How To Improve Your Lousy Writing Skills In The Workplace
If there's one important reason why you need to write effectively in the workplace, it is this: the quality of your writing imprints a lasting impression on the reader. This reader may be your boss, a client, or a person who is ready to make a billion dollar business deal with you.
Have you ever read a poorly-written document that made you lose interest right away? It was so poorly-written that you lost trust in the author and asked yourself why the author was wasting your time? How about those junk e-mails that sneak into your junk box like annoying cockroaches? You know the ones I'm referring to: the ones pitching vitamins, software, and sex aids. These e-mails are the biggest showcase of writing blunders, stricken to death with grammar mistakes, misspellings, and sloppy sentences. I doubt these e-mails pull a sale because their poor writing style immediately alienates the reader.
What impression does your writing leave on your boss, clients, or co-workers? Does your writing alienate readers, cause you to lose sales or clients, or cost you job promotions? Or does your writing build streams of loyal readers, increase sales for the company, and help you earn six figures a year at your job?
Whatever type of writing you do in the workplace, always know this reality: readers believe the quality of your writing reflects your skills, work ethics, and integrity as a person. If you write eloquently, clearly, and lively, the reader trusts you and you are able to build rapport quickly. If your writing is sloppy, disorganized, and riddled with errors, the reader assumes the rest of your work is flawed, your work ethics are flawed, and perhaps as a person you are flawed. Why should this reader waste his time reading the rest of your junk or even do business with you?
This article provides fail-safe strategies to help refine your writing and help you to communicate with clarity, simplicity, and impact so you will never write junk again. You will learn five masterful steps to guide you in planning, writing, and refining an article; and you will learn how to avoid common writing mistakes.
AIM! FIRE! FIRE!
To become a superb writer, your first task is to establish your aim.
Yiddish novelist, dramatist and essayist, Sholem Asch, once said, "Writing comes more easily if you have something to say."
What message do you want to convey with your writing?
To establish your aim, ask yourself:
1) "Why am I writing this document?"
2) "What do I want to communicate?"
3) "Do I want to inform, educate, report, persuade, challenge, or entertain?"
Developing your aim will help you to adopt the best writing style for your reader. For example, an educational document will likely be more formal than one written for entertaining.
CONNECT WITH YOUR READERS
To write effectively, you need to connect strongly with your readers. Ask yourself:
1) "For whom am I writing this? Will I be writing for colleagues, my supervisor, my team of employees, or our clients?"
2) "How much information do my readers need?"
3) "How familiar are my readers with the topic?"
4) "How much time do my readers have? Would my readers prefer a short, succinct presentation of facts and statistics, or more narration and exposition?"
Knowing your audience will allow you to write content in a way that appeals to your readers.
SHAPE YOUR DOCUMENT
You know your aim. You know the people who will likely read your document. Now plan your document. What information will it contain? What information will most likely grab the reader and hold their interests? What points do you need to get across? Start with a rough outline of ideas. Then go through the outline and add more information and more detail. An outline will create the structure for your document. Soon enough your writing will come more easily, quickly, and with greater clarity.
WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW BEST
At this stage, read over your outline and write the first draft. Establish the main idea of the document and support your argument throughout. If a blank white page glares back at you like headlights, just start writing on whatever topic you know best. According to American novelist Jack London, "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." Don't worry about the sequence if the ideas come to you out of order. You can cut and paste later.
WORDY WEIGHT LOSS
If you have time, step away from the document. Come back to it later with a fresh mind. Now add material where needed. Trim away unnecessary sections. Refine the text to communicate what you want to say. Remember: less is more. Try not to repeat ideas. Repetition, unless necessary, is tiresome for the reader. Keep the piece moving along. Use a lively pace. Progress through your points efficiently.
The following sections address some of the most common writing problems. Use these tips to write more clearly, effectively, and lively.
I.) PUNCTUATION
a) Apostrophes
Do not use an apostrophe in the possessive form of "it."
Incorrect: Our department submitted it's reports for 2005 last week.
Correct: Our department submitted its reports for 2005 last week.
Do not use apostrophes in the possessive forms "his," "hers," and "ours."
Incorrect: The window office is her's.
Correct: The window office is hers.
Do not use apostrophes in plural nouns.
Incorrect: How many new computer's are we getting?
Correct: How many new computers are we getting?
b) Commas
Do not connect two complete sentences with a comma.
Incorrect: The meeting was cancelled, I finished my work early.
Correct: The meeting was cancelled, so I finished my work early.
Correct: Since the meeting was cancelled, I finished my work early.
II.) MECHANICS
a) Split Infinitives
Do not insert words between "to" and the infinitive form of a verb.
