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Archive for June, 2009

How To Create a Useful 404 Page

June 28th, 2009
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404 pages are going to happen whether you like it or not. This article will show how to create a 404 page that is useful for users.

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How To Create an Advanced Search Box

June 25th, 2009
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Tired of boring boxy search inputs. This tutorial will help you create a functional and visually pleasing search box.

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Author: Shawn Categories: CSS, Front End Development, HTML, How to Tags: , , , ,

How to Create a Table Row Highlighter Using jQuery

June 19th, 2009

This tutorial will show you how to jazz up your table’s rows by animating their background image when someone roles over them.

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How To Create Super Easy to Use Forms

June 17th, 2009

If we make our users to fill out a form, we should make it as simple as possible for them. If not we might end up with entries like ‘asdf’ and ‘aaaaa’ … not exactly what you’re looking for. Here is a tutorial that will show you how to quickly create a form that formats your form inputs the way you want them, while keeping it easy for the user.

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Opera Unite: Another Tool Other Browsers Might Copy

June 17th, 2009
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In short Opera Unite turns your browser into a web server. A long awaited eventuality in my opinion. So why should you care? This article will spell out what the big deal is and is it worth switching to Opera for.

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Author: Shawn Categories: Review Tags: ,

Things that Can Help or Hurt Your Web Usability

June 16th, 2009
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Trying to keep your users happy is the name of the game. A usable website can help your users, and in turn help you with your ultimate goal of your website. The following is a list of dos and do nots of web usability.

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How To Create A Twitter jQuery Plugin

June 13th, 2009

Have you ever wanted to create a jQuery plugin? Or put your Twitter feed on your website?  If so this is the tutorial for you.

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Reasons Why You Should Use a Function

June 11th, 2009

When is a good time to use a function or a method? Here is a list of reasons when you should use them.

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Levels of Design: Breaking Down Program Construction

June 10th, 2009
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When designing an online application, it is always good to start broad and work your way into the details.  This is called top down development. Here is the breakdown of the different levels that you should consider when designing a program.

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Improve SEO with Canonical Attribute

June 9th, 2009
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Although Google doesn’t directly penalize you for duplicate content, having more than one version can often split up the reputation of that content between URLs. Using the canonical attribute you can specify your preferred URL.

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Author: Shawn Categories: Front End Development, HTML Tags: , ,