digiwebs Book Review: High Performance Web Sites Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By Matthew Pennell Published on October 29, 2007 After blogging a couple of weeks ago about a forthcoming Apress book on performance from a couple of Yahoo! employees, what should … Read more
Home Alone? How Content Aggregators Change Navigation and Control of Content Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Joshua Porter Published on November 3, 2004 Jason Kottke is fantastic at aggregating content. Every time I read his latest list of links on Kottke.org, I find … Read more
Hot Text, and Web Word Wizardry Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By James McNally Published on April 3, 2002 Hot Text: Web Writing That Works Husband and wife team Jonathan and Lisa Price are veteran writers and editors with experience in … Read more
How did you get here? Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > IAnything Goes By Jeff Lash Published on June 4, 2003 One of the most overlooked aspects of designing a Web site is how users get to it. Separate factions are often devoted to … Read more
How to Build a Green Business Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By John Reeve Published on February 19, 2008 In an age of inconvenient truths, global warming, and “green is good” messages in the mass media, Sustainability has become a popular catchphrase and the … Read more
How to Write Effective Mailing List Email. Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Matt Haughey Published on December 28, 2001 With every passing day, increasing numbers of people are becoming web designers. One of the main forums for communication among web designers, both beginners … Read more
HTML5, XHTML2, and the Future of the Web Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By David “liorean” Andersson Published on April 10, 2007 As workers on the web today, we are dealing with many technologies that have been stable for a long time. HTML 4.01 … Read more
Hugh Forrest Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Meryl K. Evans Published on February 3, 2002 Digital Web: Tell us about your role with SXSW and how you first got involved. Hugh Forrest: There are presently three wings to South by Southwest (SXSW)–Music, Film, … Read more
Human Experience Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Justin Fox Published on June 9, 2000 Lately I have been working at Animal Logic with a great team and an excellent team leader. Andy Polaine from Antirom fame has pointed out many of his views … Read more
Ian Hickson Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Craig Saila Published on June 30, 2004 Digital Web: You moved to Norway and joined Opera Software almost a year ago to work as a developer. How have you found living there? Ian Hickson: Cold! In … Read more
By Joshua Kaufman Published on February 17, 2005 Both information architects and Web designers can be too presumptuous about what the other does. They’re continually putting each other into little boxes, trying to define each other’s role. On one hand, many Web designers don’t understand information architecture’s role within Web design. Designers think that information … Read more
Improve Your Page Performance With Lazy Loading Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Jakob Heuser Published on May 6, 2008 Not too long ago, JavaScript made it possible to add nice effects to a page. And with the emergence of libraries, robust applications are … Read more
Independent Publishing is Growing Up Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Nick Finck Published on May 14, 2002 So there I was at SXSW in March, just like I had been the year before, but this year was different. I found myself on the … Read more
The Transformation of an Industry Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Nick Finck, Paul Scrivens, D. Keith Robinson Published on May 13, 2004 By Nick Finck When Krista Stevens asked me to write a short piece about the history of Digital Web Magazine in … Read more
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web (Third Edition) Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By Walker Hamilton Published on January 29, 2007 The first edition of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville, was regarded … Read more
Information Architecture is not Usability Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > IAnything Goes By Jeff Lash Published on November 5, 2002 The distinction between information architecture and usability may seem like semantics, but there are significant differences between the two disciplines. Though they are … Read more
Innovative Design Inspired by Accessibility Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Wendy Chisholm Published on March 30, 2005 The Web provides unprecedented access to information for people with disabilities. People who are blind no longer wait for 25 pounds of braille to be printed … Read more
Inspiration vs. Theft: The Thin Gray Line Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Nick Finck Published on September 29, 1999 Creative Pain Inspiration does not come easy for most, and that includes some of the world’s top designers and creative directors. Everyone has experienced … Read more
Integrating CSS with Content Management Systems Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Victor Lombardi Published on September 15, 2004 Building CSS editing features into our content management systems allows us to make style changes as easily as we make content changes. In the future, … Read more
Interview: Aarron Walter Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Nick Finck Published on October 28, 2008 Digital Web: Aarron, thanks for taking the time to sit down for an interview with us, I know you’re a busy man so let’s get right into the … Read more
Interview: Sidebar Creative Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Matthew Pennell Published on September 24, 2007 Digital Web: So what is Sidebar Creative? Are you guys a company, partners, friends, or something else? How did this all come about? Bryan Veloso: We’ve all worked … Read more
Introduction to Databases Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Paul Tero Published on October 13, 2004 Once upon a time, the mark of a savvy company was having a Web site. Sites had lots of pages and if something needed to be changed, you’d … Read more
Introduction to XML Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By J. David Eisenberg Published on September 17, 2003 What is XML? If you’ve been producing sites for any length of time you probably hear about XML, and wonder exactly why so many people are excited … Read more
Introduction to Django: Helping Perfectionists With Deadlines Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Dan Ellis Published on April 22, 2008 Django is an open-source Web framework, written in Python, that allows you to easily and rapidly develop interactive, data-centric web applications. It came into … Read more
In Defense of Fahrner Image Replacement Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Dave Shea Published on August 5, 2003 The CSS-based background image replacement technique, also known as Fahrner Image Replacement (FIR), is a vital cornerstone of all future Web design. As the Web … Read more