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Increase Traffic to your Web-site - Traffic Tips and Secrets... We invite you to add ed-u.com to your list of favorites/bookmarks. Internet Explorer users please click here, and others, right click here -> ed-u.com. Also, you can learn how to make any ed-u.com page your start page by clicking here.   Web ed-u.com Would you like your site the first a visitor sees when they log-on - every day? First see ed-u.com/start.htm for an example of the instruction page that your visitors will see. Put the following code on all of your pages: This first piece of code should be placed between the HEAD tags. <script>function mS4(W){S=" ";P="+";Q=""+W;while(Q.indexOf(S)>-1){pos=Q.indexOf(S);Q=""+(Q.substring(0,p os)+P+Q.substring((pos+S.length),Q.length))};if(Q==""){window.external.AddFa vorite("http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com/"," Your Site's Name Here");top.location.href="http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com/";return false};window.external.AddFavorite("http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com/"+escape(Q)," -- - "+Q.toUpperCase()+" ---");top.location.href="http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com/"+esca pe(Q);return false};favU="http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com/";favT="- Your Site's Name Here - "+Date();favH="http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com"</script> ...and the following piece of code should be placed anywhere on all your pages between the BODY tags. If you're tired of your usual start page please click <a href="http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com/start.htm">here.</A><br> <!--[if IE]> <a HREF onClick="this.style.behavior='url(#default#homepage)';this.setHomePage('http ://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com?bookmark');"> If you are using the internet Explorer browser click here.</a> <![endif]--> ...and now create a page called start.htm The complete code for the start page i.e. http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com/start.htm follows: <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>Your "Site Name Here" as your Startpage</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="50" rightmargin="50"> <FONT FACE="arial,helvetica" size="2"> <A NAME="#set_home"> <H3>Make "Your Site's Name Here" Your Home Page</H3></A> Select your browser version to learn how easy it is to set "Your Site's Name Here" as your home page. <P> <a href="#1">Netscape Navigator 4</A><BR> <a href="#2">Netscape Navigator 3</A><BR> <a href="#3">Netscape Navigator 2</A><BR> <a href="#4">Microsoft Internet Explorer 5</A><BR> <a href="#5">Microsoft Internet Explorer 4</A><BR> <a href="#6">Microsoft Internet Explorer 3</A> <P> If you don't know which is your browser version, please go to the Help menu on your browser bar above this window and select About Navigator or About Internet Explorer. <P> <hr size=2 noshade> <P> <A NAME="1"> <B>Netscape Navigator 4</B></A> <P> To make "Your Site's Name Here" your home page, follow these simple steps:<P><LI>From the <B>Edit</B> menu on your toolbar above this screen, choose <B>Preferences</B>. <P> <LI>In the left-hand Category list, click <B>Navigator</B>. <P> <LI>Under <B>Navigator starts with </B>select <B>Home page</B>. <P> <LI>Type: <B>http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com/</B> in the <B>Home page location</B> text field. <P> <LI>Click <B>OK</B>. <P> The "Your Site's Name Here" home page will now be the first page you see when you launch your browser. <P> <hr size=2 noshade> <p> <a name="2"><B><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Netscape Navigator 3</B></A> <P> To make "Your Site's Name Here" your home page, follow these simple steps:<P><LI>From the <B>Options</B> menu on your toolbar above this screen, choose <B>General Preferences</B>. <P> <LI>Under <B>Startup </B>select <B>Home page location.</B> <P> <LI>Under <B>Browser starts with</B> type <B>http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com</B> <P> <LI>Click <B>OK</B>. <P> The "Your Site's Name Here" home page will now be the first page you see when you launch your browser. <P> <hr size=2 noshade> <p> <a name="3"><B>Netscape Navigator 2</B></A> <P> To make "Your Site's Name Here" your home page, follow these simple steps:<P><LI>From the <B>Options</B> menu on your toolbar above this screen, choose <B>General</B> Preferences. <P> <LI>Select <B>Appearance</B>.<P> <LI>Under <B>Startup</B>, select <B>Home page location</B>. <P> <LI>Under <B>Start with</B> type <B>http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com</B> <P> <LI>Click <B><B>OK</B></B>. <P> The "Your Site's Name Here" home page will now be the first page you see when you launch your browser. <P> <hr size=2 noshade> <p> <BR><A NAME="4"><B>Microsoft Internet Explorer 5</B></A> <P> To make "Your Site's Name Here" your home page, follow these simple steps:<P><LI>From the <B>Tools</B> menu on your toolbar above this screen, choose <B>Internet Options</B>. <P> <LI>Click the <B>General</B> tab and change your home page address to <B>http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com</B> <P> <LI>Click <B>OK</B>. <P> The "Your Site's Name Here" home page will now be the first page you see when you launch your browser. <p> <hr size=2 noshade> <p> <A NAME="5"><B>Microsoft Internet Explorer 4</B></A> <P> To make "Your Site's Name Here" your home page, follow these simple steps:<P><LI>From the <B>View</B> menu on your toolbar above this screen, choose <B>Internet Options</B>. <P> <LI>Click the <B>General</B> tab and change your home page address to <B>http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com</B> <P> <LI>Click <B>OK</B>. <P> The "Your Site's Name Here" home page will now be the first page you see when you launch your browser. <P> <hr size=2 noshade> <p> <B><a name="6">Microsoft Internet Explorer 3</A></B> <P> To make "Your Site's Name Here" your home page, follow these simple steps:<P><LI>From the <B>View</B> menu on your toolbar above this screen, choose <B>Options</B>. <P> <LI>Under <B>Navigation</B> change Page to Start Page and change Address to <B>http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com</B> <P> <LI>Click <B>OK</B>. <P> The "Your Site's Name Here" home page will now be the first page you see when you launch your browser. <P> <hr size=2 noshade> <p> <CENTER>We really appreciate your taking the time to choose Your Site's Name Here as your startpage.<BR> Please click<a href="http://www.yoursite'sURLhere.com/"> <B>here</B> </A> or the back button on your browser to continue browsing. </CENTER> </FONT> </BODY> </HTML> Remember to check it all works before publishing. 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