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Structured Data for Business Websites and How Google Uses It

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Search results are not all plain blue links. Some show extra details pulled from the page, such as the cooking time on a recipe. Many of these extras come from structured data added to the page. It is a small piece of code that tells Google exactly what a page contains.

Google calls these enhanced listings rich results. Structured data can make a page eligible for them, though Google never promises they will appear. This guide explains what structured data is, which format Google prefers and how to test it. It sticks to what Google’s own Search Central documentation says.

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What is user experience web design?

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User experience design, or UX, UXD or UED, is a web design and development principal that places full importance on design practices that are centred around the user. This involves using specific techniques that aim to result in a design that adheres to the common behavioural practices of the intended target audience of the website. Good user experience web design should meet both the goals and desires of the users, as well as the goals of the company or entity behind the website.

The user is the central concern when it comes to UX. It greatly assists designers and clients in working together when it comes to making changes and new developments to a website. When both parties agree that the design should focus on the user, personal preferences can be put aside in favour of a more common sense and logical approach.

Rather than coming up with a web design that simply looks pretty, as can so often happen when a new site is designed either with or without input from the client, a UX design approach means that the design comes together based on the problems that have been identified in the planning and research process. This means that the overall purpose of every aspect of the site should be considered and thought about in detail before any aspect of the design is undertaken.

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WMT Modern Blog V2 – Joomla 1.5 Free Template

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Installing Joomla Template
1. Go to Joomla Administrator (www.your-site.com/administrator) -> Extensions -> Install/Uninstall
2. In the “Extension Manager” choose the first option ‘Upload Package File’.
3. Click the “Browse…” button to select the zip file from your computer.
4. Click the “Upload File & Install” button.

For more information please visit http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_install_templates

Module Positions
The easiest way to determine module positions on any Joomla 1.5 template, is to add /index.php?tp=1 after the domain name where Joomla 1.5 is installed.

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Up in the Sky – Free Joomla Template

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The template is also suitable for setting up an adventure sports journal devoted to ballooning, parachuting, paragliding, hang gliding, sky surfing, wingsuit flying, bungee jumping, etc., or an online flight booking portal. It includes a central content area, two adjoining sidebars and a predefined bottom area where you can place relevant links.

Up in the Sky offers 3 color (blue, green and red) and 4 logo image variations, as well as a quick JavaScript-based main navigation menu bar, which will help your site’s visitors ‘fly’ across its pages.

Up in the Sky – Free Joomla Template – Preview
Installing Joomla Template
1. Go to Joomla Administrator (www.your-site.com/administrator) -> Extensions -> Install/Uninstall
2. In the “Extension Manager” choose the first option ‘Upload Package File’.
3. Click the “Browse…” button to select the zip file from your computer.
4. Click the “Upload File & Install” button.

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