Incorrect: I was told we needed to slightly tighten the deadline.
Correct: I was told we needed to tighten the deadline slightly.
III.) SPELLING
a) "A lot" is always two words.
Incorrect: I have alot of work to do.
Correct: I have a lot of work to do.
b) "To" is a function word often used before the infinitive form of a verb (to go).
c) "Too" is an adverb that means "excessively" (too difficult).
d) "Two" denotes the number 2.
Incorrect: This file cabinet is to heavy for me to move.
Correct: This file cabinet is too heavy for me to move.
e) "There" is an adverb indicating a place (over there).
f) "Their" is a possessive word that shows ownership (their computers).
g) "They're" is the contraction form of "they are."
Incorrect: There results for this quarter were excellent.
Correct: Their results for this quarter were excellent.
Incorrect: Their working very hard today.
Correct: They're working very hard today.
IV.) STYLE
a) Sentence Variety
To write more lively, vary sentence structure. Use alternate ways of beginning, and combine short sentences to create different sentence lengths.
Before:
I organized the files for all the new accounts this week. Then I created a more efficient labeling system. I color-coded everything. I made sure all paper files had been documented electronically. I put these files in the empty file cabinet.
After:
This week I organized the files for the new accounts and created a more efficient color-coded labeling system. After I documented all paper files electronically, I put these files in the empty file cabinet.
V.) ACTIVE VOICE vs. PASSSIVE VOICE
The English language has two "voices": active voice (the subject performs an action); and passive voice (the subject is acted upon). In business communication, all good writers write in active voice. Lazy writers write in passive voice. Writing in active voice shortens your sentences and makes your writing sound more direct and formal.
Examples:
PASSIVE: The recipe book is read by her.
ACTIVE: She reads the recipe book.
PASSIVE: The radio announcement should be listened to by everyone.
ACTIVE: Everyone should listen to the radio announcement.
PASSIVE: The photo is being taken by the photographer.
ACTIVE: The photographer is taking the photo.
HELPFUL RESOURCES
To learn more about fixing common writing mistakes, check out The Electronic Writing Course ( http://www.ElectronicWritingCourse.com ). It's a program that teaches the basics of good writing and editing. If you want to check your document against 36,000 style and usage mistakes, check out StyleWriter ( http://www.StyleWriter-USA.com ). It's a style and usage Plain English checker. If you want to write more lively and creatively, check out WhiteSmoke Software ( http://www.WhiteSmokeSoftware.com ). It's a program that fixes and enriches your text.
If you follow these guidelines, you'll stop yourself from writing lousy in the workplace. Your writing will be lively, clear, and concise, and you will build rapport with readers. Perhaps it's now time to e-mail your boss a perfectly-written e-mail requesting a salary raise?
About the Author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian Konradt has been a professional freelance writer for over ten years. He is founder of FreelanceWriting.com ( http://www.FreelanceWriting.com ) and LiteracyNews.com ( http://www.LiteracyNews.com ).
It almost goes without saying that you will want your business website to be compelling, interactive, and secure. All of these characteristics will make your website more effective at bringing in and keeping customers. But how to go about it in a way that is stable, cost-effective, and easy to manage? One popular solution is to use the server-side scripting language PHP to help you solve those problems.
What is PHP?
Created in 1995, PHP originally stood for "Personal Home Page", however it is now generally understood to mean "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor". It was originally designed to create dynamic or more interactive web pages. It is a widely-used, open-source, general-purpose scripting language. PHP is a "high-level" language, meaning that it's generally more human-friendly (and easier to learn) than other programming languages such as C, ASP or ASP.net.
PHP was originally designed for use in Web site development, but rapidly grew to become a much more robust language. PHP's primary use is as an "embedded" scripting language, which means that the actual PHP code is embedded in HTML code. When used in this way, PHP enables your web server to process web pages before they're displayed in the user's web browser.
Benefits of PHP
PHP is popular because it can be embedded directly into HTML coding.
PHP can be used on all major operating systems and is supported on most web servers.
PHP's main focus is development for the web, so it has a quick development time and can solve scenarios much quicker than some of the other web design languages.
The latest version of PHP is a very stable and mature language used for web programming much like Java and Microsoft C#.
It is open source so it is free!
Database: It is very easy to write simple scripts which allow your Web site to interact with a database.
Cross-Platform: Both the PHP engine and the PHP code can be used on almost any platform, making it extremely versatile.
Development Tools: You only need a text editor to work on PHP; you do not need any development environment or compilers.
What can you do with PHP?
PHP generally runs on a web server, taking PHP code as its input and creating Web pages as output, however you can also use it for command-line scripting and client-side GUI applications. PHP is an extremely versatile language which enables you to create high-end, stable Web sites with plenty of bells and whistles. Here are just a few of the things you can do with PHP:
Make HTML Web Forms
Store Information in Databases
Remember Web site visitors (cookies and sessions)
Work with Arrays
Work with Files (File Management and downloads)
Parsing and Generating XML (also useful for large quantities of products on e-commerce)
Check which browser your visitor is using
How does PHP Work?
As its name ("PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor") suggests, PHP derives its power by "preprocessing" hypertext on the server side. This generally means that when the PHP script (saved as a .php file) runs on your web server, it performs the programmed actions, and returns HTML code that will then be sent back to your customer's web browser. The PHP script itself is not included in the HTML that is sent to the browser, so the PHP code is invisible and secure to the user.
For example, let's consider the following simple PHP statement. (This example is merely to show the basic syntax of PHP in action. Any detailed discussion of PHP code is beyond the scope of this article.)
In this statement, is the closing tag, and echo is a PHP instruction that tells PHP to output the text that follows it as plain HTML code. The PHP software processes the PHP statement and outputs the following:
Hello World
This is a regular HTML statement that is delivered to the user’s browser. The PHP statement itself is not delivered to the browser, so the user never sees any PHP statements.
Using PHP to Improve Your Website.
PHP has many capabilities features designed specifically for use in Web sites, including the following:
1. Securing Your Website.
PHP can be used to secure your website (or certain areas of your website) so that your customer must enter a valid username and password. This can be used to reward preferred customers and to build an exclusive "membership" component of your business.
2. Working with Web Forms.
PHP can display an HTML form and process the information that the user types in. This can be an excellent way to learn more about your customers by asking them to provide profile information, and to collect information about their specific interests.
3. Communicate with Your Databases.
PHP is particularly adept at interacting with your databases, and storing information from the user or retrieving information that is displayed to the user. PHP handles connecting to the database and communicating with it, so it's not necessary to know all of the technical details for connecting to or exchanging messages with the database. You tell PHP the name of the database and where it is, and PHP handles the details. All major databases are currently supported by PHP.
4. Customer Loyalty Functions.
You can also use PHP to create a number of different functionalities on your website that will further help you to build customer loyalty, including interactive polls, a guestbook, and a message board.
The popularity of PHP continues to grow rapidly because it has many advantages over other technical solutions. PHP is fast (because it's embedded in the HTML code, the time to process and load a Web page is relatively short), PHP is free (it is open-source software), and PHP is versatile (is runs on a wide variety of operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and most Unix variants).
Perhaps most importantly, PHP is a very well-established language. There are many user-run Internet communities that make very large amounts of information (and scripts) available. With so much experience behind it, using PHP for certain dynamic features can be a cost-effective and low-hassle way of increasing the stability of your website.
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If you have decided that working as a Wahm writer is the best work at home job opportunity for you, then you will need to figure out how to get writing assignments. Fortunately, when you work as a web writer there is no shortage of job opportunities. It all depends on where you look and how much research you are willing to do.
Web writing can break down into several different categories. Before you begin looking for work, you will have to decide whether or not you want to get credit for your writing. If you insist on byline, you may have difficulty finding a lot of paying jobs. Byline jobs are out there if you look. However, the most money to be made is from working as a web ghostwriter.
Many Wahms find success with ghostwriting. When you work as a freelance ghostwriter you provide writing services for clients who will then use the work as their own. Ghostwriting as a wahm is a lucrative opportunity, especially when you focus on web writing. For the most part, the Internet is a text and image based platform. Companies and individuals who run websites constantly need text to make their websites attractive to visitors. Since writing is something that a lot of people would rather not do, this leaves plenty of opportunities for people who love to write.
Web writing Wahms need only an Internet connection, e-mail address and word processing program to get started. Your own website is not necessary, but it adds a touch of professionalism to your writing business. However, when you are first starting out you can get plenty of work without having a website.
There are several different categories of web writing. When you see the term content writing you will normally be providing text for an existing or new website. Your writing will have to be engaging and clear for website visitors. Article writers concentrate on providing articles for websites, newsletters and blogs. Generally, articles for the web are between 400 and 800 words each. Any more than that is difficult for readers to sit through while looking at a computer screen. Copywriters are challenged with putting readers in the mood to buy. They write copy for Internet sales letters and marketing sites. Ebook ghostwriters provide clients with full-length books on a variety of topics.
Wahms who write need to be professional in their online presence. This means spell-checking all writing, including e-mails to clients. It is also a good idea to get an e-mail address that is specifically used for your writing. A personal e-mail address with a goofy handle will make you appear unprofessional. Your first and last name or a combination thereof is a good choice for your web writing e-mail address.
