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Archive for December 2005

Horizontally center layout in CSS

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005 by Chris Jason

A good way of dealing with users on different screen resolutions is to center your Web design horizontally. This will ensure, regardless of the user’s screen size, that there is an equal amount of space to the left and right of the main design area, producing an overall "fuller" look to your site.

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Prevent files from being indexed with robots.txt

Monday, December 5th, 2005 by Chris Jason

It is common to publish Web pages, images, and other files on your Web site that you do not want everyone to see. By using robots.txt, you can make broad declarations about which files are browsed by robots (and potentially found by users) and which files are hidden (unless you tell someone exactly where they are!).

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