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WebM Video Format

CNSQ — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:35:36 +0000

With Google's introduction of the WebM video format for online video and streaming videos is good news for most web developers as this would give us more options on how we port the videos on our web projects.

According to Google, the WebM video format is efficient enough to be played on a range of devices like netbooks and smartphones. WebM is completely open source and licensed royalty free under a BSD style license.

More about the WebM video format is discussed in details at the Project WebM Project website

Gearing up for HTML 5 As a web designer / developer, we should be...

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Gearing up for HTML 5

CNSQ — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:16:29 +0000

As a web designer / developer, we should be semantic about the ways we do our HTML coding so that I can be readable and understandable for you as the designer/developer as well as a project team mate (if your working on a project development group or team). xHTML is currently the standard but there's a new standard that will become the future of front-end web development.

Enter HTML 5

To be brief HTML 5 is the upcoming web standard is the best standard format ever created because of its coding semantics and (in my opinion) a very SEO-friendly format at best. As of this writing the latest browsers are now adapting this format to ease the transition from xHTML to HTML5.

Articles on Introduction to HTML 5

HTML 5 Tutorials

Coding A HTML 5 Layout From Scratch

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13 Great WordPress Speed Tips & Tricks for Maximum Performance

CNSQ — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:59:11 +0000

Performance is a key factor for any successful website. And since WordPress is becoming more popular than ever, it will only be at its best when raised in the proper conditions. Here are a few things to try if you find that your WordPress site is not performing as well as it could be due to high traffic or hidden issues you don’t know about.

3 ways to compress CSS files using PHP

CNSQ — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:05:08 +0000

I found this nice article from the RSS feeds on my Google reader The article says that when you are doing sophisticated web designs, CSS files can quickly become very long and takes time to load but it can be remedied by using PHP.

Here are 3 interesting ways of compressing CSS files by using PHP

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10 Ways to Improve Web Performance (Front End Side)

CNSQ — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:50:15 +0000

There are so many ways to boost your website’s performance. These methods vary and some are more involved than others.

This article written by Jacob Gube entitled "10 Ways to Improve your Web Performance" focuses on front-end performance since it’s the easiest to work on and provides you the most bang for your buck. and also the front-end (i.e. your HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and images) is the most accessible part of a website.

Click here read his article

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10 Most Notable Web Development Milestones

CNSQ — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:59:42 +0000

I was browsing my Google Reader when this interesting trivia blog post caught my attention. Glen Stansberry wrote an article about a chronological list of the 10 most notable and groundbreaking web development milestones in the Internet’s history.

Here’s a summary of the list:

1. Linus Torvalds Creates the Linux Kernel
2. The Mosaic Browser Launches
3. The W3C Released the CSS level 1 Recommendation
4. The Open Source Movement Officially Starts
5. PHP is Released by Rasmus Lerdorf
6. PayPal is Founded
7. Firefox is Released
8. Ruby on Rails Goes Mainstream
9. 37 Signals Release the Getting Real Ebook
10. Amazon Launches Cloud Storage and Serving.

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10 CSS Mistakes that Web Designers and Developers do

CNSQ — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:27:34 +0000

Here’s a nice post which I read from my RSS feeds which caught my attention. The post was titled Are You Making These 10 CSS Mistakes? To be honest, I had made some of the mistakes as stated on the blog post, some of them are new to me like the CSS Frameworks. For the benefit of my readers, I’ll respost a summarize list of the following designer/developer’s mistakes:

Ignoring Browser Compatibility
Not Accounting for Smaller Browser Resolutions
Not Considering Frameworks
Not Utilizing Generic Classes
Not Validating the HTML
Not Validating the CSS
Using Mammoth Background Images
Using CSS For Everything
Using Inline CSS
Using Too Many Files

For a detailed explanation of each "Mistakes", you can read the original post: ARE YOU MAKING THESE 10 CSS MISTAKES

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CNSQ — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:20:59 +0000

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All You Need To Know About Web Safe Colors

CNSQ — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:50:18 +0000

Color for web graphics can get pretty confusing. While there might only be two basic file formats, GIF and JPEG used for web graphics, there are several color systems that apply to GIF images. In this article we’ll look at Web Safe or Browser Safe Palettes. Next month we’ll continue exploring GIF palette options and look at Adaptive, WebSnap Adaptive, Uniform and System (Windows and Macintosh) palettes. Well also get a handle on which palettes are best used with which images.
February 21, 2000

What Are Web Safe Colors?

Web Safe, or Browser Safe palettes as they are also referred to, consist of 216 colors that display solid, non-dithered, and consistent on any computer monitor, or web browser, capable of displaying at least 8-bit color (256 colors). The reason why this palette contains only 216 colors, instead of the maximum 256 colors, is that only 216 out of the basic 256 colors will display exactly the same on all computers.

50 Web Usability Tips that Help You Attract and Retain Visitors to Your Website

CNSQ — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:46:55 +0000

Here’s a an article posted on doshdosh.com that is very helpful to use web developers and web designers. Here’s the introduction posted by the author about this article.

Web usability has a direct correlation to your potential to effectively make money online. This is largely because the usability of your website very strongly affects the number of return visits you will see from search and referral visitors, as well as your ability to sell any product or service.

Visitor loyalty and the overall size of your audience base determines how much money you will make from contextual advertising, affiliate marketing or subscription-based monetization strategies.

Ideally, you want to capture every individual that stumbles upon your website and entice them towards a specific action, such as visiting an affiliate website, buying a product, registering as a user and subscribing to your blog feed or company newsletter.