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Quality links to your site

Ross Brewer — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:28:40 +0000

This article from Google explains some of the problems in obtaining links to your site

“A popular question on our Webmaster Help Forum is in regard to best practices for organic link building. There seems to be some confusion, especially among less experienced webmasters, on how to approach the topic. Different perspectives have been shared, and we would also like to explain our viewpoint on earning quality links”.

Users are demanding simplicity

Ross Brewer — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:54:27 +0000

Mobile devices and the growth in use of touch screen interfaces create challenging demands on web design. This article from blog.fwdmovement.com.au examines some of these issues.

WordPress wins the 2009 Open Source CMS award

Ross Brewer — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:25:35 +0000

“We are pleased to announce that WordPress has won the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards. WordPress has won this Award for the first time in the past four years, earning itself a place in the Hall of Fame category for the Award next year.”

Open Source CMS awards

The Importance of Cross Browser Compatibility

Ross Brewer — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:55:43 +0000

Google Webmaster Central Blog is a great resource on all things SEO (search engine optimisation). This article outlines the basics -

“When your site renders poorly or is difficult to use on many browsers you risk losing your visitors’ interest, and, if you’re running a monetized site, perhaps their business. Here’s a quick list to make sure you’re covering the basics:

Wordcamp Australia 2008

Ross Brewer — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:45:14 +0000

Wordcamp Australia is going to be held in Sydney on the 29th and 30th of November. You can get the event location information and book tickets here – Eventbrite

Open DNS

Ross Brewer — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:19:10 +0000

OpenDNS protects millions of people a day across hundreds of thousands of schools, businesses and homes. We block phishing sites, give you the power to filter out adult sites and proxies among more than 40 categories, and provide the precision to block individual domains

Blogs Wikis and New Media

Ross Brewer — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:26:43 +0000

This is a fabulous resource for those needing to know what Web 2.0 was all about.

This course is designed to help you understand and effectively use a variety of “web 2.0″ technologies including blogs, RSS, wikis, social bookmarking tools, photo sharing tools, mapping tools, audio and video podcasts, and screencasts

Google’s New Chart API

Ross Brewer — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:57:11 +0000

The Google Chart API returns a PNG-format image in response to a URL. Several types of image can be generated: line, bar, and pie charts for example. For each image type you can specify attributes such as size, colors, and labels.
You can include a Chart API image in a webpage by embedding a URL within an image tag. When the webpage is displayed in a browser the Chart API renders the image within the page.

A Preview of HTML 5

Ross Brewer — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:19:03 +0000

“HTML 4 has been around for nearly a decade now, and publishers seeking new techniques to provide enhanced functionality are being held back by the constraints of the language and browsers.”

This article by Lachlan Hunt describes how HTML 5 will introduce a wide range of features including form controls, APIs, multimedia, structure, and semantics.

What is web design?

Ross Brewer — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:27:01 +0000

Jeffrey Zeldman’s article explains what sets web design apart from design for other mediums.

“Web design is not book design, it is not poster design, it is not illustration, and the highest achievements of those disciplines are not what web design aims for. Although websites can be delivery systems for games and videos, and although those delivery systems can be lovely to look at, such sites are exemplars of game design and video storytelling, not of web design. So what is web design?”

Jeffrey Zeldman – A List Apart