By: Alan Smith
Submitted: 2010-03-02 05:46:48 | Word Count: 492
There may be a an e-commerce store or shopping cart products whose inventory fluctuates in and out of stock or even products which are out dated. Leaving a dead product on website is a great way to upset visitors and lose future conversions because a website like news or informational website requires lots of frequent updates in order to maintain its freshness in the eyes of the Search Engines. By regularly adding new content and articles make sure that you stay relevant and authoritative in the eyes of search engines.
There are some tested techniques to help you save lots of time and increase efficiency no matter what you update on your website or how often you need to do it.
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Below are some of the most helpful website maintenance tips to follow:
Consider using website templates:
By allocating the template or web editing software programs to complete repetitious tasks you can save great amounts of time because earlier you are making them all on your own. If you consider that every page of your website have similar items like header and footer or common menu systems then you could save lots time by keeping all of the pages calling a single file that have all of the required information for each respective section and the best way you can accomplish this is by using Server Side.
Always save original web graphics:
If you design new image file whether you are going to modify it later or not but you should always save a copy of the original file because by keeping the original artwork intact will help you in the future if any edits are required. If require you just need to simply open the original image file and make your edits and then re-export the file for use on the web but if you fail to save original files than it will require you to re-create the file each time even you need to make the smallest change.
Always avoid overwriting files:
This is a common mistake that many webmasters and website maintenance companies make; they are not able to identify the last modified date on a file that compels editing and then when they upload a newer version of the file and they simply overwrite important information that was meant to be part of the updates.
You should assure the previously modified date of the files on the server like FTP well before you place them & overwrite them. One very good exercise to follow before starting your changes is to download the latest version of the files you're editing.
If you follow above points into your regular processes it will surely become second nature and will help you to avoid rebuilding work.
