Web Design

Free eBook – The Art & Science of CSS

November 20, 2008

SitePoint is giving away a free PDF copy of their book The Art & Science of CSS. All you need to do is either follow them on Twitter, or give them your email address. But there are only 12 DAYS LEFT, so hurry! (Today is November 20, 2008)

Expression Web Tutorial

October 13, 2008

EXPRESSION WEB is Microsoft’s latest webdev app – it replaces Frontpage. It has a lot of great new features, like Ajax controls and PHP support, and ASP.net controls. Plus, it’s BIG on standards, and has lots of CSS support. And no server extensions. And no extra, proprietary code!

This Page Contains Both Secure and Insecure Items

September 29, 2008

EVER GET THIS MESSAGE on your secured pages? This Page Contains Both Secure and Insecure Items. Along with Do you want to display the non-secure items? Yes, No, Cancel.

A Dozen Kewl Tewl Sites for Webmasters

August 15, 2008

HERE’S A LIST of (mostly) not-too-well-known Webmaster tool sites. Most of them come from my own stash. Webmasters and web developers will find most of them useful, but some are just fun. All are free, but some have upgrades that will remove ads, or add more functionality. But even then the prices are very reasonable.

Keyword Analysis with SheerSEO

July 19, 2008

HOW MANY HOURS have you put in on keyword optimization? And how often do you check the search engines to see where you are ranking for those keywords? And how many times have you waded through page after page, looking for your site, only to give up after about 20 pages?

Website Checkup with IBM Page Detailer

July 14, 2008

HERE’S A NIFTY LITTLE FREEBIE from IBM that will check your web pages for download time bottlenecks. What is IBM Page Detailer? The IBM Page Detailer is a graphical tool that Web site developers can use to rapidly and accurately assess performance from the user’s perspective. IBM Page Detailer provides details about how your Web pages are delivered to Web browsers. [...]