Business blogging
Friday September 30, 2005
There are lots of ways to use weblogs and weblog software. In fact, in my department, we are considering using weblogs as a form of internal communication within the department ... Read More
What is a blog, anyway?
Thursday September 29, 2005
I've been thinking about blogs lately. After all, in my opinion there isn't a lot of difference between a Web site that updates regularly and a blog. But I'm sure ... Read More
Dreamweaver is a great editor
Wednesday September 28, 2005
Everyone on my team uses Dreamweaver. In fact, we're waiting anxiously for Studio 8 to become readily available so that we can upgrade to it. But in the meantime, if ... Read More
Web analytics terms can be tricky
Monday September 26, 2005
When you talk to your friends and family about how many hits your pages are getting, did you know that you probably aren't talking about what you think you're talking ... Read More
Share your CSS with your site
Saturday September 24, 2005
One of the coolest things about CSS that you can't really do with HTML is share CSS code among different pages on your site. This means that your entire site ... Read More
Good developers comment their code
Friday September 23, 2005
This is true whether you are a Web developer or a Java programmer. When you comment your code that allows others to follow what's happening and also allows you to ... Read More
Units of measure
Thursday September 22, 2005
One of the biggest fights I've ever gotten into with a graphic designer was over the issue of units of measure on a Web page. You see, he was a ... Read More
Use CSS to generate printable pages
Wednesday September 21, 2005
Once you know what items to leave out and leave in in your printer-friendly pages, it seems like a good idea to automate those pages in some way. Luckily, you ... Read More
Opera is Now Free
Tuesday September 20, 2005
In an interesting twist, today Opera announced that they are removing the fee and the ads to make their browser completely free for download and use. According to their site ... Read More
When printer-friendly really is friendly
Tuesday September 20, 2005
I often wonder at the whole idea of "friendly" Web pages (or software or whatever). I mean, do I really want my Web page to ask me how I'm doing ... Read More
Do you know what an IP address is?
Monday September 19, 2005
Do you even know what the IP address is of your Web site? Chances are, if you don't host your own domain, you probably don't know. But every domain has ... Read More
Can you multiply and divide on your Web pages?
Sunday September 18, 2005
Okay, you probably can, but can you display the times × symbol? Or the divide ÷ symbol? There are lots of special characters that can be displayed on most Web ... Read More
Start Here to learn Web Design and HTML
Saturday September 17, 2005
Sometimes it seems like the harder you look to find easy instructions on how to do something the more you find complicated sessions and technical jargon. I've tried to create ... Read More
Does your site get attention when you need it to?
Friday September 16, 2005
Sometimes it's easy to get carried away with fonts, colors, blinking, graphics, and so on. But when it really matters does your site convey attention getting details when you need ... Read More
What Web development path are you on?
Thursday September 15, 2005
There's more than one thing to do when you're a Web developer or designer. In fact, I think it's one of the reasons I grew interested in the field in ... Read More
Web standards in authoring tools
Wednesday September 14, 2005
It's so much easier to design a Web site if you don't have to constantly worry if the code you're writing will work in the browsers your readers use. And ... Read More
Pricing your work is hard
Tuesday September 13, 2005
If there's one question I get more than any other it's how to set prices for Web design work. And the answer is: "It depends". The problem with a question ... Read More
Annoying ads are just that - but they work
Monday September 12, 2005
At least that's what all the research says. I don't think I'm convinced. Honestly, I think the real reason they "work" is that people don't realize they're clicking on them ... Read More
The Web is not print - are you listening yet???
Sunday September 11, 2005
If you've been in the Web design business for more than a minute, you've come up against the customer (or other designer) who demands pixel-perfect designs that look identical no ... Read More
I don't build the site...
Saturday September 10, 2005
There were a number of people who commented on my blog entry from August 25th that suggests that you should get rid of your tables.
One reader writes:
It's frustrating to you ... Read More
Patch Your Firefox
Saturday September 10, 2005
On September 6th a security vulnerability in the Firefox browser was found. There is now a configuration patch available to protect you. You can either Install the patch* or manually ... Read More
How annoying do you have to be to be hip?
Saturday September 10, 2005
Okay, you guess it, I don't like splash pages. They are annoying and often just self-aggrandizement for the sake of the designer's ego. But there are some reasons to use ... Read More
All the pretty colors
Friday September 9, 2005
I love colors. I don't think I know a Web designer who doesn't have some inborn fascination with colors. Whether it's "baby puke green" or "melon yellow" I love them ... Read More
How pretty is your HTML?
Thursday September 8, 2005
And by pretty, I mean readable. I used to work with a Web developer who felt that quoting attributes was a waste of time and space. He would go through ... Read More
HTML isn't Word processing
Wednesday September 7, 2005
Even when you use a WSYIWYG editor, there is often a lot more going on behind the scenes in an HTML document that you don't really see in a Web ... Read More
How systematic are you in your site designs?
Tuesday September 6, 2005
Web design doesn't seem like a "science" especially when it's really just a description of what one person likes on a Web page. But there are ways to turn this ... Read More
Do you want a Web Design job?
Monday September 5, 2005
It's funny when I think about it, there are lots of people looking for jobs as Web designers, and often they seem frustrated or disconcerted because they can't find the ... Read More
What size is your monitor?
Sunday September 4, 2005
Chances are good, your monitor size and resolution are a lot larger than your average customers'. (Yes, I'm still lusting after the 30" Mac cinema display... but my 20.5" wide ... Read More
Homesite is a great editor
Saturday September 3, 2005
I know, I love Dreamweaver, but for some reason, I can't get away from Homesite. Mostly it's just its simplicity. There's so much less to clutter up my mind. Dreamweaver ... Read More
The Web is so boxy
Friday September 2, 2005
But why is that? Well, the main reason is that most of the elements that make up Web pages are actually boxes. But you might not realize that, because the ... Read More
Okay, so I might have been precipitous yesterday...
Thursday September 1, 2005
I spoke a lot about the DOM yesterday, but then didn't give you much on browser detection that I spoke about. Since I don't like to tease, here's an article ... Read More