Writing for the Internet has a few differences from writing essays in school or writing for print magazines. Readers online have short attention spans, and you will need to keep your sentences short and your paragraphs clear.
The other difference is the use of keywords in certain writing assignments. Keywords are words that have been selected by your client to be used in the article. These words have been selected because they are Internet search terms and your client wants their website to show up for those search terms. Keyword articles will require you to use the word or phrase a certain number of times in the article. Sometimes it can be difficult to use the words without making it sound forced. Experienced web writers have developed ways to make the keywords flow naturally into their articles.
Once you have gotten a few web writing assignments under your belt, you can decide what type of web writing suits you best. You can find work on writing message boards, freelance writing job sites and classified ad sites like craigslist. Whenever you apply for a job, make sure to include your contact information and a few well-selected writing samples.
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HTML or Hypertext Markup Language, is the predominant language in which most Internet web pages are based. HTML accomplishes a number of tasks via a web page, including describing the structure of text based information to be displayed within the page (font sizes, text colors and formats, etc.), providing a means for the user to interact with the site via web forms, and embedding images and other types media for display to the user.
When an HTML page is provided to a user’s web browser over the Internet, the web browser will “translate” the HTML code into the format that will be displayed to the user. HTML is written in the form of labels (known as tags). Each tag includes an “open” tag and a “close” tag, and the text that is contained within the opening and closing tags. For example, text can be made bold by using the <b> and </b> tag pair, so that the following HTML code will display the bold text word “Hello” in the user’s web browser. <b> Hello </b> HTML pages can also incorporate or embed the code for one or more “scripting languages”, including JavaScript, PHP, CGI, and ASP.Net.
What Can HTML Do for Me?
HTML provides the basic structure for your website, so it’s the foundation for your business getting its message to customers and potential customers. When you understand the basic principles of HTML, you can begin to format your web pages to have a more unique and in- house appearance. Brand recognition is important in business, and a little HTML coding can change a template style web page into something that is unique and recognizable. In addition to displaying advertising copy, pictures, brochures and the like, you can also:
· Provide users with a feedback form to submit basic information to you through the website. · Generate an email · Offer a Guestbook
How Do I Learn HTML?
As you might suspect, there is a seemingly endless supply of web-based tutorials and instructional materials for learning about HTML. There are a number of Internet-based tutorials to get you started, and to instruct you on any particular detail or HTML feature that you’re interested in.
Another way to “learn” HTML is simply to create you website using a web-authoring program, and examine the HTML code behind it. We’ll talk about a few of the leading web-authoring programs later in this article.
Do I Need To Learn It?
Strictly speaking, you don’t need to become an HTML expert to build and administer your businesses website. Many of the most popular tools for website construction include powerful capabilities (including many that most websites may never utilize). As an added benefit, some of these programs are available at no cost.
Since the HTML that serves as the backbone of a website is basically just text, any text editor (including Microsoft’s Notepad) can be used to create a website. Even though writing HTML code directly in a text editor can eventually help you to better understand what’s going on “under the hood”, spending the time necessary to become a hardcore HTML coder might simply not be an option.
In contrast, there are also popular programs that make it much easier to create your website layout and design through graphical user interface. These programs do the heavy lifting, and will automatically assemble the HTML code based on the design you make.
Dreamweaver
Adobe’s Dreamweaver is one of the leading commercial web design software packages available today. Dreamweaver has a reputation within in the web design community as being very rich in features, and one that generates very “clean” or more standards-compliant code. (This means that, in theory, the Dreamweaver code should run more predictably on a broader range of web browsers.) Dreamweaver also has strong support for CSS, JavaScript, XML, and a variety of other functionalities that are commonly used on “higher end” websites. In addition, Dreamweaver has tight integration with Adobe’s other design programs, including Photoshop and Flash. This can be a time-saver if you are using (or decide to use) those other programs.
On the other hand, Dreamweaver is expensive, compared to other commercial options. In addition, many feel that because there are so many features and functions available in the program, it can be intimidating for new users and designers.
Expression Web
Microsoft’s Expression Web (the successor to the venerable FrontPage software) is Microsoft’s web authoring tool and is considered to be one of the leading web design tool available today.
Expression Web has many (if not most) of the same tools as are available in Dreamweaver, and boasts strong integration with Microsoft’s other design and infrastructure products, such as Visual Studio, SharePoint, and the Office suite of products. In addition, Expression Web’s menu structures and look-and-feel will be familiar to users of other Microsoft Office products, which can make it easier for those already accustomed to Microsoft products.
