In a previous article, I touched briefly on Site Architectures and Wireframes. In this article, I will outline how important they are to make sure projects stay on budget and so the client doesn’t get away with scope creep. Scope creep is where new features and new work is slowly done at the request of […]
We’re getting closer to an era where having a website compatible with mobile will play an important role in your success. That being said what does it take to make your website compatible for a mobile?
The answer: not much.
Mobile phone browsers come in different shapes, sizes and capabilities. You should be ready to accomodate the […]
Programming is something that can be done in an application as simple as Notepad or TextEdit, however, there are programs out there that will make your life easier.
Notepad++ - This software is your lightweight freeware alternative. It supports color coding for over 30 languages and makes it easy for you to edit how you […]
Here’s a really, really basic list for all you beginner’s out there who aren’t quite familiar with some of the aspects of web applications.
ASP.NET and ASP (sometimes known as classic ASP) are not the same.
ASP, PHP, ASP.NET is a short list of server-side languages. HTML code and other server-side bits are generated based on these […]
This was something I thought of doing (originally, I was trying to make it CSS only, but I ran into problems with IE), so I figured why not make an extra easy to understand, good looking CSS/Javascript tooltip.
What we’re going to be making is a popup tooltip (or help box) that pops up once you […]
Kevin commented on my previous post on 6 Reasons To Ditch Tables For Your Layout and reminded me how easy it was to do a column-based layout. This article, I will tackle all the advantages I can think of for using a table-based layout instead of a css-based layout. (For those that may be […]
UPDATE. I wrote a new article playing devil’s advocate here.
As table-based layouts are slowly being phased out by CSS elements, there are a few that cling to the concept that a website should be laid out in a table. As someone who’s made the switch a long time ago and now uses tables rarely (a […]
In the event that you’re a developer, and not a designer, I’ve quickly thrown together eight examples of logos/headers that don’t require you to open a single image or vector editing program because they use uniquely CSS. I’ve provided examples and the inline CSS so that they can be inserted anywhere required.
If you’re someone that […]
Since it hasn’t been all that long since I’ve been dabbling in SQL (a little bit over a year), I’ve decided to share some tips that would be useful to beginners working on their first query statement. Here are 10 tips in no particular order.
1 - Take The Time To Design Each Of […]
If you’re like me and you’ve tackled micro-sites or webpages that you want to have centered horizontally and vertically in a browser, you might have noticed that it’s difficult to get it to work in all browsers. Typically, the solution I’ve seen is to have hard returns at the top of your site until it’s […]
