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Import Excel Data Into MySQL Using phpMyAdmin - So you have a bunch of data in Excel that you want to create a database from. But how do you import the Excel data in MySQL? With phpMyAdmin, the process is painless and easy. This tutorial will explain this process step by step... (read full article)
6 Ways To Get Unblocked - Web designers, like any creative person, can suffer from writers block. But because of our work, there are many ways you can learn to deal with the blocks and get unstuck. These six suggestions have worked for me to get new design ideas in the past and will work again... (read full article)
A Guide on RSS Tool - RSS tools refer to a group of file formats that are designed to share headlines and other web content (this may be a summary or simply 1 to 2 lines of the article), links to the full versions of the content (the full article or post), and even file attachments such as multimedia files. All of these data is delivered in the form of an XML file (XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language), which has the following common names: • RSS feed • Webfeed • RSS stream • RSS channel... (read full article)
Changing the Design of a Page for Wireless Devices with the Handheld Media Type - If you haven't already started thinking about how your Web pages look on cell phones and other small devices, now, with the advent and popularity of the iPhone, Treo, and Blackberry, you may want to reconsider. It would be great if we didn't have to do anything to our Web pages to have them viable on cell phones, but until some science fiction device comes true allowing us to view 1024x768 sized images on 320x160 screens, we're going to need to cope... (read full article)
Designing Accessible Websites - For the third-largest minority group in the United States — more than 40 million people — the vast majority of Websites are partially or completely inaccessible. The idea of a Website that excludes African-Americans or Latinos is all but unthinkable, yet Americans with disabilities are constantly faced with Websites that don't take their needs into account. Fortunately, many of the world's most popular Websites — among them Yahoo!, Google, YouTube, and Wikipedia — are working to become accessible to disabled users, but there are many, many more sites out there that still have a long way to go... (read full article)
Google penalties and how to avoid them - Few things frighten a website owner more than the possibility of being assessed a penalty from Google. The reason for that fear is uncertainty. Not everyone is entirely certain what will invoke the wrath of the search engine giant. Because of that unknown factor, many legitimate and entirely honest webmasters often believe they have been subjected to a penalty, even when they are not... (read full article)
History of Graphic Design - A comprehensive history on Graphic Design.
How To Maximize Your Page Rank - Why care about the Page rank? As mentioned in previous articles, Page Rank is one of the familiar variables in determining appearance in SE results. Although today the importance of page rank has been descended, and sometimes we see pages of PR 3 or 4 getting to first places in Google, Page Rank is one of the variables SEO's often deal with because this is the variable we know a lot about and can approach sensibly... (read full article)
How to Use Different CSS Style Sheets For Different Browsers (and How to Hide CSS Code from Older Browsers) - In an ideal world, you only need one set of CSS style sheets for your website, and those styles will work with every browser currently being used. This, as every webmaster soon finds out when he/she uses CSS, is a pipe dream. The modern browsers all have uneven levels of implementation of the CSS standards. As though this isn't bad enough, their implementations are often buggy - and they don't share the same bugs! And when you have solved that tricky bit, you find that your site has certain visitors (often your best customers) who, for various reasons, are using older browsers that have only rudimentary support for CSS... (read full article)
Knowing About Web Safe Fonts - Practically every personal computer has a set of fonts installed. These fonts are usually put there by the computer manufacturer or are the default sets of fonts for the operating system that computer is using. It's possible to install additional fonts on your own. However, not all font sets are created equal. Different computers can have very different sets of fonts installed, and most casual computer users never know the difference. When you are designing a Webpage, you need to keep this in mind... (read full article)
PHP101 - PHP for the absolute beginner - A great website with a ton of tutorials on getting started with PHP.
Picking Colors For Your Website - Color is a very important aspect of design and website in general. Picking the wrong colors may repel your costumers in subconscious level and make your website and business look amateurish and unreliable. Many things have been said about colors and what they represent. In this article I will explain some basic rules in choosing website color... (read full article)
Top 10 Web Design Mistakes - As a webmaster, you want to keep your visitors content so they’ll come back again. Below you will find ten common mistakes made by webmasters that may deter people from returning. 1) Poor Color Choice - There's one important thing to keep in mind when designing your web site, and that is always keep it simple. More is not necessarily better. Your web site should contain no more than three colors. Also remember that your body text should be a contrasting color from your background. There's nothing worse than trying to read yellow text on a pink background. It may look cool to you, but cause your visitors to go cross-eyed... (read full article)
