Do you have the right HTML editor for your needs?
Monday November 28, 2005
I've updated my Find the Right Web Editing software to include Unix and Linux as well as doubling the number of possible HTML editors available. If you're trying to decide ... Read More
Don't get edgy, or do... it's all the same to me
Sunday November 27, 2005
Borders are the edges of your elements, but just because you can set borders doesn't mean your site needs to be a series of boxes. Using CSS you can set ... Read More
Links; Hypertext; Click-regions; Active areas
Saturday November 26, 2005
Whatever you call them, links are the life-blood of the Web. But if you don't understand how to use them to best effect, you'll end up with a bunch of ... Read More
Don't cheat, it's not cool and Google won't like you
Friday November 25, 2005
An interesting form of cheating the search engines is called cloaking. This is where you set up your server to deliver one set of pages to search engine spiders and ... Read More
CSS navigation is easiest with lists
Thursday November 24, 2005
It's funny how long it took us to realize that menus and navigation are really nothing more than specialized lists. And if they're just lists, then you can use CSS ... Read More
Converting to XHTML isn't that hard
Wednesday November 23, 2005
We're in the process of converting our site to XHTML at my day job, and while it's challenging, it's not as hard as learning to write a new coding language ... Read More
I don't browse full screen
Tuesday November 22, 2005
One of the things I really hate is when people require that their Web page be viewed in a full screen window 1028 pixels wide. Yes, I have a 20inch ... Read More
Browsers are a Web designers primary tool
Monday November 21, 2005
I think a lot of people would say that a Web browser is an important tool for a Web designer, but I think it's actually the most important tool. ... Read More
Font families on the Web
Sunday November 20, 2005
One of the nice things about Web design is that while you don't always know what fonts your readers will have on their machines, you can specify generic font family ... Read More
Watch what your colors mean
Saturday November 19, 2005
When you're using colors to mean something on your Web site you should be sure of your audience before you do so. Color can have unexpected consequenses. For example, if ... Read More
Why not share some software?
Friday November 18, 2005
CoffeCup software has an interesting promotion going on right now. If you buy any software from CoffeeCup between now and December 25th and they'll send the same software to anyone ... Read More
Ten things to know about CSS
Friday November 18, 2005
There are a few things you should be aware of when learning CSS, and these 10 simple tips will have you designing pages that are good looking and standards compliant. ... Read More
Getting down to basics
Thursday November 17, 2005
When you're designing a Web page there are some simple things you should know to have a good design.
Basics of Web Design
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Your readers may be color blind
Wednesday November 16, 2005
Did you ever think to realize that there is a large population of people who can't tell the difference between the colors red and green? If your site relies on ... Read More
Simple Web layouts are best
Tuesday November 15, 2005
It's so easy to get sucked into the need to create a complex and crazy Web layout. After all, you need that login form above the fold, and the ads ... Read More
Dreamweaver 8 is pretty darn cool
Monday November 14, 2005
Okay, it's not a huge surprise that I like Dreamweaver 8, Macromedia's latest installment in their award-winning Web editing suite. It has all the features I've loved before, but they ... Read More
Don't fall for the cult of conformity
Sunday November 13, 2005
Embrace the differences that browsers have with one another. If there weren't differences between IE and Firefox, no one would have anything to choose from. Of course, for many Web ... Read More
Don't ignore your site.
Saturday November 12, 2005
I've met a lot of designers who are so busy that they can't even be bothered to work on their own site. That's great for now, but every business has ... Read More
Do you have a business plan?
Friday November 11, 2005
Why is it that many Web designers think that they can just put up a Web site announcing that they will design Web sites and people will start flocking to ... Read More
How do you choose a CMS or blog tool?
Thursday November 10, 2005
I've actually gone back to MovableType for my personal site, but not after trying several other CMS applications and going back to free-hand development for a large segment of my ... Read More
I like Linux hosting but its' not for everyone
Wednesday November 9, 2005
When you're choosing what hostng provider to use for your Web site, many people focus solely on what operating system the hosting provider uses. The thing is, this isn't as ... Read More
Finally! CSS includes text
Tuesday November 8, 2005
One of the most common questions I get about CSS is how people can use CSS to include a specific block of text on every page on their site. Well, ... Read More
Do you need a Vespa, Tivo, or iPod Nano?
Monday November 7, 2005
Then maybe you should participate in the Macromedia Studio 8 Sweepstakes. Dreamweaver is just one of the great titles that comes complete in the Macromedia Studio 8 suite, and if ... Read More
You should think about how your Web articles are formatted
Monday November 7, 2005
Sometimes we can get so hung up on more minute details of Web page design that we forget that the writing is really fundamental to the pages. Yes, Web pages ... Read More
One of my favorite tricks is to make fake buttons with links and CSS
Sunday November 6, 2005
It's actually really easy to do, I just style my link so that it looks like a button with shaded borders and all. It's fun, and it's faster than getting ... Read More
IE and the box model are not good friends
Saturday November 5, 2005
I know, I shouldn't be picking on IE. After all, it is the most popular browser. I have been told that I shouldn't view the pages I design in Firefox, ... Read More
Color makes me mad
Friday November 4, 2005
Okay, I like color, I use it all the time. I don't have a black and white TV, and while I do enjoy the odd "Thin Man" movie, technicolor is ... Read More
Did you know you can use CSS to hide your CSS?
Thursday November 3, 2005
Well, it's not all that simple, there's no "hide: IE;" property in CSS, but you can use the bugs in some browsers to hide your CSS from them so that ... Read More
Some browser-specific tricks are kinda neat
Wednesday November 2, 2005
Internet Explorer offers this neat feature with comments that allows you to actually customize who gets to see the comment and who doesn't. The really cool thing is that depending ... Read More
Overlapping elements is interesting when you meant to do that...
Tuesday November 1, 2005
One of the interesting errors that can happen when you're using CSS to position the elements on your Web page is that things can overlap and over-write one another when ... Read More