Content Thieves

Heather Lloyd-Martin suggests how developers can stymie thieves who steal website content .

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Google's Tools for Mobile Web Design

Aleyda Solis exhorts webmasters to consult Google's Mobile SEO tools when designing their website. She specifically mentions:

1. Is Your Web Page Mobile-Friendly
2. Fetch as Google
3. Mobility Usability Report

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A Free Reference to Cascading Style Sheets

Tommy Olsson and Paul O'Brien developed an online reference to CSS. Other works in the series include a reference to HTML by Ian Lloyd, and javascriptJavascript by James Edwards. . These reference works are freely available from SitePoint.

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Using Fonts

Laura Solomon provides tips on using fonts in web design.

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Artistry Demands Technical Skills

Richa Jain shares insights on programming for web designers. Jain encourages designers to obtain as much control of their site display as possible through knowledge of the technlogy behind the site.

Jain admits that on a large Web team everyone has to be a specialist. However, obtaining a little knowledge can pay dividends to any artist. She quotes a letter from Vincent VanGogh:

‘I keep on making what I can’t do yet in order to learn to be able to do it.'

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HyperText Transfer Protocol Being Revised

Matt Wilcox observes that improvements in the HyperText Transfer Protocol will result in some current web page design practices being outmoded . The HTTP protocol assembles webpage components from servers for use on Web documents, and the tricks page designers have used to speed page loading may now impede the loading of page.

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Website Creator's Checklist

Mark Gibbs shares a checklist of 28 things to check before launching your Website .

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Graphic Design Principles

James George reviews principles of design which govern printed information as well as Web pages.

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