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Six Useful Tips for Web Designers and Developers

10. June 2009

1544Comments2009-06-10+08%3A27%3A53Ryan+Carson

Six Useful Tips for Web Designers and Developers

We’ve compiled six useful tips for all you web designers and developers out there. They cover various topics including: accessibility, SQL, web developer plugins for Firefox, HTML emails, design and jQuery. Feel free to disagree or add your own in the comments below. If you’d like to submit a tip to be considered for future articles, [...]

How to Create an RSS-Enabled, Micro-Blog with Twitter

20. January 2009

780Comments2009-01-20+19%3A59%3A33Ryan+Carson

Have you ever wanted to create a simple multi-person blog, but didn’t want to bother setting up an entire WordPress installation? If so then we’ve got just the answer. By combining Twitter Search, Atom feeds, hash-tags and PHP, you can create an RSS-enabled, micro-blog using Twitter and be up and running in less than 10 [...]

Don’t be the Weakest Hypertext Link

30. January 2007

146Comments2007-01-30+08%3A34%3A57Paul+Boag

In a world of social participation, AJAX and rich user experience, the humble hypertext link can seem so web 1.0. However, this often-neglected tag is the fundamental building block of every web application and is in the front line for usability. This article seeks to re-evaluate its role and suggest some best practice for its [...]

Bye-bye to Boring Page Footers

4. December 2006

257CommentsBye-bye+to+Boring+Page+Footers2006-12-04+08%3A39%3A51Simon+Collison

Gone are the days when a footer merely ended the page. Now it is just as likely to be an all-encompassing launchpad to other areas of the site. Typically a footer will run the full length of the layout, and it is usually used to display information at the bottom of the content hierarchy, such [...]