These "rules" are not written in stone, but following them will lead to better and more professional web design practices. If your website breaks any of these rules, it's more likely to annoy people, turn people away, or be inaccessible. Do NOT use Flash You may think it looks cool, but just don't do it. Flash is kind of "so ten years ago" in the web design world. But more importantly ...
Maybe you've seen it.. maybe you've heard of it.. it's responsive website design. This is the next greatest thing in the world of web design. In a world where technology is growing and the number of devices we own is rising, website accessibility across multiple devices is one of the most important elements of a website. Hello, responsive website design: the one design that works on all ...
Today I stumbled across a site called Do It With WordPress, which is a blog containing WordPress tips, plugins, and tutorials. I found a lot of great information and thought I'd share a few of my favourite posts from the site! Allow Users to Create Posts on Your Site with Formidable Pro This tutorial illustrates a way for users to submit posts to your site from the front-end, rather than requiring ...
All web designers should validate their site using W3C Markup Validation Service. It's very easy to use. Simply put the link to your website in the box (or use the file upload or direct input options) and press "Check." The service will then scan your markup to find any errors according to the doctype you selected. Here are a few examples of validation errors and how to fix ...
If you're a fellow web designer, at one point or another you have probably experienced the horrors of HTML validation. Sure, it can be a wonderful thing; when the W3C lights up green it can make your whole day. But what about those times when you see lists of errors that were not simply mistakes or typos and there's something else getting in the way of your validation? ...
Here are 11 web design resources that have been very helpful to me over the past few years and hopefully you'll get some use out of them as well! 1. Font Squirrel This is a terrific website not only for free fonts, but for converting fonts. Different font types work on different platforms, so it's always best to include many different types in your @font-face CSS3. For example, if you ...
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