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Tutorials and tips covering HTML, CSS, jQuery and PHP for web designers and developers. Discussion of the latest Internet technology and search engine optimisation news.



Reduce HTTP Requests

Feb
13
2008

For those who use the Yahoo YSlow plugin for Firebug, speeding up their websites is obviously an issue worth addressing. Read the rest of this entry »


Google Experimental: Alternative Search

Jan
31
2008

Google are testing new ways to display your search results. There are a whole host of alternative search views to choose from.

To test it out have a look at Google Experimental, (you’ll need a gmail login to use the service).

The new views include Info View, Timeline View and Map View.

Info View

Info View offers is a way to display information from trusted sites such as .edu’s. In the example of Thomas Jefferson, this includes links to Wikipedia, biography’s and University papers relevant to the subject. Read the rest of this entry »


Cache Pages for Faster Loading Times

Jan
17
2008

With the release of Yahoo’s YSlow plugin for Firefox, web developers are better able to see how fast their web sites are loading, and improve this load time with some nifty server-side adjustments and on-page changes.

In a series of posts I will be discussing some of these elements, starting this week with caching page elements to reduce server load and make pages load faster. Read the rest of this entry »