Swicki for HTML code

Swickis (by Eurekster) have been touted as the future of search engines.

Using a community approach, swickis enable users to create and configure their own search engine, then allow other users to place votes against the search results.

The ease in which you can do this makes me confident that swickis will become much more popular than they already are.

Here's a swicki I created which focuses on those searching for HTML code

This swicki searches through websites that are based on this topic. This means your search results won't be clouded by unnecessary search results.

Take a look, and if you're not happy with the search results, change them!

http://htmlcode-swicki.eurekster.com/

Find a good web host

One of the best ways of finding a good hosting provider is by finding out from other people's experiences.

I've just partnered with Realmetrics to bring you real, unbiased hosting reviews, based on real data and experience.

Realmetrics actually sign up using real hosting accounts with real hosting providers. Realmetrics also continuously monitor the servers of each hosting provider in order to measure the availability of each provider.

The performance of each web host is added to a report which compares the hosting providers against each other. You can access these hosting reports here:

http://hosting-reviews.quackit.com

I hope you find these hosting reviews useful :)

Generate HTML with the Code Generator

Last year I decided to build a website that enables users to automatically generate HTML code for use on their own websites.

It currently has quite a heavy MySpace lean. This is mainly due to the high demand of MySpace users needing a quick way of adding HTML to their profile page.

Having said this, all of these could be incorporated into a normal website. The site includes a table generator, music code generator, various text generators and generators for marquee related tricks.

Anyway, if you need to create HTML in a flash, try the Code Generator.

Do you monitor your website?

Choosing a hosting provider for your website can be quite a task. First, you need to find one that provides the products and services you require. Then, once you realize there are thousands that fit the bill, you need to figure out which one to choose.

Regardless of the products/services you require, there's probably one thing that we all look for in a hosting provider - Uptime!

Most hosting providers will give you an uptime guarantee - something like 99.9% or 99.99% availability. This is all very well, but how do you know your web host is actually living up to their promise?

This is where website monitoring comes in. To learn about website monitoring, first read about website availability, then learn what you can do to ensure your web host is providing you with their guaranteed availability with the website monitoring article.

Up to speed with your SQL?

Know your inner joins? What about your outer joins?

Don't know what I'm talking about?

If that's the case, you need to check out the SQL tutorial

Quackit's SQL Tutorial guides you through the most commonly used SQL statements, functions and keywords. If you need to build a database driven website, learning SQL is essential. SQL is the industry standard for performing database queries and various other database activities.

http://www.quackit.com/sql/tutorial

Create your first website

Ever wanted to create a website but didn't know where to start?

Creating a website is very easy. But creating a website is not everything. Do you know about web hosting or domain names? And do you know what FTP means?

Quackit will walk you through, step by step, what's involved in creating a website, as well as give you advice on web hosting, domain names, FTP and other technologies.

Best place to start is with the create a website tutorial.

Learn about databases

New at Quackit, is a database tutorial. This database tutorial provides a definition of databases, an overview of database management systems, as well as what's normally involved in creating a database, and adding data to it.


http://www.quackit.com/database/tutorial

Benefits of Learning HTML

Lately, more and more people are starting up their own blogs or websites. Given the software available these days, you don't even need to know how to write code for a website. The blog or CMS software pretty much does most of it for you.

There are definite benefits to learning HTML though.

By learning HTML, you are better equipped to be able to change how your blog or website is presented. And doing this can help you stand out from the rest. Also, HTML is very easy to learn, and once you've learned it you don't need to keep relearning it (like many software products).

If you're looking to learn HTML, check out Quackit's HTML tutorial.