Intermediate
21 ways to streamline your CSS
by Megan McDermott, 11 November 2008 - 7:57pm
These days, CSS development is a complex process. You may be working on sites with large CSS files, multiple developers ,and long development timelines. The more complex your CSS files become, the more difficult it is to work with them. This article will present some tips and tricks for keeping your CSS files organized and easy to work with.
3 Ways to Highlight Links to the Current Page with CSS
by Megan McDermott, 15 June 2008 - 3:44pm
Good usability suggests that you should always indicate links to the page the user is currently on. In fact, in an ideal case you wouldn’t link to the current page at all. On the other hand, in order to build a site that’s consistent and easy to maintain, navigation menus need to be either included with a separate html file or generated with a scripting language.
How to Design Graphic Mock-ups
by Megan McDermott, 1 June 2008 - 10:22pm
A typical stage in the web design process for most professionals is the creation of a graphic mock-up. A graphic mock-up or proof allows you to focus on the overall design rather than the logistics of creating the design using CSS. This article will outline the process of creating a graphic mock-up and include several examples for download.
Choosing the right doctype for your site
by Megan McDermott, 8 March 2008 - 5:11pm
Which Doctype should I use? This is one of the first questions people ask when they start using web standards. There are four main doctypes in use today. This artcile will firstly define what a doctype is and how it works, and then go on to explain the four types and help you to decide which one to use.
Web Standards > Validation
by Megan McDermott, 9 December 2007 - 3:16pm
Many programmers seem to think that complying with web standards means passing the validator. Validation is an important part of standards compliance but it is not the whole story.
Goodbye vBulletin, Part One: Reasons to Switch
by Liam McDermott, 3 October 2007 - 10:59pm
The aim of this article is not to poke holes, or say ‘vBulletin sucks’, but to provide constructive criticism of a successful product, proving that vBulletin is not always the best choice.
Divitis: What it is and How to Avoid it
by Megan McDermott, 15 September 2007 - 2:20am
When they start designing with CSS instead of tables, many web designers fall into the same trap. Instead of putting tables around everything on a page, they use divs instead. The underlying design practices remain largely unchanged.
Creating a Custom Home Page in Drupal Using Views
by Liam McDermott, 29 June 2007 - 5:35pm
One of the most popular questions people new to Drupal ask is: ‘How do I change the home page?’ By default the index page of a Drupal site has a bloggy feel, the latest items shown in date order, but it doesn't have to look like that! That is the aim of this article, to show two ways—because there is always more than one way to do something in Drupal—to customize a Drupal home page.
Installing the Latest FFMPEG on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04
by Liam McDermott, 11 May 2007 - 10:43pm
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn comes with an old (relatively: 2006/08/23) version of FFMPEG. The developers of FFMPEG believe everyone should be running the latest and greatest daily builds though and released versions are few and far between.
Using Web Standards for Quality Assurance
by Liam McDermott, 4 May 2007 - 6:09pm
Quality assurance is exactly that. Ensuring a Web project is of a quality high enough to work on all modern browsers, now and in the future.
This article outlines how Web standards can be used to provide quality assurance and how this benefits a customer.
