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By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com Guide to Web Design / HTML since 1997

Poll: Do you meet with other designers in person?

Thursday March 29, 2007
I spent the last three days at Web Design World in San Francisco. Conventions are a great way to meet up with other designers and see what's happening in the ... Read More

Does your OS matter in Web design?

Thursday March 29, 2007
On a purely personal level, yes, the operating system you use does matter. After all, most people who use Macintosh wouldn't dream of switching to PC and most Windows users ... Read More

There's just one problem with CSS counters

Wednesday March 28, 2007
They don't work with most browsers! CSS 2 counters are a way to turn any element into an ordered list. Image courtesy J Kyrnin. And when you view a page in ... Read More

You can build frames in Dreamweaver

Tuesday March 27, 2007
It's funny, but until I'd written this article, I'd never built a frameset in Dreamweaver design view. Up until now, I'd always either edited existing framesets or built new framesets ... Read More

Use frames when it makes sense

Monday March 26, 2007
I believe in moderation in all things - even in moderation. :-) Seriously, though, frames are one of those topics in Web design that often bring out the worst in ... Read More

Six submissions in the first 12 hours

Friday March 23, 2007
I'm not terribly surprised, as I mentioned before, many people have been asking me if I list Web designers. And clearly now I do. Image courtesy CraigPJ from StockXchng #605488. In ... Read More

Ask and ye shall receive

Thursday March 22, 2007
If I got a dollar for the number of times I've been asked to link to Web Designers' Web sites, I would be too rich to run this site. Image ... Read More

Poll: What is your favorite font family?

Thursday March 22, 2007
Just like we discussed favorite colors last week, fonts make up a big part of Web design, probably because most Web pages are primarily text. Image courtesy yarranz from StockXchng #426123. There ... Read More

Can Web design be done far away?

Monday March 19, 2007
Jim sent me the question Can I do web design all over the nation or I am I limited to face to face local market type of work? Image courtesy hdoddema from ... Read More

One week to Web Design World San Francisco

Monday March 19, 2007
I'll be there, will you? I've been thinking about it for a while, and last night I thought I'd write a post today about what sessions I was thinking I'd ... Read More

Did you know that fonts have weight?

Sunday March 18, 2007
Whenever I need to change the boldness of my fonts on a Web page I have to laugh at the thought of heavy text. Image courtesy tpacific from StockXchng #475631. After ... Read More

The ID attribute is an important attribute to understand and use

Saturday March 17, 2007
Every fingerprint is unique and it's one way to identify people. There are even hardware devices that use fingerprints to protect your data. Image courtesy brokenarts from StockXchng #227873. And the id ... Read More

Poll: What is your favorite color?

Thursday March 15, 2007
Color is a large part of Web design, whether it's in the images you use, the font colors or the color scheme of the entire layout. Image courtesy yarranz from StockXchng ... Read More

10 More sites added to the design gallery

Thursday March 15, 2007
Several of them were CSS designs and a lot I liked in some way or another. A few were thinly veiled advertisements (like the submitter didn't have any comments on ... Read More

When's the last time you tried a modern WYSIWYG editor?

Wednesday March 14, 2007
"WYSIWYG editors write bad code." "WYSIWYG editors don't write to Web standards." "WYSIWYG editors are faster than hand coding." Image courtesy xlucas from StockXchng #562989. I've heard these comments and others bandied ... Read More

Dropdown menus are easy with Dreamweaver

Tuesday March 13, 2007
There are so many things you can do with Dreamweaver that it can get very confusing, and forms and their controls are one of the slightly more hidden features. Dreamweaver 8Image ... Read More

Let's look at editor types and business cases for a moment

Monday March 12, 2007
A week or so ago, I posted a blog entry asking for business cases regarding the choice of HTML editor. Image courtesy hdoddema from StockXchng #619007. While I got a ... Read More

Poll: How do you introduce new features on your Web site?

Thursday March 8, 2007
New features are a great way to get returning visitors to your site. But how you showcase them can mean the difference between Image courtesy J Kyrnin providing useful information ... Read More

What are your options with Dreamweaver?

Tuesday March 6, 2007
One of the reasons Dreamweaver is such a popular program is because there are so many ways you can modify it to work how you want it to work. Dreamweaver ... Read More

Can you get in legal trouble for linking to a Web site?

Monday March 5, 2007
The most accurate answer to that question is "It depends", but of course, that isn't very helpful. After all, you don't want to be afraid you'll go to jail Image courtesy ... Read More

Business case for editor preference?

Friday March 2, 2007
SSF commented: I still have not read a true business case regarding WYSIWYG vs Hand Code.... Image courtesy gualberto from StockXchng #659298. And I can't think of one either. Can you? Is ... Read More

Poll: Are you interested in adding video to your Web pages?

Thursday March 1, 2007
With the widespread use of Flash and high-speed connections, video is more and more attractive on Web pages. Image courtesy yarranz from StockXchng #426123. Is this something you'd put on your ... Read More

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