General Webmaster Articles and Tutorials

Tutorials and articles on topics relevant to webmasters. This section covers a miscellany of topics not covered in the other sections of thesitewizard.com.

• How to Move Your Website to SSL/TLS (ie, Convert from HTTP to HTTPS)
• How to Generate the Free Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate on Your Own (Windows) Computer
• Can I Change My Website's Address to HTTPS Without Getting an SSL Certificate?
• The Crucial Task Often Forgotten by New Webmasters (Until It's Too Late)
• How to Prevent a Directory Listing of Your Website Without Using .htaccess
• Should I Start My Site Under a New Domain Name or as a Subdirectory (Or Subdomain) Of My Existing Site?
• How to Make Your Autoresponders Work For You
• What is favicon.ico? Changing Your Visitor's Bookmarks for your Site
• How to Check for Broken Links on Your Website
• All Those Disappearing Free Web Hosts
• 4 Things to Be Aware of When Writing English Content for an International Audience
• Woes of a Big Site: How to Prepare Your Website for Growth
• My Biggest Website Regrets
• Article Syndication: Advantages and Disadvantages

Blogging Articles

• How to Back Up Your Blog
• How to Create a Blog
• How to Secure Your WordPress Blog
• Pros and Cons of Putting a Blog in a Subdirectory / Folder
• The Pros and Cons of Using an Online Blog Software or a Content Management System (CMS)
• More Blogging Articles...

Contact Form and Email

• How to Add a CAPTCHA Test to Your Feedback Form Script: Reducing Spam in Your Contact Form
• 4 Tips for Managing Email Received From Your Website's Visitors
• How to Add a Feedback Form to Your Website (Video Tutorial)
• More articles on Contact Forms and Email...

Copyright

• Is It Legal to Use Any Piece of Music, Image, or Article for my Website? And Other Questions on Copyright Relevant to Webmasters
• Is it Okay to Post YouTube Videos on My Website? (Copyright Question)
• More articles on copyright...

Usability

• How to Check Your Website with Multiple Browsers on a Single Machine (Cross-Browser Compatibility Checking)
• Is Your Site Ready for the Average User?
• More articles on web design and usability...

Deleting Stuff, Recovering Deleted Stuff

• How to Delete a Web Page from Your Website: Removing an Already Uploaded File
• Does Deleting a Website Remove Access to the Files on It?
• Can I Recover My Files From a Website Discontinued a Long Time Ago?

Web Statistics Articles

• How to Use Your Web Analytics Software to Improve Your Website
• Interpreting Browser Usage in Web Statistics

More Technical Articles

• How to Set Up A Custom 404 File Not Found Page
• Server Side Includes (SSI) Primer
• How to Create a Cron Job (Scheduled Task) for Your Website or Blog
• How to Password Protect a Directory on Your Website
• How to Masquerade Your CGI/PHP Scripts as Static HTML Pages
• How to Rescue Your Website from the Clutches of a Bad Web Designer or Bad Web Host

New Articles

• How to Convert Your Website from XHTML 1.0 to HTML5 the Quick and Easy Way
• How to Set the Height of a DIV Relative to a Browser Window (CSS)
• How to Generate the Free Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate on Your Own (Windows) Computer
• How to Insert Meta Tags into a Web Page with BlueGriffon
• How to Play a Song (or Some Other Audio Clip) from a List on a Website
• How to Draw a Horizontal Line on a Web Page with Expression Web
• How to Create a Website Free of Charge
• Why Can't I Make Up Any Domain I Want? Is There a Way to Do Away with a Registrar Altogether?
• What's the Difference Between a Domain Name Registrar and a Web Host?
• How to Make a Mobile-Friendly Website: Responsive Design in CSS

Other Articles on This Site

• How to Check Your Website with Multiple Browsers on a Single Machine (Cross-Browser Compatibility Checking)
• How to Register Your Own Domain Name
• Which Web Host Do You Recommend? (FAQ)
• Comprehensive list of articles in all categories

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