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By Eddy R.
11/09/99
"Click here for a printer-friendly version
of this page"
You've probably seen this sentence
a bunch of times on web sites that allow their audience to print
articles and reviews, and now, you want to implement the same thing
on your web site but don't really know how to go about it.
Well, here are a couple of tips that will help you get started.
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Alternate Page
Create an alternate html page (with the content of the
original page) without background images, other images, and
custom colors. Once you create this alternate (printer-friendly)
page, link to it from the original page. When your site's visitors
click on that link, they will be taken to the printer-friendly
page.
Using SSI may be the best choice since you don't have to create
duplicate files every time you want to create a printer-friendly
page. Also, note that for SSI to work, your server must support
Server Side Includes.
Having printer-friendly pages will both make your site more accessible
and save your audience a lot of time since they will be able to
print the info they want quickly.
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