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The missing rule of web design

Dave — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:01:14 +0000

There are many rules to creating a website: It needs to load fast, be easy to read, have good navigation, come up 1st in Google, look cool printed out and hanging on the fridge (okay, not as often on that last one.) But one important rule rarely comes up: have a point. Does your website [...]

Great CSS learning tool – CSSDesk

Dave — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:30:16 +0000

This is cool. Josh over at Pixelmatrix Design launched a website that doubles as a CSS sandbox for the advanced and a great learning tool for the beginner. As he mentions in his blog post, there are still a few kinks to iron out (such as no support for IE… yet) but even in its alpha [...]

Claiming Webmeister.Me on Technorati

Dave — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:08:53 +0000

Just a quick post to claim Webmeister.Me on Technorati. Technorati, a search engine for blogs, requires you to create a blog post containing a special code (V56RHQWHA56A) in order to properly claim your listing on their site . If you’re interested in the hows and whys of claiming a blog on Technorati, I highly suggest reading [...]

John Metzler’s SERP article & a further Title tag idea

Dave — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:19:10 +0000

John put together a good article on SiteProNews.com about controlling the text displayed in your site’s listing on Google’s search engine results page (SERP), after all it’s not just about getting your site listed well but actually enticing a user to click through to it. I agree with everything he wrote but due to some [...]

Show your support for web standards

Dave — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:45:06 +0000

Jeffery Zeldman’s 3rd annual International Blue Beanie Day in Support of Web Standards, easily remembered as IBBDiSoWS, kicks off Monday, November 30th. It’s extremely easier and fun to participate. Simply pop on a blue beanie and snap a photo of yourself and upload it to the Blue Beanie Day 2009 Flickr photo pool, or photoshop [...]

ColorZilla Color Picker Review

Dave — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:40:10 +0000

A quick review on the Firefox plug-in ColorZilla. A lightweight color picker created by Alex Sirota that is very useful and unobtrusive. Download the ColorZilla Firefox plug-in

SEM on Bing still a mystery? Watch this

Dave — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:42:54 +0000

James Laitinen of the International Internet Marketing Association just published his recent presentation on Bing titled Bing.com - The Decision Engine. A lot of information can be gleaned spending even 30 seconds clicking through his presentation. Follow him on twitter @jlate.

Web Developer Toolbar review

Dave — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:32:09 +0000

A quick look into one of the most helpful Firefox plug-ins for web developers and designers, the Web Developer Toolbar created by Chris Pederick. Download the Web Developer Toolbar Firefox plug-in

Back To Top links: Not that important

Dave — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:15:42 +0000

In looking to visually scale back a site more I found a small change that made a big difference. Our “Back To Top” links, which jump a visitor back to the top of a page when clicked, used a 16×16 icon and the same font size, color, alignment and underline treatment as links in the [...]

Interview with Web Pro Community Challenge

Dave — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:30:41 +0000

I spoke with Bill Cullifer from the World Organization of Webmasters briefly over the phone about the Web Pro Community Challenge. The gist is teams of high school students, college students and web pros design, develop and promote redesigned web sites or web apps for non-profit organizations that sorely need an update. Students get some [...]