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101 CSS Tips, Tutorials & Examples

How are your CSS skills coming? This great list should help you a lot, whether you’re just starting, or well on your way to Mastery… before the next CSS version makes it’s way to the next generation of browsers. It’s remarkable how much knowledge is online, and how when you pull the right “list” together, you have a sort of web based “book” written by many

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The Case Against Outsourced SEO

By Adam McFarland

About a week ago I got a phone call from a college buddy of mine named Paul who runs a soon-to-launch online business. Here’s how the conversation went:

Paul: “We want to hire your company to do the SEO for us. Whatever the price is, we… Continue reading

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Minimizing Javascript and CSS Files for Faster Page Loads

Are you having page load issues? Do you operate a CMS website or two that seems to take a long time (even on broadband) to download pages? Well, our Author, Max Kiesler, has ferreted out a number of solutions with some excellent techniques to address the basic issue — multiple Javascript and CSS files cause multiple “round trips” between the server and served pages. Take

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Working with CSS, DHTML and JavaScript

XHTML. DHTML. CSS. JavaScript. AJAX. A lot of acronyms for Open Source WebMasters to juggle. Here, you can learn about how CSS, DHTML & JavaScript — major components of and compliments to AJAX — work together in useful ways, see some examples, and try some exercises on your own… courtesy of Google Code for Educators. It’s not for brand new WebMasters

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20 Top AJAX, DHTML and JavaScript Tool Sites

Are you learning AJAX? It stands for Asynchronous Javascript And XHTML. It powers a lot of Web 2.0 sites/applications. But where can you go for the best online references, resources and tutorials? Max Kiesler knows, and here he shares his favorite AJAX sites with you…

by Max Kiesler

I started posting about AJAX shortly after the term was coined by AdaptivePath’s Jesse James Garrett… Continue reading

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AJAX Tutorial: Just what is AJAX all about?

Have you wondered what AJAX is, and whether you should learn to apply it in your web development work? You’ve probably heard the buzzword, but what exactly makes AJAX tick? Let’s take a look “under the hood” and see just what the buzz is all about.

What is AJAX?

AJAX is an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It is a development technique for creating… Continue reading

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Start Your Design with XHTML Templates

By Kevin Hale

Most of us think of a “template” in terms of a complete finished design ready for you to insert stories in place of dummy text. But, a general template, like the ones given in this tutorial, can help you save a lot of initial set-up time, prior to the key design decisions you make during the website creative process. These templates are optimized for… Continue reading