BestWeb Nashville
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Main Pages
- Home Page
- Services :: an overview of the primary web services we offer
- Web Design :: web design services
- Web Development :: web development services
- Marketing/SEM/SEO :: search engine marketing services, including search engine submission (SES), search engine optimization (SEO), etc.
- Database :: database development & web integration
- CMS :: content management systems
- Web Hosting :: affordable web hosting services
- Logos, Branding :: identity services
- About BestWeb Nashville :: more about the small group of Nashville web designers and Nashville web developers known collectively as BestWeb Nashville
- Web Projects :: a few BestWeb Nashville projects to serve as examples; includes examples of design and layouts as well as blogging/writing/content authoring
- Web Projects - Old :: here are a few old (or VERY old in some cases) websites created by BestWeb Atlanta/Nashville from 2000 to 2005. Some of these sites are no longer fully functional, and are listed for reference purposes only.
- What Clients Say
- Inquiry/Contact Form
- Make a Payment Online
- Friends of BestWeb Nashville
- BestWeb Nashville, v.2 :: this is an older version of the BestWeb Nashville web design website; it was retired a while back, and although most pages are up, not all the pages and images are still working...
- BestWeb Nashville, v.1 :: this is the oldest version of the BestWeb Nashville web design website; it was retired a while back, and although most pages are up,not all the pages and images are still working...
Website Services Fundamentals, Tips...
- Article: How to Speed Up a Slow Computer - for Free!
- Web Hosting vs. Domain Registration
- Email Account (Mailbox) vs. Email Alias (Forwarder)
- Webmail Options for Hosting Clients
- Stay Current
- Pay Attention to Detail
- Be Easy to Read
- 4 Essentials of Modern Web Design
- 1st Essential of Modern Web Design: Valid Code
- 2nd Essential of Modern Web Design: Accessible Code
- 3rd Essential of Modern Web Design: Semantically Correct Code
- 4th Essential of Modern Web Design: Separation of Presentation and Content
- What Colors Mean
- Form Spam :: What is form spam, and why are we getting it on our website?
- Writing Good Web Copy
- Spotting Trends :: quick ways to discover price comparisons, Google search trends, top eBay searches, etc.
- Article: Website Content Ideas
- Is WordPress Right for You?
- How to Find Color Schemes for Web Design
Resources: Web Design, Web Development
- AJAX
- Article Directories :: how and where to obtain free content for your website covering just about any subject matter you can think of...
- Best Practices & Website Usability Studies :: good general guidelines to be aware of when designing, redesigning, or developing a website; answers questions like: What width should my website be? Should my website layout be fixed or fluid (stretchy)? Should my main navigation be horizontal (across the top) or vertical (down the left or right side of the page)? Should my website layout use tables or pure CSS (tableless)? What are the most user-friendly types of layouts? Should I use breadcrumbs? What are the best practices regarding web forms, such as contact forms?...
- Color Tools :: a collection of online color tools to help you come up with excellent color schemes, identify the exact colors in a given image, determine the hex codes of colors, create a range of in-between colors (colors graduating from color A to color B),...
- Content Management Systems (CMS) :: CMS resources include a comprehensive list of the CMS available today and a number of blog posts about using WordPress as a CMS...
- CSS Frameworks :: A CSS framework, also known as a web design framework, is a pre-prepared library meant to allow easier, more standards-compliant CSS styling of websites using the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standard...
- CSS Layouts - Starting Points :: This section lists a few great starting points which include bare-bones CSS layouts in dozens of different configurations (e.g., header+2-cols+footer fluid, same thing for fixed, and lots more). Use these when you are starting a CSS layout from absolute scratch...
- Model Websites :: a few sources of high-quality websites to serve as inspiration for your designs or redesigns...
- Photo Galleries :: free photo gallery applications you can use in your website, including popular lightbox-style slide shows...
- Typography on the Web :: great resources for fonts, font stacks, free font sources, best practices for typography...
- Web Design, Web Develoment Blogs :: our favorite blogs on web design and web development...
- Our Master List of Web Design & Web Development Resources :: our growing master list of categorized resources for web design, web development, SEO (search engine optimization), freelancing, content management systems (CMS), copywriting, free website content, blogware such as WordPress, and a whole lot more
CSS/XHTML Layouts for Web Design
- Free CSS/XHTML Layouts :: open source & free CSS/(X)HTML layouts from various sources
- Free Typography-Based CSS/(X)HTML Layouts :: open source & free CSS/(X)HTML layouts with typography themes, using relatively few images
Forms: Examples of Online Web Forms Using CSS
Here are quite a few examples of online web form layouts we can use in your website design or redesign. (Don't bother submitting these forms, as they are only examples!) Current trends seem to indicate that vertical forms (as opposed to horizontal forms) are the preferred type of web form.
