Every Web site has usability flaws that stop customers from buying products or services, finding information, and getting help. Yet many of these problems are easy to find and not much harder to fix — if you know what to look for.
Just got back from presenting at the Drupal for Education event hosted by Sun Microsystems (http://www.sun.com) and sponsored by Mysql (http://www.mysql.com). Thanks to Rob Castello as always for organising and putting together the event.
I gave a presentation on "Social Networking for Education" discussing and demonstrating aspects of:
All web designers should be aware of the need to check the validity of the code contained within the pages they are creating before they make a page or entire site live to the public.
The difference between a good web designer and a great one is the ability to know how to take short cuts and save time without compromising the quality of work.
I recently found a site offering 20 great tips that will speed up your work and give it a professional edge.
Grid systems are the back bone of layout and graphic design. They are the (usually) invisible grids, who's lines and axises our designs (should be) based upon.
As we strive to make our web sites as accessible as possible, some of our favourite little design and/or interactivity tricks get left by the way side or become concrete accessibility no-nos.
Security is highly important for any application and not just web applications . Security measures should be taken at all stages of the systems development life cycle; and a combination of different precautions is the best way to ensure protection for your web application.