Website design Tutorials

PHP includes – For Rapid Web Design

I was asked a while ago for some advice by a fellow web designer on how to save time when creating and updating web pages, it became apparent after talking to him for a few minutes that he was unaware of the possibilities that PHP could offer to rapidly improve site turnaround time. This tutorial is aimed at web designers with familiarity in HTML and CSS, no former PHP knowledge is required. I will show you just how easy it is to use PHP’s include method to clean up and speed up your web design... learn more

Lunascape 5 Genisis. Yep, It’s a Browser!

OK, who here enjoys developing for all the browsers out there? Especially CSS and IE6! What a match made in heaven. I’ve been developing now for almost 12 years and nothing has ever irritated me more than having to develop for so many browsing platforms. learn more  Read More →

Kuler It Up!

As I’ve been going through this blog, I noticed that there isn’t anything on Adobe’s color theme creator Kuler. Kuler is a free online repository of nothing but color palettes and themes created by developers and users for a wide variety of applications based on rules of color theory. It has an established community sharing color palettes and you can create a theme for anything online or out in the real world. learn more  Read More →

When you try to please everyone, everyone goes home unhappy

When I do Web work–whether solo or in collaboration with a Web designer–I’m always mindful that we need to keep things simple. Sometimes keeping things simple forces us to compromise more than we would like or generalize in the interest of time and money (for us and the client’s). Ironically, when you tend to over simplify, that’s when many situations tend to get really messy. Most Web sites are tailored to a specific audience–business or consumer. How to structure... learn more

Eight things I learned from getting screwed over by clients

Not long ago, I took on a new client who wanted me to rewrite his Web site and add a few new pages of content. From there, things went downhill. It starts with a phone call from the soon-to-be client’s assistant on a Wednesday. We set up a time for me to meet with the boss on Friday. That day, I drive to his office (a 2-hour round trip) only to find he isn’t there. Evidently, he left town without telling his assistant. English as a second language The boss calls me about 8:30 on Sunday... learn more

Make Your Numbers Plain to See and Easy to Understand

Don’t you just hate it when you’re in the 10-items-or-less express checkout lane at the supermarket and the person in front of you has something like 20 items in her cart? That’s what happened to me one recent Sunday. It makes me wonder whether she can’t read, can’t add or can’t give a damn. Maybe what the supermarket needs is to post a picture of a woman with shopping cart tracks across her back instead of a sign with “10 Items Or Less” on it. Whenever you have copy that... learn more

Fluid, Fixed and Elastic Web Design, Explained

When using CSS to style a website there are three primary layout types available to web designers. This tutorial aims to arm you with the information you need to know to help make a more informed decision when choosing how to design your website projects. The Options The three primary layout styles for determining the width of websites — Fluid, Fixed and Elastic. All have their own merits. There are also drawbacks to these design patterns, so it’s important to know the best situation in... learn more

Prepare for Your Pages to Be Less Sticky and More Bouncy

Sales of laptop computers, especially the ultra-portables from Asus, Dell, HP and several other companies, are super hot these days and that has repercussions for Web writers and designers alike. According to International Data Group, the sales of portable notebooks in the US–driven by several new companies in that segment of the business-outsold desktop computers for the first time in the history of computers in the third quarter of this year. IDG says notebook computers accounted for 55 percent... learn more

Image Mapping with CSS

Image Mapping – This tutorial will show you the benefits of image mapping and why you should implement it when building websites. I will take you through the how and why, plus show you image mapping in action. This image mapping tutorial is aimed at beginners and will only require you to know the basics of HTML and CSS. learn more  Read More →

CSS Tools: Free Templates

Most of us professionals who write and design in CSS like to save time while accurately being able to create a web template, with little or no mistake. One method for saving time that I’ve adopted and use from time to time is the copy-paste-modify method. You can copy and paste from other previous templates and at the same time modify the copied material in order to fulfill your current needs. This is a very useful time saving method that is simple, and can be used by anyone with little or... learn more

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