In the past couple of months, I have had the great pleasure of presenting a talk entitled “CSS Frameworks: Make the Right Choice” at both of Australia’s premier web design conferences: Web Directions South 2009 and Edge of the Web 2009. Of course, even the most dedicated SitePoint fan could find it hard to justify a trip to Australia to see me speak; thankfully, the folks at Web Directions were ki
For all the recent buzz and bubble generated by the IE8 beta, the slightly depressing reality is that IE6 is still going to be occupying more of our thoughts (and nightmares) for the foreseeable future. Even as IE7 has begun to gain marketshare, I can’t say I’m spending any less time writing IE6-specific code than I was, say, two years ago. Sad but true. Likewise, if we ever thought we’d encounter
April 21, 2009Make Your Own Web Site Badges with jQuery and JSON Services like Flickr, Delicious, and Twitter all offer JavaScript badges or widgets you can add to your site. But if you already use a JavaScript framework on your site, like jQuery, why would you want to add more JavaScript? Besides, it’s more fun to make your own. All of these services also offer a JSON format feed API, and rolling
This article was written in 2009 and remains one of our most popular posts. If you’re keen to learn more about jQuery, you may find this recent article on the jQuery plugin registry of great interest. Mega drop-down menus are cropping up everywhere, and now that usability guru, Jakob Nielsen thinks they’re quite good, you can expect to see even more of these very soon. Here’s what he had to say ab
We know IE is likely to be around for some time, but can we still support the browser and avoid hacks and conditional CSS? Here are 10 fixes to solve the majority of IE6 problems with valid HTML and CSS code… 1. Use a DOCTYPE You should always place a DOCTYPE at the top of every HTML page and a strict version is recommended, i.e. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "https://www.w3.or
We’ve all heard it time and time again: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”. In the world of designing and creating Websites, if you fail to plan, you plan to have a lot of headaches, late nights and missed deadlines while re-designing your site to fit the content. Implementing a few simple steps in carefully planning your site, before you create any graphics, can eliminate a lot of headaches.
November 25, 20085 Ways to Get Usability Testing on the Cheap Usability testing is a good idea for any new web site. Increasing the usability of your web site is a good idea because it will increase visitor satisfaction, which in turn increases sales and user loyalty. On the business savings side, usability testing can also save you money in development, maintenance, and support costs. Unfortunate
Web usability is about creating your Website in such a way that your site users can find what they’re looking for quickly and efficiently. In March 2003, Philippe Randour pointed out the Top 7 Usability Blunders Of The Big Players here on SitePoint. Since then, Web usability practices have become even more commonplace, and knowledge of the many Web usability benefits has become more widespread. Th
November 12, 200812 Killer Ways to Make Extra Income On the Web If the tumbling world economy has you worried, don’t despair: we’ve got your back. The Internet, as you may have heard, is a wonderful place, full of money making opportunities if you know where to look. Our list of 12 ways to make extra cash online will point you in the right direction. None of these ideas will likely net you a full
November 4, 20087 Places to Find the Code You Need A recent thread on SitePoint’s forums discussed how best to learn from other people’s code. For many people learning by example is the optimal way to pick up a new programming language, idea, or technique. But finding that ideal piece of code to look at and learn from isn’t always easy. That’s where code search engines and snippet libraries come i
This article was written in 2003 and remains one of our most popular posts. If you’re keen to learn more about mastering database management, you may find this recent article on MySQL of great interest. Whether you want to build your own forum, publish the messages from a mailing list on your Website, or write your own cms: there will be a moment that you’ll want to store hierarchical data in a da
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