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How to Search a Website Using ASP.NET 3.5
Learn some of the new features of ASP.NET 3.5 - including LINQ, Update Panels, Update Progress controls, etc.
How to optimize your blog for code samples plus some cool widgets/tools
Recently I have been posting more and more code samples in my blog and wanted to optimize my blog for code snippets . After some searching I found these set of widgets/tools very useful. This post describes how to use
Blogger Syntax Highlighter to make your code snippets look nice, how to change the width of your blog, How to post an image in its original size to your blog, how to add a Tag cloud, how to add social bookmarking links, how to ping search engines and other ping services, how to add the dzone widget and how to track your visitors.
Almost all these widgets/tools are related to blogger expect for ones like statcounter and PinPoll-n-Ping.
An Open Letter to You, Webmaster
I’ve recently been contacted by your customer with regards to my web services. They mentioned that they were unhappy with your work and would like for me to create a new website for them. I’m writing this letter to thank you!
Google Chrome: Winners and Losers
Right now I know as much about Google's new Chrome browser as everyone else - which is to say, I've read the comic book and the relevant blog postings. Our own Sam Dean has a good roundup of the facts as they are known so far, and when the code actually ships, we'll bring you coverage of how it works. But let's assume for the moment that Google delivers everything they promise: what effect will this have on the wider market?
Accelerators coming to Windows 7
Accelerators alas IE8 are coming to Microsoft's next OS. To my surprise I found through the leaked photos of Windows 7 that were published yesterday, that such features are enabled in the latest build of Windows which lead me to wonder been able to mash up services right from within my Desktop experience, using the myriad of web services available at the reach of a right click and contextual to my task at hand.
Speed Up your Website, Quick!
Have you ever gone to a website that just loads pretty slow, or the content loads fine but the images take foreverrrrr. This is always something that is frowned upon from web master and even basic readers. Maybe you just started your blog or website and haven’t really thought about how fast your website is. Just because you pay upwards of $100 bucks a month for a T3 connection, that still leave out all of the people that steal internet from their neighbors(Wi-Fi)!
23 Personal Tools to Learn More About Yourself
In the not too distant past, the Web was all about sharing, broadcasting, and distribution. The tide is turning. The Web is moving towards the individual. Applications spring up every month that let people track, monitor, and analyze their habits and behaviors in hopes of gaining a better understanding about themselves and their surroundings.
Visual Analytics -- Programming meets Art
cool thing on visual analytics
Test your Website: A 57-Point Checklist for Maximum Usability
So you've got a website, but do you know whether it's usable or not? The answer to this question can make the difference between a successful site and one that's just ignored. Go through this checklist to make sure your site is up to snuff.
Site design theme editor BETA
The PHPClasses site is launching an editor that allows designs to propose new site design themes. This is the initial beta version of the site design editor, but it already allows any designer to try different presentation designs.Why Have a Start Button to Shutdown Windows?
The other day I was watching David Pogue’s presentation When it comes to tech, simplicity sells on Ted Talks about good and bad UI design, which overall was very good. However good UI (User Interface) design is not always as obvious as he makes it out to be, and sometimes it’s even very counter-intuitive.99 Resources for Web 2.0 Design
This post was originally published a while ago, however, almost all of the resources mentioned are still relevant. Since this post was published we’ve added tons of new resources that you may also find useful (see our Popular Posts pageUsing YUI to provide help for web forms
Users are more likely to complete your web forms if you provide a simple help system to answer common questions to complete each input. There are a couple of common techniques to provide help for individual form inputs and I've included a simple YUI class that I use to provide help for form inputs.
Is Firefox 3 a buggy browser?
I am using the Firefox version 3, which I downloaded during the Download day. I was impressed with the features that were promised by the Firefox team and decided to upgrade from version 2 to 3. Initially everything going fine, but now I am facing some issues with Firefox 3.Simple and Powerful Dropdown Menu Javascript Plugin
Finally someone did it right. Fully degradable and non-obtrusive dropdown menu plugin is extremely simple to use. Just put your site menu in nested > elements, and the plugin handles the rest. Works great and won't ruin your site on browsers with Javascript disabled, plus it's easy to style with CSS, which means it's easy to integrate into existing sites.Enhanced Textarea JavaScript Plugin
Open source JavaScript that adds useful features to > elements on a web page. Features include auto-resizing of input height, visual feedback of remaining characters, and tab indentation support. Simple configuration and very easy to use, just include the script in your page and all textareas acquire these features by default. Most importantly, this plugin in fully degradable when javascript is disabled, and entirely non-obtrusive, just like all UvumiTools plugins.Friendliest console installer EVER!
