For users of digital cameras, file compression is an issue you must be aware of if you want to be able to view and share your images. If you put in the time and effort of taking a good photograph, wouldn't you want the captured image to be as good as it can be? File compression can impact on yo....

Heavy graphics cost you money and traffic. They cost you money because heavy graphics require both significant storage space and bandwidth. Since your web host will usually give you a limited amount of storage space and a maximum data transfer allowance, heavy graphics can cause you to exceed tho...

In the previous article on optimizing GIF images for the web, we learned a few basic things about the GIF image format - who developed it, the (Limpel-Ziv and Welch) compression algorithm it uses and how we can decrease the file size of a GIF image by removing unwanted areas and reducing the number ...

If you're a designer, odds are you stick to one platform or another. If you learned to design on a Mac, you probably only boot up your PC to make sure everything is coming out right. Some of you may not even own a machine with a different operating system on it. That's understandable for a smal.....

On your own website, it's obvious to you what your company does and what your site is all about. However, the odds are high that your visitors won't automatically know that information the first time they come to your site. It's up to you to sum things up for your visitors so they can immediat...

am a firm advocate of good design but most of the time people tend to interpret design as amazing graphics and astounding visuals they tend to forget that design is the culmination of every aspect of good and effective presentation into one (visit Vincent Flander's WebPagesThatSuck.com). We all....

Including a form on your website is the best way to get feedback from your visitors. You can have a form to gather your visitors' email address so that they can subscribe to your ezine. Or you can have a form to collect visitors' comments about your site. Also, forms allow your visitors to send.....

I recently gave a presentation to a group of web designers dealing with what I call the "Seven Steps to Achieving the Next Level" -- getting development teams to a point beyond their current practices. Our research shows that almost every design project we see today can readily apply these seven t.....

While these link checking tools are far from new, you may not have heard of them, or may have some tools to add to the mix or suggestions of how to use these particular tools more effectively.
What's your favorite link checker?

Over the past few days I have been zooming through sites looking at different designs for inspiration and ideas. During my site viewing time I came to realize things I hate about web designers. These are things that caused me to close my browser window before the site loaded or even not visit the si...