http://web-design.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for web design en Fri, 16 May 2008 08:07:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2589406 unknown@DZone.com For any dynamic Flash project, XML will be a powerful tool. One of the most common examples (and one of the simplest) is a picture gallery. I will be talking about how to use Flash and XML to make a simple, yet superfly, gallery. Fri, 16 May 2008 08:07:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2589406flash-flexweb designxmlProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2589133 unknown@DZone.com Unit testing is an integral part of the application design. Unit testing is applied at different levels of the application. In this article we will focus on the User Interface level unit testing. We will use WatiN to test our ASP.NET application Fri, 16 May 2008 03:08:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2589133.nettoolsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2588626 unknown@DZone.com A brilliant way to get the colors from a webpage using MooTools. Add some simple CSS and XHTML and you can create a beautiful color palette for your visitors. Very cool! Thu, 15 May 2008 19:45:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2588626css-htmljavascriptweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2588356 unknown@DZone.com When developing ASP.NET MVC applications, most examples or sites have shown you starting from complete scratch. This is all and well if you have the time to completely re-write an existing application for 6+ months or have started a v1 product. Right, in the "real-world" the former rarely happens and if your a developer wanting to stay on the bleeding edge, introducing a new architecture into an existing ASP.NET application is fairly tedious. From converting existing pages, supporting legacy routes, and possibly the lack of allowing multiple forms all prove to be a challenge. Thu, 15 May 2008 16:04:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2588356.netframeworksweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2588039 unknown@DZone.com We’ve amassed a collection of podcasts that are either directly about web design, or would be helpful to a web designer. If you’re interested in more podcasts try searching through Odeo or iTunes. There are quite a few web development podcasts, and a few niche topic web design podcasts, not covered in this roundup. Following is a list of useful podcasts for web design professionals. Thu, 15 May 2008 12:42:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2588039web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2587179 unknown@DZone.com Validators are a great part of the ASP.NET framework: they provide a standardized and easy way to add validation to form fields. But even if the framework provides different kinds of validators, there are so many different validations patterns that sometimes you have to write custom code to match your specific requirements. Thu, 15 May 2008 02:05:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2587179.netjavascriptweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2586751 unknown@DZone.com Nothing says Web 2.0 more than a shiny button. Of course, the "shiny plastic" look-and-feel is not for everyone, but good-looking navigation buttons are still integral to the design of a sexy web page. In this first instalment of a two-part article, I'll show you how to create a wide variety of different buttons using Adobe Photoshop. Wed, 14 May 2008 20:59:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2586751toolsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2586494 unknown@DZone.com An easy way to insert H1 tags in Joomla Wed, 14 May 2008 17:55:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2586494how-tostandardsusabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2586327 unknown@DZone.com Security is a hot topic these days; developers are slowly learning more and more how to make their code more secure and how to learn defensive programming techniques. Years ago defensive secure programming used to be a luxury but not anymore. With the increased threats around us in the computer world, we, as developers, should keep in mind security concepts as we do our coding. One type of applications is web applications and specifically in this article I will be talking about ASP.NET applications. However the ideas and concepts here can be adapted to any web programming language. You always read how cookies play an important role in the security of a web application. Wed, 14 May 2008 16:05:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2586327.netSecurityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2586328 unknown@DZone.com One easy place to make your website look current is in the copyright text at the bottom of the page. This is a rather obvious and easy thing to do, but some sites have overlooked their copyright year. Wed, 14 May 2008 15:57:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2586328opinionresearchstandardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2585925 unknown@DZone.com With this article, my goal is to show you how easy it is to implement basic element selection and then add some nice dynamic retrieval of content through AJAX by using DOMAssistant. Wed, 14 May 2008 11:29:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2585925ajaxhow-tojavascriptweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2585627 