#23811
Unlike regular frames, iframes float anywhere on a page just like an image!
Waller, Zach. Webmonkey (1996). Design>Web Design>HTML
#18391
Information Architecture Tutorial
Information architecture is the science of figuring out what you want your site to do and then constructing a blueprint before you dive in and put the thing together. It's more important than you might think, and John Shiple tells you why.
Shiple, John. Webmonkey (1999). Design>Information Design>Web Design
#18748
Internet2 is a high-performance network that uses an entirely different infrastructure than the public Internet we know and love/hate today. And there are already over 200 universities and scientific institutions, and over 60 communications corporations (notice the .edu top-level domain), in the Internet 2 network.
Calore, Michael. Webmonkey (2003). Design>Web Design>Online
#18751
HTML is the lingua franca of the Net. It's a simple, universal mark-up language that allows Web publishers to create complex pages of text and images that can be viewed by anyone else on the Web, regardless of what kind of computer or browser is being used.
Webmonkey (1999). Design>Web Design>HTML
#18755
The benefits of transforming HTML from a stand-alone language into an XML version of itself aren't immediately apparent until you understand the inherent value of XML. Since the language syntax is so strict in XML, parsers (the software that reads and understands the code you write) are a lot easier to develop. Ultimately, it will allow browsers to become smaller, faster, and more stable. It also means your code will behave in a far more predictable way: Either something will work, or you will get an error. It will be a marked difference from the voodoo we experience across multiple browsers today.
Veen, Jeffrey. Webmonkey (1999). Design>Web Design>Standards>XHTML
#14330
As a broadcast designer, I'm constantly using Adobe After Effects. Broadcast designers are the people who create TV show openings, bumpers, interstitials, station IDs, corporate IDs, etc. And since After Effects became available, no type or logo on TV is ever stationary. Even low-budget commercials and TV programs now have fancy graphics. Broadcast design used to be a very expensive form of art - companies like RG/A and Pittard Sullivan were the only ones who could afford the equipment to do this kind of stuff. Now this technology is the hands of smaller companies and individuals. After Effects has democratized the whole market.
Suematsu, Dyske. Webmonkey (1999). Design>Multimedia>Video
#21220
The Webmonkey code library is our own collection of code fragments, function packages, and Web editor extensions - a resource containing generalized code, specific workarounds, and good ideas that you can use to enhance your pages in ways you may not know how (or may not want to bother) to program.
#22816
PHP can do a lot for your Web operation. You can generate nice-looking printable receipts, invoices, and brochures. Disc-Cover has a test site that looks up info about a CD automatically and then generates a PDF label for the CD box that you can print, cut out, and use. And there are literally one billion other possible uses for dynamically generated PDFs.
Adams, Paul. Webmonkey (2002). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>PHP
#21170
Heidi shares the stylesheet wisdom you need to drag your site into the CSS century.
Pollock, Heidi. Webmonkey (2003). Design>Web Design>CSS
#21205
Team Webmonkey reveals where to look for Web jobs, how to tweak your e-résumé, and the best way to interview.
#20280
Is Photoshop 7.0 magnificent? Or does it leave us itching for more?
Thomas, Evany. Webmonkey (2003). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop
#20279
Adobe Photoshop is the Ginsu knife of graphics programs - it does everything from creating Web graphics to tweaking photos to putting the head of your favorite actor on the body of a porn star.
Frew, Jim. Webmonkey (1998). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop
#22817
See why Graeme thinks these packages make the world's best combination for creating data-driven sites, then get started in Web databasing the open source way
Merrall, Graeme. Webmonkey (2002). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>PHP
#18747
As an individual with a vested interest in discovering what's really going on in the marketplace (i.e., I'm looking for a job too), I decided to put my considerable free time to good use and do some investigative journalism. What follows is a kind of State of the Union for Internet developers: Is it really that bad out there? What happened to all the work? What skills are companies looking for in the new New Economy? And most importantly, what can you do to get/keep a job in these troublesome times?
Penhaligon, Greg. Webmonkey (2003). Careers>Web Design
#21173
Progressive Enhancement and the Future of Web Design
A look at the past and future of Web design, including a new strategy called progressive enhancement.
Champeon, Steve. Webmonkey (2003). Design>Web Design>History
#22654
While push systems bring us a new paradigm for content delivery, the underlying technologies are the same ones your browser and email have run on for years. If you've been working on the Web for a while, you may already be a push-media expert.
Boutin, Paul. Webmonkey (1997). Design>Web Design
#21207
Looking for a dream job in the Web industry? What the job titles really mean and what skills you need for each position.
Webmonkey (2003). Careers>Web Design
#21174
Jason shares his knowledge about RSS: What it is, how it's used, and why you need it. Just don't ask him what it stands for.
Cook, Jason. Webmonkey (2003). Design>Web Design>XML>RSS
#22823
Put some logic in your pages with PHP. Minimize the hassles for yourself and your users.
Bulger, Brad. Webmonkey (1999). Design>Web Design>Information Design>PHP
#18383
We're all tired of waiting for Web pages to download, aren't we? To make sure that visitors to your site don't get frustrated, we rounded up some in-house experts to help you make your pages faster 'n greased lightning.
Cook, Jason. Webmonkey (2002). Design>Web Design>HTML
#18384
As the Web moves out if its infancy, it's beginning to feel growing pains. Suddenly that first-generation site just ain't up to snuff - it's time for a redesign. This week, five experts give you the benefit of their very different experiences and perspectives on the process of a redesign: a manager who hired a design firm to tackle his company's site, a producer at a top-notch design firm, a director of production who tells you how to install or overhaul your own dynamically generated site, an in-the-trenches designer who does the hands-on work, and finally someone who has han-solo-ed the redesign all on her lonesome.
Monkey, W.T. Webmonkey (2002). Design>Web Design>Redesign
#21172
Streamlining with Web Standards
Save time, money, blood, sweat, and tears by rebuilding your old-school site with standards-friendly CSS and XHTML.
Penhaligon, Greg. Webmonkey (2003). Design>Web Design>CSS>XHTML
#21218
CSS (cascading stylesheets) is a simple mechanism for controlling the style of a Web document without compromising its structure. By separating visual design elements (fonts, colors, margins, and so on) from the structural logic of a Web page, CSS give Web designers the control they crave without sacrificing the integrity of the data - thus maintaining its usability in multiple environments. In addition, defining typographic design and page layout from within a single, distinct block of code - without having to resort to image maps, tags, tables, and spacer GIFs - allows for faster downloads, streamlined site maintenance, and instantaneous global control of design attributes across multiple pages.
Webmonkey (2000). Design>Web Design>CSS
#22655
Stylesheets: The Next Generation
So, you've mastered Cascading Style Sheets, right? You've memorized the spec, read up on all the tips and tricks, and even understand the theoretical benefits of separating presentation from structure in your Web pages. Your Web sites are filled with gorgeously rendered text and sport fine control of point size, leading, margins, and backgrounds. You change dozens of pages by editing one simple text file. You've done all that, haven't you? Yeah, me neither.
Veen, Jeffrey. Webmonkey (1997). Design>Web Design>CSS
#13349
Thau's Advanced JavaScript Tutorial
This article shows you how to make cookies (Mmmmm), and you'll learn fancy string handling and associative arrays along the way. Give your JavaScript a sense of history and time (by setting timelines on your pages so that different events occur at different times), and then learn how to sense which browser your visitors are using.
Thau. Webmonkey (2001). Design>Web Design>DHTML
