New Cabin Site

[saustin]

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Thank you for the suggestions. I will definitely look into them!

I have a question though....how come the font I originally used shows up differently on different computers? Is there a way to keep it the same on all?

[aconstas1]

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Its because different computers use different browsers.

There's not much you can do. Internet explorer is different from mozilla and netscape and all the other browsers out there. they all see things the same, but choose to display them differently. They do it to differentiate between them so that they can get customers to choose one browser over another. You can just try to make the most browser friendly page you can and the rest is really just up to them.

[saustin]

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Hmmm, so much for using "fun" fonts then, huh? That's a bummer. Thank you for your insight! I really appreciate it!

[aconstas1]

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Somtimes you see on web sites a note that is something to the effect of:

This site is best viewed in such and such browser. You can tell your clients which browser displays your site the way you want them to see it, but it's not really recommended. Some web designers consider that very unprofessional and a tell-tale sign that the designer is a beginner. Who really closes down their browser, then reopens another browser just to see a web site. I guess some hard core pornography addicts are the only ones i can imagine doing that, but don't get me started on that subject.

[choco777]

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The photo of man with fish. He has a red dot on his classes.
Or maybe I'm seeing things. Under Potters Flowage

[SChajin]

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Looks good om my PC, loaded quick...Looks like a place I need to go to, I need a break.

If you want to show it on my site let me know.

www.thebarefoottraveler.com

[saustin]

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Yeah definitely....add Trails End Cabins to your web site! Thank you for offering! Do I need to do anything or do you have it from here? Just let me know.

About the sunglasses, that is a reflection of his lenses. I can "clean" it up in Photoshop??

[SChajin]

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I will see if I can just take it..

[saustin]

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How do I post my sitemap to google?

[Vasili]

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Its because different computers use different browsers.

There's not much you can do. Internet explorer is different from mozilla and netscape and all the other browsers out there. they all see things the same, but choose to display them differently. They do it to differentiate between them so that they can get customers to choose one browser over another. You can just try to make the most browser friendly page you can and the rest is really just up to them.

Nothing to do with browsers whatsoever!
This topic has been discussed many times, and solutions can be easily found by doing a Forum Search rather than guessing.

The reason you see this "shifting" of fonts computer-to-computer is merely due to the vast styles available, but not always present on each unit: thus, a much shorter list of "universal fonts" that will display on all units exactly as you create them.

Traditionally, these fonts are : Arial, Verdana, TimesRoman, Courrier, Tahoma, and for the most part (US users) BradleyHand, Comic Sans, and a few others. Here are some lists of reputed "web-friendly" fonts to keep in mind (from a Google Search, and another site): Try this, or this.

If you are determined to use a font you know is not universal, you will need to create an image instead, which will then present without a defaulted font or abberational presentation. You can do this in MS Publisher (making sure your textbox background is exactly the same as the colored background on your page), Paint, or other common program and saving it as a JPG image.
* HINT: create your "image" larger than the actual finished size you require, for when you use, say the VH "pix resizer" to reduce the size, it will refine the edges and nuances, ridding it of fuzzy edges and broken lines...

[aconstas1]

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How do I post my sitemap to google?

create a google account. on their home page you want to log in and click the business link. From there follow the link to submit your web site. in there you find the submit sitemap section. there you post the URL to your sitemap and submit it. your site map should be in your public_html folder with your index.html file and your index page should have an active link to that sitemap. good luck. i hope that helped.

[Vasili]

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How do I post my sitemap to google?

If you create and imbed a robot.txt file on your website (invisible to all but the bots and spiders), it will automatically be picked up and create the desired results you seek.

A good thread here: http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/goo...ighlight=robot

[Vasili]

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create a google account. on their home page you want to log in and click the business link. From there follow the link to submit your web site. in there you find the submit sitemap section. there you post the URL to your sitemap and submit it. your site map should be in your public_html folder with your index.html file and your index page should have an active link to that sitemap. good luck. i hope that helped.

If you create and insert your file as above, VodaHost will submit your site once to all the engines free ..... the above suggestion is not necessary, but may prove helpful later when you seek further-reaching strategies.

Do a search to find the "sitemap" thread....

[Vasili]

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Sorry....got timed out...

You'll find a lot of info, resources, and more in this thread back from "the good old days" : www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/search-engine-topics-vodahits/1458-sitemaps.html#post9507

It's not so much as simply creating a file of all your links (which Google's tool does)and a ROR file, but also placing them properly on your site.

[saustin]

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Thanks for all the help guys! It's funny with my font not showing up because I used BradleyHand. Oh well, I will either create an image out of it or imbed a robot.txt file like you suggested. I've never heard of a robot.ext file before so I will have to check into the link you provided me.

About the sitemap, are you saying that VodaHost automatically does this for everyone? I will have to check into the links you provided me for this also.