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Articles are organised by date. Typically, there will be a new one as and when I have the time and find a subject to talk about.

February 2010

SEO Friendly URLs - Fact or Fiction

I'm very interested in natural SEO, and try to keep myself up-to-date with new techniques and methods to improve my understanding of the subject. One particular area of this topic that has always been a bugbear for me is the matter of SEO-friendly URLs. The problem I have with this part of the fie...

Why You Should Use HTML 5

Some of you might have heard about HTML 5, and some of you might even have looked into the specification for this new proposed standard. The thing is, until until more browsers start supporting it, what possible incentive do you have to start implementing it on your own websites? What HMTL 5 Is...

September 2009

CSS Media Types

CSS is a wonderful thing, but most people only ever use it for styling HTML on a regular computer screen. The fact is, CSS has, right from the beginning, had a much wider potential audience. The following code excerpt shows you how you might use alternative stylesheets for rendering your web page ...

August 2008

Avoiding Erroneous Double Hits

Firstly, what do I mean by double hits? Essentially, these are where you have a lot of pairs of page requests, i.e. where the same page has been requested twice by the same user in a matter of seconds. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, but when you have something connected to the backend that ...

How to Optimise Your Site for Search Engines

In this article I hope to explain what is involved in SEO, how to do it effectively, and debunk some common misconceptions along the way. If you're totally new to SEO, then this guide should explain how to begin the process for your own site, and if you happen to already know a lot about how to op...

March 2008

Designing for the Lowest Common Denominator

Websites are often misunderstood as a media form, usually by those that know quite a lot about other media types, such as print or video. Most web developers/designers will be familiar with this concept; how often has a client complained that a design didn't exactly match the website, or they ask...

January 2008

CSS Box Model

One of the most crucial parts of using CSS is to understand the box model, although it is often one of the most difficult things to get to grips with at first. There are 3 parts to the box model in CSS, starting in order from the innermost to the outermost section: Padding ...

October 2007

SEO Upkeep

SEO, or Search Engine Optimisation) is the art of bringing your websites as close as possible to the top results for a natural web search. The best way to explain a natural web search is by means of an example. Imagine you had an on-line fish shop (not the seaside variety!), where people could buy...