Website Design

“Responsive Templates” or “Responsive Web Design (RWD)” is the new wave of web design. According to Wikipedia, “Ethan Marcotte coined the term Responsive Web Design (RWD) in a May 2010“. Since then Responsive Web Design is becoming an important part of the web development process. What is a Responsive Template? A “Responsive Template” is a Read More >

You may find it necessary to create or modify a web page so that it displays for a period of time, then jumps to another page. In HTML, the code for this is sometimes called a meta refresh redirection. The page will display for the period of time that you designate and then jump to Read More >

In this article: CSS Code for a Drop Menu HTML Code for a Drop Menu There are many free CSS menus online that you can use to build into your Website. Some of them require JavaScript and some do not. This article will show you how to add a menu to your website with CSS Read More >

When working on your website, you may want to prevent any visitor from accessing your site except you. This can be done by creating a 302 temporary redirect in your .htaccess file to a construction page. By creating a redirect for any IP address except your own in your .htaccess, you can prevent visitors from Read More >

When building a website, you may not want random visitors snooping your pages until you are ready for them. Even while some programs allow you to build your site on your local computer and then publish when you are finished, you still may want to test your site on the live server before opening to Read More >

In this article I’m going to teach you how you can disable a problematic site on your hosting account via a .htaccess file, so that you can troubleshoot any problems while leaving your other sites online. There are many factors involved that could cause a website to start using up a lot of resources from Read More >

The formatting of Images and text is done using CSS. They can be aligned and floated to allow the images to be placed in particular locations on the page. Using these options will help you create content that is easier to understand. Aligned images do not wrap text around them. Aligning images will only position Read More >

Recently we’ve been made aware that our customer website JavaScript sliders and other related scripts stopped working a few days ago. This is not a server related issue. The JavaScript runs on the Client side which runs from website coding itself. On the 15th of January 2013, jQuery released a new 1.9 version. Any website Read More >

By default, the webservers at InMotion Hosting look for specific file names to display as the first page of a website. They also look for these pages in a specific order. The file names, in order, are index.htm, index.html, index.php If you want to use a different file, such as an image, you will need Read More >

In this article we’ll briefly discuss controlling user executions with Apache’s suEXEC feature and how it can increase security on your server. If you happen to have read our previous article on choosing the best PHP handler, it was mentioned multiple times that suEXEC can be used to increase security. suEXEC can be configured on Read More >

We recently introduced a new feature in our Support Center, Autosuggested Articles. While you’re typing in a question you’d like our Community Support to answer, we suggest a list of articles below your question that may help with getting you support. Technically, every time a character is pressed, a JavaScript function is ran and attempts Read More >

GD Library is a program installed on the server that allows programs to manipulate graphics. GD (Graphics Draw) can create images using line, arcs, texts, and multiple colors. GD is extensively used with PHP, so you can manipulate images in your PHP coding. Is GD Library installed? Yes, GD library is already installed on all Read More >

Django is a “high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.” Django is designed to focus on automation allowing the developer to build high-performance elegant Web applications quickly. For more information on Django – please see their official website: https://www.djangoproject.com/ Django can be installed on VPS and Dedicated accounts and does Read More >

Microsoft Expressions Web 4 is a program that can help you build a website. You must have Expressions Web 4 installed on your local computer to use it. If you are unfamiliar with Expressions Web 4 please see the Microsoft website for details. Please note that Microsoft Expressions Web 4 is no longer compatible with Read More >

jQuery is a JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. Since jQuery is a simple JavaScript library it can be used on all of our InMotion Hosting servers. Please keep in mind, you will need to download the library and then upload it to your Read More >

HTML can be a little intimidating for those not accustomed to looking at code. That’s why we wrote this article as an introduction to web design basics. Once you familiarize your self with the basics, it becomes easier to write your website using HTML code. This article will break down the basics of how to Read More >