Image via Wikipedia What is a Style Guide? A style guide is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents and materials. A design style guide usually addresses logo usage, fonts, colors, and sometimes page layouts. The use of a design style guide provides uniformity in the application of [...]
Image by Smithsonian Institution via Flickr Rich Snippet is a form of structured data that Google can use on its search results pages. It allows for a consistent, attractive display of information. The concept has been around since 2009, but has been slow to evolve perhaps because of foot-dragging on Google's part, and [...]
A Sordid Past JavaScript has come a long way from its humble and (quite frankly) sketchy roots. From the start, circa 1995, JavaScript was the Frankenstein monster of web development tools — a sort of necessary evil cobbled together to do certain web development tasks, but never truly appreciated beyond this rudimentary utility. As a [...]
The Farmer Update Image via CrunchBase Google calls it Panda, but most web developers outside of Google are calling it the Farmer Update. The idea is to punish websites that are "Content Farms", or in layman's terms, websites that do little more than copy content from other sites and stuff pages full of [...]
Image via CrunchBase The old saying, "Less is More" applies to designing for mobile devices more than almost anything else I can think of. When you're presenting information on such a small screen, you want to narrow your focus to as few elements as possible. A Few Years Ago: Speed Just a [...]
Image by ttcopley via Flickr Are you wondering if you need a mobile website? It is nothing new to consider screen size and resolution when you make decisions on the design of a template, theme or skin for a website. But increasingly, an additional display does need to be factored into design considerations. [...]
Image via Wikipedia You can be forgiven for missing the news. In the middle of the Christmas shopping season, the FCC approved new Network Neutrality rules. This comes shortly after the supposed 'deal' between Google and Verizon that in the end, looks very similar to the FCC framework on the surface. As with any set [...]
