How to Size Text in CSS

One of the most practical articles you’ll read in a while on CSS was published in A List Apart this week: How to Size Text in CSS. Alhamdulillah I’ve been struggling with trying to figure out which way to size CSS texts.

Being Kind to Widows and Orphans

No, this is not one of those charity posts.
It’s all about my favourite plugin. Imagine a plugin that could improve
the typography of your page with no complicated setup. Controlling type
online can at times be difficult. However, things have just gotten a
whole lot easier with the release of the Typogrify plugin.

POSH – Plain Old Semantic HTML

A nice new acronym for a basic concept that should be deeply ingrained into every webdeveloper/frontend developer is making the rounds. POSH – Plain Old Semantic HTML.

To start writing semantic markup, you need to:

• Validate your HTML
• Stop using tables for layout
• Use semantic elements and attributes for their intended purpose
• Use semantic class names and id values
• Use as little HTML as will get the job done

Switching Page Extensions & SEO (i.e. ASP to PHP)

Switching Page Extensions & SEO (i.e. ASP to PHP).

A Cre8asite Forums thread asks what are the search engine optimization implications of switching from ASP to PHP?

Creating Inspired Design by Andy Clarke

Andy Clarke (All That Malarkey) is writing a series of monthly articles on informit.com titled “Creating Inspired Design.”

So far he has posted 4 articles on issues of inspiration, bringing print design styles to the web and color schemes.

35 Designers x 5 Questions

35 Designers x 5 Questions

10 Design Resources for October

Fadtastic posts “10 Design Resources for October.”

Building a Website for Analytics

Digital Web Magazine on Building a Website for Analytics.

Protolize.org – Essential Web Tools in One Place

Protolize.org has a bunch of links to the essential web tools in one place.