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Mod_rewrite is an Apache module that can be accessed from .htaccess files to perform all kinds of complicated URL manipulation. The main mod_rewrite function, RewriteRule, is powered by regular expressions. For the purposes of this tutorial, though, read more »
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Bits O' NewMedia has officially made the transformation into Mirificam Press. The task of creating a new design that fit the personality and direction of the blog ended up being more difficult than I had anticipated. I'd like to kick off the new sit read more »
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Adding a print stylesheet to your website will make your pages look good on and off the web. This article is a guide to the ins and outs of building a stylesheet for print. read more »
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5 for Friday, presented by Bits O' NewMedia, is a weekly list of the most useful web design links in the blogosphere. read more »
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In web design, we are often put in a position to make important branding and marketing decisions for our clients and employers. But applying a Christian worldview to corporate branding and marketing can be tricky. Apart from a set of ethics—don't st read more »
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There's nothing more discouraging than watching your beautifully designed website load on a screen with a resolution it wasn't built for. And it usually happens when you're unveiling your work to a client. Other than browser variations, screen reso read more »
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I can still remember the day I discovered the tag. It's not that I had never used list items before—I had built plenty of bulleted lists. What I discovered that day was that with a little CSS, the becomes one of the most powerful and versatile tag read more »
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When I arrived late to my first panel on Saturday morning at SXSWi 2008 I thought I had accidentally walked in on a reading for a book-on-tape. Jennifer Fraser (lead user experience director at Corel) was the singular presenter, reading off her note read more »
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There were an unusual number of great web design resource lists posted this week. Vandelay Website Design offered resources for continual web design improvement. Elite by Design posted a list of inspirational wallpapers. And Brad Colbow Design is ba read more »
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Where is the edge of the "less is more" universe? When does less cease to be more? It would sound like a silly question out of context but it's one worth considering. Let's look at some instances where less is just less. read more »
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Most of the time, the aim of a website design is to present information in a concise format, both simple and pleasing. But a perfect balance of simple and pleasing can sometimes be difficult to achieve. It's not always clear exactly where to start. read more »
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When you spend most of your day to designing and coding, you don't have a lot of extra time to mess with server configuration. But neglecting this aspect of web design can cost you big time in the end. Your server shouldn't be bending you to its wil read more »
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This article discusses the current mass exodus of our local information into the so-called data cloud. Many of us don't even realize it's happening. With all the enticing benefits of the tools in the cloud, the move seems inevitible. But who should read more »
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As web designers, we know the essential ingredients to website success. We spend hours every week blogging, networking, and studying keywords to produce our income. But our clients aren't always—in fact almost never—where we are when it comes engagi read more »
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I admit I've committed just about every crime against web design on this list. That's probably why it flowed so smoothly from my mind. They are all easily avoidable sins that, if transgressed, will cost a web designer big. So if you want to avoid hu read more »
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From pointers about relieving eye strain (Web Worker Daily) to tips about what should appear above the fold on a blog (Vandelay Website Design), practical advice for the web designer seemed to be the theme in the blogosphere this week. Smashing Maga read more »
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Back in July I wrote an article called The "MyStickies" Firefox Extension is an Excellent Collaboration Tool. MyStickies allows you to paste virtual sticky notes on websites and then share them with others. It's a simple concept but in the proceedin read more »
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In the spring 2005 I decided that having a talk worthy website is a critical advantage for an independent web designer. That realization prompted me to build the latest iteration of Liquid Design Media—the web site for my design studio. All the top read more »
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I've been a fan of the Flock browser for quite awhile now. But when version 1.0 was release on November 5th, I put off the upgrade. I've never been good about paying attention to upgrade dialog boxes. Last week I finally dove in. I have to say that read more »
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I'm limiting the 2008 prediction articles this week to one (a humorous bit from Dot Sauce). The daily influx of these articles is waning so I had to throw one more in before they disappear altogether. I have to point to Web Worker Daily for the most read more »
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Selling web design for the past seven years has given me the opportunity to hear every objection imaginable. Some are practical—"The price is too high". Some are emotional—"We don't want to hurt our other designer's feelings". But they all add up to read more »
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This week boasts a surprising number of great blog articles despite an expected lull over the Christmas holiday. Several of my favorite bloggers took the whole week off but a few never skipped a beat. In the next few days we will be barraged with "b read more »
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Shady advertisements have been appearing some the internet's most visited sites. This article gets to the bottom of it.

"...So what could be worse than a site in the Alexa top 200 claiming that you are the 1,000th visitor? How about the Alexa #1? read more »
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Every week I spend hours reading and commenting on new media and design blogs. I run across so much good information that it's impossible to write one post for each great article I discover. So I've decided it's time to start making a weekly list of read more »
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After happening upon Rollyo.com last week, I was inspired to build a blog search engine for web designers. Rollyo is short for "roll your own" search engine. It's a simpler Yahoo powered version of Google's Custom Search. I knew as embarked on this read more »
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