Friendliest console installer EVER! Shows a snippet of the Phusion Passenger installer for Ruby on Rails.7 Crucial Tips for Designing and Maintaining a Large Site
Projects vary in scope and size, and the challenges they entail vary likewise. As a lone web designer, the biggest job I am responsible for is FlashDen. Along with thousands of active members all chatting, uploading and buying, the site processes large amounts of money and large amounts of traffic.John Hicks Future of Web Apps Presentation
John Hicks of HicksDesign gave an excellent speech at the most recent Future of Web Design Conference. He titles the presentation “Design to Deployment” and it covers exactly that. He build a site dedicated to cheese, and in the process explains his code from planning to execution. This is definitely guide that should be paid attention to.Microsoft says you need to change how you are building your applications
Cloud computing and multi-core CPU's are forcing us to change the way we think about writing software. Gone are the days of simply depending on faster machines to build more ambitious applications. New programming paradigms will be necessary to use these new tools.jQuery Examples
Learn jQuery with examples. Online demo of jQuery examples is also provides.Ten Tips for Creating Successful Web 2.0 Solutions Inside the Enterprise
Tonight I attended a Churchill Club panel discussion on Succeeding with Web 2.0 Within the Enterprise, with Charlene Li of Forrester as the moderator. The four panelists each gave a run down on their internal Web 2.0 projects for employees -- all about sharing information and ideas.Threading Problems In Web Applications
"I don't have much threading experience, I work on web applications."
Ever heard this? Me too. In fact, I've heard it come from my mouth a time or two. My exposure to threading is limited as I have traditionally operated within the web applications realm, however it is important that even web application engineers understand how threads work and the importance of writing thread safe code.Top 10 SOA Pitfalls... #8 - Security
Last week Rik de Groot published SOA Pitfall #9: Versioning. This week it's time for #8, about security. Rik presents the problem as follows: "SOA security is like having a well-protected Middle Ages city, but at the same time asking citizens to permit many more people from inside and outside the city into their homes. "Create a Simple, Intelligent Accordion Effect Using Prototype and Scriptaculous
We've all seen the "accordion" type effect used on many Web 2.0 sites; however, many accordion scripts are heavy, make poor use of the libraries they are based on, and don't handle things like ensuring that the accordion maintains a consistent height. In this tutorial, we will use the Prototype and Scriptaculous libraries to create a lightweight, intelligent accordion.Sliding Top Menu With jQuery
Sliding menus are very effective in areas where we have limited space .
This is a sliding top menu built with jQuery which can be fired through the open & close buttons or with any tag with the related class name. You can also use it as an info box, login area & more.MIT Technology Review : Adapting Websites to Users
Websites that change to fit the cognitive style of the user could be more effective at selling products online.6 Ways To Subliminally Tell Users "Don't Come Back"
There are many practices that I can’t believe are used on the internet. Here are a few ways to tell the user to never come back to your website.Improve Apparent Application Performance Through UI
Have you ever felt that your application feels heavy or takes a lot of time to load? Do your users and customers expect "Improved performance" in the what's new list with every release? Does your manager feel you've been sleeping when he asked for performance improvement? Don't worry... this post is will provide hints on how to improve performance by making the user feel that the application is smoother and faster...Top 80+ Images, Graphics , Icon etc resources that you should not miss.
A great list of Web graphics, images, Icons, buttons , banners, Photo editing sites etc. Checkout all the links on this page, you may discover something new.18 New Ajax Programming Patterns
I’ve uploaded full text for 18 new Ajax patterns, completing a first-cut draft for all Programming Patterns content, which will be one part of the book. This section bridges the gap between the very basics of Ajax - XMLHttpRequest, DOM, etc - and the high-level stuff like widgets and visual effects.Confessions of an Eccentric Web Developer
#8: I sometimes think that we’re wasting our time when we code javascript. Javascript can be turned off by the client in 10 seconds and all of our javascript work becomes useless.Guide to the semantic web
The Semantic Web is a web of data. There is lots of data we all use every day, and it’s not part of the web. I can see my bank statements on the web, and my photographs, and I can see my appointments in a calendar. But can I see my photos in a calendar to see what I was doing when I took them? Can I see bank statement lines in a calendar?
Why not? Because we don't have a web of data. Because data is controlled by applications, and each application keeps it to itself.jTree 1.0 - the Ultra lightweight sortable nested list for jQuery
I have seen some implementations of sortables list and none really fits my needs. Here is an ultra lightweight jQuery plugin (2.6kb minified!!!!!!!!!) that will do the job right, loads fast and harness the jQuery’s power create a very usable sortable nested list.sIFR - Use custom fonts in your website safely
An incredibly smart script to overlay Flash animations with custom fonts in your website. Completely safe, accessible and standards compliant.