unknown@DZone.com the home page title tag is one of the most important title tags on your site. By default, Joomla displays the site name you specify in the config which isn’t that Google friendly, because it’s good to get your important keywords in your home page title. Wed, 14 May 2008 08:15:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2585627how-toopen sourceweb designweb servicesProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2584725 unknown@DZone.com t has been a while since I presented some unobtrusive (hopefully useful) JavaScript function. Recently I have been working on a project that demanded content scrolling, so instead of reaching out for some heavy unobtrusive solutions, I decided to write my own function. As I was developing it I kept simplifying it so I came down to what I am presenting today - Easy Scroll v1.0, an accessible, unobtrusive content scroller. Tue, 13 May 2008 21:56:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2584725css-htmlhow-toweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2583900 unknown@DZone.com According to A List Apart, (and who am I to disagree though here I am doing just that), all URLs should end with a trailing slash. I cannot say that I agree. I see their point from a browser to server relationship, but semantically for me, it doesn't make sense. Tue, 13 May 2008 13:26:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2583900opinionstandardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2581767 unknown@DZone.com In this article I want to point out the reasons why progressive enhancement is a very clever way of developing software and give you some tips and tricks how to develop when it comes to applying it. I am a strong believer in progressive enhancement and had my fair share of criticism for it as a lot of people neither consider it a need nor an easy technique to apply — it is often seen as a unnecessary overhead rather than a safety precaution. Mon, 12 May 2008 16:18:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2581767css-htmlhow-tojavascriptweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2581484 unknown@DZone.com Simple jQuery powered script that enables you to easy create custom tooltips and image "fly-out" previews. Mon, 12 May 2008 11:59:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2581484css-htmljavascriptweb 2.0web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2581485 unknown@DZone.com Here's a simple demonstration of how you can create animated progress bar using pure css. The trick is very simple. We need 3 elements, one container and 2 nested elements. Mon, 12 May 2008 11:59:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2581485css-htmlhow-toweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2581445 unknown@DZone.com In this presentation, Denise Wilton, designer at Moo.com talks about how to build web apps that not only work well, but have their own special character and personality. This session is from Future of Web Design London 2007, hosted by Carsonified. You can listen to all the event MP3s and download Denise’s presentation at the FOWD past events page. Mon, 12 May 2008 11:35:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2581445usabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2581255 unknown@DZone.com Building a complete and effective website truly is a process. In this post we’ll take a brief look at the various steps that lead to a successful project. Of course, this will vary from case-to-case, but this is a pretty standard order of events. Mon, 12 May 2008 09:03:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2581255how-tousabilityweb designweb servicesProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2581256 unknown@DZone.com Build a slick little mootools-esque effect using the jQuery library Mon, 12 May 2008 09:03:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2581256ajaxjavascriptweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2581257 unknown@DZone.com I thought of writing a series of tutorials for various link techniques. When I start writing I realized that they are pretty simple (yet effective :) ) and it might be better to have them summarized.
 Links (A tags) are one of the most important elements on your document. There wouldn't be any navigation without it, would it :)? The main feature that made following techniques possible is cross browser :hover pseudo class support. Each of these techniques is pure css, no ugly hacks, no JavaScript. Mon, 12 May 2008 09:03:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2581257css-htmlhow-toweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2581225 unknown@DZone.com Css Globe is starting a series of lightweight articles named "CSS do's and don'ts". This series is aimed at pointing out some of the bad habits when it comes to css and web standards in general. We'll try to provide answers to some of the most common css questions. Mon, 12 May 2008 08:21:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2581225css-htmlhow-toweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2580992 unknown@ma.gnolia.com Saved By: EliVZ | View Details | Give Thanks Mon, 12 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2580992javascriptvisualizationcanvasdemogittipografiweb