In: AJAX Help, Blogging Help, OS WebMaster, Web Help

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

In: Web Graphics Help

GIF, JPEG, or PNG?

by Scott Frangos - Managing Editor of WebHelperMagazine.com

WebGraphics Overview

Overview of Web Graphic Formats:

Here’s a quick overview of the three main web graphic formats (we’re excluding Flash here, since it requires a plug-in, though we agree it is becoming a fourth major format): GIF, JPEG, and PNG. We’ll compare the three formats, then use and display actual images saved in those formats (images courtesy of PickleZone.com).

In: Photoshop Help, Photoshop for the Web, Web Graphics Help

Lesson 7 - Creating Thumbnail Images

This Photoshop tutorial series is for webmasters who are new to preparing artwork for the web.

(In this Lesson you will create a small duplicate image for use as a “thumbnail” image, which when clicked opens a larger version of the image.)

1. Open Photoshop.

2. Open the file “picture.jpg” (it is available for download in Lesson 1). Continue reading