Who doesn’t wish they could tweak the internet to their liking? Greasemonkey is a powerful tool for customizing your browsing experience, and Jeffrey Rudesyle brings that idea home with a nifty Digital Web menu trick. He tells us how it’s done and lays the framework for future forays into the Greasemonkey playground. Read more
Web development frameworks are a brave new world for some developers coming to them after years of procedural coding—and while the golden boy of frameworks, Ruby on Rails, now has several books to learn from, the relatively new PHP framework industry is lagging behind in that respect. Columnist Nathan Smith takes a look at a new book aiming to plug that gap for one of the hottest frameworks around: CodeIgniter. Read more
As a change from our usual front-end development focused articles, this week we’re taking a step back to think about the content—and, more specifically, how to improve both the navigation and search on our sites through a better understanding of our content taxonomy. Join Heather Hedden as she investigates the history, management, and practical application of taxonomies on the web. Read more
If you’re anything like me, your hard drive is probably littered with unfinished redesigns of your personal portfolio site. As professional designers, we can often be our own worst client—which is why I’m very pleased to welcome FreelanceSwitch’s Collis Ta’eed to set out some sensible ground rules to consider when approaching that portfolio project. Read more
Wherever you turn these days, you can’t escape Facebook. Whether it’s on the news or being blocked by your corporate firewall, you can’t ignore the social networking sensation of the year. But how can you take advantage of those millions of eager users? Our resident API expert, Gareth Rushgrove, shows us how to use our existing skills—or websites—to create a Facebook application of your very own. Read more
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