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LexiConn – May 2006 Newsletter
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In this month’s issue:
* Upgraded Hosting Packages
* Optimize Your Site for Your Target Audience
* Featured Client – wilde-ideas.com

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Upgraded Hosting Packages…

LexiConn is pleased to announce that all hosting packages now have increased allotments. The upgraded packages include substantial increases to the allotted disk space and bandwidth and the monthly fees will remain the same as they are now. The new specifications are as follows:

Intro Account -
Previous allocation: 250 MB space, 7 GB monthly transfer
New specifications: 300 MB space, 10 GB monthly transfer

Basic Account -
Previous allocation: 500 MB space, 15 GB monthly transfer
New specifications: 600 MB space, 20 GB monthly transfer

Advanced Account -
Previous allocation: 800 MB space, 25 GB monthly transfer
New specifications: 900 MB space, 30 GB monthly transfer

ShopSite Account -
Previous allocation: 1000 MB space, 30 GB monthly transfer
New specifications: 1200 MB space, 40 GB monthly transfer

We hope that these upgrades will provide more room for you to grow within your existing accounts. Please note that we have already adjusted the billing record for any client that was previously paying disk space overages based off of the old allocations.

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Optimize Your Site for Your Target Audience…

When building or updating your website, you want to be certain that your site is optimized for your target audience. Specifically, you should make sure that your site does not contain any coding errors that could prevent it from being displayed properly across different browsers or platforms. You may wish to use an html validator on your site to help detect these errors. A couple of excellent free ones can be found at:

http://validator.w3.org/
http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/

You likely will not receive an error free report, but one that does not have any major errors should be your goal. As far as which browsers people are using these days, global internet statistics reports vary widely. Depending on the source, Internet Explorer accounts for 55-90% of users, Firefox 8-30%, Safari 2-6%, etc. In order to determine which browsers your users employ, you may wish to utilize urchin reports, which can tell you this information as well as much more. An example can be found by clicking on the demo report at:

http://69.94.67.101:9999/ (go to Browsers & Robots -> Browsers)

Another important item to consider when designing your site is the screen resolution of your audience. Most people have a resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels, but you should always make sure that your site displays properly in other sizes as well, such as 1280 by 1024 and 800 by 600. In order to view your site in a different resolution, go to your computer’s control panel and click on Display -> Settings, and adjust the resolution accordingly. If you are interested in knowing how many of your visitors are using the various screen resolutions, you can track this through urchin’s UTM feature, and the data would be available under Client Parameters -> Screen Resolution.

In addition to browser and screen resolution compatibility, one other thing to consider when designing your site is how it will look across platforms. While the vast majority of computers are Windows based, it is important to make sure that your site displays properly on a Macintosh/Apple as well, since they now have more than a 4% market share. Once again, urchin can let you know which platform your users have by going to Browsers & Robots -> Platforms. If you are interested in adding urchin to your account, please fill out the following form:

https://lexiconn.com/lexiconn/secure/add_urchin.html

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Featured Client – wilde-ideas.com…

This month’s featured client is wilde-ideas.com. Wilde-Ideas Craft Supplies specializes in Rubber Stamping, Scrap booking & Paper Crafts. They are the new home of Rubber Tree Stamps, a leading manufacturer of a full-line of art rubber stamps, and are the largest Independent Authorized XYRON Dealer in North America.

The 5,600 page website is routinely tested using all available browser technologies and computer platforms (i.e. PC and Apple) to ensure site accessibility and functionality. Be sure to visit their website to see this functionality in action:

http://www.wilde-ideas.com/

For more detailed information on this month’s featured client, please go to:

http://www.lexiconn.com/clients/featured.html