Responsive web design is a great way to create website that work on small and large screen sizes. Responsive design involves creating one HTML page and then designing multiple style sheets to change the display based on the size of the screen where the page is viewed. This article reviews how to use media queries to target style sheets based in the width of the browser window.
How to use this journalist’s insider trick to optimize your website The first thing that good reporters are taught in journalism school is that it is absolutely essential to prioritize and organize the information that you are about to impart to your audience. Generations of reporters have learned how to use a simple mental visual […]
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Facebook is the unquestioned market leader in the social networking space. Their growth over the last few years has been mind-boggling. With more than 1 billion users, Facebook is larger than most countries. That’s an enormous audience, one that authors, actors, marketing experts and so many others around the world are trying to figure out […]
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Search the web and you’ll find a growing list of jobs for content strategists, but what do they actually do? Content strategy is really just the latest term for something many of us have been doing for a long time – planning, managing, and developing all of the text images, videos, and other content that […]
Read MoreA starter guide to the best iPad apps ever By Janine Warner Fresh out of the box, every iPad comes with a few basic options – a web browser, maps, email program, and a few games and utilities. You can download more games, and use apps to keep up with the news, make travel arrangements, […]
Read More iPad AppsThis quote is from Kentucky teenager who spent two days in jail because she refused to close her Facebook account. A just had ordered her to close the account after she updated her status with the following post: “My dumba** got a DUI and hit a car LOL.” The 18-year-old, who was charged with driving under […]
Read MoreTemplates come in many shapes and styles on the web. You can find templates for Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, WordPress blogs and more on the web, but not all templates work in all programs. This column is about creating Templates with the .dwt extension – a step that saves time when creating custom sites in […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, templatesYou might be surprised how many people are confused about the difference between a website and a blog, and how complicated it is to answer the question about which one is better…
Essentially, a blog (short for web log) is just a special kind of web site. Blogs are designed to make it easy for anyone to post text and images to the Internet (even if you don’t know HTML, the language of web design).
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Domain registration and hosting are two separate services. Many companies offer both, but they are completely different services. Here’s a metaphor that may help you understand the difference (it confuses a lot of people): Think of a hosting company like an apartment you rent, a place where your web site can live. Think of the […]
Read More web design, web hostingThe following code was featured in the book iPhone and iPad Web Design For Dummies. We include this code to save you a little typing if you are hosting your own video and want to link to it using mobile-friendly tags. BONUS TIP: Unless you’re running a really big website and have your own video […]
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