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Pagan Webcrafting

Many Pagans have or would like to have a Pagan oriented web site. Unfortunately, many of the thousands of Pagan web sites are poorly designed and/or very hard to read. (Hint: A black background makes even white text hard to read, but a black blackground with a dark text is almost impossible to read.) This section of The Cauldron's web site is devoted to articles about web sites and web design. Those with red dots are written specifically for Pagans, but most (those with green dots) are more general and anyone interested in putting up a web site may find them useful. Please note that each article is written from the author's point of view and goals, and therefore even completely opposite advice can be sound -- in different situations, of course. These articles should not be taken as "law" but rather as things to think about and consider while you are creating and maintaining your web site. Some articles have a "business" slant, but the information they contain really applies to all types of web sites. Find more useful articles at the Frugal Webmaster blog. A new article is posted almost every day. Web Hosting Articles Affordable Web Hosting for Pagan Sites Bandwidth Explained Free Website Hosting Without the Banner Ads? Seven Key Points to Consider When Choosing a Web Host Understanding Web Statistics Using .Htaccess What About Free Hosting? Which is The Host with the Most? Which Web Host is Right for You? Why Dreamhost For Pagan Sites? Web Site Design Articles 10 Web Design Tips For A Professional Looking Niche Web Site Advantages of a Simple Design Bad Web Design: ActiveX Be Creative Before You Purchase or Create a Website Choosing Form Over Function Kills Your Site Creating Your Online News Room Designing your Website for All Browsers Designing your Website's Directory Structure Fifty Surefire Web Design Tips Five Tips to Launching a Successful Message Forum Having a User Friendly Website How to Add a Search Engine to Your Site How to Create a Website in Less Than a Week Integrating Advertising into Your Web Design Interactive Content – Blogs, Forums and Feedback Make Your Site Quick to Load Maximizing Web Site Viewability - Browsers Maximizing Web Site Viewability - Resolution MOD_REWRITE For Dummies Optimal Website Design Site Navigation: Keep Your Navigation Consistent Site Navigation: Keep Your Navigation Simple Site Navigation: Make Your Navigation Highly Visible Ten Ways To Irritate Your Website Visitors Text Is King Top 5 Roadblocks To Web Accessibility Top 10 Web Design Mistakes The Top Ten List Of Website Annoyances Blogging Articles 13 Steps to Successful Blogging Wordpress Plugins HTML Tutorials Getting Started with HTML HTML Primer PageTutor - Basic HTML Tutor Writing HTML - A Tutorial for Creating Web Pages HTML Articles How to Create Lists in HTML and Control the Way They Look Learning HTML & HTML Editors Nvu Review Teach Yourself CSS the Easy Way

Pagan-Friendly Webhosting Dreamhost offers high-quality, low cost web hosting with a dedication to free speech. Dreamhost Features · 500 gigs web space* · 5000 gigs/month bandwidth** · unlimited email boxes (POP3/IMAP) · unlimited ftp/shell accounts · unlimited domains/subdomains · php4, php5, cgi, fastcgi, ssi · zend optimizer, ruby on rails · unlimited MySQL 5 databases · announcement lists · discussion (aka mailing) lists · Jabber server, Custom DNS · Crontab and Shell access · Web-based Control Panel · One-Click installs of the Wordpress blog & others · 1 free domain name · helpful tech support · and much more! * approximate -- grows 2 gig per week ** approximate -- grows 40 gigs per week All for $10.95 a month with a $49.95 setup fee (pay for a year in advance for $9.95 a month and there is no setup fee). Pay two years in advance and the price drops to $8.95 a month. (And there is a 97 day money back guarantee!) Click here to read why we host with Dreamhost. Web Design Guide Download the July 2005 (Version 0.6) edition of The Cauldron's free new Web Design Guide (zipped Acrobat file) This guide includes articles from this web site as well as additional new material. Other Cauldron Ebooks Discuss Pagan Webcrafting Do you have questions about web design or web hosting? Would you like to talk with fellow Pagans about web design or ask their opinion of your web site? The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum's message board has a special folder set aside for Pagan Webcrafting Discussions (Click to Join Us. It's Free.)