Written by Ethan Gardner Web Design
With Twitter, Google Wave, and Opera Unite, there has been a lot of recent talk regarding the future of the web. You may have also heard of Wolfram Alpha, a non-traditional search engine capable of complex calculations and conversions, as part of the “future” discussion.
With all the hype, I decided to check Wolfram Alpha out myself. Initially, I struggled to find a use for the data, but as I spent more time exploring the possibilities, I came across some useful ways it can be used for producing web sites and general business purposes.
Written by Ethan Gardner Web Design
If you have been following the best practices for website optimization published by Yahoo’s Exceptional Performance team, you know the importance that using gzip to compress files and making fewer HTTP requests can have on website speed.
In my article, How to Plan for a Website Redesign, I mentioned I was hoping to make further performance optimizations to my site. While doing some research, I came across a number of powerful techniques that uses PHP to optimize CSS files. By combining these techniques, I was able to achieve some impressive enhancements resulting in a 71% reduction in the size of my CSS files.
Written by Ethan Gardner Web Design
Websites are great ways to keep current with your customers, but what happens when your needs outgrow your site? Taking time redesign might be just what your business needs to reach the next step.
A redesign can be a daunting task, but using web analytics data and careful planning take the sting out of the process. In this article, I will show you some preparations I am making for a redesign of my site that you can adapt to your own website.
Written by Ethan Gardner Web Design
More than any other element of design, color has psychological underpinnings which makes it difficult to master. Learning the fundamentals of color theory is the basis for more advanced work and the reason why color is such an important part of design.
Recently, I have been focusing on the mechanics of design and have developed a streamlined system of creating color schemes and integrating them into the workflow in Photoshop.
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