- Stupid User Syndrome: Why We Become Idiots Online (And What Web Designers Can Do About It)
- Jul 18, 2008
- Whether we like to admit it or not, we've all been victims of stupid user syndrome at some point or another. Designing the Moment author Robert Hoekman Jr. outlines the symptoms of this terrible malady as well as what Web designers can do to prevent it.
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- Voices That Matter Interview with Building Findable Websites Author Aarron Walter
- Jul 18, 2008
- Michael Nolan, senior acquisitions editor with New Riders Press, interviews bestselling author Aarron Walter, one of the speakers for the recent Voices That Matter Web Design Conference in Nashville. Read to the end to download a free findability checklist.
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- Voices That Matter Interview with Bulletproof Author Jeremy Keith
- Jul 11, 2008
- Jeremy Keith, author of Bulletproof Ajax, talks about Ajax, microformats, and his fondness for the mandolin in this interview with Voices That Matter Conference Manager Barbara Gavin.
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- New Riders Interview with Donโt Make Me Think Author Steve Krug
- Jul 1, 2008
- Michael Nolan, senior acquisitions editor with New Riders Press, interviews bestselling author Steve Krug, one of the speakers for the Voices That Matter Web Design Conference that just took place in Nashville.
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- All Links Are Not Created Equal: How to Make Online Lists Easier to Read
- Jun 16, 2008
- How do you make the Web look old? Why would you want to? Designing the Moment author Robert Hoekman shows how making links look their age can help readers more easily find what they're looking for in a list.
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- 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.
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- Improving Findability Through Web Standards
- May 16, 2008
- You put a lot of effort into building a website, but it's time down the drain unless the site ultimately connects with people. In this series, Aarron Walter teaches easy techniques for getting the attention of both search engines and users.
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- How to Create Content That Sucks (Users In)โAnd Makes Your Site More Findable
- Apr 4, 2008
- Aarron Walter explains how the good karma of sharing your ideas and keeping them open can bolster the findability of your site.
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- Going Online with QuarkXPress
- Mar 21, 2008
- This excerpt from Real World QuarkXPress 7 shows you how to increase the value of your XPress documents by taking them from print to the Web.
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- Nine Rules for Creating Good XML
- Mar 7, 2008
- HTML allows you to be a little lax, but XML is a sterner taskmaster. James J. Maivald and Cathy Palmer have come up with nine simple rules that will help you to create well-formed XML every time.
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- Profiling Flex Applications in Flex Builder 3 Pro
- Mar 3, 2008
- In this excerpt from Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source, the authors explain memory profiling and performance profiling, two highly useful optimization techniques facilitated by the new Profiler feature in Flex Builder 3 Pro.
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- Practical Advice for Developing Web Software Applications
- Feb 29, 2008
- Need help updating an outdated site? Learn how to identify web apps that are stuck in the past and prepare them for the future with advice from several of New Riders' Voices That Matter.
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- How to Embed a QuickTime Movie in a Web Page or Blog Post
- Feb 22, 2008
- So you've decided to join the video revolution in Web publishing. But instead of dealing with YouTube, you want to publish higher-quality content directly on your blog. Maria Langer shows you how.
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- Working with ColdFusion 8's Advanced Components
- Feb 8, 2008
- This sample chapter from the best-selling Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 2: Application Development takes you through many of the advanced features of ColdFusion Components.
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- Setting Up Your Mac to Use a Smartphone's Internet Connection
- Feb 1, 2008
- Flying clients around in her helicopter sometimes takes Maria Langer off the grid. A bit of experimenting helped her (and now maybe you!) to get connected again, using a smartphone with a Bluetooth interface, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, and a dial-up networking service.
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- Vector Drawing with Illustrator: Easier Than You Think
- Jan 11, 2008
- You've probably been creating bitmap art for years, or even decades. David Karlins thinks it's about time you investigated the possibilities of creating vector drawings. The concepts and terminology are a bit less like working with paint on canvas - but the technology is a lot more powerful.
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- Embedding Flash Video with Dreamweaver
- Jan 4, 2008
- David Karlins shows how to use Dreamweaver to embed a video clip into your own web page, presented with your own customized display skin, and surrounded by your own content.
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- Mastering Vector Design: How to Create Illustrator Patterns
- Jan 4, 2008
- David Karlins dispels some of the myths about using patterns in Adobe Illustrator. With some very simple techniques, you can create and use fascinating patterns for strokes and fills.
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- Quick Panels and Menu Bars from Dreamweaver's Spry Widgets
- Dec 28, 2007
- David Karlins unveils Dreamweaver CS3's new secret weapon: Spry widgets. With these powerful quick-creation devices, you can whip up tabbed pages or menu bars in your web pages in a snap.
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- Mastering Vector Design: Drawing with Illustrator Paintbrushes
- Dec 21, 2007
- David Karlins explores the multi-varied world of Adobe Illustrator's Paintbrush tool, showing how to customize the built-in brushes and even create unique and eye-catching new strokes of your own.
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