Web Development
In the early days of the Web, advertisements were not overwhelmingly welcome. Many had the opinion the Web ought to be free from advertisements. Well, not anymore. Advertisements power the Web. The business model of the Web 2.0 is all about selling advertisements while providing services or publishing content. Today Web advertisements are welcome.
December 2008
Picking the right colors for a Web project, Web page or advertisement can be a tricky task. Many things need consideration for all the elements to work together in harmony. Even though a Web designer believes he has a perfect copy ready for the world it does not necessarily mean the world is ready for the design. Fortunately, there are safe heavens when working with colors.
October 2008
CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, are a godsend. CSS has become almost as important markup as the HTML itself. The style sheets provide a way to maintain consistent look and feel of Web sites no matter how large they are. The ability to control the look and feel of a whole Web site with only few style sheets, or perhaps only one, is a productive Web design method that also supports code reuse in many ways.
September 2008
Since the beginning of the Web, people have learnt HTML by examples. HTML is perhaps the first programming language where the source code is easily viewable in a fully functioning form. This easy access to HTML code has helped people learn HTML and CSS from looking at how other people are doing it.
September 2008
Rich Internet Applications (RIA) is a hot topic. It seems everyone into Web and software development is talking about RIA. The Java people, the .Net people, the Flex people and the Java Script people. Each of these technologies is great for developing Rich Internet Applications. This is great for Web developers that can choose the most suitable programming language and development environment.
September 2008
The most frequent elements on a Web page are often the forms. A Web page form can be as simple as a single search box and as complicated as a detailed order form or an application. Without customization, tweaks and CSS styling the form take the default look and feel of the Web user's browser or native environment. With customization, tweaks and CSS styling a form becomes a lot more than a simple box or a drop-down.
August 2008
Choosing and managing colors on a Web site is no easy task. Colors are elements that we often take for granted, but behind a color scheme of a nice looking Web site, there might be a lot of work involved. How does one choose colors and color schemes for a Web site?
August 2008
Web designers and coders can choose from range of great software packages that provide great Web design and Web development environments. Some of these software packages are proprietary, but others are freely available or open source, which is the subject here.
September 2008