If you’ve ever tried to view or edit a template for a WordPress blog, Joomla site, or other dynamic technology in a program like Adobe Dreamweaver, you probably didn’t get what you were hoping for — unless you set up your computer as a Web server. One of the biggest challenges when it comes to […]
Read More cms, dwcs5, dwcs6, web hosting, wordpressCS5 provides better support for include files and PHP You could edit WordPress files in previous versions of Dreamweaver, but version CS5 takes that support to a whole new level. Dreamweaver CS5 can handle multiple levels of include files, so you can use it to edit even the most complex themes, and it includes better PHP […]
Read More dwcs5, dwcs6, wordpressAdobe provides a marketplace where you can fine easy tools (some of them are even free) to add cool stuff like interactive slideshows to your website. You’ll find a growing list of widgets on the Adobe Exchange site that you can use to create slideshows, drop-down menus, and other Interactive features. The Widget browser makes it easy to […]
Read More dwcs5, graphicsIf you haven’t done it already—Google yourself. But before you race off to the nearest search engine, here a few suggestions. First, don’t stop at Google’s home page. It’s not a bad idea to begin at the front door of the world’s most popular search engine, but if you’re like most Internet users, you’ve already […]
Read More online reputation, SEO, social mediaMake 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 […]
Read More mobile web designYou 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 […]
Read More css, dwcs5, dwcs6, mobile web design, wordpressThanks 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 […]
Read More css, dwcs5, dwcs6, mobile web designAt 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 […]
Read More css, dwcs5, dwcs6, mobile web designThe 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 […]
Read More mobile web design, wordpress1. 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 […]
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