- Modular Web Design: Combine
- Jul 22, 2009
- This chapter will show you how to assemble components into page layouts, appreciate how components fit into variations of a single page as well as across the context of many different pages, take advantage of component relationships, including duplicates, bundles, and page shells, formulate page regions so that components can be more simply explained and consistently applied, and appreciate the relationship between components in layout and code.
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- Monetizing Syndicated Content with AdSense for Feeds
- Oct 28, 2005
- No one quite knows how to make money from syndicated content yet. AdSense for feeds is Google's experiment in monetizing content feeds delivered through RSS and other mechanisms. Eric Giguere discusses why the jury's still out on this program.
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- Navigation Design
- Mar 30, 2001
- The focus of good navigation design is organization, not graphics. In this article, authors Robin Williams and John Tollett provide some basic rules and examples to help you become a better interface designer.
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- Need to Find Something Online? Here's the Key to Effective Searches
- Sep 23, 2005
- Choosing the right keywords is the essence of effective searching. But coming up with good, unique keywords is actually just half the battle. You also need to know how to enter and combine keywords, taking advantage of the basic search tools offered by the major search engines. Some search engines have a different set of instructions depending on whether you're using their simple or advanced versions. But certain general concepts apply across the board and these concepts are all covered here.
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- Neuro Web Design Review: VillageBanking.org
- May 4, 2009
- Susan Weinschenk analyzes the website of an international charitable organization. By making a few changes in the site design, she suggests, the group could increase the amount of good they're already doing for the world.
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- Neuro Web Design: Invoking Scarcity--If Something Seems Unavailable, We Seem to Want It Even More
- Jan 16, 2009
- Susan Weinschenk explains why invoking scarcity can be an excellent marketing tool.
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- New Riders Interview with Don’t Make Me Think Author Steve Krug
- Jul 1, 2008
- Michael Nolan, senior acquisitions editor with New Riders Press, interviews bestselling author Steve Krug, one of the speakers for the Voices That Matter Web Design Conference that just took place in Nashville.
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- Obvious, Yet Subtle: Making Interactivity Easy for Users
- Nov 22, 2010
- As the creator of an interactive project, you expend a lot of effort to make the project intuitive for the end user. You have to anticipate the needs and reactions of the viewers. Somehow, you have to make it obvious where to click in order to make things happen; otherwise, how will they know where all the fun is? Claudia McCue shows how to make interactivity simpler for your users.
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- One Process Fits All
- Oct 5, 2001
- A single, comprehensive workflow can be incorporated and adapted by all web development teams: a set of core steps that apply to all projects. One process -- the Core Process -- fits all, with a focused emphasis on the specific needs of redesign.
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- Optimizing Flow in Web Design
- Jul 11, 2003
- Create exceptional moments or "flow experiences" for your web users by designing toward their needs. A responsive, well-designed web site can induce flow in its users, and you can learn how to design for speed and feedback to make that flow happen.
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- Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design: Process
- Feb 15, 2011
- Khoi Vinh outlines principles that every designer should keep in mind when building a grid.
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- Planning for and Managing Browser Support
- Dec 7, 2009
- With a flurry of new browsers hitting users’ computers and mobile devices this year, everyone involved with the Web has had to scramble to ensure that their sites are compatible with the latest and greatest. This has left many Web professionals and business teams wondering, “What browsers should my site support?” Kimberly Blessing helps you answer that question.
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- Podcasting Made Easy with Podcast Factory
- May 12, 2006
- Do you have something to say but need to find an audience? You might want to give podcasting a try. Bryan Hoff shows you how to get up and running with Podcast Factory for under $200. Soapbox not included.
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- Positioning Web Elements in the Background Using CSS
- Jul 2, 2004
- There is only one way to get a smooth translucency effect in Explorer for Windows, and Eric Meyer shows you how in this article.
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- ppk on JavaScript: Context
- May 14, 2009
- JavaScript is used in the context of a Web page. This is obvious, but it has a few consequences that haven’t always been properly appreciated. Peter-Paul Koch discusses the standards-compliance CSS revolution that has changed Web development, starting with a quick summary of the CSS revolution and its impact on JavaScript.
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- Practical Advice for Developing Web Software Applications
- Feb 29, 2008
- Need help updating an outdated site? Learn how to identify web apps that are stuck in the past and prepare them for the future with advice from several of New Riders' Voices That Matter.
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- Preparing Your Dreamweaver Coding Environment
- Apr 7, 2006
- In this chapter, you'll learn how to access and use the many options you have for working with code in Dreamweaver, and how to configure your coding environment to support your own style of working with code.
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- Project Objectives and Approach for UX Designers: Know Which Star to Navigate By
- May 1, 2012
- This chapter covers forming objectives for your project and offers some questions that will help you solidify those goals. You'll also learn some common project approaches (or methodologies) and how they may influence the way you work.
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- Q&A with Jakob Nielsen and Kara Pernice: An Interview by Jason Cranford Teague
- Feb 17, 2010
- Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but how can you truly know what they are beholding? In their new book, Eyetracking Web Usability, Jakob Nielsen and Kara Pernice explore usability through examining the gaze of the viewer. Jason Cranford Teague had a chance to talk to them about Web usability studies, navigation, misdirecting your audience, and the frustration of ad overload.
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- Quick Guide To Creating RSS Feeds
- Jan 19, 2007
- This chapter is all about creating your own RSS feeds by using RSS creation applications. Read on to learn how to create RSS feeds online and on your computer, upload your RSS feed, add an XML button, and validate your RSS feed.
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