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Pure CSS Speech Bubbles
I love CSS3. If you're viewing this in a decent modern browser (not Internet Explorer) then you can probably see that because of the amount I use. I do, however, always try to use progressive enhancement in my projects so that anything that looks great in the good browsers still looks presentable in other browsers. What I love most about CSS3 is how easy it is to do some of the things that used to be an absolute chore for us web developers. Simple things such as creating rounded corners for e...
Posted Mon 8th Mar @ 10:09 by ahallicks
The Universal Selector - A CSS Must Have?
During the creation of web pages the most difficult task set forth before any web developer is that of cross-browser compatibility. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari and so forth, have their own default margins and padding for certain elements on the page, and the page itself. This means that when building a web site there are going to be differences between browsers in terms of display and layout. The Universal Selector is not as widely known as many of the CSS selectors beca...
Posted Fri 5th Mar @ 14:20 by ahallicks
Unfollow Your Twitter Followers On DeVSeO
Have you somehow managed to amass a great following of people you just don't know on Twitter? It happens. You probably don't realise it, especially if you have one of those tools that automatically follows anyone that is following you. All too easily you may find that you have a great number of followers that you simply don't want! I have seen quite a number of tools on the Internet that say they can mass remove or delete all of your Twitter followers but I have found almost none of those to...
Posted Sat 30th Jan @ 20:13 by ahallicks
Twitterwall - YUI Plug-In To Put Twitter Live On Your Website
Demo Have you ever seen those sites that have Twitter posts sprinkled all over the place? Would you like to have access to this same functionality without having to do anything? Here at DeVSeO we use Twitter for a number of things and in a number of places. I decided to help you guys out by turning one of ours scripts that we use here into a fully customisable release so that you, too, can have Twitter on your own site with absolutely no coding ability whatsoever. It couldn't...
Posted Mon 11th Jan @ 14:20 by ahallicks
Lovely Animated Image Captions Using YUI
I saw a very lovely caption effect for images at MotionLab but realised it was written for jQuery. If you have read of my other blogs here on DeVSeO you may notice that I prefer the YUI javascript library by Yahoo for all of my javascript. So, I decided to create this effect using YUI instead of jQuery.Firstly the setup. To make this work you will need an image and some text to describe that image (including a heading for the image). Here's the one I'm going to use for this example:...
Posted Wed 23rd Dec @ 11:59 by ahallicks
Using The YUI Chart Component
The above shows an example of a YUI 2 chart. There are many reason why you might want a chart such as this on your website, such as showing data to users in a more friendly way, publishing commercial content that isnt just in a static table, or even just to add some colour in the form of a funky little widget showing using the latest trends on Twitter.Whatever your reason for having a chart, I have found the YUI 2 charts library a very successful and easy-to-use component that allows you to ful...
Posted Thu 29th Oct @ 16:00 by ahallicks
Locate Keywords In Search Engine Results With Greasemonkey
So, I decided (with the help of Lee Johnson) to create a new Greasemonkey script that looked for keywords in search result for the major search engines (Google, Yahoo! and Bing) rather than highlighting a listing based on a domain which my other script does.For this one to work you will need to install the script (for a quick install, clickhere) and edit line 24 and below putting whichever keywords you wish to find in the array and the colour you wish that keyword to be highlighted by, for exam...
Posted Wed 19th Aug @ 09:31 by ahallicks
Greasemonkey Script to Locate Multiple Domains in Search Results
Greasemonkey is a Firefox Add-on that can be used to install custom scripts that run on specific pages on the internet when the page loads. This can be a very useful tool for many things such as highlighting elements, hiding elements and adding custom functionality to pages that weren't previously available.One useful tool I have seen is written by Mark Stoecker actually highlights listing on a search results page from the big three search engines (Google, Yahoo! and Bing) based on the domain yo...
Posted Tue 18th Aug @ 13:21 by ahallicks
Microsoft Stop Support For IE6
In an effort to make a little more sense and to help rectify a very stupid mistake I made today I'm going to re-write this blog, which I managed to completely delete but that I also think is important enough that it needs re-adding due to the news that come to light very recently reagdring Microsoft support IE6 until 2014.And on With The BlogYes, you read that correctly. Microsoft have decided to stop support for IE6 with the release of their new 'Web Office' application incorporating their offi...
Posted Mon 17th Aug @ 17:13 by ahallicks
Microsoft To Support IE6 Until 2014
In a recent article Microsoft have revealed that they plan to continue support for the years-out-of-date Internet Explorer 6, despite acknowledging that it is riddled with flaws and security issues. The software giant said it would support IE6 until 2014 - four years beyond the original deadline. Critics - some of which have started an online campaign - want the eight-year-old browser mothballed because they claim it slows the online experience. What I love about the statements made...
