Web Design

Twitter provides a number of ways to redisplay their content and access their api so we can build plugins or full applications to access and  manage our own accounts or to retrieve public content of other users. Although we are use to reading nicely formatted twitter pages from our web browser you probably never noticed […]

If you are a website developer there are two different types of XML data sources you will come across. The first is a live feed directly to a database which can be found in an example of Amazon.com’s XML feed for affiliates. The second is an XML File that is an export of a database […]

Most people find their own way of designing their websites and this can come from reading books or adopting standards found on other sites or within templates they may use for a rough layout but often many of the standards that have been use in the print publishing field do not really apply to good […]

RSS Feeds are often used by publishers as method of  distributing data about posts on their  site. The method of producing the RSS Feed is usually integrated into the publishing platform like WordPress and generated automatically.  When you add a new post the feed is updated. You could also generated the RSS File manually or […]

When you visit many websites you will see a special logo icon in the URL Navigation bar and if you make a bookmark shortcut to the website you will see that same icon used next to the description in the menu. If you drag the url bar to your desktop a larger icon will represent […]

When you are designing sites that you know will be viewed by persons who have different language settings it is important to decide whether you will force a language or design different versions of your site to provide optimal viewing. To set the language options you may place the following HTML in your Header Element. […]

Selection of the right font for your website is a process you should not overlook. The right font can set the style for your site but it also means that your readers can actually read your pages and menus without straining. You may not think that a slight difference in font shape can make the […]

In this HowTo we will cover some of the methods of using CSS and images for your container backgrounds. Almost any container can be styled with CSS this means you can apply images to your page backgrounds, Table and individual Table Cell Backgrounds, Divs and even your forms. Most of the common declarations will apply […]

There are a variety of reasons that you may want to use Transparency in your designs and often you will find a png file set to transparent will meet your needs but you can also set transparency of your containers. Unfortunately the CSS attribute of transparency is not cross browser compliant so you will need […]

Many designers want to build clients and because the economy is turning down some turn to Spec Work. If you don’t know this is when the designer completes a design for a potential client…. with emphasis on Potential. Sometimes this approach can work out but often you will have clients that either turn your work […]