Bandwidth - The amount of data that can be passed along a communications channel in a given period of time.

Link farms - a group of web pages that all hyperlink to every other page in the group. Although some link farms can be created by hand, most are created through automated programs and services. A link farm is a form of spamming the index of a search engine.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - Designing a website so that search engines easily find the content of pages and index them.

Spamming - Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail. For the latest Australian spam laws, click here.

White hat - Search Engine approved Search Engine Optimisation Techniques

Forgotten Your Password?

1. Click here, or go to thewebconsole.com and click on the forgotten your password link.
2. Enter in your username and click on the "Submit" button.
3. A new password will be emailed to the accounts email address.

Change your password from within thewebconsole.com

1. Go to the "Website" tab from within the "Settings" section of thewebconsole.com.
2. Click on the "Change Password" link
3. Fill in the appropriate fields and click "Save password"

Design Standards

Content Area

• Content area width - required width of 750px to ensure all tools are displayed correctly
• Design needs to work regardless of the height of the content area.
• Content may be larger than specified in your design depending on the content the user adds to the page, or depending on the content added to various tools.

Menu/Navigation

All Dynamic Menus

• Menu items can't be different colours
• Mouse over transitions should only be either text colour and/or button background colour changes
• Submenus and sub-submenus all need to look the same
• Limit of up to 3 tiers of navigation (usability recommendation)
• Fonts used must be standard HTML fonts

Top Menu

• The menu must not become wider than the website itself
• Suggested menu location is the top of the website. Usability standards suggest not placing main navigation in the bottom toward the bottom of the website
• Dropdown menu's can be split into columns and can also contain headings
• Example website http://www.thewebplayground.ca/

Side Menu

• Side menu is recommended to be on the left hand side of the design.
• Side menu cannot contain headings and columns
• Example website www.nebato.com.au

Submenus

• Submenus can be a set width or variable. Variable width will reduce or extend to the width of the longest menu item in that menu
• All Submenus will be the same colour and have the same colour transitions

Supplied Design Format

• Needs to be created in Photoshop CS2, CS3 or higher and be saved with "Maximum compatibility" select upon saving
• Needs to retain layers
• Needs to use RGB colour space only
• Background images or design must not be cropped to assist website construction or if alterations needs to be made.
• Images must be masked appropriately and not cropped incase alterations or touch-ups need to be made.
• "Smart Objects" should be used when importing multi colour EPS, PDF or AI files into Photoshop to retain vector quality.
• Single colour logos/objects should be imported (pasted) as shapes rather than pixels to help retain vector quality.
• Layers should be labeled correctly and be grouped where appropriate
• Needs to be designed to be viewed at 100% (Browser Zoom)
• The body content area must be either 790px or 970px wide
• All text used in design must be created into shapes
• All text used in the content area must remain as editable text and have the no anti-aliasing applied (this makes the preview more accurate)
• The fonts used in the editable text areas, including menus, must be standard web fonts to ensure maximum compatibility

Step 1: Copy the code shown below - this is required so that thewebconsole.com is able to detect visitors coming to the site from mobile devices so as to redirect them through to your new mobile version:

<script type="text/javascript" src="//www.thewebconsole.com/baseapp/scripts/browser.js"></script>

Step 2: Paste the above code, onto every page of your existing website, ensuring that it is inserted before the </head> tag of your desktop site.

Directory Submissions - Submitting your website to a directory style site is a great way of increasing visibility to search engines. Most directories are free, in that you can list your business, website address and small description which allows visibility for your new site. Others may charge a small fee, we've made note of this where possible below:

• http://www.localbusinessguide.com.au/ (Free Listing)
• http://www.startlocal.com.au/ (Free Listing)
• http://www.ozbizlinks.com/ (Free Listing)
• http://www.laton.com.au/ (Free Listing)
• http://www.shopseek.com.au/ (Free Listing)
• http://www.enterprisesearch.com.au/ (Free Listing)
• http://www.hotfrog.com.au/ (Free Listing)
• http://www.aussielocal.com.au (Free Listing)
• http://www.australianbusinessesdirectory.com ($2.95 per year)
• http://www.local.com.au (Free Listing)
• http://www.surfpacific.net.au (Free Listing)
• http://www.aussieweb.com.au/ (Free Listing)
• http://www.truelocal.com.au/list-your-business/ (Free Listing)
• http://www.bigroo.com (Free Listing)

Setup Google Analytics - Google Analytics is the industry standard for website reporting and analysis. It is a free tool provided by Google for the purpose of tracking and measuring your websites performance. It is recommended that you set this up now that your site is live. You can view the knowledge base article for assistance here.