Note, however, that the source code that Expression Web generates is sometimes not as clean as that created by Dreamweaver (or coded directly into HTML using a simple text editor), so this may result in some problems (or at least some additional time required) if you decide to use Dreamweaver to modify a page that was created in Expression Web. In addition, some page elements (such as tables) can require additional work if created in one program and then edited in another.
Nvu
For those who want to create relatively simple websites, without some of the fancy features that are available with Dreamweaver and Expression Web might wish to consider the open source product Nvu. Nvu has a graphical user interface like Dreamweaver and Expression Web, and is very efficient at making much HTML coding easier and quicker. As an open source product, Nvu is free of charge, and relatively well supported by its user community.
Web-Based Programs and Templates
Finally, be aware that there are a number of web-based authoring programs (such as Homestead) and template services available. These options often require very little effort in terms of design and coding, and are generally available at very reasonable prices. Keep in mind, however, that because most templates are or have been available to other users, you might wind up with a design that is not unique, or doesn’t provide your website with a sufficiently distinct identity.
How to Move Forward
At the end of the day, any web authoring tool is likely to have both have pluses and minuses. Before committing to license any particular package, take a little time to try any available online or downloadable trial versions of the package. The key to deciding is to identify your current and future needs, and balance this against your budget for the project. While choosing a particular tool won’t forever tie you to using that same tool in the future, making a thoughtful decision at the outset can help you to avoid spending time making corrections and adjustments down the road.
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Microsoft has created a very powerful scripting language that can control almost every aspect of the Windows operating system. As I'll be discussing here are just the basics that apply primarily to Windows XP. Windows Script has been around since Windows 98, but as operating systems have advanced scripting language is well.
All the tools we need to create Windows scripts are included in windows and the notebook is simple. You can get other publishers to use as Script Editor, SciTE and Scintilla, and many more. But all you need is Notepad and you're ready to go. When you create a script file will create the desired name and can be given the extension. VBS (Visual Basic Script).
Lets write the first script, the famous Hello World script, when you open the notebook and simply write:
wscript.echo "Hello World"
Now simply double click the file you created and you will see a popup box that displays the text "Hello World" give it a try. This script can also be executed by a command prompt, type "cscript hello.vbs" in the command prompt.
All good programmers comment their programs so that years from now can look back on a program he wrote and say what you are doing based on the comments. A comment is simply the text the program that is only seen by the programmer and not by the person running the program. You can write whatever you want in a comment and not effect the program in any way. Professional Comment programmers in all aspects of your program so that those reading the code can understand what you are doing. To add a comment to a file, simply VBS type REM or 'at the beginning of a line and everything in that line is a comment and have no effect on the program. Lets look at our program Hello.vbs and lets add a couple of comments in the program to know what is happening.
"Hello.vbs "This is just the typical Hello World program
wscript.echo "Hello World"
If something bad happens to windows will give an error rate that tells you've done something wrong and even give you the line that the error is on. We will ruin our program and see what kind of error we receive.
"Hello.vbs "This is just the typical Hello World program
wscript.echo "Hello World" wscript.echo "I messed up this line
Now let's run the program and see what kind of error we have. The first line runs fine, but received an error in the second Online: Script: C: Users mike Desktop hello.vbs Line: 5 Char: 1 Errno: Object does not support this property or METHOD: 'Wscript.echo' Code: 800A01B6 Source: Microsoft VBScript runtime error
So as you can see from this error that we have a problem in line 5 1 character of our code. The error object does not support this property or method: 'wscript.echo' usually means you have a spelling error somewhere. The code is not really that important to know exactly where the problem is and what the "error" actually says.
As with any programming language VBScript uses variables to store values and strings. To assign a value to a variable simply use the variable name you want, then the sign =. One would examble 'Mike = 24' Now the microphone variable has a value of 24, now let's add this to our program World Hello and show that the microphone variable has a value of 24.
"Hello.vbs 'This is the typical Hello World program
WScript.Echo "Hello World"
mike = 24 jake = 30 this = jake - Mike
wscript.echo "Mike is," mike wscript.echo "Jake" jake wscript.echo "The difference between his age," this
As you can see here we assigned the value 24 to the microphone variable and assigns the value of the variable 30 to jake. We were able to carry out and mathmatical operation in the two values to obtain the difference between them. Then by the wscript.echo command could see the variables. We will continue with the variables and can store a string that is stored in text form and we will take input from our users.
'Hello.vbs "This is the typical Hello World program
name = InputBox ("How your name? ") age = InputBox ("How old are you?")
wscript.echo "Hello", name wscript.echo age "is a good age"
Do you get the input box to appear will use the InputBox command and use the = sign to assign what the user types in a variable and then we can print the results on the screen. Now let's go a little further and allows the program to make a decision what to do based on what the user. For this program to make a decision that will be using the IF ... ELSE IF ... ANOTHER THING ... statements.
