Discussing the Pros & Cons of Using a CSS Framework

Discussing the Pros & Cons of Using a CSS Framework

CSS

A CSS framework is a piece of software that has a lot of options for you to use in your HTML development, potentially making it faster and easier for you…

How to Write More Efficient CSS to Speed up Your Site

How to Write More Efficient CSS to Speed up Your Site

CSS

As part of my new position as CTO of Speckyboy, I’ve decided to write a series of articles that will help you understand what it takes to make a truly…

IE6 is Finally Being Laid to Rest

IE6 is Finally Being Laid to Rest

News

WOOHOO! IE6 is officially being put out of its misery by its makers Microsoft and you can help in their efforts by adding the countdown banner for IE6 clients. This…

Tips for Converting Your Freelance Operation into a Business

Tips for Converting Your Freelance Operation into a Business

Freelance

Having spoken with many freelance web and graphic designers over the years, I can say I have heard some extraordinary tales. The path from freelancer to single business is an…

Thoughts on why Spec Work is Bad and Why You Shouldn’t Do It

Thoughts on why Spec Work is Bad and Why You Shouldn’t Do It

Freelance

Speculative, or ‘Spec”’, work is in hot debate at the moment in the design industry. Design contest websites in particular have created a furore of debate over freelancers working initially…

Beginner’s Study Guide to HTML5 Microformats

Beginner’s Study Guide to HTML5 Microformats

Web Design

For years the web has been a static development block for housing information. It hasn’t been up until recently that micro-format designs have been released into the semantic web. These…

Tips for Compromising Between Designers & Developers

Tips for Compromising Between Designers & Developers

Freelance / Web Design

In the real world, designers and developers are constantly battling it out over projects. Between two lighthearted developers are the crew who simply make the website work while designers add…

Do We Do Enough to Support WordPress Plugin Developers?

Do We Do Enough to Support WordPress Plugin Developers?

WordPress

A while back, the WordPress community used to be a bunch of coders that were all supporting themselves. One guy would create a nice plugin to manage the most popular…

Exploring Mobile Device & App Development Trends

Exploring Mobile Device & App Development Trends

UX Design

We have all been hearing the chatter about mobile applications. It seems 2010 has been an astounding year for development in mobile technology, both hardware, and software. Apple’s iPhone &…

An Introduction to HTML Prototyping

An Introduction to HTML Prototyping

UI Design

Since starting work as a web designer, I always have, and will always, obsess over improving my project workflow and my own design pattern, if you will. Never afraid to…

Navigation Accessibility Tips

Navigation Accessibility Tips

UX Design

Website navigation is our common communication system between all other web pages. Interlinking through unique identifiers (URLs) has worked for decades. If anything, navigation links have been with the basics…

A Call to Arms Against Unscrupulous Autobloggers

A Call to Arms Against Unscrupulous Autobloggers

News
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