In our last article, Silverlight vs Flash. Part 1, we looked at how Silverlight and Flash, compared in the realms of video and audio, sound processing, scripting, file size, and animation.
The aim of this article and all the articles on Silverlight vs Flash, is to help you as a developer of RIAs, to make an [...]
Though Flash has the advantage of being more well known, Microsoft Silverlight has got some nifty advantages, that many Flash users have always wanted to see, such as search engine optimisation. It is features like this that have kept Microsoft Silverlight in the running, and now RIA designers, do have a choice to make when [...]
As you are all no doubt aware, we do not normally feature graphics, pictures, and art in our articles, as we do tend to adhere, and talk about how content is king, and how off putting over the top, and unnecessary graphics can be. Here though, we thought we would give you 50 Web 2.0 goodies, [...]
Any website can be broken down into two elements, the web design, and the web content. It is essential that for a professional image, that both elements are paid attention to, and that the design should be structured around the content.
So if good web design is all about the content, what is the aim [...]
Wordpress, as you are no doubt aware, has exploded in popularity over a very small space of time. It has become a business in its own right, with developers selling themes at every opportunity, and coming up with ever more daring, imaginative and practical designs. And why not, money is money, after all.
Despite this, there [...]
I know we have said a lot about Flash, and how it should be used sparingly, and with taste. Those rules still apply, but those of you that want to create graphical effects, this small tutorial, should be a handy one. So without further a do, lets get on with creating a Flash tunnelling effect.
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Web design has now evolved to a point where a good web will build trust, and this is important for several reasons, but is crucial, if the point of the web design is to sell products.
Many people still distrust buying products or services from the internet. One of the main reasons is fraud, and people [...]
The virtual world has become an integral part of everyone’s life in the present day communication age. This makes it increasingly important for web developers to create interesting web pages. We designers need to understand the psyche of readers, or their target audience to give them what they want in the most efficient, and user [...]
We are big fans of CSS as you know. We have showed how it is superior to table design layouts, in every conceivable way. It is so easy to modify design, allow implementation of several designers to work on different aspects of a web design, and it allows seperation of design elements. What is not [...]
The category page is a page that lists the links to other parts of your website. It is a little like an index at the beginning of a book. The idea behind a category page is to make it easy for the user to see what there is on offer, and to select what they [...]