Website Photos

iStockPhotos is a collection of royalty-free photos that you can easily download for a small fee and incorporate in your website. The photos are provided by an international community of amateur and professional photographers. There are a great collection of images, audio and Flash animation to choose from. Check it out at http://www.istockphoto.com

Website Hosting

How do you choose the right company for your website hosting? There are lots of differences in prices and services can vary widely. Below is some useful things to look for when deciding on who to choose for your website hosting

1. How much space do you get?
2. How much traffic do you get?
3. What services are included such as email addresses or e-commerce facilities
4. Is there a domain name included or a discount for bundling
5. Support - via telephone or email.

Use this checklist to compare various companies before deciding in what is best for you.

MS Word Keyboard Shortcuts

Do you find that using the keyboard is sometimes quicker than using your mouse? Shortcut keys can help you bypass menus and carry out useful MS Word functions. Try some of these out to save yourself some time.

F4 or CTRL+Y	Repeat your last action
CTRL+F	Find and replace
CTRL+G	Go to page, section, line, etc.
CTRL+BACKSPACE	Delete a word
SHIFT+F3	Change case
CTRL+B	Bold
CTRL+I	Italic
CTRL+HOME	Go to the beginning of the document
CTRL+END	Go to the end of the document
CTRL+A	Select all
CTRL+Z	Undo
CTRL+S	Save
CTRL+C	Copy
CTRL+V	Paste
SHIFT+F7	Open the thesaurus

Bing Toolbox

Microsoft recently launched a new search engine called Bing. Microsoft has launched a "toolbox" similar to Google's Webmaster Central that helps you analyse your website and links you to their website developer's community blogs and forums. Check out the toolbox at http://www.bing.com/toolbox. All you need is a windows live account to logon.

Website Testing

Your website is finally live and you show all your friends, family and colleagues only to see it doesn't look right on somebody else's computer. There are many different browsers that people can use;

• Internet Explorer
• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Opera

It is a good idea to download all browsers to your computer to make sure your website displays properly in each one. Another good tools is the IE Tester which will let you display your website in multiple version of Internet Explorer starting at Version 5.0. Download the IE Tester from http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage

Welcome to Webtech Consulting

Webtech Consulting is a boutique IT company based on the Central Coast of NSW specialising in Computer Training and Website Design and Development.

Here in our blog we would like to share our tips and tricks with software and websites

Go to our website for more information http://www.webtechconsulting.com.au