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By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com Guide since 1997

Free SEO Class - Reader Reviews Review Online Web Design Courses Created: Friday, May 25, 2012 Updated: Friday, May 25, 2012
There are many different schools, companies, and individuals that offer online courses in web design. How do you know that you're signing up for a good one? Find out what other people think about v...
CSS Style Property: font-size-adjust Created: Monday, March 12, 2007 Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
A description of the CSS property font-size-adjust
X-Height Definition as Used in Web Design Created: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Definition of the term x-height as it applies to web typography.
Web Design Glossary - Jargon Terms Defined Created: Sunday, June 26, 2005 Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
A glossary of jargon terms used in the HTML and XML industry
Using the CSS3 font-size-adjust Property to Set Your Font Sizes Created: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Learn how to keep your font stacks legible even if your first choice isn't available by understanding the font-size-adjust property.
Aspect Ratio Table of Common Fonts Created: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Use the font-size-adjust style property more effectively by knowing the aspect ratios for common fonts.
CSS3 Buttons Created: Monday, May 14, 2012 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
Hyphenation Examples and Testing Created: Monday, May 21, 2012 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
Current Web Design/HTML/XML Articles Created: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
Previous issues of weekly features and articles, from Jennifer Kyrnin, your About Guide to Web Design
Hyphenation in CSS3 Created: Monday, May 21, 2012 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
Learn how you can affect the typography of your web pages with more effective hyphenation using CSS3 properties. This article explains about the CSS3 hyphens property as well as other hyphenation p...
Cascading Style Sheets Style Properties Library - A Collection of Cascading Style Sheets Properties - CSS 1 Properties Created: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
The Cascading Style Sheets library is a library of cascading style sheets (CSS) properties and syntax. Learn Cascading Style Sheets by learning the CSS properties. CSS 1 Properties.
hyphens - CSS Style Property Created: Monday, May 21, 2012 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
A description of the CSS property hyphens
How to Test Web Page Designs Created: Sunday, May 20, 2012 Updated: Sunday, May 20, 2012
Learn how to test your websites so that they work in as many browsers as possible. Alexander Peev explains how to test, what to do if problems come up during testing, and how to test changes that a...
DHTML Menus - Menus that Appear When you Hover Over the Links Created: Saturday, October 14, 2006 Updated: Friday, May 18, 2012
DHTML menus are one of the most popular ways to use dynamic HTML. They allow you to have crisp menus on your site while providing additional information to your customers as they mouse over the lin...
Reader Submissions: How Much Do You Charge for Web Design Work? Created: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
About.com readers share how much they charge for a simple design project and how they came up with those prices.
Thoughts on How to Set a Price for Web Design Work Created: Saturday, September 13, 2003 Updated: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Web design pricing is a hot issue for new designers - learn how to set your web design prices and charge your customers reasonable and fair rates and fees for web design work.
HTML Editors Created: Sunday, December 12, 2004 Updated: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
HTML editors make it easy to write web pages. While it is possible to write a web page using just the text editor on your computer, most web designers find that it is much more efficient to use an ...
What is RSS And How Do You Use It? Created: Monday, December 17, 2007 Updated: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary, no matter what you think it stands for, RSS is the answer to Web site syndication.
CSS3 Buttons Created: Monday, May 14, 2012 Updated: Monday, May 14, 2012
Learn how to create fancy buttons using just CSS3 features and no images.
GET versus POST Requests on HTML Forms Created: Sunday, May 13, 2012 Updated: Sunday, May 13, 2012
There are two methods you can use on your HTML forms but how do you decide which one to use? This article explains when you should use each one.
What Are CSS Vendor Prefixes Created: Thursday, May 03, 2012 Updated: Thursday, May 03, 2012
Learn why CSS vendor prefixes are important and why you should use them. CSS vendor prefixes or browser prefixes allow you to add advanced CSS to your pages and get support in the most browsers.
CSS Drop Shadows - Learn How to Build CSS Drop Shadows Created: Sunday, October 22, 2006 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Learn how to write CSS drop shadows without using any images. It's even possible to create drop shadows on text, but currently not in a standards-compliant or accessible way.
Quick HTML Refresher Created: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Updated: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Several simple tips to keep in mind so that your pages load quickly, your links work, and your customers happier.
Flash Websites Need Fallback Options for iOS Users Created: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Flash websites don't work on iOS devices, but that doesn't mean you should just ignore them or worse suggest they should get a different device. The only readers you have that will be loyal enough ...
LUXUR Mag - Share Your Story: Show Off Your Favorite Web Page Design Created: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Have you created a Web page design that you're particularly proud of? Now you can show it off to the world, and explain why you like it. Or see other examples of great design from other About.com r...
Desgr.com - Submit an Entry: Tell Us About Your Web Design Blog Created: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Bloggers share their Web design, CSS, HTML, and Web development blogs. Find blogs to help you learn and use Web design skills.
Five Excellent HTML Editors for iPad Created: Sunday, April 29, 2012 Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012
There are a lot of iPad apps to choose from and while it can be tempting to just watch movies and read books on your iPad, it is possible to do work on them too. These five editors let you edit web...
Gusto iPad HTML Editor Review Created: Sunday, March 25, 2012 Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Gusto is an HTML text editor for the iPad. This is a good piece of software that you can use to edit websites via FTP from your iPad. Learn more in my review of the Gusto code editor app.
Koder iPad HTML Editor Review Created: Sunday, April 29, 2012 Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Koder is an HTML text editor for the iPad. This is a quirky editor that still has a lot of rough edges, but it will work to edit HTML and web documents on your iPad. Learn more in my review of the ...
Textastic - iPad HTML Editor Review Created: Friday, March 23, 2012 Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Textastic is an HTML editor app for the iPad. This is my review of the Textastic iPad app.
Mailto: Learn How to Build Email Links On Your Web Site Created: Sunday, October 31, 2004 Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Learn how to use the mailto command to write email links on your Web pages.
Glow Effects with CSS3 Created: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
CSS3 box shadows give you the ability to create outer glow effects that used to have to be done with Photoshop or another graphics program. This tutorial shows you how to create an outer glow on an...

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