Archive for June, 2008

4 Easy Ways To Spruce Up Your HTML Markup

Monday, June 30th, 2008

In the last issue of the Tech Times, I mentioned I was hard at work with the team here on a new front page design for sitepoint.com. While most of our time has been split between tweaking the CSS styles and crafting the PHP code that will generate the page, any major redesign brings with it the opportunity to improve the HTML code at the heart of your site.
Of course, any newly-written HTML code these days should validate. But there’s more to good HTML code than validation. Validation is the …

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Dynamic Image Gallery & Slideshow

Monday, June 30th, 2008

An extremely lightweight image gallery & slideshow.

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Dynamic Image Gallery & Slideshow

Monday, June 30th, 2008

An extremely lightweight image gallery & slideshow.

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Why Multitasking is a Waste of Time

Monday, June 30th, 2008

You often hear people extolling the virtues of multitasking: you get more done, It’s the way of the future.
Balls.
Multitasking is great if you want to fill your time doing a lots of things not very well, over a long period of time. Sure you can: flicking between checking your email, Twittering, writing a report, trying a new web app and chatting on Facebook. …

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Multitasking is a Waste of Time

Monday, June 30th, 2008

You often hear people extolling the virtues of multitasking: you get more done, It’s the way of the future.
Balls.
Multitasking is great if you want to fill your time …

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Multitasking is a Waste of Time

Dynamic Image Gallery & Slideshow

Monday, June 30th, 2008

An extremely lightweight image gallery & slideshow.

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Dynamic Image Gallery & Slideshow

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

An extremely lightweight image gallery & slideshow.

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

An extremely lightweight image gallery & slideshow.

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Why The 10 Commandments Of Web Design Are Complete Baloney

Monday, June 30th, 2008

I read this morning in the SitePoint Industry News forum that BusinessWeek had compiled what is being referred to as The 10 Commandments of Web Design.
The experts who contributed to this list include widely read authors and speakers like Dan Cederholm, Dave Shea, Khoi Vinh and Jeffrey Zeldman. Here it is:
1. Thou shalt not abuse Flash.
2. Thou shalt not hide content.
3. Thou shalt not clutter.
4. Thou shalt not overuse glassy reflections.
5. Thou shalt not name your Web 2.0 company with an unnecessary surplus or dearth of vowels.
6. Thou shalt worship at the altar of typography.
7. Thou shalt create immersive experiences.
8. Thou shalt be social.
9. Thou shalt embrace proven technologies.
10. Thou shalt make content king.

On the surface, this advice seems reasonably …

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