How To Create a Useful 404 Page
June 28th, 2009
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
Tired of boring boxy search inputs. This tutorial will help you create a functional and visually pleasing search box.
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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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Categories: Front End Development, How to, Javascript
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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Categories: Front End Development, HTML, How to, Javascript
Opera Unite: Another Tool Other Browsers Might Copy
June 17th, 2009
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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Things that Can Help or Hurt Your Web Usability
June 16th, 2009
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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Categories: Development Best Practices, design
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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Categories: Front End Development, How to, Javascript
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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Categories: Development Best Practices
Levels of Design: Breaking Down Program Construction
June 10th, 2009
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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Categories: Development Best Practices
Improve SEO with Canonical Attribute
June 9th, 2009
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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Categories: Front End Development, HTML