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Chris mentioned this once and frankly, I think it needs to be said again - we need you, folks.
I’m going to go out on a limb tonight. Actually, I think I was out there before - and the response from this audience was relatively dismal, which only served to push my hopes onto the backburner. […]

Now this is an interesting comparison to be sure – roller skates for the web. Never of AJAX being looked at this way before.

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Web application development can be roller skates […]

Boy, lately it seems like everyone and there mother is hitting the AJAX train. Guess it should not be a huge surprise to see that IBM is all on board as well.
 
IBM announced that it will […]

Redirects on links are usually more annoying than helpful. Some are put there to act as “click counters” while others really have no point at all. Can we just get rid of them so we can travel on to the next Web page? That doesn’t seem like a big problem to me. […]

Don’t get me wrong here, I think that AJAX is as cool as everyone else out there. Cool effects and time saving abilities. But is it also a cause for security concerns, too. It appears that for some, it could be.

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is shutting out survivors of Hurricane Katrina who don’t use Internet Explorer (IE). Those Katrina survivors needing to request assistance from FEMA and who use Firefox, Opera, Netscape, or any non-Windows system are, as they say, SOL. Apparently when it comes to relief aid, MSFT is the […]

The Web Standards Project has launched a DOM (document object model) Scripting Task Force because “JavaScript suffers from outdated, uninformed, and inaccessible development methods which preclude it, and therefore web development in general, from attaining its full potential,” as written in its manifesto. “The WaSP DOM Scripting Task Force proposes to solve this problem […]

Wow, we could use something like this in our own country (USA)! I am not trying to get political, I am talking about laws both old and new that may not really apply any longer.

Dave, I maintain a website for a grammar school and I would like to put a form in on our alumni page with their name, graduating year and email address. I can create the form on Frontpage or Dreamweaver, but I don’t quite get how the info is sent out. I would like […]

That’s right, blogging is no longer the next big thing… it’s already THE big thing! What started out as a way to keep an online journal for recreation has become a must-have for corporations. Blogs have become a great tool for companies, acting as a medium for CEOs to interact with employees […]

Studies show that people are deleting cookies and cached files from their computer regularly, giving the web developer a new headache for tracking their visitors. Tracking your visitor’s movements on your site can be very beneficial for showing trends and increasing visitor stay length and revenue, if you adapt your site accordingly. There […]

Dave, I’m having a problem with a title block on one of my sites. When the browser window is below a certain size (about 750px in width), one of my absolute positioned divs overlaps another. How do I make it so that the browser just displays a scroll bar once this minimum size is acheived […]

Firefox browsing performance can be boosted in a very significant way by following a few detailed instruction steps.

iUpload has just released the beta version of its new online personal publishing system, iUplog. Half personal CMS, half blog, the iUpload solution brings together some of the best features found in the top mainstream solutions from Blogger, Movable Type, Typepad and MSN Spaces.
iUplog Personal Publisher integrates also support for RSS enclosures allowing independent publishers […]

Looking for the perfect cross platform blogging, RSS Reader application? You might consider giving Thingamablog a shot. The program is completely free and is simple enough that almost any skill level can create their own Weblog.

Java servlets, some might call them “common sense” technology. Used often for creating dynamic web content, they are widely accepted. Well, it is training day at the Register, and Java servlets are the classroom topic of the moment.

So you want to write CSS more efficiently but are unsure where to start. How about starting with this tutorial. You will be walking along the path of all that is good and kind when writing good CSS code. Common mistakes are pointed out and you will be shown how to avoid them.

So just how popular is .NET anyway? Well a recent data study shows a sharp increase in use. According to ITFacts.biz; “From spring 2003 to spring 2004, .NET development gained 6% among users. Today, 52% of those polled say they use .NET, up from 46% last year.” Well, those numbers speak for themselves I […]

Well the MossyBloggers have asked why the XHTML/CSS path is the best approach to take. For one thing, you will be better off following Web standards than you will if you simply go with whatever “feels good”. So many folks are so bent on frames, flash and fun that the standards end up swept under […]