- Another CSS Form :: horizontal form from nidahas.com
- Clean and Pure CSS Form Design :: a horizontal form with background color
- Highlighting Form :: horizontal form with current field highlighted
- Horizontal Form
- Horizontal Form :: minimal
- JH Form :: a horizontal form
- NiceForms v2 :: horizontal form; uses graphics for text boxes
- Pretty Accessible Forms
- Pretty Form 2
- Rounded Fields Form :: graphics
- Vertical Form :: minimal :: actually, this is horizontal...
- Vertical Form 2 :: from Man in Blue
- Vertical Form 3 :: from Janko
- Vertical Form 4 :: from Form Garden
- Vertical Fieldset Form :: from Man in Blue
- LightForm :: an open source PHP web form solution
- ProtoFormClass v 1.1 :: a Prototype class; validates form fields & sends data using AJAX
- JavaScript - Form Labels :: You have probably seen form labels presented another way, which is pretty cool: the label actually appears inside the form field itself...
Form Validation: Onsite Examples
Here are a few working examples of form validation methods which can be used in online web forms such as contact forms, registration forms, 'join our email list' forms, and so on; these validation methods force the user to fill out required fields, check to see that email addresses are valid, include human intelligence questions to prevent unwanted form spam, test user input to ensure only numbers are entered for zip code fields, only alpha characters are used for name fields, and much more...
- fValidator :: uses MooTools v 1.1
- ProtoFormClass v 1.1
- FormCheck v 1.5
Nashville SEO: Search Engine Optimization Strategies
- SEO Linking Strategies
- Image Optimization Strategies
- Keyword Relevancy
- Bounce Rate
- Interesting Web Marketing Facts
- SEO Article: Keyword Research and Web Metrics Help in Tough Times :: on the importance of keyword research and web analytics
- SEO Resources: Free Keyword Suggestion Tools :: it's true, there are some really great and FREE keyword suggestion tools available; here are the keyword tools we recommend...
- Alternatives to Google Analytics :: Here are some excellent summaries of alternatives to Google Analytics, describing what sets them apart, strengths...
- Backlinks and SEO :: The term "backlink" is simply technobabble which refers to a link to your site from any other website. Google generally knows when other sites link to your website and uses this variable as a rather heavy factor in ranking your site...
Articles & Resources from the Outside
External Web Development Resources
- Categorized List of Web Design and Development Resources :: hundreds of excellent resources including sample form layouts, web design and development trends, web design resources, web development resources, code snippets, blogware, open source applications, WordPress layouts, content management systems, and much more
SEO Articles
Be sure to check out our collection of search engine optimization (SEO) articles from various resources, such as article directories. We are showing this website content apart from our other articles because we did not write these SEO articles.
Web Development Articles
We have decided to do the same with web development articles written by other folks as we did with the SEO articles listed in the section above. Be sure to check out our collection of web development articles from various resources, such as article directories. We are showing this website content separately because we did not write these web development articles.
Article Collections from the Outside
SEO Articles: Keywords, Keyword Research
- SEO Tools - Online Keyword Research Tools
- SEO Articles about Wordtracker, Keywords, Keyword Research :: this is a comprehensive list of every single article in the Academy section of the huge Wordtracker SEO website, including a description of just about every article. There is some good stuff here, and it's not just a bunch of sales pitches, either. Wordtracker is one of the best keyword research SEO tools out there, but it is not cheap; it costs about $60 per month.
- Internet Marketing Lists, Resources :: this is a list of the best Internet marketing resources offered at GetInternetMarketingStrategy.com
Newest Content: Not Yet Categorized
- Article Directories :: this is a list of the best Internet marketing resources offered at GetInternetMarketingStrategy.com
- Noah's Classifieds
- Noah's Classifieds :: Terms of Service - Legal Stuff
Website Services
- Nashville Web Design
- Nashville Web Development
- Nashville SEO
- Database Integration
- Content Management (CMS)
- Make a Payment Online
Web Design & Development Resources
- Nashville Web Development Resources Galore
- SEO Articles from the Outside
- Web Development Articles from the Outside
- SEO Resources: Free Keyword Suggestion Tools
- Spotting Trends
- Creative Inspiration
- Web Design & Development Cheat Sheets
- Color Tools for Web Design
- Model Website Resources
- Photo Galleries, Lightboxes
- Typography Resources for Web Design
- Friends of BestWeb Nashville
Website Services Articles that Really Help You
- Article: How to Speed Up a Slow Computer - for Free!
- Webmail Options for Hosting Clients
- Web Hosting vs. Domain Registration
- Email Account vs. Alias
- Website Content Ideas
- Keyword Research, Web Metrics Help in Tough Times
- Writing Better Web Copy
- Form Spam
- SEO Linking Strategies
- Image Optimization Strategies
- Keyword Relevancy