The top secrets of search engines are the algorithms they use to evaluate, organize, and rank the websites. These algorithms must take into consideration the dynamic, vast, and sometimes criminal nature of the world wide web. Certain factors of search engine optimization, however, are controllable and highly effective towards optimizing a site for search engines [...]
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SimpleForm: Easy PHP multi-form email handler
Nov
03
SimpleForm is a free, lightweight, easy-to-use and highly customizable PHP form handling script written by Matt Varone. It includes both client-side javascript pre-checking and server-side PHP validation. Simple, yet robust. Forms submissions are done through email – the format of which is configured through files that come with SimpleForm. The following are a few of [...]
The Internet Explorer z-index bug with CSS Drop-down menus
Oct
28
I recently worked on a project during which I encountered an Internet Explorer bug that affected the drop-down menu of the site’s navigation. The bug resulted in my drop-down menu displaying beneath the content div located under it, hiding much of the menu from view. The problem turns out to be common, related to how [...]
Transparent PNGs with Internet Explorer 6
Oct
27
The development of the PNG filetype offered immense possibilities to Web Designers. Along with full color information, each pixel in a PNG file also carries an alpha-channel (or transparency) information. This allows for pixels to be either fully opaque, fully transparent, or crucially, anywhere in-between. The problem with using PNG in web design is of [...]
Measuring Selections and Images in Photoshop
Oct
19
Measuring the height and/or width of a selection in Photoshop can be useful for myriad reasons. I use these measurements to fill in CSS values (especially useful for the highly exact measurements involved with using CSS sprites) when converting a Photoshop document into a web page. Photoshop allows measurements to be taken using the Ruler [...]