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Graphing Your Data with CFCHART
Apr 25, 2003
Produce elegant, dynamic, charts with only three simple ColdFusion tags. Learn how to build static charts using data that you provide, to manipulate the appearance of charts, to populate charts with query data in order to automate their creation, and to include links within your charts to build graphical, interactive applications.
Guidelines for Creating Print-Ready PDF Files in Adobe Acrobat 9
Oct 20, 2008
Choose one: a) Pay a professional printer a wad of cash to get great results from your PDF file. b) Keep some of that money in your pocket by following the Adobe Creative Team's suggestions on how to prep the file before you take it to PDF. Your call.
Hidden Gems in Adobe Illustrator
Sep 19, 2012
Brian Wood, contributor to Adobe Illustrator CS6 Classroom in a Book, shows you how to optimize content for use in projects such as websites, apps, and more.
Hosting Your Site
Feb 28, 2003
Lynda Weinman guides you through the various services you'll need to employ in order to get your site online.
How jQuery Mobile Handles HTML5 data- Atrributes with Dialog Windows, Popups, and Buttons
Oct 4, 2012
HTML5 plays a key role in the jQuery Mobile framework. HTML5 is the starting point for everything from defining how your web page renders in mobile, tablet, or desktop browsers to custom attributes that define widgets, themes, and much more. Web developer/designer Kris Hadlock shows you few ways that jQuery Mobile handles HTML5 data- attributes with dialog windows, popups, and buttons.
How and Why to Start Using HTML5 and CSS3 Now: An Interview with Bruce Hyslop
Mar 13, 2012
Ian Devlin interviews Bruce Hyslop about the best features of HTML5 and CSS3, when — and when not — to start using them, and what he really likes about the new edition of his book, The HTML5 & CSS3 Visual QuickStart Guide, 7th Edition.
How Does Google Figure out What Pages are More Relevant? Pagerank
Dec 30, 2004
Dave Taylor helps you understand Pagerank, a critical first step in increasing the visibility of your website in Google searches.
How Online Communities and Commerce Can Coexist
Oct 19, 2001
Online communities don't always have to focus around age demographics, personality traits, or hobbies. Companies can also harness the power of online communities to increase their reputation as well as bottom line.
How to Add WordPress Category Feed Links to Posts
Mar 23, 2007
When Maria Langer changed her blog's RSS feed from summary to full text, she worried that readers would stop subscribing to her feed because her blog covers so many wide-ranging topics. The solution? Push category-specific feeds. In this article, Maria shows you how to add category feed links to your blog posts using WordPress.
How to Become a UX Leader: Understanding the Psychology of Users
Dec 29, 2015
UX is a lot more than checkboxes and radio buttons. UX is psychology applied to design. For so many reasons, it’s high time everyone else finds that out too, as Robert Hoekman explains in this chapter from Experience Required: How to become a UX leader regardless of your role.
How to Build Applications in Dreamweaver
Jan 20, 2006
Whether you're totally new to Dreamweaver or just creating dynamic Web applications with the program, this chapter will help you find your bearings. The first part explores the Dreamweaver workspace with an emphasis on its application-building capabilities. The rest of the chapter deals specifically with the basics of Web application tools that are standard in Dreamweaver. Everything from applying server behaviors to working in Live Data view is described.
How to Build Pull-Down Menus with JavaScript
Jul 13, 2001
JavaScript is great for making things happen on Web pages, such as creating pull-down menus to mimic the look and feel of an operating system's functions. Here Tom Negrino and Dori Smith show you how its done.
How to Create a Landing Page That Sells
Nov 16, 2007
Authors Lance Loveday and Sandra Niehaus show you how to turn landing pages into powerful strategic weapons that enhance financial returns and give you a competitive edge.
How to Create a Successful Digital Publishing Plan
Mar 26, 2012
Digital publishing is fast becoming a critical requirement for publishers. It’s no longer just a desirable capability; it’s a matter of survival. Ann Rockley and Charles Cooper explain that the crucial point for publishers today is to create a unified content strategy in order to prepare their content for multichannel delivery.
How To Create an RSS Aggregator with PHP and AJAX
Dec 9, 2005
Imagine using a simple HTML file to send a request to a server-side script, receive a custom XML file based on that request, and then display it to the user without ever refreshing the browser! Kris Hadlock explains how to use a combination of PHP and AJAX to create real-time data transfers in any application without a browser refresh.
How to Create Animations in Fireworks
Mar 23, 2001
Fireworks gives you an extensive collection of tools and commands to create simple animations. Here Sandee Cohen, author of Fireworks 3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide shows how to make your artwork come to life.
How to Create Basic Shapes in Illustrator CS
Oct 27, 2006
Many objects in the Adobe Illustrator program can be created by starting with basic shapes and then editing them to create new shapes. In this lesson, you'll use some basic shapes to create a logo. Along the way, you'll learn how to use tools and commands to create basic shapes, copy and combine objects to create new shapes, paint objects, and more.
How to Create Content That Sucks (Users In)—And 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.
How to Create Flexible Header Images in WordPress 3.4
Jul 30, 2012
Break free from header image-size constraints! Jessica Neuman Beck, coauthor of WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide, Second Edition, shows how to use the new flexible header support introduced with the WordPress 3.4 core update.
How to Create Multiple Rollovers with JavaScript
Jul 13, 2001
Need to incorporate more than one rollover on a web page? In this article, Peachpit Press authors Tom Negrino and Dori Smith show you how it's done using JavaScript.

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