August 2011

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Firefox 8 will finally block sneaky add-ons bundled in applications from unscrupulous third-party software vendors.Read More
 
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Episode 125 of The SitePoint Podcast is now available! This week our regular interview host Louis Simoneau (@rssaddict) interviews a front end expert in Jonathan Snook (@snookca) who works for... Read More
 
Adding an interesting texture to the background of websites, posters, postcards, banners, and even to the text itself is a great way to make a design stand out. However, you will want to make sure... Read More
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Anyone who claims there are 50 or even 30 ‘essential’ apps for freelancers probably has no clients and plenty of free time to fool around with software. Joel Falconer has winnowed the list.Read More
 
 
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We're back again with another installment of the Alphabet of Web Business series; I trust that you find these two words inspiring and helpful.Read More
 
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Here's a catch-up of the Alphabet of Web Business Miles Burke has been exploring in our Tribune newsletter. This runs from A to N. Read More
 
Welcome back everyone! I caught up with SitePoint lead designer Alex Walker and master of the “Cicada Principle” to have a chat about limitations and banalities of CSS3 gradients and where SVG... Read More
If you’re working with Ruby, chances are by now you’ve heard the word “metaprogramming” thrown around quite a lot. You may have even used metaprogramming, but not fully understood the true... Read More
 
Loading screens are a necessity of digital life. It’s important to provide a user with feedback when you start a process for which your application has to wait for a response. If a user presses a... Read More
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Learn from others' mistakes, especially the ones who come just before you. Then don't make those mistakes. Miles Burke explains why second can be best.Read More
 
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Craig lists the 7 deadly sins of SEO which are regularly committed by business owners. Should your CEO repent before it's too late?Read More
 
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Craig's latest WordPress tutorial explains how to develop a plugin which allows you to inject PHP code into any post.Read More
 
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What's more important: your phone, email, IM, and social networks, or your product? Freelancers need to be contactable, but creative work takes concentration, as Georgina explains.Read More
 
Most of what we’ve talked about thus far has been design theory. Theory’s helpful, but it can only take us so far towards understanding why some ideas work—and others don’t—in a... Read More