Eric Costello has written A resource for web designers and developers who want to learn CSS layout techniques to replace archaic table-based web page layouts.
There are many good pages about using CSS to replace tables all over the web, but Eric has collected the best ones and put them together in one place. I have been back to this page many times. If you haven’t already you should check it out.
Universal has signed a deal with Spiralfrog to offer free music downloads to anyone in the US and Canada. The service will launch in December and will be ad-supported. They aim to offer a simple, easy-to-use, free alternative to iTunes. I don’t know if this is the one or not, but I have always believed that there is plenty of money to be made on the Internet with “free content” and I am in favor of any alternatives to a proprietary system like iTunes.
The Internet has been built by companies and individuals providing useful solutions to problems that are free to the end user. The big thing here will be to make the advertising relevant and fairly unobtrusive. I don’t expect the big names in music to get involved with a project like this until the market forces them to, but for an up and coming performer the could be the ultimate solution. The real losers here could be the recording companies who refuse to give up their old business model.
I am not in favor of the DRM here, but let them adress one hurdle at a time.
Because search engines are getting thousands of new pages a day and who knows
how many authors they tend to be very sceptacle about new content. You need
to convince them that you are a trusted source of reliable information (whatever
your information may be).
Here are some things that you can do to improve your standing in the eyes
of the search engines.
There are many other things that you can do, but I feel that these ideas
will help you the most. These are simple and straightforward things that
will probably always help you no matter how many times the search engines
change their algarythms.
Here?s something for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work)
A virtual tour of the wonders of Egypt. It has panoramas and as well as photo galleries.
Here’s a great article by my favorite security guru Bruce Schneier on Wired news about why the terrorists are winning the “War on Terror” and how to fight it better by fighting terror with antiterror.
It all is common sense, which unfortunately is not very common any more.
“The only thing we have to fear is Fear itself.”
FDR
Jonathan Snook writes a very good post about a subject that I find particularly tricky, CSS Specificity. This is especially true for external style sheets where the same style sheet will control many pages with different attributes.
He presents a easy to understand solution with information on the different types of selectors and when and how to use them (or not use them as the case may be).
I guess that you live and learn, but Christopher Scott has written a post called “10 CSS Tips You Might Not Have Known About”.
It’s something he wished someone would?ve told him when hefirst started designing in CSS. After reading the list I wish it too. There are some easy and sensible tips that I use and will be using from now on.
I had a wonderful vacation at Cape Hatteras (Avon, NC). It is my favorite beach, quiet, peaceful and relaxing. Here are some photos.
Font Tester is a free online font comparison tool. It allows you to visually compare fonts side by side with various CSS font styles applied. I just found it and have used it successfully already.
Here?s something for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work)
InterfaceLIFT currently offer 853 desktops in widescreen and standard format for use with all operating systems. New wallpaper is posted almost daily! They have some great ones.
Kim Roach is a staff writer and editor for the SiteProNews. She has a new article called “Recent Changes at Google, Yahoo, and MSN” where she talks about how to do well in the search engines.
It’s a good read with some excellent advise, but I think the more things change the more they stay the same.
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