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Cross-Browser CSS3 Visual Effects
Oct 31, 2012
Chris Mills, author of Practical CSS3: Develop and Design, explores some of the visual effects available via CSS3, showing how these effects can supercharge web UIs while still providing a working experience across browsers.
CSS Coding Guidelines
Nov 16, 2001
To improve the maintainability and reusability of code, you should establish a set of coding rules, document those rules, and enforce their use. Scott Loban explores some coding conventions for CSS in this article.
CSS for Print Designers: You Have to Read the Words
Jun 6, 2011
Words are important too! J.D. Graffam explains why it's worth your while as a designer to take some time to understand HTML tagging.
CSS3 Is Here! Browser Extensions in Depth
Oct 5, 2011
Because the process of developing Internet standards can take years and is cumbersome between different browsers, browser extensions were implemented to set off officially approved CSS code from code being tested by the browser manufacturers. Expert web designer/developer Jason Cranford Teague shows you how to use and implement these extensions.
CSS3 Is Here! Selling Progressive Enhancement
Sep 7, 2011
Expert web designer/developer Jason Cranford Teague shows you how wanting the next greatest thing for your website isn’t necessarily learning about HTML 5 but understanding progressive enhancement, a new web philosophy that will allow you to push the boundaries of web design, while not excluding large segments of your potential audience.
Custom Search Filtering with jQuery Mobile
Sep 24, 2012
Search functionality is often a necessary piece of functionality for a website, especially when your website has a lot of content. In this article, Kris Hadlock, author of Ajax for Web Application Developers, explains how to use the search filter bar to create search functionality in the listview component, and how to create a custom search filter in case the default search functionality doesn’t meet your needs.
Customize Dreamweaver Using Extensions
Jan 6, 2006
As a Web developer, you might want to write an extension for Dreamweaver to handle a commonly used, and therefore repetitive, task. Or, you might have a unique requirement that you can satisfy only by writing an extension for the specific situation. In both cases, Dreamweaver provides an extensive set of tools that you can use to add to or to customize its functionality. This sample chapter discusses a number of ways you can extend Dreamweaver to suit your Web development needs.
Customizing Mobile Pages with jQuery Mobile in Dreamweaver CS5.5
Aug 18, 2011
New starter pages in Dreamweaver CS5.5 serve as templates for building mobile-friendly pages with jQuery Mobile animation and interactivity. Or you can use jQuery Mobile widgets to design mobile-friendly pages from scratch, with your own choice of jQuery Mobile objects. All without coding! David Karlins, author of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques, explores this Dreamweaver magic.
Customizing the Look of Error Messages in JSP
Feb 22, 2002
This article, excerpted from Drew Falkman's JRun Web Application Construction Kit (Que, 2001), shows you how to create custom error pages to deliver messages when errors occur.
Customizing Your .Mac Homepage With iWeb
Apr 7, 2006
iWeb makes it easy to create polished Web sites in no time, but can you make a site that expresses your personality instead of looking exactly like Apple's templates? You bet, says Ryan Faas, and it's not hard, either.
Deprecated Items in ActionScript 2.0 and Some Suggested Alternatives
Jan 6, 2006
The evolution of ActionScript has deprecated many elements of the language. This section lists the deprecated items and suggests alternatives when available.
Design by Nature: An Interview with Maggie Macnab
Oct 17, 2011
In this interview, Maggie Macnab, author of Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design, talks about using the principles and processes of nature in your design work, why patterns found in nature are so effective in design, and what inspires her as a designer.
Design for Sign-Up: How to Motivate People To Sign Up For Your Web App
May 30, 2008
You've got about eight seconds to convince a person to become your customer online. Usability expert Joshua Porter tells you how to make every second count in this excerpt from his new book, Designing for the Social Web.
Design Process, Clients, and Web Standards: An Interview with Jeffrey Zeldman
Nov 21, 2003
Jeffrey Zeldman speaks of how he works with clients to meet their needs while giving design a purpose.
Design Strategies of Successful Communities
Apr 27, 2001
People are people, even in cyberspace. In this excerpt from her book, Community Building on the Web, Amy Jo Kim outlines nine design strategies and three basic community design principles that characterize successful, sustainable online communities.
Designing a Custom YouTube Channel
Oct 5, 2009
Kris Hadlock explains how to customize your organization's presence on YouTube, with some relatively easy settings changes to make you stand out from the crowd.
Designing a Site from Scratch in Dreamweaver
Apr 14, 2006
Site planning and file structure can get a little cranial, but it’s really important to know this stuff to build efficient, well-designed web sites. This chapter will help cure any web-induced migraine, so stay tuned.
Designing Adobe GoLive Web Pages
Feb 14, 2003
This lesson explores the various GoLive tools for page layout as you work on the design of three Web pages.
Designing and Scoring a Pac-Man Style Maze Game with Flash
Apr 9, 2004
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Designing CSS Page Layouts with Dreamweaver CS5
Jun 14, 2010
David Karlins, author of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium How-Tos: Essential Techniques, is enjoying the improved page layout capabilities of Dreamweaver CS5. In this tutorial, he demonstrates some of his favorite features.

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