See your site on a PC, without a PC

If you create websites, you know the trouble of getting it to look right on all browsers, especially in Internet Explorer on Windows.

Thanks to NetRenderer’s free web testing tool, you can instantly test what your site looks like in IE, without even owning a PC. Simply type in a URL, and NetRenderer will open a […]

Free eBook: 37signals’ Getting Real

37signals’ manifesto and eBook, Getting Real, is now available for free as an HTML site.

The book details 37signals’ rapid prototyping and web-app development process with the goal of showing you “the smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application.”

If you’re familiar with the company’s successful web applications, Backpack and Basecamp, the ebook […]

Everything a web developer might need on one page

On my way to becoming a web designer, I am constantly searching for techniques, tutorials, and other resources. The Web Developer’s handbook is a hefty database of links on a range of subjects pertinent to web development and design—-all on one page.

The list is a bit intimidating at first, but you are sure to find […]

Ah hah! Build easier, more efficient web pages with Server Side Includes

After posting Design like a pro: 20 web design tips last week, I began to put some of those tips into practice myself. Today, I discovered Server Side Includes (SSI)—-a technique so simple, I’m offended no one told me about it.

SSI allows you to reuse a piece of code without having to hand code it […]

Design like a pro: 20 web design tips

.net magazine offers 20 pro tips to help neophyte web designers do it like the pro’s. The tips emphasize writing clean, organized code yourself, rather than using a WYSIWYG editor like DreamWeaver or GoLive.

.net magazine’s 20 pro tips:

Planning Do it by hand Stylesheets: importing vs linking Smarter gradient backgrounds Commenting Use simple PHP to build sites Set fonts using ems IE Box […]

How to accurately layout your website

Khoi Vinh details how to get accurate alignment on web pages. The technique uses a background image of columns that sits behind all the page elements. The visible columns make it easier to see when elements aren’t lining up, allowing you to precisely make adjustments. Once everything is aligned, you can turn off the background.

Christian […]