http://sarasotawebs.com sarasotawebs.com Articles en-us Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:09:13 GMT Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:09:13 GMT SarasotaWebs.com RSS Gen 2.0 r-8/10/2010 1 http://sarasotawebs.com/Article/2010/08/19/how-to-center-a-web-page-html.aspx A very common question in many Q&A forums is "how do I center my web page?" In order to center a block level element the left and right margins must be set to "auto". Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:17:03 GMT http://sarasotawebs.com/Article/2010/06/09/immediate-button-disable-on-click-asp-net-javascript.aspx By now we've all seen the “click only once” warnings. One common scenario is when submitting payment information on line, “click only once, or you may receive multiple charges”. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:07:52 GMT http://sarasotawebs.com/Article/2009/11/03/dancing-classrooms-northeast-ohio-launched.aspx Dancing Classrooms is not about teaching ballroom dancing. 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An IP (IPv4) address consists of four octets such as 72.167.177.75, each number a possible value 0-255. When a domain name is entered in a browser the numeric location of a website is determined behind the scenes. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:21:25 GMT http://sarasotawebs.com/Article/2009/04/12/what-is-search-engine-optimization-seo-.aspx Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of optimizing a website to achieve a high list ranking with leading search engines. More specifically, "organic" or unpaid list results, also known as organic traffic, accounts for the vast majority of web traffic. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:40:44 GMT http://sarasotawebs.com/Article/2009/04/12/cascading-style-sheets-css-in-layman-s-terms.aspx CSS refers to presentation instructions for a document written in a markup language such as HTML or XHTML. A well defined CSS driven structure adds a level of efficiency and greater ease in modifying the appearance of a website. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:40:23 GMT http://sarasotawebs.com/Article/2009/04/12/sql-how-to-toggle-a-bit-field.aspx Here is a very simple yet nifty little function to perform a bit-wise operation in an SQL update statement. The following statement is an example that toggles a bit value for a field named IsLockedOut. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:40:01 GMT http://sarasotawebs.com/Article/2009/04/12/choosing-a-domain-name.aspx Highly desirable domains names are becoming more and more difficult to acquire, especially with favored TLD's like .com and .net. With major industries like domain trading, traders are rapidly devouring desirable domain names. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:38:44 GMT