Website Design Articles

Vote! Readers' Choice: Best Twitter Account for Web Deisgners

22 Feb 2012 at 11:05pm

HTML Design Gallery - Sagacity Works

21 Feb 2012 at 11:02pm
Sagacity Works is one of the five finalists for Best Web Design in the 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards. Once youv’ve viewed all the finalists, you should vote. And don’t forget to vote in all the other categories too! Have you built an HTML5 site? Or do you know of one that does a great job with HTML5? Submit HTML5 site designs to be featured on this site.

Styling Web Form Elements

20 Feb 2012 at 10:50am
When you’re starting to build web forms you may notice that they can be difficult to style so that your form looks the same in most browsers. Alexander has written an article explaining the way various web browsers display the basic form elements including how they use the box model. You need to understand this in order to style your forms effectively. Read the full article: Styling Web Forms and the CSS Box Model More Help with HTML Forms HTML Forms Tutorial Free HTML Forms Class What Makes a Web Form Usable or Unusable Style Forms with CSS

What is a Markup Language?

17 Feb 2012 at 12:00am
Once you get started in the business of web development, you will start being surrounded by a lot of abbreviations, and many of those abbreviations will include “ML” in them. And ML stands for “markup language.” But what is a markup language? Read the full article: What are Markup Languages? Markup Languages are Defined by DTDs Document Type Definitions (DTDs) and Markup Languages DOCTYPE List - List of DOCTYPES and the Web Pages They Generate What is a DOCTYPE or DTD?

Poll: Do you prefer moderated comments on blogs?

15 Feb 2012 at 10:38pm
One great way to increase community involvement is to allow comments on your blog and articles. People like to discuss things online, and comments are a great way to get that started. Of course, once you open up comments, you also open your site up for spammers. You can use tools like Akismet spam blockers, but they don't catch everything. Of course, using moderated comments is a pain both for you (because you have to moderate them) and your readers (because their comments don't go live right away). What do you think of moderated comments? Share your thoughts in the comments, which may or may not be moderated. :-)

Time is Running Out for Nominations

15 Feb 2012 at 11:26am
Time is quickly running out for the nominations for the About.com 2012 Readers' Choice Awards. The nomination period ends tonight at midnight EST. After that I'll begin tabulating the nominations and will select five finalists from each category for you to vote on starting next week. If you've already nominated, you can always nominate in other categories, and if you haven't then you should do so today, as there are only a few hours left. Nominate for the Readers' Choice Awards

HTML5 Design Gallery - Beetle.com

14 Feb 2012 at 10:03pm
This is a very fun and interactive site using HTML5. One of the things I love about it is how scrolling the page has a completely different effect than you might expect. Whether you love or hate the car, this website is something to be inspired by. Have you built an HTML5 site? Or do you know of one that does a great job with HTML5? Submit HTML5 site designs to be featured on this site.

Use a Generator to Make Building CSS Faster

13 Feb 2012 at 10:47pm
Building CSS is difficult, there are a lot of properties to remember and hundreds if not thousands of ways you can design your pages. These CSS generators help take some of the memorization out of building CSS. You just plug in what you want in your design and the generator makes the (often cross-browser compliant) CSS for you. Read the full article: CSS Generators Learn CSS What CSS Software Do You Use? Take a Free Online CSS Class What is CSS3? Cascading Style Sheets Style Properties Library

Get Started with HTML5

12 Feb 2012 at 9:32pm
HTML5 is no more difficult to write than HTML 4. This article explains how to create an HTML5 document using sectioning elements and tools to help older versions of IE display them correctly. Read the full article: Build Your First HTML5 Document HTML5 Tutorials and Tag Information What is HTML5 Sectioning Content When to Use the HTML5 SECTION Element Understanding the HTML5 FIGURE and FIGCAPTION Elements

Welcome Alexander!

12 Feb 2012 at 12:35pm
In addition to Kim, I am pleased to announce that Alexander Peev has joined the team as an intern for this Spring and Summer. Some of you may recognize Alexander as a regular on the forum and comments in the blog, but he also has been working for a while as a professional web designer/developer and is studying to get a Computer Science degree from the Business Academy Aarhus in Denmark. I would like to welcome Alexander to the site and I'm sure you will enjoy his articles.