tasar?mcanoncamerareferencehackcsspositioninglayouttimetubeyoutubechronologymashupwork-WJwork-MTembedapiApplemacOSXbackupdjangoblogonlinesocial networkingbeautiful thingsMusicvideosformsajaxVideoseohumorweb designtypographydesign inpiration http://web2announcer.com/go/2579392 unknown@DZone.com While we develop AJAX applications, we often carelessly ignore giving up bad practices, which cause effects which are not so significantly visible when the site is not so large in volume. But, it’s often severe performance issue when it is the case for sites that make heavy use of AJAX technologies such as Pageflakes, NetVibes etc. Sat, 10 May 2008 07:56:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2579392.netajaxreviewsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2578914 unknown@DZone.com In ASP.Net 1.x days Datagrid is one of the most common control that is used to display a table of data. With the introduction of ASP.Net 2.0 we have Gridview in the place of Datagrid while the Datagrid control is still supported. With the introduction of Gridview we can prevent some of the standard code we will repeat for edit, update, delete, sort etc Sat, 10 May 2008 07:56:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2578914.netweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2578334 unknown@DZone.com After reading A List Apart's article about if zebra striping (Link) makes any significant impact on speed/accessibility, I thought I would knock a quick demo up of taking zebra striping a step further using the mouseover event of jQuery, to me this appears to speed up scanning of the data. Fri, 09 May 2008 20:16:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2578334css-htmljavascriptusabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2578185 unknown@DZone.com They've been around for a while now: reset style sheets. They're becoming more commonplace among web designers, and even Yahoo is using a reset stylesheet of their own in their development. There are a few different viewpoints and opinions on the use of reset stylesheets, though. Do you reset? Fri, 09 May 2008 18:07:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2578185css-htmlframeworksopinionweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2577649 unknown@DZone.com One of the things that had me bothered for a while were visual separators. Whenever I got a design, there were always some silly pipes or > signs that were added to visually separate elements in a horizontal list. I'll try to explain why I think they are so bothersome, and what options we (are supposed to) have to implement them as good as possible. Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2577649css-htmlhow-toweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2577363 unknown@DZone.com This tutorial explains how to add various animated effect to content navigation using jquery. Fri, 09 May 2008 07:06:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2577363css-htmljavascriptphpweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2577337 unknown@DZone.com Recently my mailbox seems to contain a few messages of people mailing me about Flash. Many readers will likely assume that I have a natural distaste for anything Flash related. It’s not because I prefer HTML/CSS that I don’t like it or hate it as some people do. Flash/Flex have their place. With that out of the way let’s continue… Fri, 09 May 2008 06:46:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2577337flash-flexopinionweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2577206 unknown@DZone.com I could not find this trick mentioned anywhere, so i just thought to write and let world know about it. Just in case they didn't know about it, and see the general reaction.. Fri, 09 May 2008 03:46:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2577206css-htmlweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2576907 unknown@DZone.com Welcome to iLT’s second quarter roundup of sites that use type well. It may be that not all the sites listed here are to your taste, but it’s hoped that something—even a detail somewhere—will inspire you. Invariably, these lists are subjective, so if you disagree, then feel free to do so in the comments below. If this list provokes discussion of what constitutes good web typography, then all the better. The designs are listed in no particular order. Click on the screen-shot to visit the site. Enjoy! Thu, 08 May 2008 23:26:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2576907css-htmlopiniontrendsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2576669 unknown@DZone.com PHP's next edition, V6, includes new features and syntax improvements that will make it easier to use from an object-oriented standpoint. Other important features, such as Unicode support in many of the core functions, mean that PHP V6 is positioned for better international support and robustness. 
 
 PHP is already popular, used in millions of domains (according to Netcraft), supported by most ISPs and used by household-name Web companies like Yahoo! The upcoming versions of PHP aim to add to this success by introducing new features that make PHP more usable in some cases and more secure in others. Are you ready for PHP V6? If you were upgrading tomorrow, would your scripts execute just fine or would you have work to do? This article focuses on the changes for PHP V6 — some of them back-ported to versions PHP V5.x — that could require some tweaks to your current scripts.
