tab) Select Log Viewer, on the main TFTPD32 Window.

Now your up and running and ready to connect to the phone. Here you can see the logs between the connections from the TFTPD Server and the Phone. You might see some information, this is because the phone is trying to connect.

Firmware Files

If you don't have the firmware files, you will need to navigate to cisco website CLICK HERE (Products > Cisco Unified IP phone 7900 Series > Phone version. You'll need to signup to download the files. Alternatively, you can visit HERE to get older versions of the files. SCCP & SIP.

Once you have located the correct firmware and phone version, put the firmware files in the Firmware folder on your Desktop. Download the cop.sgn & the zip file. Extract all the files from the zip into the Firmware folder on the Desktop, also put the cop.sgn file in there too.

You should have something that looks like this in your firmware folder:

Getting the phone to communicate with the TFTP Server

Now you have got all the files in the correct place, the IP is set and the Ethernet is plugged from the phone into the computer port. You're ready to get the phone connecting to the TFTPD Server.

Next, complete these steps:

1. Unplug the power cable from the phone, and then plug in the cable again.

   The phone begins its power up cycle.

2. Immediately press and hold # and while the Headset, Mute, and Speaker buttons begin to flash in sequence, release #.

3. Press 123456789*0# within 60 seconds after the Headset, Mute, and Speaker buttons begin to flash.

Now the phone will try to connect with the TFTPD Server on your computer. If you have a blank screen, don't worry. This is normal. If you are stuck at the upgrading… that’s fine too. It's all about time with this phone, don't unplug it and plug it back in, just be patient.

On the TFTPD Server on the Log viewer, you should see some information starting to come up. I'll provide you some examples below, since I no longer have this phone I’m not going through the process with you as I’m writing this post, so ill provide some screenshots from the internet below.

Example (Found from the internet):

Another example (Connected) – Found from the intertnet:

If the TFTPD32 server is successfully connected to the phone and it's located the firmware, you will see the TFTPD server transferring files.

Once done, your phone will reboot and the firmware will be loaded back onto the phone. If you're having issues getting the TFTPD32 to transfer the firmware, see the bottom of this post on some troubleshooting methods to help you.

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Troubleshooting:

I’m sorry to say there isn’t much help i can give you in the post, but I can provide information, I advise you to post a comment on the comments below to get further help from me and other people. But for now, ill provide you with some methods that could be causing the issue on not transferring the firmware.

Method 1

If you are getting some information on the log viewer on TFTPD32 but the files are not transferring, then it could be the firmware. If you are using the latest firmware from cisco then I recommend you to click here and try another firmware. Version 8.2 or 8.0. Keep going down. 8.3 > 8.2 > 8.1 > etc. Till the phone does eventually communicate with the TFTPD32 server. Remember, don't keep clicking off TFTPD Server, don't unplug the phone, give it at least 10 minutes to properly communicate.

Method 2

If you are not getting any information at all, then there's something wrong. Repeat the steps again above. Make sure you haven't missed anything when going through the process. Make sure you are on the Log View Tab on TFTPD32. Not tftp client, DCHP Server, etc.

Method 3

Sometimes the Windows firewall can interrupt the connection between the TFTPD32 server and the phone, I recommend you to turn off your Windows firewall. Don't allow a program; just turn the firewall completely OFF.

Method 4

If you have tried all the solutions above, tried the firmware, checked all the settings. Click off TFTPD32 server and Re-open it. Click settings and make sure all of the IP information is correct again. Click here

Method 5

If you are still having issues, turn off the phone and repeat all the steps again, you need to make sure on the log viewer there is information coming up. If no information is coming up then there is a definite problem between your phone and your computer/TFTP Server. If you are getting information, it should look something like this example below.

 Rcvd DHCP Rqst Msg for IP 0.0.0.0, Mac 00:21:55:D5:B2:FC [14/03 01:11:58.234] Previously allocated address 192.168.178.201 acked [14/03 01:11:59.750] Connection received from 192.168.178.201 on port 49152 [14/03 01:11:59.781] Read request for file <term65.default.loads>. Mode octet [14/03 01:11:59.781] Using local port 4591 [14/03 01:11:59.781] 3596 Request 2 not processed [14/03 01:11:59.796] <term65.default.loads>: sent 2 blks, 642 bytes in 0 s. 0 blk resent [14/03 01:11:59.859] Connection received from 192.168.178.201 on port 49153 [14/03 01:12:00.765] Read request for file <term65.default.loads>. Mode octet [14/03 01:12:00.765] Using local port 4592 [14/03 01:12:00.765] <term65.default.loads>: sent 2 blks, 642 bytes in 0 s. 0 blk resent [14/03 01:12:00.828] Rcvd DHCP inform Msg for IP 192.168.178.200, Mac 00:13:A9:3B:CA:17 [14/03 01:16:00.203] Rcvd DHCP inform Msg for IP 192.168.178.200, Mac 00:13:A9:3B:CA:17 [14/03 01:16:03.218] 

If you have the same information as above, I recommend you to check another firmware version, i had the same information above on the log viewer and I tried different firmware version, i think it was 8.2.1 and the files uploaded to the phone correctly. If it's not reading the firmware files, search on Google for help on the issues you’re having, search the information what’s coming up in the Log viewer and see if there is any other fixes found. You might find other users are having the same problem as you and there is a fix for it.

