joomla

#10 for yahoo search "badgers"

#6 for yahoo search "badger baiting videos"

#1 for yahoo search "kirklees badgers"

Joomla is an open source content management system . It is an excellent framework around which to create feature reach interactive websites . With being open source it is worth noting that developers can create whole new avenues of interactivity . I have been using Joomla for 2 years & for most website I make it is the first choice . Though I do use wordpress & occasionally blogger . I am willing to offer free assistance & support for budding badger websites . Remember IT IS FREE & has thousands of free  modules & plug-ins (mambots) . Because I have made many joomla sites , I can get a site up & running in a few hours , but no website should ever rest on its laurels - If your website is finished - so are you . Using RSS feeds is a simple way to keep things fresh . If your website has regularly updated content - search engines will crawl more frequently & your site will gain higher ranking . The tweaking of various aspects of this is called Search Engine Optimisation . It is an extra-ordinarily complex business , too much so to into detail here , but is basically , behind the scenes technical magick - involving tags , links , metadata & optimised content . If your badger site needs an Rss feed , links or metadata - give me a shout.

though it may not be obvious - this is the premium badger website as far as alexa traffic is concerned - though page rank takes time . Each url has different stats but I can say proudly that badgers.wq2rx.com has an Alexa rank in the top 1% of the entire internet . I do not want to undermine the fantastic work done by so many other groups/organisations/websites so if this site starts appearing ahead of yours in search - Im sorry , but making popular websites is my living .  search stats do fluctuate specially in the first year or so - today the search "badger" on yahoo found us at 11 - yesterday it was 10 . UK yahoo search today finds us listed 8 for badger , while on google we are 11 - but notice how many pages are in the top 50 - are us (half of them) - yahoo is a different , quicker beast .org,uk is top & 7 of the first 10 results are mine/ours . "kirklees badgers" is a similar story . "hudds badgers" the first 9 results are here . (or buzzbeeman.com) . 8 out of the first 10 for "robin hood badgers" etc etc . SEO is a refinement of the h1 tags , keywords , page titles , description & content . THIS IS MY SPECIALITY . I am willing to help any badger group free of charge , but for non - badger sites - my fees are performance related , I have a proven record of 100% satisfied customers - in fact I have exceed the level of expectation of all my customers to date . Take note if your site is under-performing in search or traffic - I can definitely help in fairly short order - SEO wont happen overnight (google-bombs & black hat aside) but you will see very significant results in the first 3 months - with a few tweaks the ongoing process should have oerwhelmingly transformed the way you do business in 6 - 9 months .

code validation

this is theory - of course its easy to be lazy (I know)

 a few good practices to remember when using the W3C validator.

• Don't panic over the warnings - If the validator says that you have 12 errors and 83 warnings, just worry about the errors for now.
• fix errors one at a time - Work your way straight down the list, top to bottom, knocking off errors one at a time. The HTML is read by the browsers from top to bottom, so the errors show the same way.
• Re-validate the code after each fix - sometimes one error can be causing multiple errors down the page. Alternately, some "fixes" can cause more errors . Re-validate after each attempt.

top 10 validation probs

1.  unclosed div tag

One of the most common reasons why layouts don't validate. It never ceases to amaze how often this is the culprit for a funky layout. Unclosed div tags are one of the most common layout mistakes, and also one of the hardest to diagnose. The validator doesn't always point to the proper unclosed div tag, so it's not always easy to find the needle in the haystack.

2.  rogue embed tag

In the early 90's, browsers like Microsoft and Netscape started recognizing unique font declarations which were never standardized. Unfortunately this means that the W3C validator still doesn't recognize some important HTML tags like 'embed', even though they're widely used to this day. If you're really looking to get that strict DOCTYPE validation, you'll have to ditch the embed.

If you really want to have valid markup and embedded media, try using the Flash Satay method.

3. Improper DOCTYPE

A frequent mistake is either not declaring a DOCTYPE, or declaring the wrong DOCTYPE at the head of the document. As a general rule of thumb, Strict DOCTYPE is the highest validation to shoot for. Strict validation means that you are webpages have the best shot at displaying properly across all browsers. Here's what a Strict declaration looks like:

4. Trailing slash

If your site isn't properly validating, then there is a good chance that the reason is a missing trailing slash somewhere in your code. It's very easy to overlook something like a trailing slash, especially in elements like image tags. For example:

This won't validate against a strict DOCTYPE. Add a '/' before the img tag ends in every case to solve the issue.

5. Align

You'll be fine using the tag "align" if your DOCTYPE is set to Transitional, but if you've taken the higher road and chosen a Strict validation, you'll see errors. Align is another depreciated tag that shouldn't be used anymore in markup. Instead of align, try using float or text-align to shift the element.

6. JavaScript

If you've declared a Strict DOCTYPE, you'll need to wrap CDATA tags around your JavaScript code. This aspect of validation has tripped up many a developer, as sites tend to use in-line JavaScript for things like ads and tracking scripts. If you have to include JavaScript, just add these tags before and after:

/*  */

7. Images always need 'alt' attributes

If you haven't noticed by now, images are a major potential stumbling block for validation they also require alt tags that describe images, i.e. alt="robin hood badgers".

Search engines are also relying on this alt tag to identify images , it's good practice to add the alt tags anyway.

8. Unknown entities

Entities are another small pitfall that tend to stand in the way of validation. Instead of using things like the "&" symbol, it's a good idea to use properly encoded characters. Here's a  list of properly encoded character entities for use in XHTML markup.

9. Bad nesting

Nesting is when you have elements inside of elements, like so: