#20831
Directions for Online Publishing
Online publishing of newspapers, magazines, and books is really a meaningless concept. We have to leave the legacy publications behind as we invent the world of online publishing.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (1995). Articles>Publishing>Online>Web Design
#27485
Setting legal standards for making websites 'accessible' to all won't help web designers, or users.
Perks, Martyn. Spiked Online (2004). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Usability
#28839
Discovering That Writing for the Web is Different...Every Day, for the First Time
Every self-appointed pundit on the planet is saying that users are the new 'owners' of the online medium.
Usborne, Nick. Excess Voice (2007). Articles>Web Design>Writing
#24770
Disease Classification and the Organization of Large-Scale Web Sites 
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) has been employed by the world's public health officials to chart the nature, frequency, and geographic origins of diseases and causes of death in human populations since the late nineteenth century. The ICD has been modified every decade since the 1890s, and a study by Bowker and Star of these changes, in concert with the work of others on the practices employed in information mapping, can be used to better understand the organization of large-scale web sites. Specifically, web designers must adapt classification schemes to fit multiple social worlds. Additionally, we need to understand that these systems can become so entrenched in our thinking that they become "invisible," thus undermining our ability to adapt them as future needs or insights arise.
Applen, J.D. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication (2001). Articles>Information Design>Web Design>Biomedical
#28259
Diversity is Power for Specialized Sites
Small websites get less traffic than big ones, but they can still dominate their niches. For each question users ask, the Web delivers a different set of sites to provide the answers.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2003). Articles>Web Design>Information Design
#19759
Diversity is Power for Specialized Sites
Small websites get less traffic than big ones, but they can still dominate their niches. For each question users ask, the Web delivers a different set of sites to provide the answers.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2003). Articles>Web Design>Search>Search Engine Optimization
#28699
Do Government Agencies and Non-Profits Get ROI From Usability?
Although the gains don't fall into traditional profit columns, there are clear arguments for improving usability of non-commercial websites and intranets. In one example, a state agency could get an ROI of 22,000% by fixing a basic usability problem.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2007). Articles>Web Design>Usability
#28147
Do Internet Users Want Deep Content or Immediate Gratification?
For a long time I have been an advocate of quality content on web sites. And now I am conducting an experiment that pitches quality content against immediate gratification.
Usborne, Nick. Excess Voice (2006). Articles>Information Design>Web Design>Writing
#28696
Making users suffer a drop-down menu to enter state abbreviations is one of many small annoyances that add up to a less efficient, less pleasant user experience. It's worth fixing as many of these usability irritants as you can.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2007). Articles>Web Design>Usability
#31577
Doing HTTP Caching Right: Introducing httplib2
In the latest installment of Joe Gregorio's The Restful Web column Joe goes a bit nuts, presenting httplib2, a Python HTTP client library written with the goal of doing caching in HTTP right.
Gregorio, Joe. XML.com (2006). Articles>Web Design>Server Side Includes>Python
#31510
Little things mean a lot. Especially online. Microcontent—or the headlines, decks, subheads and other 'small' pieces of web copy—actually do most of the communicating on your web site. Handled poorly, microcontent can confuse and frustrate web visitors. Here's how to write microcontent to communicate to—instead of discombobulate—your readers.
Wylie, Ann. Communication World Bulletin (2004). Articles>Web Design>Writing>Metadata
#27160
Single quote, double quote, or no quote? This seemingly simple question is often asked by those new to PHP. Suprisingly, however, some of those who claimed to be PHP programmer also can't tell the difference. It's very simple, really.
DevBay (2005). Articles>Web Design>Server Side Includes>PHP
#26131
Draft 2 of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
It's time to take a look at the working draft of WCAG 2.0. You'll see a fresh approach to a formidable challenge.
McAlpine, Rachel. Quality Web Content (2005). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards
#28488
Whether you're creating a personal page for your family, a school or classroom web site, or one for your small business, Dreamweaver is a powerful tool that will help get the job done. Each Dreamweaver tutorial features text and screen shots, and some include narrated multimedia tutorials in Flash.
Anderson, Ben. Guides and Tutorials (2007). Articles>Web Design>Software>Dreamweaver
#21310
So, you’ve read the article, 'HTML Wireframes and Prototypes: All Gain and No Pain' and now want you want to make an HTML wireframe or prototype. This an easy and pain-free process, using Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.0. Follow this step-by-step guide and you'll be up and prototyping in a jiffy.
Stanford, Julie. Boxes and Arrows (2003). Articles>Web Design>Software>Dreamweaver
#31187
Defining a site is one of the more complicated procedures in Dreamweaver, so do not attempt this process unless you have some time, patience, and knowledge of how to transfer files to your server space.
Cramer, Dan. Ereunao (2007). Articles>Web Design>Software>Dreamweaver
#26330
Dynamically Filtering Dropdown Lists in JavaScript
This article describes a technique that takes input from a form text field and uses it to bring matching options to the top in a dropdown list.
Whitford, Justin. evolt (2005). Articles>Web Design>Personalization>Forms
#24552
Prevent major user annoyance by checking all your web forms: feedback, comment posting, product orders, newsletter sign-up, newsletter opt-in, unsubscribe option, site registration, etc. When a form won't submit, or otherwise fails, after user inputs lots of data, it causes extreme ill will toward your web site, and may be legal violation (UCE laws).
Streight, Steven. Blogger.com (2004). Articles>Web Design>Forms>Usability
#24734
People are increasingly relying on web channels to check on their billing relationship with companies. The problem: Not all billing applications present information that’s easy to navigate and action.
Szuc, Daniel and Gerry Gaffney. Usability Professionals Association (2004). Articles>Usability>Web Design
#30473
E-Shop Accessibility: From Theory to Reality
This article will explain how it is possible to apply WCAG 1.0 (and also how to comply with the future WCAG 2.0 and ISO 9241-151) to create an accessible e-shop shopping-cart and backend management system, analyzing the problems and the proposed solutions.
Lemon, Gez. Juicy Studio (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>E Commerce
#10554
I am personally calling this the year of the e-Tailer. I have seen more hype in e-commerce this year than in any other holiday season in the past including the year the almighty Amazon.com launched its e-commerce site. I consider myself an avid web user and I know what it takes to develop a full-fledged e-commerce site because I have been there in the trenches developing some of those sites in time for the holiday season. I have seen battles won and lost in as few as a week's time. Nothing turns me off more than a poorly constructed e-commerce site and this year, the numbers seem to be taking a turn for the worse.
Finck, Nick. Digital Web Magazine (1999). Articles>Usability>Web Design
#22018
Easy Web Graphics would be a good choice for novice or intermediate users of Microsoft FrontPage and Microsoft Photo Editor who want to make better use of those products.
Hudak-David, Ginny. Technical Communication Online (2002). Articles>Reviews>Graphic Design>Web Design
#29982
One of the little known features of DHTML, at least within Internet Explorer 5.5 or above, is an attribute known as contentEditable. This attribute can be used to make areas of text within a Web page editable by the user. This is very different from a form element, such as a text box, as contentEditable can make a table cell, or a standard paragraph editable.
HyperWrite (2005). Articles>Web Design>Interaction Design>DHTML
#24639
Follow this advice for getting rid of the clutter and strange characters in your translated HTML files.
Johnston, Becky. Intercom (2004). Articles>Web Design>HTML
#24202
Editing Web Pages: A Second Look
How to edit Web pages--with revision tracking--using Microsoft Word.
Hart, Geoffrey J.S. Intercom (2004). Articles>Editing>Web Design>Writing
