Web Designer
This blog offers tips for the beginner and the expert for designing and programming for web sites, including how to maximize them for mobile viewing.
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Become a part of the HTML5 Hub
The HTML5 Hub is a new community project bringing together developers to brainstorm and collaborate. It also offers some handy tools, such as the App Starter.
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What you need to know about HTML5 forms
Get details on the new elements, attributes, and input types for HTML5 forms, along with code snippets to illustrate how they are used.
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Review: WiX website builder
Ryan Boudreaux reviews the WiX website builder and offers a quick demo of the steps to creating a website from one of the available WiX templates.
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DIY website tools for SMBs
For owners and operators of SMBs, these online tools will help you improve your web presence on a smaller budget in areas including e-commerce, marketing, and web development.
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Choosing an open source software license for your development project
If you are considering a development project that uses an open source software license, this guide will introduce you to the basic types available.
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HTML5 hgroup is dead: What you need to know
The HTML5 Working Group has dropped the <hgroup> element. Here's what you need to know about the change.
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Testing and developing for the mobile web
Your mobile web development strategy depends on being able to perform tests for a variety of devices and browsers. Here are emulators and simulators that can help.
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Google Chrome DevTools: Lesser-known tools for developers
You'll find some lesser-known, but very useful, developer tools in the Tips and Tricks collection for Chrome DevTools.
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Creating a Terms-of-Service policy: Expert advice for SMBs
Terms of Service agreements for your website protect you and should help your users. Ryan Boudreaux asks an expert for some best practice advice and provides some other resources for help.
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Three tips for an effective SMB blog
Here are tips and resources for crafting a business blog that engages customers and encourages them to interact.
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How to install the WordTwit plugin to automate tweets from WordPress
This step-by-step shows you how to join your Wordpress blog and Twitter account to automate tweets.
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Learn to use the YUI Skin Builder
Create custom skins to use with Pure CSS modules with minimalist styling.
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Working with Pure CSS Modules, part 2
Ryan Boudreaux highlights Pure CSS modules for Buttons, Tables, and Menus, as well as some common layouts to help jump-start projects.
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Working with Pure CSS Modules, part 1
Pure CSS modules allow web developers to quick-start projects with responsive design. Here are overviews for three of the six available modules.
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How to use Google Data Highlighter, part 2
In part two of Ryan Boudreaux's introduction to the Google Data Highlighter tool, he shows you how to create both single- and multiple-page sets of data tagging to spice up your search results display.
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How to use Google Map Maker to improve the quality of your Google Map presence
Ryan Boudreaux gives an overview of how to submit edits to Google Map Maker to enhance the presence of your organization on Google Maps.
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Free web font resources for designers
Ryan Boudreaux suggests four great sources for free web fonts.
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Font inspiration from film and television
Inspired by a font you see in film or TV shows? Ryan Boudreaux shares some of the places you can track down free versions of these fonts to use in your web designs.
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Website conceptualization and information architecture (IA)
Ryan Boudreaux offers tips and tools to help you with Information Architecture -- a planning strategy for website design that ensures a well-organized and usable website.
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ICANN's expanded domain name offerings coming soon
Ryan Boudreaux asks a legal expert some preliminary questions about the expanded set of domain names that will become available soon. How will applications be decided and what are some of the consequences?
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What you need to know about HTML5 forms
Get details on the new elements, attributes, and input types for HTML5 forms, along with code snippets to illustrate how they are used.
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HTML5 hgroup is dead: What you need to know
The HTML5 Working Group has dropped the <hgroup> element. Here's what you need to know about the change.
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Google Chrome DevTools: Lesser-known tools for developers
You'll find some lesser-known, but very useful, developer tools in the Tips and Tricks collection for Chrome DevTools.
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Review: WiX website builder
Ryan Boudreaux reviews the WiX website builder and offers a quick demo of the steps to creating a website from one of the available WiX templates.
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Testing and developing for the mobile web
Your mobile web development strategy depends on being able to perform tests for a variety of devices and browsers. Here are emulators and simulators that can help.
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Choosing an open source software license for your development project
If you are considering a development project that uses an open source software license, this guide will introduce you to the basic types available.
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Template resources for web design
Templates let you develop web sites that share a similar structure and graphic identity, quickly and without having to worry about accidentally deleting or changing elements. Ryan Boudreaux provides template resources and tips for using them.
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Dreamweaver: Search and destroy rogue code
Ryan Boudreaux takes you step-by-step through the process of checking for and safely deleting any rogue code that you might find in your files.
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How to specify the document language: Using the lang attribute
Ryan Boudreaux presents this quick tip to show you why it's a good idea to declare your document language and how to use the lang attribute correctly.
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Designing websites without code
You don't necessarily have to know how to code to produce a website these days. Ryan Boudreaux looks at some of the platforms that allow for easy, rapid website development.