Design & Development Articles
Video Tutorial: CSS Design, Part Two
In the conclusion of our two-part video tutorial on CSS layout and design, we will take the layout we created in the beginning... 30 Comments | Read More »
Video Tutorial: CSS Design, Part One
Designing search engine friendly websites can be intimidating, particularly for designers who are just learning how to use CSS... 14 Comments | Read More »
Web Conversion Strategy: When Design Dominates
A local business magazine had written an article reviewing the website designs of various local companies. As you may imagine, ... 8 Comments | Read More »
Critique Part Four: Site Search
The Problem: The results aren't always relevant. The Fix: A search for "snowboard" returns wax as the top result — but no snow... 3 Comments | Read More »
Installing Google Maps On Your Site
Implementing Google Maps into your website is an easy way to provide rich, interactive map features that can help your customer... 7 Comments | Read More »
What is Ruby on Rails?
First there was Ruby, and now there is Ruby on Rails. Ruby is an open-source web-programming language that was developed in Ja... 5 Comments | Read More »
Why Authenticate Email?
Mail servers require a username and password authentication for outgoing mail (mail being sent from your computer to someone el... 1 Comment | Read More »
Will All My Windows Applications Run On A Mac?
This question relates to the new Apple computers that include Intel chips. Since the switch to Intel processors, it has been po... 5 Comments | Read More »
Does A Proxy Server Keep Me Anonymous On The Internet?
Does a proxy server keep me anonymous on the Internet? No. And that is that. Unless you are a very talented hacker, there is ... 23 Comments | Read More »
How Is An Atom Feed Different From An RSS Feed?
An Atom feed is very similar to an RSS feed in that it is a lightweight XML format allowing for easy syndication of web content... 4 Comments | Read More »
Google Analytics' Security Warnings
The subject of security warnings with Google Analytics is one that has been frequently brought up by our readers, and was somet... 9 Comments | Read More »
What Can Digg.com Do For My Online Business?
Digg.com is probably best called a social networking news site. The idea behind Digg.com, and other sites like it, is that user... 7 Comments | Read More »
Is The Mobile Web Right For Your Ecommerce Business?
Among the topics of conversation for those who make 2007 business technology predictions is the extent to which the "mobile web... 7 Comments | Read More »
Preparing Your Website For Mobile Devices
With the growing number of consumers using mobile devices, such as cell phones and PDAs, to access the Internet, it's important... 9 Comments | Read More »
Tech Support - December 2006
Question: I'm confused by all the prices out there for domain-name registration. My hosting company occasionally offers free d... 3 Comments | Read More »
Get To Know Your .htaccess File
A valuable tool many web developers either don't understand or aren't aware of is the .htaccess file. The file is available onl... 5 Comments | Read More »
Tech Support: November 2006
What are Technorati tags and what do they do? Technorati is a website that provides an index of the web, allowing people to fi... 0 Comments | Read More »
Flash or HTML: Which to Choose
The question of whether it is better to design a website using Flash rather than using just HTML has sparked many debates among... 2 Comments | Read More »
Email: How It Works
Email has become one of the primary sources of communication among people in the world today, yet how it works remains a bit of... 1 Comment | Read More »
How To Start a Video Blog
Web logs, commonly referred to as "blogs," came into the mainstream about two years ago. Not really a newsletter or traditiona... 0 Comments | Read More »