"Hello.vbs "This is the typical Hello World program
name = InputBox ("What's your name?") age = InputBox ("How many old are you? ")
wscript.echo "Hello", name
If age <18 Then
wscript.echo "You're illegal!" ElseIf age> 17 and 24 <Age Then
wscript.echo "You are a young" ElseIf age = 24 Then
wscript.echo "You are at the best age! (same as at my age)" More
wscript.echo "WoW you're old! " End If
With the above script we have been able to receive input from the user and then take a decision on what to do based on what the user typed in. I'm going to go through each line and describe exactly what you are doing so that you can understand the program.
name = InputBox ("What's your name?") age = InputBox ("How old are you?")
Display and input box asking the user "What is your name" then stores the value in the name of the variable. Below is another input box asking the user "How old are you?" and stores the value on the form to the age. For this explanation we will say that the user typed in 24 for age.
wscript.echo "Hello", name This line simply shows that the variable name is the user typed in the box the first inning.
If age <18 then
wscript.echo "You're illegal! " This line is run as read, if the variable age is less than 18 then print on the screen "You're illegal!". As mentioned above, the age variable will be 24 at that age no less than 18 so the line directly below now run.
ElseIf age> 17 and 24 <Age Then
wscript.echo "You're young" The previous statments is by ElseIf statement will be considered only if the claim above is false. Now we are checking if the variable age is between 17 and 24, and if we will print "You're young." But as the variable age is 24, then is between 17 and 24 so this statement will not run and will move to the next.
Age = 24 Then ElseIf
wscript.echo "You is in the best age! (Same as at my age) " This statement is the same as above, except that we are seeing if the variable age equals 24 and if to execute the line directly below it. In our example, since we did the rate in 24 years so the variable is equal to 24 direct line will be executed under windows and pop-up that says "You are at the best age! (same as at my age)" and all the IF statement is completed. Now let us continue with this example and check the last line.
More
wscript.echo "WoW you are old!" End If The Else statement is executed only if none of the above criteria are met and in our case because the age variable is equal to 24, the Else statement is not executed. Then, add the End If statement at the end to tell the program throughout the IF statement is here.
We've covered VBScript lot of ground here so please review everything we've talked about and play with the scripts. Experiment and see what you can do with the script and think about how You can mix multiple input variables and IF statements to make boxes and a very useful program that can make your life easier.
I said at first I was going to discuss a script I created to modernize a previous piece of software to save money on the upgrade. What I will discuss here was not referred to in this article, but will give you an idea of the kinds of things you can do with scripts.
I was asked to perform a task in the working to migrate all our systems of higher pager alert our latest mobile phones using text messages. This was not a big problem with most of our software because of the ability to send an email to cell phones as a text message. But we had two very important pieces of software it was around $ 10,000 apiece to upgrade to a version that would be able to send emails and the improvement was not an option during the time we've had to implement our new cell phones.
Both programs were able to print to a printer, an alert happened. I have to install programs to print to a file and put it in a specific directory whenever an alert step. The script he wrote in a loop every 10 seconds and look for a new particular file, that directory. When the script found a new file in the e-mail would then be the contents of the file in the appropriate cell phone and then delete the file and look for another new file.
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Just like spring cleaning a house, the HTML code of your web pages should be periodic cleaning as well. Over time, as changes and updates are made to a web page, the code may be covered with unnecessary clutter, and decrease the page load time and hurting the efficiency of your website. Cluttered html can also seriously affect your position in search engines.
This is especially true if you're using a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) design package web page as FrontPage or Dreamweaver. These programs will accelerate development of its website, but are not as efficient at writing clean HTML.
We will focus this debate on the actual html coding, ignoring other programming languages that can be used on a page in JavaScript. In the examples of code that will use (and) characters instead of HTML to correct the code examples will display properly in this newsletter.
Until recently when coding a page in HTML we would be using tags as the source () tag and (p) paragraph tags. These labels will be our page content, text, images and links. Each time a change format was made in the image of the new page is needed with complete formatting for the new section. More recently we have acquired the ability to use style sheets cascade, which allows us to write the formatting once and then refer to that formatting several times within a web page.
To speed up the loading of Page Sometimes we have to have fewer characters on the page when viewed in an html editor. Since I really do not want to remove any of our visible content we need to look html code. When cleaning the code you can delete characters, creating a smaller web page that loads faster.
Over time HTML has changed and now we have many different ways to do the same. An example would be the code used to display a bold typeface. In HTML we have two main options, label (strong) and (b tag). As you can see the label (strong) uses 5 letters plus (b) the label, and if we consider the closing tags as well we see that the applications use (strong) (/ strong) tag pair 10 characters of the cleaner (b) (/ b) tag pair.
