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Useful Web Development Links (7th May 2008)
Published by Dave | Filed under Useful Links
- Open Screen Project aims to put Flash everywhere
- WCAG 2.0 Candidate Recommendation Released
- Accessibility Evaluators Aren’t Worthless
- Shaun Inman proposes CSS Qualified Selectors
- CSS Image Replacement + Google
- How Usability, User Experience, and Content Affect Search Engine Rankings
- 3 Golden Rules For Working From Home
- Ultimate List of Statistics Tools
Please feel free to add any in the comments below that you think I’ve missed or which you’ve found useful over this past week.
Useful Web Development Links (30th April 2008)
Published by Dave | Filed under Useful Links, Web Design
I visit a lot of other websites because of either word of mouth, RSS feeds or just from browsing the web and I thought it was about time that I started making a note of these and sharing the most useful one’s with the web design community.
So each Wednesday, I’ll be writing a blog post containing useful links and resources that I’ve come across in the previous week.
Social Bookmarking for a Web Developer
Published by Dave | Filed under Social Bookmarking, Web Design
I must admit that I’m relatively late with getting on the social media bandwagon but have started to get more and more involved with different services recently as I attempt to keep up with the latest trends.
Within this article, I’ll briefly cover which tools I’ve found useful and how I use them both personally and professionally as a web designer.
How to sell the benefits of accessibility to your boss
Published by Dave | Filed under Web Design, HTML, Accessibility, SEO
It goes without saying that accessibility is something that web developers should all be aware of and should all be attempting to reach full compliance with the WAI Guidelines wherever possible.
However, I’m sure that many of you will also have experience of resistence to this from project managers, clients or your direct manager who aren’t interested in supporting the small percentage of blind people out there.
So how can you convince them that they should be embracing accessibility?
CSS Variables
Published by Dave | Filed under CSS3, CSS, Web Design
It’s something that many people have been asking for and wanting for some time now and finally it looks like variables are going to be making their way into CSS.
Creating Rounded Corner CSS Boxes Using One Image
Published by Dave | Filed under CSS Layouts, CSS, Web Design, HTML
I wrote an article some time ago which explained how to create rounded corners using just a single image and CSS. It’s a great solution but imagine if you have multiple boxes and you’d like to use different colours for each box?
Within this tutorial, I’ll explain how you can create multiple rounded boxes using different colours but still using just a single image.
CSS Fixed Layouts Starter Kit
Published by Dave | Filed under CSS Layouts, CSS, Web Design, HTML
I’m sure by now, everyone has heard about the benefits of separating content (HTML) from the presentational aspect (CSS) of their code and I’ve recently started to put a library of templates together which can be used as a starting point for a variety of CSS designs.
Within this first release, I’ll be using just a single HTML file and depending on which CSS layout file is included, the appearance can be altered easily to give you a basic starting point for a multitude of designs.
CSS Hover Icon Menu Using CSS Sprites
Published by Dave | Filed under CSS Menus, CSS, Web Design
Swapping icons on hover is traditionally done using JavaScript but this method requires a lot of unnecessary code and a number of different icons in order to achieve what should be really simple.
However, there is a solution and this tutorial will explain how to apply different hover over icons to an unordered list using CSS Sprites.
Internet Explorer 8 Beta Available
Published by Dave | Filed under Web Design, Browsers
It was only a couple of days ago that I posted the news that Microsoft had decided to backtrack on their initial proposal of using the IE7 engine as their default rendering engine and instead IE8 would be using Standards mode by default. However, Microsoft have had a busy week and have actually released IE8 as a beta version this morning.
IE8 to use Standards mode by default
Published by Dave | Filed under Web Design, Browsers
Much uproar was caused a few weeks ago when Microsoft announced that IE8 would use the IE7 rendering engine by default, however it seems as though they’re back tracking on that decision and IE8 will now render as IE8 without the need for any trigger.