How to Choose a Great Colour Scheme for Your Site
by Megan McDermott, 8 September 2008 - 1:52am
One of the most important parts of the initial design process is the choice of colour scheme. If your client or topic of interest already has a set of preferred colours, your choice is easy. However, there are many occasions where the choice is entirely up to you. For many people, deciding on the colours can be a difficult task. Armed with a little colour theory, some great online tools, and your own design sense, you can create attractive and unique colour schemes for your website designs. This article will show you how.
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.
An Introduction to the User Stats Module for Drupal
by Liam McDermott, 30 April 2008 - 5:50pm
The User Stats module inserts information on a user into their posts on a site. It is aimed at forum administrators who need to see the post counts, date registered and IP addresses of their users. This article provides an introduction to the User Stats module and shows how it may be used in themes.
Making Web Pages Search Engine Friendly
by Terry Llewellyn, 30 April 2008 - 5:49pm
They say that if you have the world’s best mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door. When it comes to the Internet this couldn't be further from the truth. For any product to succeed you have to let the world know you have it. One of the easist ways to do that is to have the search engines pull up your site on page one of the search results for your product or service.
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.
Complete Guide to Pre-Installed Fonts in Linux, Mac, and Windows
by Megan McDermott, 10 November 2007 - 4:48pm
Web designers often feel that they are restricted to a basic set of core web fonts. This small set of fonts has been widely distributed and most designers stick to them, just to be on the safe side. However, when you look at the fonts available on the three most widely used operating systems, you can see that this really isn't necessary.
What is a Div?
by Liam McDermott, 27 October 2007 - 6:32pm
Web designers use it nearly every day, but not many actually know what the div tag means and where it should be used. This article aims to de-mystify the div tag, explain when and where it should be used and compare it with the similar span tag.
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.
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