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This tutorial will show you how to achieve a well structured HTML page using H tags. If you are a Firefox user then I recommend installing the web developer add-on/extension. After you have successfully installed the extension, navigation to Tools > Web Developer > Information > View Document Outline. This will allow you to view the architecture of your H tags.

Getting your website to load fast is essential for e-commerce and should be seen as a priorty for any website, be it a blog, forum or social network.

Yahoo! have compiled a very helpful guide for speeding up your website. Notably, Yahoo! mention the use of a content delivery network (CDN) which is an effective tool for boosting the speed at which your static files - images, javascript, flash etc - are delivered to the your visitor's browser.

During testing of JQuery visual image effects on the home page of this website I noticed that images were loading after JQuery function calls had been made. This wasn't a problem on my PC with a speedy broadband connection but on friends computer the interface didn't look right.

Over the weekend I was struggling to find a way to test if all content had been loaded into the browser before making a function call. Well I found the answer:

$(window).load(function() { callFunction(); });

This little snippet waits until all external content has loaded before making the function call. So if you need all static files - images, javascript, flash, etc - to be fully loaded before firing an event then use the above snippet.

To all those people who have helped me test this website - thank you.

The site is now reaching the final stages of development and should be fully 'live' in the next couple of week.

This site has been built using the Drupal CMS and features a grid based design utilising cross-browser CSS and javascript in the form of JQuery.

Stay tuned for the final release.

The development of Nature Guide is taking shape with initial contact made with iPhone developers, expert field journalists and venture capitalists.

Let's hope the project achieves the funding it deserves as the final product will benefit many people who love nature and will greatly aid knowledge and appreciation of the natural world.

Here is a basic overview of Nature Guide: