IrfanView: A robust (and free) image editor for your toolkit
Some time ago I presented an article on free or inexpensive web design tools and included several image editing tools. A reader suggested that a more in-depth review be posted…
Read moreHTML5: Drawing images and adding text to the canvas element
In the previous post, “HTML5: Working with the canvas element,” I reviewed several ways to manipulate this element, including creating rectangles, circles, triangles, and diamond shapes by drawing paths, and…
Read moreQuick tip: Measuring user satisfaction
As web masters we want to ensure that visitors are satisfied when they visit our websites. But measuring customer satisfaction can be a very subjective matter since visitors typically will…
Read moreHTML5: Working with the canvas element
The HTML5 specification has added many new conditions including attributes, semantic markup, and refined elements, sectional elements, and structural elements. This segment will review the canvas <canvas> element while using…
Read moreQuick tip: Establishing rules for publishing on the web
Does your organization or customer have a set of rules for its web content and publications? There are many topics to consider, including product review guidelines, web content hosted on…
Read moreHTML5: Using structural elements for header, footer, and navigation
The HTML5 specification has defined a set of sectional and structural elements that improves semantic markup within HTML coding for web developers. These new sectional and structural elements are a…
Read moreQuick tip: Finding web design inspiration
Keeping yourself and your team motivated and excited about web development and design can be a challenging task for any web master. Inspiration comes from many sources and often some…
Read moreHTML5: Using sectional elements
Included within the new HTML5 specifications are a new base template, several revised elements, and in addition, the HTML5 specification provides new section and structural elements that you can start…
Read moreQuick tip: Debugging and testing
As web masters, we all know that on occasion our “live” web pages get reported for a wide range of issues: failed log in attempt errors, buggy actions due to…
Read moreHTML5: Attributes, semantic markup, redefined elements
The HTML5 specification, while not entirely finished, is scheduled to be near completion sometime around the year 2020 or 2022 timeframe; however, currently most browsers do allow for several attributes,…
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