Creating Web Slices with Adobe Fireworks Slice Tool

June 10, 2010

Adobe Fireworks Web Slice ToolCreating web slices is the first step to converting your  digital artwork into a website. Whether your design is done with Illustrator, Photoshop or Fireworks,  ”web slicing” is an essential skill to master.
It’s not only about using the slice tool but choosing the right slices. When done the right way,  optimized web slices will help you create fast loading web pages also easy to update.

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Is Your Web Page Jumping Left and Right?

May 20, 2010

I work very often with digital artists and other creative people who are now investing their talents designing web sites. I am always eager and pleased to offer my expertise in web development to help those clients of mine convert a masterpiece  crafted in  Photoshop, Illustrator or Fireworks into  full-blown web templates ready for text copy.

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Dreamweaver CS5 30 Days Free Trial

May 5, 2010

I just started my 30 days free trial of Dreamweaver CS5 today. The first thing I notice is the slick startup image.
Hum.. it seems like the Dreamweaver’s green color is getting darker over the years.

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Adobe Browser Lab For Cross-browser Preview

April 19, 2010

Adobe just launched a new service for cross-browser and operating system viewing of web pages: Adobe Browser Lab.
That’s some great news for web developers. There no longer a need to install a plethora of web browsers just to preview the new web page design.

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How To Make IE6 Play Nice with Other Web Browsers

March 20, 2010

The constant web browsers war is more about the chaos and the lack of consistency across the board in implementing the recommendations of the W3C (Worldwide Web Consortium) regarding HTML and CSS. That leaves web developers in the middle of a land mines field. Those pour souls have to gather all the courage it takes to tiptoe out that mess when designing or updating web applications.

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Internet Explorer 9 to Embrace HTML 5, CSS3 and SVG

March 12, 2010

Internet Explorer (IE) is one of the most used web browsers on the internet today. Its popularity cannot certainly be attributed to its  performance. The spread of that browser on personal computers is linked to the fact that Internet Explorer is  shipped with most new PCs using the Windows Operating System. Most web users still perceive IE as “the” internet browser because IE used to be tied to Windows OS until recently.

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How To Design a Clean CSS Web Page Layout

March 5, 2010

Using CSS to convert your graphic design from Fireworks/Photoshop into a full-blown web page is an art in its own right. It takes some time to master that craft but you can achieve clean CSS layouts with a lots of practice  or quickly learn the tricks-of-the-trade from an expert.

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Optimizing Pictures For The Web With Adobe Fireworks

February 20, 2010

Fireworks Image OptimizationOptimizing pictures for the web is a must to get fast loading web pages and reduce your website bounce rate while displaying high quality images. You certainly heard the “buzz”  about Google considering speed as a important factor in determining the quality of a website.
Of course Google doesn’t YET  include the page download speed as a site ranking factor. But with all of us praying for a faster web, I would not be surprised if the page speed becomes a variable in the Google PageRank equation.

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Choosing The Right Image File Format For The Web

February 10, 2010

In a previous post I mentioned choosing the right file format as one of the 6 key factors in optimizing images for the web. I’m now going to give you more pointers to help you decide which file format is the best choice depending on the graphic you are dealing with. I will focus only on the three most common graphic file formats used in web design:  JPEG, GIF and PNG. Read more…

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Use HTML Comments To Solve CSS Layout Issues

February 2, 2010

If you are not inclined to use HTML comments in your web page markup you certainly never spent hours trying to fix a messed up CSS layout. That’s a loss of productivity and money that could have been avoided with just a simple preventive measure: using HTML comments.  It takes less than 20 seconds to write one that could save you an hour of layout troubleshooting.

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