Posts Tagged ‘speed’
Ongoing role of a website manager
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Posted in Web strategy on the 11-10-2007 | 6 Comments
Many organizations and individuals simply underestimate the enormity of the job faced by website managers/owners, failing to grasp that it is an ongoing commitment. It is our job as web designers to make clients aware that running a website requires somebody to be responsible for it over the long term. Every website requires a website manager.
Show 89: 404
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Posted in Podcast on the 07-08-2007 | 11 Comments
On this week’s show: Paul talks about creating the perfect 404 page, Marcus covers some of the basics of rich media and Aral Balkan makes working with databases and APIs a whole lot easier in flash.
Website feedback mechanisms
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Posted in Marketing on the 11-06-2007 | No Comments
For many businesses a website is a lead generation tool. However, although a lot of thought is put into the website itself, very little is put into the gathering of the leads that result from the website.
Advice for CMS users
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Posted in Accessibility, Site content on the 23-05-2007 | 12 Comments
I have been putting together a document for work that provides some basic advice for people who work with content management systems. It covers things like accessibility and writing for the web so I thought there might be some value with sharing it with you all.
Show 74: Marcus 2.0
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Posted in Podcast on the 11-04-2007 | 9 Comments
This week: Is scrolling a bad thing, using frameworks to speed development, encouraging goodwill among your visitors and Marcus 2.0.
Show 65: Dying (Man Flu!)
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Posted in Podcast on the 30-01-2007 | 5 Comments
This week on the Boagworld Podcast, Paul and Marcus drag themselves from their death beds to share why you should care about Vista, which browsers you should support and introduce you to the exciting world of terms and conditions. Oh yes and Drew McLellan explains the pros and cons of Ruby on Rails.
Web standards War – Watch our language
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Posted in News on the 21-09-2006 | 13 Comments
The thing that disturbed me most at this year’s @media conference was the final panel in which it was announced that the “web standards war was won”. I remember saying at the time that this was far from my experience and so was particularly encouraged to read a recent Think Vitamin post.
Why IE doesn’t play nicely
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Posted in Tech/Development on the 13-07-2006 | 14 Comments
As all web designers know, Internet Explorer is the thorn in our collective flesh. Even with the dramatic improvements in IE7, it still finds ways to annoy. However, the nice chaps at Microsoft have gone some way to soothing our fevered brows.
Investing in your staff
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Posted in Web strategy on the 23-02-2006 | 4 Comments
Unsurprisingly my last post generated a huge amount of feedback. By far the majority focused on the learning curve involved in adopting web standards. Many complained they simply didn’t have the time to “get up to speed”. The follow is directed at those who employ web developers/designers…
Advice & Predications for 2006
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Posted in News on the 07-01-2006 | 4 Comments
This time of year sees a wealth of predications for the coming year. Andy Budd and Cameron Moll have both given some interesting predications for you developers and designers. Not wanting to be left out here is what I think web site owners should keep an eye on in 2006.
Semantic code: What? Why? How?
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Posted in Tech/Development on the 29-11-2005 | 12 Comments
Web designers like to throw around a lot of jargon that can prove very confusing for those who have to work with them. With that in mind, over the coming weeks, I want to focus on the more popular techno babble and try to dispel some of the mystery. First up: semantic code.
Web standards explained
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Posted in Tech/Development on the 02-11-2005 | 17 Comments
Today I have once again been working on the new Headscape site (yes, one day it will be finished I promise). One of things I did was write a brief introduction to web standards and I thought you might want to see what I have written.
Web standards at all costs?
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Posted in Web strategy on the 13-10-2005 | 12 Comments
So should you always build sites using web standards? Should tables really only be used for tabular data? Is it CSS at all costs?
Photoshop CS2
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Posted in Reviews on the 27-07-2005 | 4 Comments
If you are a regular Photoshop user or know somebody who is then it is worth taking a look at this tutorial.
Higher education & web accessibility
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Posted in Usability on the 17-08-2004 | No Comments
By now anybody involved in managing a higher education web site will be aware of the need to make it accessible. However, not all are clear as to why this is important or indeed how to go about it. This article is designed to give you a quick overview of the subject and direct you to some useful resources. What is web accessibility?
