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Give a Social Web Site an Authentic Voice

Features: Written by Joshua Porter on August 11, 2008

Successful social Web sites include authentic conversations between the people who use the site and the people who build and run it.

Translate Your Print-Based Design Skills to the Web

Features: Written by Wesley Grubbs on June 11, 2008

When you move from static design to Web design, it's like tennis players trying racquetball. The problem isn’t that they don’t know how to handle the racquet; it’s that they don’t know all the rules and techniques. Read this article and you'll come out swinging.

The Lowdown on RIAs

Features: Written by Matthew Flaming on March 14, 2008

What is a Rich Internet Application, and how do you build one?

Four Paths to Mobile Web Design and Deployment

Features: Written by Cameron Moll on September 19, 2007

Just when you thought you had designing for the Internet figured out, mobile devices have come along and are clamoring to be catered to. Here's how to handle those pesky things.

Web Design Best Practices: Home Page Goals

Features: Written by Derek Powazek on August 8, 2007

To be successful at answering the needs of both first-time and repeat visitors, every website home page should meet four goals. Do yours make the grade?

Contrast and Meaning in Web Design

Features: Written by Andy Rutledge on May 30, 2007

Issues of style and popular convention can distract us from the design essential of contrast. Here's how to come back to basics.

Banking on CSS Inheritance

Features: Written by Dave Sawyer McFarland on November 6, 2001

Making the most of cascading style sheets means learning Web geneology. Inheritance, or how one style passes its physical attributes to its offspring, is the key to good Web design.