Archive for the ‘Web Development’ Category

As any web developer knows testing for cross-browser compatibility can be a time consuming process. To help ease this process Adobe has been developing BrowserLab intended to help simplify and speed up the process of testing for compatibility. Here’s Adobe’s description of their hosted solution BrowserLab:

BrowserLab is an online service that allows web professionals to test their websites on popular browsers and operating systems. Screenshots of actual browser renderings are generated in real time, with multiple viewing options to help pinpoint issues. Note Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 software users have access to additional functionality such as testing local and active content.

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Google Chrome for Mac was released as an official beta a few days ago. If you are interested in getting the bleeding edge development version with even more features, there is a very easy way to do so.

TechCrunch has created a downloader that will grab the latest development version of Chromium (note: that’s the name for the open source browser Chrome is based on). Get the details of the downloader here. Once you’ve downloaded it, just run the included app and the latest and greatest Chromium build will be downloaded to your Applications.

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One of the first hurdles individuals run into when breaking into web development is setting up a testing server. This often occurs when you create your first PHP page in Dreamweaver or other text editor and try to view it in your browser. Most likely, you see some bizarre ‘Unable to Connect’ message or even worse, a window pops up for you to download the file you are trying to view. These undesirable results are probably occurring because you haven’t set up your computer to be able to serve PHP pages. The good news is…you can now set up a PHP/MySQL testing server in minutes.
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By default, Flash movies (.swf) will display on top of all other content, whether it be a dropdown menu, or content on your page. In order to ensure that your Flash movies do not display over all other elements on the page, apply the wmode=”transparent” parameter to the reference for the swf file.
e.g.: <embed src=”myflashmovie.swf” wmode=”transparent”>

View the following link for more information: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/155/tn_15523.html

In recent years the practice and topic of SEO has grown exponentially as more and more people turn to the web. If you own a website or develop websites for a living you’ve likely been introduced to the topic, but do you really know what SEO is and why it’s important? To better understand let’s start with the basics.

First off, SEO is an acronym for Search Engine Optimization. Therefore, SEO can most simply be defined as the process of optimizing, or enhancing a website for search engines. “But why?” you may ask. Well, just think about what you did the last time you were looking for something online. Most likely you turned to a search engine, like Google. You simply navigate to Google.com, enter a search term (otherwise know as a keyword) and expect Google to provide you with a set of results relevant to your search. For example, if you search “bikes” you would expect Google to provide you with a list of search results pertaining to bikes.

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Nov
23

Web Development Cheat Sheets

by Justin Nemeth

If you are a web developer, having some good “cheat sheets” is an excellent resource. There are some great ones available at Added Bytes for all sorts of topics including PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL and more. They are all free to download and are available in PDF and PNG formats.

To give myself quick access whenever I need the reference, I added a folder with all the cheat sheets right to my OSX dock. You could do the same with Windows Taskbar shortcuts, or bookmarks in your favorite browser. Now any quick help I need is just a simple click away.