If you are still having issues after looking everywhere, post a comment below and i will try my best to help you. I hope this information helped you a little on where to get started. Best of luck!

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Below you can find 10 Hand picked websites which have been hand picked from the internet. Click the image to be taken for the wonderful browsing experience of jQuery, javascript, html and CSS.

1. Paul J. Noble

4. Hard Craft

iPad Cases, iPhone Cases, MacBook Sleeves and Leather Laptop Bags Handmade from Über Premium Vegetable Tanned Leather and 100% Wool Felt.

5.  Thomas Birke Photography

birke.net is the online photography portfolio of Thomas Birke, Berlin based urban Photographer. I showcase my freelance as well as my non commercial

6. Mustache

Mustache – kreativt digitalt bureau tilbyder markedsføring, hjemmeside design, web og mobil applikationer.

7. BlogHelpr

BlogHelpr helps you with blog maintenance and startup support for your blog; we also provides Custom Blog Design.

8. Jan-Eike Koormann

Creative communication and design from Hamburg (Germany) for websites, product & image branding, concept, corporate identity, print material.

9. Squarefactor

Squarefactor designs and develops interactive experiences for web, mobile, social and more.

10. Superlovers

Superlovers | Atelier de conception et création visuelle. we are made of love. L' atelier

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It’s a very simple way which can help reduce spam comments on your wordpress site. We will be working with comments.php for this post.

What method is it?

The simple way to prevent spam is to make them tick a checkbox. Ive done a test on this method and i know that this works and prevents spam bots, manual spam won't be protected by this obviously. We are currently using it on Zenbix website, so if you wish to see a demo please see at the bottom of this post.

How does it work?

When commenting on your wordpress blog, they will be required to check the box in order to submit the form. Once the box has been checked the submit button will be unlocked allowing them to submit the comment. In your comments.php find the submit button. (id="submit")

Button Zenbix code:

<button class="formbutton rightalign" id="submit" tabindex="5" type="submit"><span>Add Comment</span></button>

Add below:

<p class="form-submit">
<input id="comment_post_ID" name="comment_post_ID" type="hidden" value="1120" />
<input id="comment_parent" name="comment_parent" type="hidden" value="0" />
</p>
<p id="gasp_p" style="clear:both;"></p>

Then we need the javascript to notify the user:

<script type="text/javascript">
                    // Human Check v1 (Zenbix)
                    var gasp_p = document.getElementById("gasp_p");
                    var gasp_cb = document.createElement("input");
                    var gasp_text = document.createTextNode("Please confirm that you are Human!");
                    gasp_cb.type = "checkbox";
                    gasp_cb.id = "gasp_checkbox";
                    gasp_cb.name = "gasp_checkbox";
                    gasp_cb.style.width = "25px";
                    gasp_p.appendChild(gasp_cb);
                    gasp_p.appendChild(gasp_text);
                    var frm = gasp_cb.form;
                    frm.onsubmit = gasp_it;
                    function gasp_it(){
                    if(gasp_cb.checked != true){
                    alert("Sorry, please check the box to confirm that you are human!");
                    return false;
                    }
                    return true;
                    }
</script>

Add below the JS code:

<input id="gasp_email" name="gasp_email" type="hidden" value="" />

This should be your code result (Click to enlarge)

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Alright. So what is IETester?

In my day-to-day development, if new or old websites, using IETester is simply a browser that allows you to view your website in multiple tabs in different versions of Internet Explorer (IE) while keeping your standard install of internet explorer on your system, if you are like me then i don't even bother to have it since using this great tool.

This is more of a tool for the developers that are currently building websites, but if you want a bit more robust method of testing your designs against different IE browsers without using websites like NetRenderer or BrowserShots, IETester is a winner. IETester is freeware tool which is developed for windows only.

Known problems and limitations :

• The Previous/Next buttons are not working properly
• Focus is not working properly
• Java applets are not working
• Flash is not working on IE6 instance in user mode : A solution is to launch IETester as admin user and Flash will work.
• CSS Filters are not working correctly in user mode : A solution is to launch IETester as admin user and CSS Filters will work.
• windows.open does not return the newly created window but null (IETester limitation)
   

How to test on a MAC?

As this tool is only for Windows, there is other ways to test a website in IE on a MAC. Personally myself im always on a mac, but since at my desk i have a Windows PC too. Although, sometimes it's not on and im in a rush. Here is a few tools below which will test your website in IE on a mac.

• Browser Shots
• Adobe BrowserLab
• Vmware Fusion

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