20 Feb
Posted by Dipankar Subba as Web Design and Development
Any website can be spruced up with the use of appropriate icons and many folks on the Internet have been kind enough to provide free icons that can be used on any website. Below is a listing of 23 (in alphabetical order) that I like and don’t forget to thank them if you do use [...]
19 Feb
Posted by Dipankar Subba as Web Design and Development
It is virtually impossible to test a website on different browsers as there are just too many Operating System platforms and browser versions. But not all is lost as you can test quite comprehensively by using one of the following services:
Multiple IEs: Since IE or Internet Explorer is still the dominant browser on the web [...]
This article by BusinessWeek solely points the finger at web design vendors saying that they hold small business customers to ransom via:
Static websites: These websites can’t be updated by customers so every new update is charged.
Registering domain names: The article alleges that vendors register the domain name for the customer so later the customer has [...]
13 Feb
Posted by Dipankar Subba as Web Design and Development
I know that the title of this post is long but I hope you get beyond that and read on. I had written this article on Ecademy in July 2006. It generated good feedback via comments and people contacting me directly so I thought it would be useful to reproduce the article (with minor edits) [...]
A quick quick web design/development tip. Brainstorm provided by a colleague.
It is always true that one should test the site in Firefox before tweaking it for Internet Explorer (IE). From experience and the short chat with my colleague, I can confirm that I have noticed that Firefox adheres more to standards and is [...]