Posted Mon 17th Aug @ 16:34 by ahallicks
Star Rating Script With YUI
I really needed a nice little star rating system with YUI for this blog (which can been at the bottom) and after a single search in Google I found Ville Saavuori's Star Rating Script for YUI, which is perfect for the job I needed (so you will see a direct implementation of it used here at the bottom of this blog!).However, for a new project I am undertaking I realised that his implementation was not going to work for multiple rating systems on the same page because it is based on ID's, and as we...
Posted Mon 17th Aug @ 15:32 by ahallicks
IE6Update And Pushup For The Web
Recently I have been conducting a fair bit of research regarding a finite resolution to one of the largest issues faced by web developers and web companies alike. Internet Explorer 6. The biggest question I have asked myself is "How on earth has this browser been around for so long, and why is it still here?".It is now officially the oldest and yet still widely-used browser around, possibly because of the fact that it comes installed as standard on out-of-date Microsoft computers owned by large...
Posted Mon 17th Aug @ 15:29 by ahallicks
How To Use The Twitter API
How To Use The Twitter APIThere are a few examples on the web about using the Twitter API, but I've noticed that more and more often they refer to using exec() commands in PHP which a lot of web hosts deny to their users automatically. This makes using the API a little tricky as the only other good method for using the service is with cURL.cURL is a PHP library written by Daniel Stenberg, that allows you to connect and communicate to many different types of servers with many different types of p...
Posted Mon 17th Aug @ 15:28 by ahallicks
Online Website Enhancement Tools from DeVSeO
As I'm sure you've worked out by now, DeVSeO is about combining cutting edge development methods with search engine optimisation processes.The use of online website enhancement tools is becoming more and more popular across the internet as webmasters look to gain a competitive advantage over the competition and we've currently got 6 such tools which are free for you to use to make the most from your website.Whilst the tools we currently offer provide you with the building blocks and advice for a...
Posted Mon 17th Aug @ 15:27 by Rich
YSlow: How To Use Yahoo's Optimisation Tool Part 2 :: Development SEO
In the last installment of this tutorial I went through the first few parts of YSlow that tell you how your site is performing when it comes to page loading. After reducing the number of HTTP requests by reducing the number of files and images that the browser has to call and load from the server there are still a number of optimisation practices you can use to better optimise the front-end performance of your sites.Adding An Expires HeaderAn expires header is basically a header that can be set...
Posted Mon 17th Aug @ 15:25 by ahallicks
YSlow: How To Use Yahoo's Optimisation Tool Part 1
What Is YSlow?>YSlow is Yahoo's answer to showing you exactly why your web page is not performing to the highest possible standard in terms of speed, through optimisation. The add-on for Mozilla Firefox was written by Steve Souders and his team and Yahoo and aims to teach you good web practices in helping visitors get the best of your site.The first point to make is that there are two ways in which you can optimise your web site: on the back end, and on the front end. If you are running a CMS...
Posted Mon 17th Aug @ 15:24 by ahallicks
New Tools Coming To DeVSeO
We have a number of tools that are currently in development and a few that have been completed and will be a available for use by our members for free very shortly!What Tools Will We Have?A few of the tools you will be able to use include: A sitemap generator that will produce downloadable versions of a sitemap for any given domain in XML and HTML format with the ability to download the whole lot as a zip file An SEO Tool that you can use to see how well your site is lookin...
Posted Mon 17th Aug @ 15:22 by ahallicks
Welcome To Blogging On DeVSeO
Hello and welcome to blogging on DeVSeO! The tools are now in place for our members (of a specific type) to be able to add their own blogs to DeVSeO. These blogs will be used to explain plenty of interesting things from how to use our tools, to tips and tricks to get you listed highly on search engines, as well as explanations of the code snippets we have added here for you.XStandardWe decided that XStandard was the way to go with the blog adding functions and has been installed successfully giv...
Posted Mon 17th Aug @ 15:21 by ahallicks
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Pure CSS Speech Bubbles
I love CSS3. If you're viewing this in a decent modern browser (not Internet Explorer) then you can probably see that because of the amount I use. I...
read moreThe Universal Selector - A CSS Must Have?
During the creation of web pages the most difficult task set forth before any web developer is that of cross-browser compatibility. Internet Explore...
read moreUnfollow Your Twitter Followers On DeVSeO
Have you somehow managed to amass a great following of people you just don't know on Twitter? It happens. You probably don't realise it, especially...
read moreTwitterwall - YUI Plug-In To Put Twitter Live On Your Website
Demo Have you ever seen those sites that have Twitter posts sprinkled all over the place? Would you like to have access to this sam...
read moreLovely Animated Image Captions Using YUI
I saw a very lovely caption effect for images at MotionLab but realised it was written for jQuery. If you have read of my other blogs here on DeVSeO y...
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