http://web-design.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for web design en Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:38:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2968200 unknown@DZone.com In this post, I discuss what makes search results effective and include popular examples to reinforce the ideas presented. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:38:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2968200usabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2968017 unknown@DZone.com Yes, that???s right: drop-down navigation menus can be user-friendly. Just yesterday Jacob Nielsen the results of his recent drop-down menus study, in which he found out that big, two-dimensional drop-down panels that group navigation options help users to avoid scrolling and can precisely explain the user???s choices with effective use of typography, icons, and tooltips. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:31:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2968017web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2967932 unknown@DZone.com Any developer that???s been around a while remembers the magic of table layouts. It was part of every tutorial on how to create a website. The days have changed and now we see a big push for CSS everywhere. CSS zealots are everywhere, almost as prolific and dedicated as Mac fans! But is CSS evangelism all it???s cracked up to be? Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:52:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2967932css-htmlstandardstrendsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2967820 unknown@DZone.com 42 pagination design inspiration Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:53:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2967820usabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2967811 unknown@DZone.com A massive guide to everything Twitter. Includes Twitter glossary, best applications, how to get more followers, Twitter ranking and a ton of more information for quick reference. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:45:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2967811trendsweb 2.0web designweb servicesProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2967666 unknown@DZone.com This is a funny article that poses some interesting questions about our role as web developers in positioning our clients. It tells a funny and true story about a lady who got really upset with a web developer because the website he designed for his client was too good and misrepresented the way the client performed when doing work for this lady. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:20:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2967666guihumorweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2967838 unknown@DZone.com There is a vast range of ready made jQuery plugins available from generous designers and developers from across the web that can help add stunning functionality and effects to your website. Check out these 30 awesome examples, including content sliders, image galleries, tooltips, accordions, lightboxes and modal windows. Download the pre-built scripts and add the code along with the jQuery framework to quickly and easily enhance your web designs. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:31:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2967838javascriptweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966787 unknown@DZone.com Big, two-dimensional drop-down panels group navigation options to eliminate scrolling and use typography, icons, and tooltips to explain the user's choices. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:54:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966787usabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966755 unknown@DZone.com WordPress is a great tool, and best thing is free! Here are collected 25 custom designs of wordpress based sites, that you have to see. In my opinion these are the best! Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:19:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966755css-htmlweb 2.0web designxmlProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966586 unknown@DZone.com 30 web design related books from some of the brightest designers and developers in the industry, that will likely be influential must-reads in 2009. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:05:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966586booksweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966553 unknown@DZone.com One of my absolute favorite design books is, Robin Williams Design Workshop. It looks into practical design theories and showcases awesome examples. One of the areas of focus that I???ve taken into all my designs are the four major design principles. They include: contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:35:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966553guireviewsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966476 unknown@DZone.com There are a lot of options out there for editing images and creating graphics. Some are desktop-based, and there are others that are web-based. We???d like to know what you think the best image editing software is. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:46:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966476toolsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966431 unknown@DZone.com Question from Yuhsin: "I would like to make the jquery steps slider to do auto-increment when the window loads. Is there an easy way to trigger the slide to move by itself?" I???m assuming this question is looking for the content to auto scroll as well. So, let???s pull up the code from last week and take a look at this issue. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:00:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966431guihow-tojavascriptweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966315 unknown@DZone.com DZone recently had an opportunity to sit down with Dr. Holger Schwichtenberg, author of DZone's newest Refcard - Core ASP.NET. In this interview, he discusses the Refcard and his experience working with ASP.NET. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:44:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966315.netframeworkstrendsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966296 unknown@DZone.com Whether you???re a freelance web designer or you own your own web design company, here are some web-based tools that will make your life easier, increase your professional image, and streamline your entire operation. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:54:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966296opinionreviewstoolsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966274 unknown@DZone.com How :target is usually used and how you can do other funky things with its dynamic properties like an expandable FAQ and a simple gallery. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:18:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966274css-htmlusabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966255 unknown@DZone.com It???s true the new version is faster, safer and better than the oldies! but it???s not enough. IE8 only gets a poor 20/100 on Acid Test 3 while Opera 9.6 got 85%, Chrome 1.0.154.48 got 78%, Safari 3.1 got 75%, Firefox 3.0.7 got 70% and IE7 got only 12 percents! Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:58:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966255Microsoftstandardsweb designWindowsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966215 unknown@DZone.com CSS3 introduces many exciting new features for webdesigners and webdevelopers. These features can help you create some common webdesign techniques like rounded corners, opacity and dropshadows just by typing out some CSS rules. Let's find out whether Microsofts newly born baby, Internet Explorer 8, supports these CSS3 features or not. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:53:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966215css-htmlguistandardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2966123 unknown@DZone.com Web Development HTML ImageBefore launching any new website, feature, or upgrade, it has to be tested. The worst nightmare of any programmer, designer, or business is to launch a broken website that drives away users and hurts reputations. It will only create more work, more headaches, and lost profits. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:04:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2966123toolsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2965916 unknown@DZone.com We changed the name because FireScope is already used by another organization in this industry ??? and in order to avoid any confusion, we thought we???d make a fresh start. Shame, I quite liked the name, and it took us several iterations to come up with that one! Makes me sympathize with the Firefox developers, who went through several names before arriving at the current one (remember Phoenix, anybody?). Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:23:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2965916announcementjavascripttoolsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2965767 unknown@DZone.com I'm kind da lazy developer so I always try to minimize my code. So these 8 tutorials cover a wide range of knowledge of jQuery to make it works for you. We will use jQuery and ImageSwith - the new jQuery plugin to re-assembly some complex and popular effects such as card flipping, sequence of animation, gallery image with slide show, flip clock... and trust me, with ImageSwitch, they're just a piece of cake. Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:26:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2965767javascriptweb 2.0web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2965177 unknown@DZone.com Most people judge a site on its quality of design. Colors can play an important role in any web design layout and one of the key factors in a good website design is choosing an attractive and friendly website color. Talking about colors on a web design layout, here are some examples of beautiful red websites to help you enhance your design ideas. In the list below are some very inspiring sites using red colors. Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:13:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2965177css-htmlreviewsweb 2.0web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2964961 unknown@DZone.com Since someone I respected stole some of my work and I let him rub it in my face I decided it's about time for a little lesson on copyrights. We will learn why people aren't happy when you break them, and why you should always ask before replicating someone else's code. Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:48:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2964961javascriptopinionweb designweb servicesProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2964470 unknown@DZone.com With all the awesome web tools and resources made available by the World Wide Web, designing websites today is way easier than it was 10 years ago. Check out our compilation of 28 generators we found online to help you design websites easier. If you know of any tools that we can add to the list, feel free to contribute through our comments section. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:00:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2964470reviewstoolsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2964472 unknown@DZone.com Today is my last day at Google.
 
 I started working in-house at Google almost three years ago. I built a team from scratch. I was fortunate to hire a team of a very talented designers. We introduced Visual Design as a discipline to Google. And we produced amazing work together. I???m very proud of my team, and I wish them well. They have a lot of challenging work ahead. But for me, it???s time to move on. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:54:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2964472guiopiniontrendsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2964372 unknown@DZone.com In CSS, the ???!important??� suffix was originally intended to provide a method of overriding author stylesheets. Users could define their own ???user stylesheets??� and could use this suffix to give their rules precedence over the author???s (website creator???s) styles.
 Unfortunately, and quite predictably, its usage has spread massively, but not in the right direction Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:09:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2964372css-htmlopinionstandardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2964193 unknown@DZone.com 5 things your clients should know in order to create a successful website and the designer's role. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:09:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2964193opinionresearchusabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2964147 unknown@DZone.com As you probably know, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 was ???officially??� released yesterday. If you were caught off guard by this and haven???t had time to test your sites in IE8, don???t lose sleep; you can make IE8 render pages like IE7 using a simple META tag. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:59:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2964147css-htmlMicrosoftusabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2964109 unknown@DZone.com Examples of new CSS features you can use if your site does not support IE6 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:54:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2964109css-htmlweb 2.0web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2963945 unknown@DZone.com Continually improving your skills, and therefore the products you develop, should not be a chore; it should be the goal. If you have no desire to improve your skills, you're either doing it wrong or in the wrong the profession. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:46:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2963945methodologyopinionusabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2963936 unknown@DZone.com A collection of inspirational, colorful web designs. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:02:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2963936web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2963763 unknown@DZone.com Wednesday was Day 1 of Microsoft???s MIX 2009 conference. The keynote was handled by Bill Buxton and Scott Guthrie. There were a lot of announcements throughout the day, including beta, CTP, and final software releases. Here is a roundup of what???s new and where you can get more information. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:40:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2963763.netannouncementMicrosoftweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2963952 unknown@DZone.com The call-to-action button is an important tool in the user experience designer???s box of tricks. In this article I???ll give you a few pointers on providing effective ones. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:56:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2963952usabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2963460 unknown@DZone.com A great tutorial on how to use variables in CSS with a bit of PHP code and .htaccess. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:41:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2963460css-htmlhow-tophpweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2963392 unknown@DZone.com Positioning elements with CSS can be quite tricky to the untrained user. To be honest, a lot of CSS ends up being trial and error simply because what works in one browser, probably looks different in another (thank you IE!). Setting up page layouts with nested DIVs can be easy, but you need to make sure you specify the right attributes at the right time to get the desired results. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:21:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2963392css-htmlhow-tousabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2964989 unknown@DZone.com Positioning elements with CSS can be quite tricky to the untrained user. To be honest, a lot of CSS ends up being trial and error simply because what works in one browser, probably looks different in another (thank you IE!). Setting up page layouts with nested DIVs can be easy, but you need to make sure you specify the right attributes at the right time to get the desired results. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:21:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2964989css-htmlhow-tousabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2965021 unknown@DZone.com Positioning elements with CSS can be quite tricky to the untrained user. To be honest, a lot of CSS ends up being trial and error simply because what works in one browser, probably looks different in another (thank you IE!). Setting up page layouts with nested DIVs can be easy, but you need to make sure you specify the right attributes at the right time to get the desired results. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:21:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2965021css-htmlhow-tousabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2963262 unknown@DZone.com Among designers, there are often discussions on the placement of actions in web forms that span several web pages. The quintessential question underlying this debate is: can an action that leads people to the previous step of a process be placed to the right of an action that leads users to the next step of a process? Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:28:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2963262opinionusabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2963250 unknown@DZone.com The following article demonstrates how to use the custom HTTP handler to implement security in an ASP.NET application. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:10:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2963250.netSecurityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2962684 unknown@DZone.com Microsoft will tout at the Mix09 conference in Las Vegas this week its planned Silverlight 3 rich Internet application technology along with a host of other developer-related offerings, according to the conference Web site. Other efforts to be pondered at the conference include the planned Visual Studio 2010 IDE, the Azure Services Platform for cloud computing and Expression Web, for building Web sites. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:57:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2962684MicrosoftNewsriaweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2962640 unknown@DZone.com On websites that have a lot of pages, breadcrumb navigation can greatly enhance the way users find their way around. In terms of usability, breadcrumbs reduce the number of actions a website visitor needs to take in order to get to a higher-level page, and they improve the findability of website sections and pages. They are also an effective visual aid that indicates the location of the user within the website???s hierarchy, making it a great source of contextual information for landing pages. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:20:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2962640web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2962623 unknown@DZone.com Testing a website used to be so much easier. You would develop and test your code in Internet Explorer and be totally oblivious to anything but major HTML, CSS or JavaScript errors. Even the most conscientious developers would only test a couple of other minority browsers. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:49:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2962623methodologytoolsweb designWindowsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2962488 unknown@DZone.com Twitter makes the perfect error log for web apps, as it's easy to share with a team, and is accessible anywhere. This short tutorial explains how to set up your PHP scripts to report errors via twitter. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:12:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2962488how-tophpweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2962305 unknown@DZone.com Finding inspiration is not always as simple as it sounds, whether you???ve been designing for years or only weeks. Below is a collection of 100 great web resources to find inspiration and direction on your next project, whether it be online or in print. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:47:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2962305usabilityweb 2.0web designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2962003 unknown@DZone.com In this post I will show you how to create a simple picture gallery using PHP. This will go through all the pictures in a directory; if a thumbnail does not exist for it, create one for it; and display the thumbnail on a page with the ability to show the full sized pictures. I am going to use the PHP GD library, so make sure that your web server has the GD Library enabled Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:49:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2962003phpweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2961923 unknown@DZone.com A 404 Message can be disorienting, but it doesn???t have to be. These tips will explain what???s important about an effective 404 page to get your users going in the right direction. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:59:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2961923usabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2961763 unknown@DZone.com Retro and vintage web designs have become increasingly popular. Ironically, the more and more the web progresses, the more designers start to revert back to old retro styles. For your design inspiration, here are 40 beautifully-designed websites that revert back in time to retro and vintage styles. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:16:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2961763reviewsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2961667 unknown@DZone.com Just like in most other professions, a web designer???s set of tools is what brings a concept into fruition. There are many applications available to our disposal, but there are some that just stand out from the crowd. The tools in this article are what???s regarded as the most popular tools used for web design. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:55:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2961667reviewstoolsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2961456 unknown@DZone.com Discover the JavaFX Media functionality, including the supported formats, platforms, and features. This document and screencast are the first part of the technical article, Incorporating Media Assets Into JavaFX Applications. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:58:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2961456guiriaweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2961457 unknown@DZone.com We present here a showcase of some of the top social news sites, we'll identify trends and patterns in their designs and suggest some best practices to follow when designing such sites. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:58:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2961457usabilityweb designProgramming