 
 If you're not using PHP yet and have been thinking about it, take a look at its latest features. These features, from Unicode to core support for XML, make it even easier for you to write feature-filled PHP applications. Thu, 08 May 2008 19:53:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2576669phpweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2576387 unknown@DZone.com ASP.NET validation controls provide an easy-to-use but powerful mechanism of ensuring that data is entered correctly on the forms. There are 6 validation controls included in the ASP.NET 2.0 and ASP.NET 3.5 versions.In this article, let us see some tips and tricks that can be applied to the validation controls. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:09:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2576387.netjavascriptweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2576312 unknown@DZone.com Despite what you’ve read, the volume of text on your page in and of itself has no impact on the success of your site. Statisticians will tell you otherwise, because they observe specific behaviors and perceive patterns and think that their perceptions easily translate into concrete conclusions. They’re usually wrong on this score. The fact is it doesn’t matter what volume of copy you have if the copy is well designed. Thu, 08 May 2008 15:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2576312opinionweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2576270 unknown@DZone.com I decided on 960.gs after reading a blog post about it. I looked into it and found a professional, well-developed framework that had some good ideas that I was interested in, so I decided to give it a try. Boy am I glad I did... Thu, 08 May 2008 15:01:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2576270css-htmlweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2576024 unknown@ma.gnolia.com Saved By: EliVZ | View Details | Give Thanks Thu, 08 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2576024coolDesignProgrammingcommunityflickrsocialNone assignedjavascriptjqueryto.readusabilitywebdesigncontentcanoncamerareferencehackfotosinspirationgallerierssOSXSoftwarecssaccessibilitygoogleseohtmlcsslifehackerbloggingtoolsextensionsoperawebdragonflyweb designtypographydesign inpiration http://web2announcer.com/go/2575019 unknown@DZone.com the problem here is that putting such a huge file on our page will slow down the other page elements that are also trying to load at the same time. The solution then, is to ensure that the video doesn’t load until after the rest of the page is loaded. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:51:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2575019flash-flexweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2574740 unknown@DZone.com SEOmoz has released The Web Developer’s SEO Cheat Sheet which you can found very useful for webmasters. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:26:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2574740css-htmlreviewsweb 2.0web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2574394 unknown@DZone.com Opera Dragonfly is Opera's all-new set of developer tools, designed to give developers a lightweight-but-powerful application that provides effective mechanisms for web standards debugging and problem solving without slowing down the browser, and fits in nicely with the development workflow. Wed, 07 May 2008 02:46:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2574394css-htmljavascripttoolsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2574166 unknown@DZone.com An incredible amount of amazing colorful artwork and tutorials to inspire any designer. Tue, 06 May 2008 22:42:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2574166how-totrendsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2573838 unknown@DZone.com On a recent project, I need a quick and dirty report that would give a breakdown of statistics for orders that have been placed. I didn’t need any fancy drill down, hover help, or transition effects. This sounds like a perfect use for the Google Chart API! There is no limit on use. Tue, 06 May 2008 17:25:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2573838.netweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2573071 unknown@DZone.com Flickr groups are a great resource for designers to get inspiration and to share their own work. Here is a categorized list of 99 Flickr groups that are especially for designers. Tue, 06 May 2008 07:03:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2573071toolsweb 2.0web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2572630 unknown@DZone.com Brent says that he prefers a design without borders, though suggests some possible reasons in favor of using them: compensating for larger displays, adding contrast to bring attention to the content, and making the design feel more like real-world materials. Tue, 06 May 2008 01:21:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2572630guiweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2572631 unknown@DZone.com This tutorial gives you a complete understanding on Prototype Framework. Every concept has been explained with suitable examples. Tue, 06 May 2008 01:21:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2572631javascriptweb 2.0web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2572257 unknown@DZone.com this workout is possible only when CSS next version, browsers & image format makers support or implement this Mon, 05 May 2008 21:08:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2572257css-htmlweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2572090 unknown@DZone.com Below we present over 50 excelent pixel art designs — illustrations, paintings and posters as a part of our ongoing monday inspiration series. Some of the works presented below have an extremely high level of detail which is why you can observe pixel art for hours and still miss some details it contains. You can find ever more resources related to pixel-art in an overview we’ve presented in the end the post. Mon, 05 May 2008 19:18:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2572090web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2571491 unknown@DZone.com There are a lot of slick blog designs from very talented designers out there. So I thought I’d make a list of my all time favorite ones, hopefully you’ll find some you’ve never seen on this list. Here we go: Mon, 05 May 2008 11:28:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2571491css-htmlopinionweb 2.0web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2571437 unknown@DZone.com The CalendarExtender is an ASP.NET AJAX control that is associated with a TextBox control. When the user clicks on the TextBox, a client-side Calendar control pops up. The user can then set a date by clicking on a day, navigate months by clicking on the left and right arrow and perform other such actions without a postback. In this article, we will see some tips and tricks that can be applied to a CalendarExtender control. Mon, 05 May 2008 11:28:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2571437.netajaxweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2571439 unknown@DZone.com A little picture/chart of a web developer day, or life... :S
 It also applies to designers ;) Mon, 05 May 2008 11:28:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2571439css-htmlhumorweb 2.0web designProgramming