Accessibility Guidelines and You
Tuesday February 28, 2006
Accessibility doesn't have to be such a bad word. It's actually sad how many designers are convinced that if they design accessible Web sites, they will be forced to design ... Read More
If you use XML, you should understand its goals
Monday February 27, 2006
XML is actually fairly easy to understand and use, but knowing the 10 design goals as set out by the W3C is helpful in allowing you to create XML that ... Read More
Did you know you can upload files with your Web page?
Sunday February 26, 2006
It's not as easy as simply putting up a <form input="file"/> tag on your page and watching the files roll in, but it is possible to put up a form ... Read More
Forms were made for CGI
Saturday February 25, 2006
Yes, you can use AJAX and other fancier technologies to make your forms work, but forms were originally made for CGIs. In fact, it's easy to write a Perl CGI ... Read More
CGI is not dead - although it's gasping
Friday February 24, 2006
There is so much interest these days in more fancy technology, from AJAX to PHP to ASP, that the poor CGI or Common Gateway Interface is forgotten. Yes, it's old, ... Read More
Learn to use CSS
Thursday February 23, 2006
CSS is not nearly as confusing as it seems. But there is a lot to learn. Once you understand the syntax of CSS you'll be able to write more and ... Read More
Community brings people together on the Web
Wednesday February 22, 2006
Web pages are really fun when lots of people interact to create even better pages. Whether it's through a wiki or a forum, communities make better Web pages.
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Check if you have a great Web page
Tuesday February 21, 2006
If you want to create a Web site that is high quality, then you should follow some general rules. Understanding why your customers come to your site and how you ... Read More
Semantics vs. Structure: A Case for the Semantic Web
Monday February 20, 2006
A few years ago, Tim Berners-Lee came up with the idea that the Web is really not good enough. Yes, it displays the data that we have quite well, but ... Read More
Download speed is still important
Sunday February 19, 2006
It's funny to me that no matter how often designers and developers crow about the "lightning fast internet" the reality is that it never keeps pace with the pages we ... Read More
Do you write bleeding edge Web page?
Saturday February 18, 2006
Do you slaver at the thought of AJAX? Does Web 2.0 make you excited? Do you dream of a complete system built with Ruby on Rails running streaming vodcasts to ... Read More
Cookies only store what the reader lets them store
Friday February 17, 2006
Yes, it's true that a cookie can store private information. But a cookie won't troll your hard drive searching for that information. All a cookie does is store information that ... Read More
Learn how to set and read a cookie on a Web page
Thursday February 16, 2006
Once you understand what a cookie is and how you can use it, you'll want to learn how the browser writes them and what type of information they store. Cookies ... Read More
Cookies can be yummy for Web sites
Wednesday February 15, 2006
More and more people are realizing that cookies aren't the danger that they were once made out to be, and they can add a lot of value to Web pages. ... Read More
Do you need help getting pageviews?
Tuesday February 14, 2006
One of the most common questions I get about Web pages is how to get more hits. Pageviews are the way that many people judge success on their sites, and ... Read More
Is Web 2.0 Just Hype?
Monday February 13, 2006
It's interesting to me that while the Web has been around for 10 years, we've only gotten to version 2.0 in the last year or so. I mean, with the ... Read More
Sometimes random questions are the answer
Sunday February 12, 2006
Have you ever seen a page that is named .shtml? Do you know what that means? What about the best solution for search engine submissions? Or getting your edits to ... Read More
Links are the key to your Web pages
Saturday February 11, 2006
If the links inside your Web pages aren't useful, then your customers won't click on them. You need to make links that are interesting and show your customers what they're ... Read More
Navigation is key to great Web sites
Friday February 10, 2006
If you don't have good navigation, then your customers won't be able to get around on your Web site. But how do you know if you have good navigation? Well, ... Read More
Cool Web sites aren't generally popular Web sites
Thursday February 9, 2006
At least, for the long term. I mean, when was the last time somone said that Amazon's Web site was cool? Sure, what they sell is great, and their features ... Read More
Do you write for the Web or for a brochure?
Wednesday February 8, 2006
One of my biggest frustrations in browsing the Web is when I come to a Web page that was obviously meant to be a print brochure or some other type ... Read More
You can have a Web page in 5 steps
Tuesday February 7, 2006
It's actually relatively easy to build a Web page. There are just 5 steps you need to take to get a page and get people to start coming to it. ... Read More
Do you need a CSS editor?
Monday February 6, 2006
I got an email the other day asking me why I didn't recommend WYSIWYG CSS editors. That seemed like a really good question, so I started looking at the CSS ... Read More