Caphyon Advanced Web Ranking Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Product Reviews By Ken Westin Published on June 19, 2006 As we all know, writing pages using lightweight, semantically correct code, just happens to aid in the visibility of content to search engines. For … Read more
Color Theory for the Color-Blind Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Mario Parisé Published on August 1, 2005 Being color-blind can be a real obstacle for anyone involved in design. For Web designers, this does not need to be true. In any other field … Read more
CSS 102 Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Mark Newhouse Published on May 4, 2005 Last time, we looked at using CSS to control typography and white space. This time we’ll look at borders and backgrounds. Before we get started, we need to define … Read more
Designing for Scalability Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > IAnything Goes By Jeff Lash Published on June 23, 2004 All Web sites will scale over time. No site will remain the same as it was when first launched—nor should it. The rise in popularity … Read more
The Education of Geeks and Freaks Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Tom Green Published on June 17, 2008 I am a teacher. The official title on my business card is “Professor, Interactive Multimedia”, and I teach at the School of Media Studies and … Read more
Captions for Video with Flash CS3 Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Tom Green Published on June 4, 2007 The hype that has sprung up around the release of Adobe’s CS3 Studio products has virtually ignored the one feature that many people would instantly … Read more
Community for Dummies Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > DigiSect By Stephen Van Doren Published on August 14, 2001 I take my introduction from dictionary.com, which says that community is several things: A group of people living in the same locality and under the … Read more
The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By Tony Crockford Published on January 5, 2005 I hate CSS If you’ve been on any Web design mailing lists or forums in the last year or … Read more
Designing for Search Engines and Stars Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Shirley E. Kaiser Published on April 9, 2001 Introduction Great search engine placement doesn’t require you to sacrifice appealing design. While “content is king” for high search engine rankings as well as … Read more
Efficient Video Delivery Over The Internet Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Lei Zhu Published on May 13, 2008 They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In this day and age of digital media, video on your web site can be priceless. … Read more
Captions for Video with Flash CS3 (Part Two) Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Tom Green Published on July 9, 2007 In Captions for Video with Flash CS3 (Part One), we showed you how to add captions to a Flash video file using the … Read more
Competitive Analysis Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Dan Brown Published on August 21, 2006 Every industry has its own version of the competitive analysis and its function is clear: to line up your product with other products and show where yours falls short … Read more
CSS Cookbook Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By Andrew Stevens Published on November 3, 2004 When starting to incorporate CSS into designs, Web developers invariably come across problems that will leave them scratching their heads. Just about any experienced developer can … Read more
Designing for the Web Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > Design in Theory and Practice By Joshua David McClurg-Genevese Published on January 9, 2006 In the last two articles, we looked at the basic tenets of the design practice, the principles and elements of … Read more
Carbon IQ Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Nick Finck Published on September 24, 2001 [Editor’s Note: This month’s Interview was originally slated to be done with The Chopping Block, but the disruptions caused by the terrorist attacks on September 11th have forced everyone, … Read more
Competitive Analysis, Part 2 Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Dan Brown Published on October 2, 2006 Excerpted from Chapter 5 of Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning by Dan Brown. Analyzing the Competition: The Basics Like any deliverable, a … Read more
CSS Mastery Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By James McNally Published on March 20, 2006 A couple of things stood out for me as I began to read CSS Mastery, the first book by English Web developer and user experience designer … Read more
Designing the “Future Of” Sites Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > The Working Designer By Ryan Nichols Published on August 13, 2007 I’m passionate about branding. At my previous company, Apples To Oranges, we were fortunate to be able to do a lot of … Read more
How to Choose an eCommerce Package Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Shannon Watters Published on June 18, 2007 Whether you’re a freelance designer looking for a solution for your latest client, or a new company preparing your first online store, choosing an eCommerce … Read more
Completely Rethinking the Web Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > Innovating the Web Experience By Dirk Knemeyer Published on May 18, 2005 It’s Spring 2005. April showers, May flowers. The hope of a new year bursting forth all around us. It’s a time for … Read more
CSS Not([hacks]) Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Brian Suda Published on January 7, 2008 As any web developer worth his salt will know, browsers can differ in their interpretation of CSS rules and properties. One way of coping with this headache is to … Read more
Design Decisions vs. Audience Considerations Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Robin Ragle-Davis Published on May 20, 2008 Deep down below the layers of interface, CSS, HTML, and XML—down where only the geekiest among us roam—everything comes down to this: it’s all zeroes and … Read more
Christopher Schmitt Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Krista Stevens Published on August 8, 2005 Digital Web Magazine: Tell me about your role in the making of Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design. Where did you get the initial concept for the … Read more
Concept Design Tools Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Victor Lombardi Published on September 30, 2008 Designers of digital products and services like ourselves can dramatically improve our work by generating more concepts early in our projects. In this article, I’ll try to make … Read more
Cascading Style Sheets, Promise vs. Reality, and a Look to the Future Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Mark Newhouse Published on June 4, 2002 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are a technology with a lot of promise, but their often-hyped potential leaves some designers … Read more