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Choosing the tools you use for freelance web design can be a daunting task, choosing the right tools can be even trickier. This article discusses some of the best tools to use for freelancing.
Styling a form with css and choosing the right markup can be tricky for some. I'm demonstrating an example of how to do it with definition lists.
Great tips for your online portfolio from Andy Stratton
A lot of people give suggestions on how to improve your website or blog. Whether it is via SEO or design suggestions. Not many tell you what is going to destroy your website. I may be a little extreme but there are several pet peeves (as do many in
There are a lot of different ways to organize your HTML to ensure that others, and yourself, are able to easily navigate their ways around your code. One of the best methods for helping to order your code for others is using comment tags to show whe
It looks like IE8 is going down the same broken path that Internet Explorer 6 took. They are making up markup and not adhering to web standards at all. They didn't even really pass the acid2 test like they told us.
A list of 5 great ways to create compelling content for social networks
Top 10 reasons you should be using LinkedIn for networking professionally within your industry.
It is hard to find decent open source shopping carts to use for clients. This is a list of a few great ones that can make your life easier.
Reviewing the presidential candidate's web site design and coding.
I go over the top 5 online RSS readers for power readers.
Eric Meyer writes a follow-up article on Aaron Gustafson's article and follows through with the future of web design and standards.
Aaron Gustafson talks about the future of web standards and web design on a A List Apart.
There are always time though when we need to test web sites in IE6 or IE7 and just like we use our extensions for development in Firefox it is a huge help to have add-ons installed for Internet Explorer that will allow us to do our job more effecti
There are a lot of job boards out there that can help freelance web designers find work, a lot of them aren’t very good and you can find some clients that will expect to pay pennies for hours worth of potential work.
Now that IE8 and Firefox 3 have recently announced passing the acid2 test it looks like Ian Hickson has rebegan work on acid3.
When it comes to making something work, you don’t want to use duct tape where nails should be used or glue where something needs to be welded. Using the right tools for the job is part of any project, whether it be on the web or in your backyard.
Microsoft has announced that IE8 has passed the acid2 test. The acid2 test is a web standards compliance and interoperability test. This is a major milestone for internet explorer.
A list of 8 great digg-like social networks made for designers. Designfloat made #1, in case you are curious.
The importance of using lists for navigation when it comes to accessibility, semantics and flexibility. Using a listless navigation system for your web site can lead to confusion and inaccessibility.
A list of great color scheme tools/generators on the web and for your computer (windows/mac).
List of free resources for designers to use in order to get Stock Photography, fonts, icons, brushes, patterns and more.
This is a great site for web designer resources. It has a ton of links all separated by category. It has everything from CSS, Fonts, Colors, XHTML, AJAX, PHP, Blogs, Flash and a lot more categories.
David Airey talks about ways he has marketed himself online as a freelance logo designer.
This is a detailed guide for using CSS shorthand in your design cutups. It goes over specific examples for usage and instruction.
