Web Developer Class: HTML5 Geolocation
Many websites can benefit from knowing exactly where the user accessing their site is from, enabling a more personalized local experience. HTML5's geolocation functionality can help you do just that, as we show in this tutorial.
Web Developer Basics: Link Relations In HTML5
In the first installment of this series, we introduced HTML5 and saw how much of its most basic syntax is far more simple and direct than the way most developers are used to coding. In this article, we'll look at some other basic tags and see some of the power of the language.
Web Developer Class: Cron and PHP
PHP is a powerful language by any standard, and it provides many tools that are very distinct and suited to specific tasks. Today we are going to look at the CRON TOOL - and more specifically how to use it. There are many cron tools to help with the scheduling of tasks, but as this article is developer oriented we'll investigate from a command-line - crontabs perspective.
Website Coding: ASCII Special Characters
Many Content Management System (CMS) users who have entered what are referred to as "special characters" into the CMS have run into the situation where those characters do not show up as intended once they are live on the site. In this tutorial we'll show you the way they are supposed to appear, the numerical code and the hex code for these characters to avoid these problems in the future.
Six Web-based Tools for Web Developers
Web developers are, like everyone else, slowly getting used to the idea of doing things online, via web-based applications. For web developers, that means finding ways to handle their normal web dev tasks via any computer that has an up-to-date web browser. In this article we will take a look at some top-notch web-based tools for web developers.
vBulletin Publishing Suite 4.0 CMS: Removing Sections and Adding Widgets
Last year I had the pleasure of reviewing the vBulletin Publishing Suite 4.0 CMS right before it was officially released to the public. After working with it over the last year, I have some tips that will save you time and effort, including removing default sections and adding new widgets!
Discussion Forum Metrics and Tips for Website Developers
Having a popular discussion forum on your website can grow your site's community and keep visitors coming back. But how users utilize your site's forums may be directly tied to the subject matter of your site, rather than the design, number of ads or the forum's usability.
Firefox Extension for Web Development: Pixl Grabber
We've been looking at Firefox extensions for web developers, and we last looked at ColorZilla, an image editor extension. This time we're going to check out Pixl Grabber, a go-to tool for making screenshots of content within the browser viewport.
ColorZilla, a Firefox Extension for Web Development
We last looked at the Pixel Perfect extension for Firefox. This time we're going to look at ColorZilla, a Firefox extension the functions as a color selector with features that mimic those of Photoshop and other image editors!
Firefox Extension for Web Development: Pixel Perfect
In our last article we looked at the MeasureIt extension for Firefox. In this tutorial we look at Pixel Perfect, a great tool to help you conceptualize a look for your site (as designer) and perfect the designer's mockup (as developer).
Graphics Tutorial: 10 Tips to Get the Most Out of Photoshop
If you've been working with image editors for any amount of time, you probably know that Photoshop is a great tool. The downside is its complexity. You can easily get bogged down in tasks which can really hurt your productivity. With these 10 tips, you'll learn how to make the most of your time.
Tools for Cross-browser Compatibility: Screen Capture
Cross-browser (or multi-browser) testing, through which you compare a website's look and performance among different browser versions and platforms, is an important and often frustrating task. This article introduces a few screenshot sampling tools to aid in your analysis.
Tools for Cross Browser Compatibility: Live Testing
Cross browser testing, through which you compare a website's look and performance among different browser versions and platforms, is an important and often frustrating task. This article introduces a few live testing tools to aid in your analysis.
Web Developer Basics: Learning About HTML5
HTML5, depending on who you listen to, may be either a disruptive new technology that has the potential to bring entire companies to their knees, or a smooth transition from current HTML 4.0 that promises to make life much easier for developers. Both are at least partially true, and in this continuing series, I hope to help you make sense out of HTML5: both business sense and nuts-and-bolts coding-level sense.
Web Developer Tutorial: JavaScript and CSS Minification
When a user visits a website for the first time, any external JavaScript and CSS files are downloaded to their browser's cache. Depending on the size of the file, this can take more time for the page to render. With more people surfing using mobile platforms, it is a good idea to minify your JavaScript and CSS files. This tutorial will teach you how to do just that!
Firefox Extensions for the Web Developer
In this series of articles, I will introduce a few Firefox extensions (also called "add-ons") to aid web development. The mini applications let you quickly evaluate and tweak your sites look and performance.
Top HTML 5 Tutorials from HTMLGoodies
HTML5 is an emerging technology that is slowly changing the face of the web. The latest browsers support it, and developers are eager to begin using it on their websites. HTMLGoodies features many tutorials on the topic, and we've brought them all together here for your perusal.
JavaScript Libraries for the Descriminating Web Developer
As a web developer, I have delved into many different JavaScript libraries and frameworks. Through my work with these libraries, I have come up with a descriminating list of some of the more important JavaScript libraries that should be in every developer's toolbox.
How To Change Text Color Using HTML and CSS
You've seen it on many sites! In this tutorial, you will learn how to change the color of text, links and visited links on a web page using HTML or Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
Top 10 Productivity Tips for Web Developers
Web development is about many things: concept, design, development, testing and much more. In this article we're going to look at a variety of tips to help you throughout the design process.
Graphics School: How to Customize Web Photo Galleries in Photoshop CS3
In the last lesson we looked at the process of building Web galleries in Photoshop CS3. The result, while functional, isn't pleasing to the eye and needs quite a bit of customization to give us a result that we can use in real life. This tutorial will show you how to do just that!
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