Website Tools

If you are looking for an alternative to backing up your files or you need to have your files available on two or more computers, I recommend taking a look at Microsoft’s free tool “Live Sync”.  This is a small download that allows you to sync folders you choose to… Read More »

We have searched and found some great free tools for web designers.  Below are descriptions and where to find some great tools we have stumbled upon: Free clipart http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/ Web Generator http://www.ornj.net/webalbum/ Free Photo Gallery Generator There are several programs to choose from at this link http://www.web-album-maker.com/ Free CSS templates… Read More »

Large photo galleries can be a pain to set up and manage. When you are dealing with 100 or more images, you are in for some serious HTML data entry – tons of lines of code with only a few differences in each line. In this article, I’ll provide a… Read More »

In a previous article about fonts and web standards, we discussed the problems designers face with fonts on the web and some various solutions.  Today’s article brings an update to the field in the form of a few new contenders on the web-font battlefield.

The web is an ever-evolving medium – it never stays the same for more than a moment!  That is why your website needs to be updated frequently – not just in content, but in design.  Your website should be updated to stay current with the newest design practices as well… Read More »

If you’re like me, you often register for a website, hit the “Remember My Password” button in the browser, and totally forget what the password was to begin with.  Normally this isn’t an issue – as you’ll always have that password saved. But what if you need to tell someone… Read More »

One of the more challenging obstacles in website design are the limits imposed on designers by the idea of “web fonts”.  Web fonts are the few type faces which are installed on every system globally.  To maintain a consistent look to all users, most designers will stick to using those… Read More »

jQuery, one of the most popular and diversely adapted JavaScript libraries, has released a new version, and a gigantic wiki to document the api.  The new version boasts huge performance boosts and tons of new functionality.

jQuery is a javascript library complete with a great plugin repository.  It’s motto “Write Less, Do More” is indeed very accurate.  We have been able to utilize both the plugins and the core of the library to create a lot of useful features for our websites.  jQuery has a wide… Read More »

Today, communication goes way beyond the telephone and “snail mail.”  Businesses have changed the way they conduct transactions both with their staff and clients.  E-mail has now surpassed all other conventional communications and with that comes security issues that arise when the email is being transferred from the sender to… Read More »