common fonts for all web browsers
A handy little list of the common fonts, MAC and PC equivalents, as well as how they render in various browsers.http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html
0408, 2007
Category Archives: tools/tips
0208, 2007
something for you webdesigners! browsercheck
oh, finally. http://browsershots.org/ See what that fancy new website looks like in a variety of browsers!
1707, 2007
thoughts on metadata
I answered a question about metadata on a list, and I thought I’d post my answer in an abbreviated form: Yes, it is still important. ;-D Focus on the most relevant terms for a website. At various times, depending on their algorithms, some search engines have truncated keywords at a certain limit 25 words, even 250 characters. Any other that
2406, 2007
Looking for a particular blogger feed?
Okay, so I was trying to pull my feed in from here to a different website, but the feed didn’t seem to be working. Thanks to a little searching around on ‘net (I couldn’t find it anywhere here at blogger), I found the format for the feed: so:http://xxxxxx.blogspot.com/feeds/blog/rss.xmlhttp://xxxxxx.blogspot.com/feeds/blog/atom.xml Just replace xxxxxx with whatever the blogname is. So, there ya go.
2005, 2007
word & character count
I recently had to edit a bio down to 200 characters. Yes, characters not words. Considering I started with 95 words and 591 characters, I was in need of serious help. I found these two lovely tools online. I realize this is not the most glamorous or fun tool on the web, but definitely practical. Just copy and paste your
0502, 2007
Functionality tester for websites
okay, this is a very handy little tool for web editors… It tests functional units of a website (navigation, title, etc.) per best practices. http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu/
0302, 2007
MS Expression vs. Dreamweaver
This is a little bit old but still a good short overview of the new MS Expression Web Designer (think a much improved version of FrontPage):http://webstandards.raquedan.com/?p=107