Part 2 of Akash’s Adobe AIR tutorials describes how to build a simple Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application. Take the quiz at the end and receive a free pocket guide: Adobe AIR For JavaScript Developers, courtesy of Adobe!

Following up from his competition-winning tutorial, Akash explains how to use Adobe AIR to build a handy notes storage app. This is the first of three articles on building web-enabled desktop applications using the exciting Adobe AIR platform.

So you've been given the task of creating an HTML email newsletter, but you've heard the rumors: rendering issues, image blocking, not to mention the email client discrepancies. Check out Alex's guide to gain useful tips on templates, testing, and all the hazards that can befall the uninitiated.

Got the germ of an idea for your own startup? Perhaps you’re wary of the afflictions that can beset new businesses. In his second article on web startup companies, Daniel examines some common ailments and what you can do to stay on top of them.

More Flex quizzes, and more book giveaways! In Part II of this series, Jack expands on our voting widget in Flex 3, and once again provides a quiz for you to test your knowledge at the end—and receive a free book for your trouble!

Does your design enthusiasm extend to the archives section of your site, or do you tend to overlook its potential? In this article, Jina takes us on a tour of appreciation though a gallery of beautiful examples—you’ll never neglect this aspect of a site again!

So, you want to start your own company—but should you follow a product- or a service-based business model? In this article, the first of two on web start-up companies, Daniel demonstrates why a product-based business is the hands-down winner!

Do you have a web business sitting on the shelf? Would you like to sell it, but feel unsure of its worth? In this article, Clinton uncovers the mysteries of web site valuation, debunks some myths, and provides insight (and a useful tool) to help you succeed in the site flipping industry!

In the immortal words of Kermit, it’s not easy being green—but there are ways you can do your bit for the environment. Here, Matt offers ten commonsense ways to reduce your carbon footprint ... and your energy bill.

In this hands-on tutorial, Jack lays the foundation for building a voting widget in Flex 3. Take the quiz at the end of the article, and score a copy of his book, Getting Started With Flex 3, absolutely free!

Want to get a bang out of your Ajax artillery? In this hands-on tutorial, Stoyan puts Ajax on the front line as he develops a web app with which you can execute shell commands on your web server. The downloadable code provides a real tactical advantage as Stoyan marshals JavaScript and XML to create the app.

Learn how to escape the confines of your QWERTY keyboard—in this article, Daniel shows how you can enrich your web site text with correct typographic punctuation!

Eight years on, is HTML stuck in a rut? James looks at the underlying causes of its eight-year sleep, dispels some myths, and considers the XHTML options open to the standards-aware developer in the meantime.

Do you ever wonder where your web creation went when it grew up and moved out of home? In the first part of our series on UNIX operating systems, Chris reveals some of the mysteries of how it all works -- you owe it to your web site to know this stuff!

Andy Kowalik catches up with Mark Boulton to discover the man behind the successful web design studio, the route he took to achieve this success, and what's crucial in keeping it that way.

Need a quick online guide for CSS positioning properties? Look no further than Nigel's essential at-a-glance guide, which contains all the common properties.

Form design is the necessary evil of web development. Don't you wish you had a wizard's wand to create accessible yet attractive forms? We have found such a wizard! Here, Cameron Adams shows you how to use CSS to create forms that are both great-looking and usable, and gives you the code you need to make the job easy.

Alex has been in the lab experimenting, and his latest concoction is stunning! If you're ready to try your hand with a cool new CSS technique, don't miss this hands-on tute.

The caged bird may sing, but the jazziest tunes are sung by birds that have broken out of the box! In this step-by-step guide, Jina shows you how to take that cramped old grid-based page layout, and use CSS -- and a little imagination -- to break the bonds and set your design free!

Navigation is the key to surfing the Web, and in this collection of ready-made solutions Rachel steps us through horizontal and vertical menus, drop-down, fly-out, and tabbed navigation systems. Learn the basics of styling lists as menus, and soon you'll be creating drop-down menus from pure CSS -- and making sure they're as accessible as possible!

You're a good programmer -- no, a great programmer -- so your code doesn't have bugs, ever. Right? I thought not. In this article, Chris explains why you should be writing your tests before you write your code, and shows you how to fully embrace a Test Driven Development process.

It's Firefox 3 Download Day! To celebrate the latest release of everyone's favorite open source browser, Fabio takes you through the ins and the outs of what's new in Firefox 3.

Adobe AIR is a platform for building web apps that run on your desktop. In this introductory tutorial, Akash shows how easy it is to quickly create a simple to-do list desktop application using only HTML, CSS and JavaScript!

Affiliate marketing can be more lucrative than online advertising sales -- but only if you know the tricks of the trade! In this step-by-step tutorial, Peter and Georgina reveal some of the common -- and less well-known -- ways to make a solid income through affiliate marketing.

If you're going to experiment with Flex 3, you might as well create something cool, right? With only a small amount of code, Jack shows you how to create an awesome 3D model of a light cycle from the movie Tron that your users can view, rotate, change the color of, and more!

Browser idiosyncracies, spam registers, and various mail clients are just some of the pitfalls that must be faced by email marketers. Make sure your HTML email gets through with Tim's essential how-to.

The popular CAPTCHA solution can help lock out robots and reduce spam, but it's far from failsafe -- and it causes major accessibility headaches. In this article, James looks at the problems, issues, and alternatives to requiring a human to prove that they're not a bot.

In this second instalment of Photoshop tutorials, Corrie reveals more of the secrets behind creating swish navigation buttons. Learn techniques for creating a wide range of button styles: opaque, pearl, glass, plastic, and more!

Is the code in your ColdFusion web application out of control? Do you have six versions of the same function spread across many different files? Ben shows how easy it is to write and use ColdFusion components, take back control of your application code, and shift your development practices into high gear!

In this interview, veteran user experience designer, author and web standards advocate Andy Budd speaks to SitePoint about blogging, usability testing, the design process, and why he thinks that CSS is a dead technology.