This is our first Principle of clean HTML code: Use the simplest coding method available.
HTML has the ability to nest within another code code. For example we could have a line with three words where the word was in bold half. This could be achieved by changing the format completely changes every time visible format. Consider this code: (font face = "times") This (/ font) (font = "times") (strong) BOLD (/ strong) (/ font) (font = "times") Word (/ font) This takes up to 90 characters.
This is very poorly written in HTML and is sometimes some when using a WYSIWYG editor. From the source () tags are repeating the same information can simply nest the (strong) inside the source () labels, and even better with (b) tag instead of the label (strong). This would give us the code (font = "times) This (b) BOLD (/ b) Word (/ Font), taking only 46 characters.
This is our Second Principle of clean HTML code: Use nested tags when possible. Be aware that WYSIWYG editors frequently update formatting by adding layer after layer of nested code. So, while you're cleaning the eyes of code for redundant nested code placed there by your WYSIWYG editing program.
A major problem with using HTML tags is that you must repeat the tag coding every time you change the format. The advent of CSS allows us a great advantage in clean coding format that enables us to design once in a document, just refer to it again and again.
If we had six paragraphs on a page to switch between two types of formatting, such as headings in Blue, Bold, Ariel, size 4 and paragraph text in Black, Times, size 2, using tags we would need to complete the list format that every time we make a change.
(Font face = "Ariel" color = "blue" size = "4") (b) Our heading (/ b) (/ font) (font = "color = Times, "black" size = "2") Our paragraph (/ font) (font = "Ariel" color = "blue" size = "4") (B) Our next heading (/ b) (/ font) (font = "Times color =" black "size =" 2 ") Our next paragraph (/ Font)
We then repeat this for each heading and paragraph, a lot of html code.
With CSS you can create CSS styles for each type format, the list of styles than once at the top of the page, and then simply refer to the style every time we make a change.
(Head) (type style = "Text / css ")(!--. STYLE1 (font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 24px;). Style2 (font-family:" Times New Roman ", Times, serif; font-size: 12px ;}--)(/ style) (/ head) (body) (p = class" STYLE1 ") Heading (/ p) (p class = "Style2") The paragraph of text (/ p) (or body)
Note that the styles are created in the head section of the page and then simply referred to in the section of the body. As we add more formatting simply continue to refer to the previously created styles.
This is our Third Principle of Clean HTML Code: Use CSS styles when possible. CSS has several other advantages such as being able to place the CSS styles file content, reducing the page size even more, and the ability to quickly update formatting site-wide by simply updating the style file External CSS.
So with a simple cleaning of your HTML code that can easily reduce the file size and make a fast loading, lean and mean web page.
About the Author
George Peirson is a successful Entrepreneur and Internet Trainer. He is the author of over 30 multimedia based tutorial training titles covering such topics as Photoshop, Flash and Dreamweaver. To see his training sets visit http://www.howtogurus.comArticle copyright 2005 George Peirson
Once you start building Web pages, you will want to learn the languages that build them. HTML is the building block of Web pages. CSS is the language used to make those Web pages pretty. And XML is the markup language for programming the Web. Understanding the basics of HTML and CSS will help you build better Web pages, even if you stick with WYSIWYG editors. And once you're ready, you can expand your knowledge to XML so that you can handle the information that makes all Web pages function. The information on this page will help you learn the languages that make up the Web.
HTML, or HyperText Markup Language, is the basic building block of a Web page. These articles start with the basics of HTML. Even if you have very little experience with computers, if you're willing to take the time, you can learn HTML and start building your own Web pages.
* Building a Web Page for the Totally Lost
* What is HTML?
* 8 Cheap and Easy Ways to Learn HTML
* How to Build a Basic Web Page
* Five Easy Steps to Starting Your Web Page
* Why are There Different Versions of HTML?
* HTML Glossary
HTML Tutorial
If you want to learn HTML, you can take an online course or follow the steps in this tutorial to learn HTML.
* Write HTML in Windows Notepad
* Write HTML in Macintosh TextEdit
* Basic HTML Tags
* HTML Tags for Text
* How to Add Headings, Bold, and Italics in HTML
* Using HTML to Make Lists
* Linking to Other Pages
* Adding Images to Web Pages with HTML
* Uploading Your Web Pages to the Internet
* Free HTML Course
HTML Tag Library
HTML tags are the basics of HTML. Once you understand how HTML works, you'll want to know more about the tags and elements that you can use in your Web pages. The About.com HTML Tag Library provides information about HTML 4.01 tags and XHTML 1 elements as well as tags outside the specification. The HTML attributes covers all the attributes you can use in the tags. And the HTML codes let you put special characters into your Web pages.
