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This may be the list to end most lists, Software Developer's 100 Freebie CSS Resources will aid the novice and professional CSS designers. If you are looking to design your site, but lack certain bits of knowledge to attain a goal -- then turn to this guide and find the site that will.
The guide is broken down into specific areas of CSS development. Starting with the basics of CSS, tutorials and tools to construct your site, then moving on to code libraries, browser bugs, galleries, articles and templates for devine inspiration. It is pretty much all here folks. A one page reference guide that will definitely clean out your bookmarked favorites.
Technorati Tags: css, resource, guide, tutorials, articles, code, develop, design, tools
The guide is broken down into specific areas of CSS development. Starting with the basics of CSS, tutorials and tools to construct your site, then moving on to code libraries, browser bugs, galleries, articles and templates for devine inspiration. It is pretty much all here folks. A one page reference guide that will definitely clean out your bookmarked favorites.
Technorati Tags: css, resource, guide, tutorials, articles, code, develop, design, tools
Labels: articles, code, css, design, guide, library, template, tutorials
I just opened a new blog for anyone who uses Blogger. It is called Tips 4 Blogspot and will feature posts about wading thru widgets, layouts and other features of both the New Blogger and Classic style.
My first tutorial is up -- How to add pseudo-Categories to the sidebar. It has the basic building blocks of how the category list was set up on blog itself.
I wrote the article because of my loathing of labels on the sidebar in general. Found them to be ridiculously long. Tag clouds were out of the question. I wanted a neat uncluttered look.
My first tutorial is up -- How to add pseudo-Categories to the sidebar. It has the basic building blocks of how the category list was set up on blog itself.
I wrote the article because of my loathing of labels on the sidebar in general. Found them to be ridiculously long. Tag clouds were out of the question. I wanted a neat uncluttered look.
Labels: blogger, blogspot, categories, tips, tutorials, tweaks
Want to know what you can charge for a simple text link? It is all dependant upon many factors and there is a simple tool that can let you visualize (and explain) how all the pieces fit into place.
The Text Link Ad Calculator is a slickly packaged Web 2.0 device that will open up many of the secrets behind selling or buying links. The creators of the tool provide a descriptive essay on how this tool actually operates. Pretty unusual for a tool of this magnitude.
In light (or wake) of Matt Cutts announcement that Google will be taking a closer look at paid links, this is a bold and provocative move from TextLinksAds. I am sure they have done their homework on this subject and they may reap some benefit from it. The intricate work to develop and implement the tool had to weigh heavily on their minds.
Now it is here, lets sit back and see how it plays out.
I was never privy to the the inner workings of selling links. But I had a good grasp of most of the mechanics behind it. There were certain intricacies that I felt were important, but could never get a clear understanding of what they were.
This calculator reveals what the designers think are important areas of the page. Most of those areas are generally understood to be important, by me, and the ways from others around the SEO area. It is not written -- it is perception.
Taking the perception of link placement and representing it an intuitive manner to the masses will have a great impact. The graphical interface with instantanial reporting only solidifies the proposition. If this is Web 2.0 and the direction it is headed, then they are on the right track.
VIA: Blue Sky Brothers,LLC
The Text Link Ad Calculator is a slickly packaged Web 2.0 device that will open up many of the secrets behind selling or buying links. The creators of the tool provide a descriptive essay on how this tool actually operates. Pretty unusual for a tool of this magnitude.In light (or wake) of Matt Cutts announcement that Google will be taking a closer look at paid links, this is a bold and provocative move from TextLinksAds. I am sure they have done their homework on this subject and they may reap some benefit from it. The intricate work to develop and implement the tool had to weigh heavily on their minds.
Now it is here, lets sit back and see how it plays out.
Looking out the window
I was never privy to the the inner workings of selling links. But I had a good grasp of most of the mechanics behind it. There were certain intricacies that I felt were important, but could never get a clear understanding of what they were.
This calculator reveals what the designers think are important areas of the page. Most of those areas are generally understood to be important, by me, and the ways from others around the SEO area. It is not written -- it is perception.
Taking the perception of link placement and representing it an intuitive manner to the masses will have a great impact. The graphical interface with instantanial reporting only solidifies the proposition. If this is Web 2.0 and the direction it is headed, then they are on the right track.
VIA: Blue Sky Brothers,LLC
Labels: google, search, seo, tutorials
If picture s are worth a thousand words are still not enough to teach you about bad web design, then maybe video presentations on the subject will.
Vincent Flanders, who coined the phrase "Learn good web design by looking at bad web design" from his WebPagesThatSuck site, has taken his craft into the realm of vLogging.
Personally, I like his glossy pictures with arrows and descriptions instead of the YouTube presentations. His videos suck as stand-alones, and only come into context if presented with companion articles.
Vincent Flanders, who coined the phrase "Learn good web design by looking at bad web design" from his WebPagesThatSuck site, has taken his craft into the realm of vLogging.
Personally, I like his glossy pictures with arrows and descriptions instead of the YouTube presentations. His videos suck as stand-alones, and only come into context if presented with companion articles.
Labels: design, tutorials, web
IsPopularOnline brings us 53 CSS Techniques you cannot Live Without a compilation of links with thumbnailed representations of each. The list represents the best written articles about CSS that the Internet has to offer and presents them in an eye-catching way. Very sweet one to bookmark.