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In this post, written specially for non-techie bloggers and website owners, we would discuss the following: What is source code and how to obtain it. What information can we get from source code How to use that information for improving the website's quality Source code: the real website All websites are written primarily in a language called HTML. Modern websites and blogs do have large chunks of scripts, widgets, modules etc written in other languages; yet, HTML remains the backbone. HTML and other web languages of the website or blog are for the browser (IE, Chrome etc) to decipher while you see the content the way you can understand .  Y ou can easily find how the HTML code of any webpage looks like. Open a webpage, right-click on a plain area of the page and depending upon the browser, take this action: On IE/ Edge, choose 'View source', on Chrome/ Firefox, choose 'View Page Source'. On Safari, you should have 'Develop mode' enabled throu...

As a blogger, you must have faced situations when a link given by you on a post went dead and you noticed it only when you reviewed your links a few months later. Or when you updated a n old post and gave it a new name, and your friend told you that your  earlier link to that post gives a '404 error'. Well, if you have never faced such problem as a blogger or a web surfer,  type the URL of a page out of your website or blog and type the word just before .com wrong.  You will be taken to a page that announced that such a page does not exist.    There are many reasons for a 'Not Found' or 'broken link' message, which is called 404 error in web parlance: wrong typing of the URL (as in the example above),  the linked page going dead because the page has been removed or moved, etc. You as a blogger have no control over people typing your blog's URL wrong. What is embarrassing and  harmful in terms of blog SEO is when links given on your blog a...

Thoroughly revised: August 2020  This is a long article discussing various aspects of fashion blogging, with concepts as well as tips and tricks - especially for beginners, who have little knowledge and experience of professional blogging. The information and tips given here are based on my own blogging knowledge and experience, and as shared by successful bloggers in fashion, beauty and lifestyle niches. This post talks about making and running a standard blog, not a blog on YouTube, Instagram or other photo/ video sharing apps. You might notice that some concepts have been partly repeated in different sections. This has been done so that you do not miss a point if you read just one or two sections. In this post, the expression 'fashion blog' is sometimes used for blogs on fashion as well as beauty and lifestyle subjects. If you are interested only in some of the topics covered, you can use the following links to jump to those topics: Fashion blogs: types and ideas. How broa...