* HTML Tag Library
* HTML Attributes
* HTML Codes and Special Characters
* HTML Tag References and Information
Reviews of HTML Editors
While many people use text editors to write their HTML, there are a lot of great software programs out there to help you write HTML.
* Choose an HTML Editor
* Before You Buy an HTML Editor
* Business Case for Editor Types (WYSIWYG vs. Text)
* The Best Text Editors for Windows
* The Best Text Editors for Macintosh
What is CSS?
CSS
CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, lets Web designers affect the look and feel of their Web pages. CSS is the way that you implement most design features in your Web pages. These articles explain the basics of CSS and how you can start learning to add style to your Web pages.
* What is CSS?
* Your First Style Sheet
* CSS Step by Step
* 10 Tips to Learning CSS
* CSS Tip of the Day
* CSS Glossary
* CSS Editors
* More Beginning CSS Articles
CSS Tutorial
There is a free short course on learning CSS. This course takes you through the basics of CSS in 5 days. But if you want to go deeper into CSS or at a faster or slower pace, use this tutorial to walk through all the elements of Cascading Style Sheets.
* Learn CSS in 5 Days - Free Class
* The Basics of CSS
* CSS Syntax
* How to Add Styles to Web Pages
* Modify Fonts with CSS
* Adjust Text with CSS
* The CSS Box Model
* Backgrounds and CSS
* CSS and Lists
* CSS Positioning and Layout
* Styling Tables, Frames, and Forms
* Advanced CSS Topics
* More CSS Help
Style Properties
Style properties are like tags in HTML. They are what make CSS do what it does. Once you understand how to put CSS in your documents, then you can start learning the many different properties in CSS versions 1, 2, and 3.
* CSS 1 Properties
* CSS 2 Properties
* CSS 2 vs CSS 1 - What's The Difference?
* CSS 2 Selectors
* What is CSS 3?
* CSS 3 Selectors That Work Right Now
* CSS Pseudo Properties
* CSS Selectors
What is XML?
XML
XML, or eXtensible Markup Language, is a way to bring your HTML skills to a whole new level. By learning XML you learn how markup languages work. These articles explain the basics of XML and take you through why you might want to learn more about the eXtensible Markup Language.
* What is XML?
* Frequently Asked Questions about XML
* Write Your First XML Document
* Who Uses XML?
* Origin and Design Goals of XML
* XML Resource Center
XML Tutorial
The free XML class teaches you all about XML in a weekly email course over ten weeks. Or you can go through the articles here to learn more about XML at your own pace.
Getting Paid To Write Articles-Earn Over $900 a Day-Simple Work
Getting paid to write articles is surely a good way to earn a little extra income on the side. For anyone looking to make money online, they should know the writing industry is the best way to earn a full time living online. It doesn’t take a rocket genius to make money in the writing industry. As long as you can form a simple sentence and read and write on a basic 8th grade level, then you can earn a full time income writing articles from home. Here are ways to get paid to write articles:
Sell Original Pre-Written Articles- Pre-written articles are the best way to earn a full time income writing articles from home. Most webmasters who buy original articles want to know three things before they purchase from a freelance writer; How is your writing quality? What type of writing do you do? How much do you charge for each article? As long as you can provide an answer to all three of questions, you are open for business. Getting paid to write articles is all about marketing yourself; the writing industry is huge, so this is not the problem. The issue lies in making the client trust you. There are ways to do this:
Use Writing Samples- I have seen many writers write a couple of sloppily writing samples and just slap them onto their website. This is not a good idea at all, as this will turn the client off. There are some sites that you can use to showcase your writing. Associated Content is a good place to use as a portfolio of your published pieces. I would not use AC to get paid to write articles, but I would use them just to show my writing skills.
Also, it doesn’t hurt to have your own website. Place many of your articles on your website and ensure the client that all of your articles are 100% Copyscape passed. This means, the articles are original and not located anywhere else online. There are some Copyscape stamps that will show that your articles are verified and truly original. Getting paid to write articles is more than just about your writing skills. That only account for 20%. The other 80% is showcases those skills all over the Internet. There are a couple of places you can do this; free classified ads.
Unless you have a huge budget, you probably don’t have $100 to spend on Google adwords every single day. Despite what others may say, free classified ads are a good way to get traffic and attention to your website. Just write the article’s titles (do not include samples of your writing in free classified ads because they can get pick up from other sites and seen as duplicate content by the client) and the word count. Also, make sure you explain the articles are original. This is the key to getting paid to write articles.
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