Web Design

An interesting discussion has been kicked off by Kim over at Cre8asiteforums.com – what types of website should be emotionally engaging, which should be minimalist, clean, “professional”? And what is meant by “professional style” in web design? A site for Children will look very different from one for stock brokers, but both will surely be [...]

I was just reviewing some old contributed articles on one of my sites, and noticed that the URL provided by one author was no longer active (just a domain holding page). This surprised me, as the author produced some good work.
The author in question is Tracie Johanson. According to her bio on Associatedcontent.com, “Tracie Johanson [...]

I have recently been experimenting more with Linux (Ubuntu distribution) and have recently discovered the power of running Virtual Machines. I started investigating after it was suggested that the safest way to run Windows was inside a Virtual Machine running on Linux, as this helps to stop and contain viruses and Trojans. However, virtual boxes [...]

We are proud to announce that we have been chosen the host the MotleyHealth.com logo competition. MotleyHealth.com has decided that it is time to upgrade their current logo, and have decided to search for a new logo by way of a competition.
The logo should be on the theme of Fitness, Strength and Weight Loss. It [...]

I have been dedicating the last month or so to setting up a home LAMP server, to host PHP/MySQL sites and static sites and blogs using FTP. Now I need to get back to the busines of creating web pages. By far the easiest way to build a site for the first time is to [...]

I am now taking my first steps towards a possible career on web design. I have recently updated my fathers British Horse Racing website, Runners and Riders, as well as my own Photography website, JPW Photography.
Friends have commented that my web design skills are coming along well, and today I took a look at the [...]

By Mark Ward, Technology correspondent, BBC News website
“Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen/Norman Group
Dr Nielsen has strong opinions about what works…
The web looks very different today than it did 10 years ago.
Back in 1994, Yahoo had only just launched, most websites were text-based and Amazon, Google and eBay had yet to appear.
But, says usability guru Dr Jakob Nielsen, [...]

A wiki is a type of website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove and otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative authoring. The term wiki can also refer to the collaborative software [...]

Creating your own website is actually incredibly easy, and can be done very cheaply. To create your own site you need just four things:
1. An internet service provider – although in theory you could set one up from a cybercafe if you really wanted.
2. A web host – your ISP may provide some space for [...]

Well, finally realised where I was going wrong with NVU and my pages. Needless to say, loads of work to do. I was building pages in Strict HTML which should have been transitional. Lots of faffing around, but getting them sorted. At least much fewer errors on each page.