This document provides tips for advanced web site development and optimization, including getting a custom domain name, improving 404 page experiences, checking load times, using meta tags and favicons, ensuring cross-browser compatibility, following web standards, making sites accessible on mobile devices, using robots.txt files, and periodically updating sites.

1. Advanced Therapies For Web Sites Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS Library Services Manager OPLIN [email_address]

2. Get a real domain name http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us VS. http://www.oplin.org

3. Raise the IQ of your 404s

4. Check your load times

5. Learn about metatags http://searchenginewatch.com/2167931

6. Create a favicon  FAVICON

7. Consult with legal counsel

8. Features that aren’t extras any more Search Comments Email to someone Service links

9. Cross-browser compatibility IE versus Firefox versus Opera versus Safari versus Konqueror versus… And don’t forget the versions!

10. Internet Explorer

11. Firefox

12. Yes, Virginia, there are standards… World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) CSS XHTML HTML Learn to use a code validator and to troubleshoot!

13. What about accessibility standards? Section 508 WAI http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =wQT9yVeu_js&feature=related

14. What about mobile access?

15. robots.txt http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060315&mode=classic

16. “ TETO”

17. Makeover time!