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Content is King!According to a Craig Bailey's article, the above phrase has its origin to a 1996 essay, written by Bill Gates. Today, Google Search returns about 832 million results, for the same keyword. But what is (web) content, anyway? In its broader sense, content is No matter what its primary content type is, a web site needs a way to present it. The dominant way, or concept should you prefer, is a What's in a web page?Traditionally, web pages consist of the following, vertically oriented, areas:
The body can be further divided into columns. Depending on the page width, it may have 2 or 3 of them. It is not unusual for some pages to present their content on a single-column body, even if the general site design calls for a multi-column one. That may be due to the fact that a certain content is to wide too fit, or other aesthetic considerations. No matter what, columns - whenever exist - are named as following:
A sidebar can be on the left or the right of the main column. This depends on the content. The general rule of thumb is: « in order of significance, content should flow top-to-bottom and left-to-right » Well, at least for Western left-to-right written languages, that is... Anyway, according to that rule:
Obviously, on 3-colun layouts, the main one goes in the middle. Working with your ...body!It is only natural that most of your online time at your site will be spent in writing and/or updating content. The one that goes into the main column. Fortunately, zoglair makes it an extremely easy and pleasant experience: all you need is to click the icon on your toolbar. Without leaving the page. Right there where you are. A popup form will appear, willing to accept whatever you have to But, wait! It get's better... Why mess with a form when you can do it in place? Just Ctrl+Click on your content, to transform it into an editing area! After you finish editing, press Ctrl+Enter to save your changes, or Esc to cancel them. You can't edit a page faster than this, can you? |