What web address should you use for your mobile web site?

Posted by Janine Warner - August 27, 2012 - Mobile Web Design, Tutorials

Make it easy for everyone with a mobile phone to get to the URL of your mobile site (typing as little as possible), by setting up multiple mobile addresses and directing visitors to the best version of your site. Whatever you do, drop the www (no one should ever have to type those three letters […]

Where to find fonts you can use on your website

Posted by Janine Warner - August 27, 2012 - CSS, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Mobile Web Design, Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress

You have to have the legal rights to publish fonts on a server and there are a number of complexities to hosting fonts in all of the formats you’ll need for them to work in all of the different web browsers out there. For all those reasons, most web designers turn to a hosted font […]

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How to add fonts to a website with CSS3

Posted by Janine Warner - August 27, 2012 - CSS, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Mobile Web Design, Tutorials

Thanks to the latest advances in web browsers and CSS3, you can link almost any font to a web page. There are many ways to add fonts to your web pages today, but the simplest option is to use a font from one of the online collection websites. Follow this link to discover where you can […]

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How HTML5 is changing web site design

Posted by Janine Warner - August 27, 2012 - CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Mobile Web Design, Tutorials, Web Design

At least 4 out of 5 mobile design ‘experts’ agree that HTML5 is the future of Web design (okay, I made that up), but we’re all pretty sure we’re moving in that direction. Although many web designers are not using HTML5 yet– it is clearly the next step in markup languages for the Web, and […]

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How to make a WordPress blog work on an iPhone and other mobile devices

Posted by Janine Warner - August 27, 2012 - Mobile Web Design, Tutorials, WordPress

The simplest way to make your WordPress blog more mobile friendly is to use one of these WordPress plugins. The latest, and more sophisticated approach, is to use a WordPress theme created with the Responsive web design approach, which means the design ‘responds’ to different screen sizes by changing the design to better fit smaller […]

Seven Mobile Web Design Tips To Get You Started

Posted by Janine Warner - August 27, 2012 - Mobile Web Design, Tutorials

1. Limit small screen designs to one column: Multi-column layouts just don’t fit on small mobile phone screens. 2. Make links big and easy to click on: Remember most cell phone users struggle with ‘fat finger’ syndrome. 3. Make your phone number easy to find: It seems obvious, but if someone is viewing your site on their mobile […]

Comparison Table: When is it best to create a Web App vs. a Native App?

Posted by Janine Warner - August 27, 2012 - Mobile Web Design, Tutorials, Web Design

Native apps, Web apps, iTunes apps, Android apps, what does it all mean? And where does a web site fit into the brave new world of the mobile web and app stores? This comparison table will help you better understand your options and why some sompanies are creating both. A Native App vs. A Web App […]

How the iPad and iPhone turn 3 Screens Into One

Posted by Janine Warner - August 27, 2012 - Mobile Web Design, Tutorials

Television producers are their top advertisers are not the only ones who want content on all “Three Screens”: 1. The television screen; which, while it is the oldest screen in most households, is starting to undergo some radical changes with Google TV, AppleTV, and various other players attempting to fuse the Web surfing with our favorite […]

What are the advantages (and challenges) of using a blog, content managment system (CMS), or other dynamic database-driven site?

Posted by Janine Warner - August 26, 2012 - Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress

The advantages (and challenges) of a content managment system, dynamic site, or blog with a database When you store all of your goodies (the photos, posts, and such) that you display on your web pages in a database, you gain the ability to create web pages dynamically — as they are served to the visitor […]

Choosing a Blog or Content Management System (CMS): Comparing WordPress, Joomla, and Dupal

Posted by Janine Warner - August 26, 2012 - CMS, Web Design, WordPress

Here’s a quick look at a few of the most popular blogging programs and open source Content Management Systems (CMSs) and why you might choose one over another. A good CMS or blogging program can be used for something as simple as a blog or as complex as a newspaper or magazine Web site. (Not […]