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All, 23rd April 2004, Nigel Peck
Why CSS is good for Google
An overview of why using Cascading Style Sheets will help with your Search Engine Rankings.
All, 8th December 2003, Nigel Peck
Random Content Rotation
A method of displaying random content on a Web page using CSS, that is both Search Engine friendly and accessible.
All, 9th October 2003, Nigel Peck
An Interview with Julie Howell of the RNIB
An interview with Julie Howell of the UK Royal National Institute of the Blind.
Advanced/Experienced, 28th September 2003, Nigel Peck
CSS Positioning Properties
An overview of the CSS Positioning Properties for experienced developers.
All, 11th September 2003, Nigel Peck
Web Design Resources
This article provides short reviews and links to other resources on the Internet that feature information on Web Design, Internet Marketing and Usability. The date above reflects when it was last updated.
Intermediate, 9th September 2003, Nick Kew
mod_accessibility for Apache 2
An introduction to mod_accessibility for Apache 2 from it's author Nick Kew.
All, 2nd April 2003, Nigel Peck
Interview with Bob Regan on Accessibility at Macromedia
Bob Regan is the Accessibility Product Manager at Macromedia, creators of high profile products including Dreamweaver, Flash and Director. I spoke to him recently to see what's happening at Macromedia with regards to Accessibility.
Basic/Beginner, 21st February 2003, Nigel Peck
XHTML Web Design for Beginners Part Two
This article is for those who want to learn Web Design from scratch using the latest version of HTML, XHTML. This article follows on from Part One.
Advanced, 27th January 2003, Mark Pilgrim
Using Relative Font Sizes
An in depth look at how to work around bugs in popular browsers to achieve consistent style with relative font sizes.
Intermediate, 19th January 2003, John Blank, Wankyu Choi, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman
Understanding Relational Databases
A free sample chapter from Beginning PHP 4 published by Wrox Press.
Intermediate, 4th January 2003, Nigel Peck
XHTML Character References
Three articles detailing the XHTML 1.0 Character References with tests for the numeric and named version of each one.
Basic/Beginner, 28th December 2002, Nigel Peck
XHTML Web Design for Beginners Part One
This article is for those who want to learn Web Design from scratch using the latest version of HTML, XHTML.
This article has been published on SitePoint.
Intermediate, 16th December 2002, Manas Tungare
Handy Hints for Web Designers
14 tips for sucessful Web Design. This article is worth reading for Web Designers of all experience levels.
Expert, 9th December 2002, Markus Sobek
Google Dance
In this in-depth article, Markus explains the Google Dance and how it affects your listing in Google.
Intermediate, 23rd November 2002, Nigel Peck
An Introduction To Accessible Web Design
Making your site accessible to all of it's users is essential, but many sites aren't. In this article we introuduce accessible Web Design and the current initiatives to improve the accessibility of Web sites.
This article has been published on SitePoint.
Expert, 20th November 2002, Markus Sobek
A Survey Of Google's PageRank
In this in-depth article, Markus explains the inner workings of Googles PageRank system for rating Web pages. Be warned that this is a long article spanning nine pages.
Advanced/Experienced, 16th November 2002, Nigel Peck
Fancy Paragraphs With CSS
Add a touch of style to your text content. We show you how easy it is to apply a little CSS that will spice up your content, and wow your visitors.
This article has been published on SitePoint.
Basic/Beginner, 12th November 2002, Nigel Peck
Why You Need Internet Marketing
Internet Marketing often makes the difference between an on-line success and an on-line flop. Find out why.
Basic/Beginner, 5th November 2002, Nigel Peck
Search Engine "Crawling"
What's meant by a Search Engine "crawling" or "spidering" your web site?
Basic/Beginner, 2nd November 2002, Nigel Peck
Web Design Technologies
In this article we introduce the technologies used in Web Design and how they fit together to build effective web sites.
Basic/Beginner, 31st October 2002, Nigel Peck
Google Updates
What's a Google update and how does it affect Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimisation?
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