Since the early days of the Internet, if you wanted more than just a flat color, you had to use images for your web designs. Gradients, drop shadows, and other elements had to be added in Photoshop—but things have since changed. Over the past couple of years, CSS has advanced to the point that you can add these things using coding that is interpreted in the browser. Although CSS3 doesn't have full support from every browser just yet, it is a huge step ahead for the design community. And here are just a few of the reasons why.
Better usability. Using coding instead of images means that your pages will load faster. It cuts down on the amount of HTTP requests, which means less bandwidth is taken up and the network runs more smoothly. Furthermore, using images isn't always good for universal usability; it could make it difficult for people using devices other than a desktop or laptop computer to access and navigate the pages. This is especially true for smart phones. The small screen size causes the images to load slowly and become distorted. By using hard coding, then the website's overall layout and design will look better in all browsers.
Smaller file sizes. One of the reasons why web pages using CSS3 load faster is because the file sizes are smaller. In addition to loading faster, having smaller file sizes saves room on the server and the computer, both when the page is created and when it is loaded in the browser window. Using CSS3 means that less resources are used.
Faster development time. Another area that CSS3 excels at is saving time when it comes to the development stages of building a website. Coding takes less time than creating the effects in Photoshop and going back and forth between your computer and the FTP client. Furthermore, when you need to make changes and see what they look like live, you can simply tweak the coding in the CSS file and save it, then refresh the page, whereas using image files, you'd have to save the images and upload them all to the FTP before you could refresh the page. Although the time may seem negligible for each image, managing more than a couple of images will cause the time to build up.
Although it may be some time before CSS3 is instated as protocol, it is already being utilized and steps are being taken towards making it standard. There are too many benefits to let it fall by the wayside. So even though there are still browsers that don't fully support CSS3, it is beneficial to use it along with a fallback, to make your sites ready for the future.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Create a Good Web Resume
A web developer who has recently completed an internship or has decided to explore a different avenue of the web design world more importantly needs to be able to show future employers their skills. The best way to do so is by creating a superb web resume.
A web resume for any web developer should include precise details of their career to date. Below is a list of experience that an employer is looking for on the resume. A web resume should include:
The name of each past employer and your job titles.
The number of staff you managed (if applicable).
Design, planning, analysis, implementation and testing responsibilities as a web developer.
The major projects that you have worked on and whether you completed the projects on time and on budget.
Details of specific architecture, systems, etc, should be included on your resume, e.g. HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Macromedia Dreamweaver, etc.
New procedures, techniques, and/or practices that you have introduced or developed.
How you have reduced costs or saved money for your department is important to include.
How you have improved efficiency or productivity within your department or the company.
How you have increased and/or helped to increase revenues and profits in your department (if relevant) and for the company in general.
Any other achievements that have benefited your employers should also be included on your resume.
A web developer should double check to make sure that all of their past accomplishments are included in the resume. The next step is to publish the resume to the web. There are many websites available to help you with this task.
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top rated Charlotte Web Design, Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization firm located in Charlotte, NC. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality, cost effective custom software development services, delivering a broad range of business consulting and outsourcing services. We specialize in web design and development, branding and identity, internet marketing, and content management systems.
For more information, visit us at www.codank.com
A web resume for any web developer should include precise details of their career to date. Below is a list of experience that an employer is looking for on the resume. A web resume should include:
The name of each past employer and your job titles.
The number of staff you managed (if applicable).
Design, planning, analysis, implementation and testing responsibilities as a web developer.
The major projects that you have worked on and whether you completed the projects on time and on budget.
Details of specific architecture, systems, etc, should be included on your resume, e.g. HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Macromedia Dreamweaver, etc.
New procedures, techniques, and/or practices that you have introduced or developed.
How you have reduced costs or saved money for your department is important to include.
How you have improved efficiency or productivity within your department or the company.
How you have increased and/or helped to increase revenues and profits in your department (if relevant) and for the company in general.
Any other achievements that have benefited your employers should also be included on your resume.
A web developer should double check to make sure that all of their past accomplishments are included in the resume. The next step is to publish the resume to the web. There are many websites available to help you with this task.
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top rated Charlotte Web Design, Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization firm located in Charlotte, NC. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality, cost effective custom software development services, delivering a broad range of business consulting and outsourcing services. We specialize in web design and development, branding and identity, internet marketing, and content management systems.
For more information, visit us at www.codank.com
Thursday, October 22, 2009
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
The most common applications that style most web pages written in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) and XHTML (Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language) is labeled as CSS – Cascading Style Sheets.
CSS is a style sheet language used to describe the look and formatting of a document written in a markup language. A markup language is a system for interpreting a text in a way which is distinguishable from that text.
Cascading Style Sheets were designed to allow the separation of document content (which includes HTML or similar markup language) from document presentation (which includes the layout, colors, or fonts). When this separation has occurred, content accessibility will improve, flexibility and control in the specification of present characteristics, enable multiple pages to share formatting, and reduce complexity and repetition in the structural content.
A priority scheme is determined when dealing with CSS. In this so-called cascade, priorities or weights are calculated and assigned to rules, so that the results are predictable.
CSS Example
selector [, selector2, ...][:pseudo-class] {
property: value;
[property2: value2;
...]
}
/* comment*/
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) maintains the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) specifications. Internet media type (MIME Type) text/css is registered for use with CSS by RFC 2318.
CSS Sources
Author Styles
User Style
User Agent Style
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top rated Charlotte Web Design, Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization firm located in Charlotte, NC. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality, cost effective custom software development services, delivering a broad range of business consulting and outsourcing services. We specialize in web design and development, branding and identity, internet marketing, and content management systems.
For more information, visit us at www.codank.com
CSS is a style sheet language used to describe the look and formatting of a document written in a markup language. A markup language is a system for interpreting a text in a way which is distinguishable from that text.
Cascading Style Sheets were designed to allow the separation of document content (which includes HTML or similar markup language) from document presentation (which includes the layout, colors, or fonts). When this separation has occurred, content accessibility will improve, flexibility and control in the specification of present characteristics, enable multiple pages to share formatting, and reduce complexity and repetition in the structural content.
A priority scheme is determined when dealing with CSS. In this so-called cascade, priorities or weights are calculated and assigned to rules, so that the results are predictable.
CSS Example
selector [, selector2, ...][:pseudo-class] {
property: value;
[property2: value2;
...]
}
/* comment*/
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) maintains the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) specifications. Internet media type (MIME Type) text/css is registered for use with CSS by RFC 2318.
CSS Sources
Author Styles
User Style
User Agent Style
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top rated Charlotte Web Design, Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization firm located in Charlotte, NC. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality, cost effective custom software development services, delivering a broad range of business consulting and outsourcing services. We specialize in web design and development, branding and identity, internet marketing, and content management systems.
For more information, visit us at www.codank.com
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