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You can create a mouseover alert box within a web page that will load an alert box when your visitor moves their mouse over a specified link.

To view this example, place your mouse over the above link, but do not click on it.

If you would like an alert box to appear when your visitors place their mouse over a link, place the code below within your HTML where you would like the link to appear.
<a href=”" onMouseOver=”alert(’Your Message’);return true;”>Link text</a>

Change the text where indicated in red to whatever you’d like.

The “Your Message” text indicates the text that will be displayed in your alert box.

The “Link text” text indicates the text that will be displayed with your link.

Although you can use the above code to load a mouseover alert box, use it carefully, as you don’t want to irritate your visitors.

You can use scripts within your pages to spice them up. However, although you will probably be tempted to use all the fancy techniques to create special effects, try not to go overboard. With each script or effect you add to your web page, it will take that much longer for your page to load.

Select your scripts carefully. Most browsers now support JavaScript, so using this type of script will probably be your best choice. Keep in mind, JavaScript and Java are two totally different languages and are not in any way connected.

If you must use Java on your site, use it sparingly. Java can be slow and has a tendency to crash browsers. It can also add a lot of time to your web page’s load time.
Scripts to Avoid When Designing a Professional Site

Pop up boxes asking for your visitor’s name

Disabling the browsers back button

Continuous alert messages

Scrolling messages in the status bar

Large scrolling text

Fancy cursors

Cursor trailers

Automatic transfers on mouseovers

Mouseover sounds

This list represents only a small portion of the types of scripts you should avoid. These scripts are not only very irritating, but they’re a big waste of your visitors’ time. If you want your visitors to return, use scripts that will compliment your web site.

The FONT tag is used to display your text in a specific style.

Although you may specify the font style you would like your text to be displayed, please keep in mind, if your visitor doesn’t have the font face you specify on their computer, the text will be displayed in the users default font setting.

To make sure your pages are being viewed as you intended, you should include alternative fonts within your HTML web page font tag.

<FONT face=”Verdana,Helvetica,Arial”>Your Text</FONT>

The code above tells the browser to display your text in Verdana, but if your visitor doesn’t have Verdana to display your text in Helvetica and so on.

By including font alternatives, you can ensure your page will be displayed exactly as you had intended.

Visitor tracking software can tell you which posts your audience likes best, which ones don’t get viewed and how the search engines are delivering traffic. Use these clues to react and improve your strategies. Feedburner is great for RSS and I’m a personal fan of Indextools. Consider adding action tracking to your blog, so you can see what sources of traffic are bringing the best quality visitors (in terms of time spent on the site, # of page views, etc). I particularly like having the “register” link tagged for analytics so I can see what percentage of visitors from each source is interested enough to want to leave a comment or create an account.