When you delve into the world of freelancing, there are many things that you won’t be prepared for. You can be the most talented web designer or web developer in the world but there’s more to freelancing than just the design and code. The following resources are invaluable when dealing with life as a freelancer.
5 Great Resources for Freelance Web Designers
Introducing: TeachMeJavaScript.com
I’ve decided that it’s time that I expanded my skillset and delved a bit more deeply into programming languages and made an effort to learn JavaScript properly.
Therefore, I thought that it would be a good idea to document my progress and have created a blog over at TeachMeJavaScript.com which will detail everything that I learn as I progress.
The problems with using CSS frameworks
A CSS framework is a library of CSS styles which allow developers to reuse certain properties easily without having to code CSS from scratch. Initially when creating a web page they can save time but once you get involved in more complex designs, are they really all they’re cracked up to be?
100+ RSS Feeds for Freelance Web Designers
Keeping up with the latest news, trends and techniques is all part of being a freelance web designer and with RSS feeds, the task is made much easier by simply subscribing to the most useful content.
However, finding the good RSS feeds from the bad ones is often a time consuming task so below is a list of useful feeds that I personally subscribe to in order to keep up to date.
10 CSS Tips Every Web Developer Should Know
I’ve written a fair few articles over the past year and thought it might be useful for any new subscribers and visitors to see a summary of the most useful ones. Below is a list of hints and tips which will be useful to anyone starting out in CSS and even the most seasoned professional in the industry may find a couple of things useful.
Ryan Air call bloggers idiots
With things like Twitter, Facebook and Digg so big in today’s society, you’d think that any company would at least try to understand how social media works and how to manage their reputation online.
However, Ryan Air took action this past week by calling bloggers idiots and lunatics after Jason Roe blogged about a bug in their booking process
IE8 – The Return of the Meta Tag
Just when it looked like we were turning the corner with Internet Explorer 8, it seems that Microsoft are determined to make it as hard as possible for developers to accomplish a standard HTML/CSS platform to develop websites as the “opt in to standard mode meta tag” makes its unwelcomed return.
Making the most of the CSS text-transform property
Anyone who works with HTML/CSS on a daily basis will be aware of all the common CSS properties, however there are also some lesser known CSS properties which can be extremely useful. This article covers the text-transform property and how it can be used to your advantage when building web pages.
Queen’s website HTML/CSS Review
The Telegraphs Julian Sambles has done an interesting SEO review of the Queen’s new website, so what better way to compliment that review than to carry out an HTML/CSS review of the site.
IE8 Release Candidate 1
Microsoft have now made available their first release candidate for Internet Explorer 8 which can now be downloaded.