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Development: How to decide which content management system is best
When trying to decide which content management system is best, developers often think about how easy the content management system is to integrate before ever considering how easy it is to use. This needs to change.
Development: Wireframing responsive sites
Wireframing responsive sites can be time consuming as you have to mockup each screen size. Ed Merritt is in the process of solving this problem.
Development: URL structures and analytics
It’s well known that good URL structures can help SEO, but how often do we think about the impact of URL structures on analytics? We should.
Development : Why the performance of your site is a life or death thing
I love this story from the Steve Jobs bio: One day Jobs came into the cubicle of Larry Kenyon, an engineer who was working on the Macintosh operating system, and complained that it was taking too long…
Development : Smart 404
I have just discovered a great Wordpress plugin that significantly reduces the chance of a user ever seeing a 404 error page. When a page cannot be found, Smart 404 will use the current URL to attemp…
Development : Semantics is a tool with future potential
Smashing magazine has kicked off an interesting discussion about semantics in HTML. It started with a post entitled ‘Our Pointless Pursuit of Semantic Value’. In a rather confrontation tone this…
Development : Sync webpage elements with your video
So I came across an interesting tutorial today that allows you to sync web page elements with video. Basically it triggers certain actions (like load content into the page) when certain points in …
Development : Responsive Design: Beyond the Blog
Making a simple site like a blog responsive is relatively straightforward. But, how easy is it on a more complex site?
Development : Quick and dirty ecommerce
Not all e-commerce transactions are made from dedicated e-commerce websites. Sometimes you just need a quick and dirty solution to sell from the most basic of websites.
Development : When adding or changing elements on your site, test everything.
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Development : Even the smallest change can break your site
One of the great strengths of CSS is that it cascades. However, as I discovered when working on this tumblog it comes at a price. A small change on one part of your site can cause problems elsewhere. …
Development : A case study in responsive design
Dan Sheerman has been working away to implement the responsive design for Boagworld. With the job complete he shares a few lessons learnt.
Development : Are Media Queries the answer to the Fold?
The fold is still one of the hottest topics on the web. Clients are concerned users will miss key content and web designers denying the fold exists. Could responsive design hold the answer to this debate?