Latest Blogs In "Enhancements" On DeVSeO

HTML5 Search Inputs - Tips and Tricks

HTML5 has some great new tags and attributes allowing you to do some neat stuff without having to resort to HTML/JavaScript/CSS hacks. Today I learnt a little about the HTML5 'search' tag, which is actually a normal input with the type set to 'search' (rather than text/hidden/submit etc). It is basically meant as a quick way to create a search input for your site and webkit-based browsers have added a little support for the new type, which you can see if you have Chrome 5 or the latest Safari....

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The Decline Of Internet Explorer 6?

Recently I've been looking at some new sites made by various designers and developers and I've begun to notice a trend. The obvious use of CSS3 and HTML5 has risen dramatically since the beginning of the year. This makes me wonder, is it because people have finally stopped caring so much about IE6 looking visually identical as all the other browsers? I'd certainly like to think so! One recent incident regarding this comes from the sites I've been working on at work. I've been m...

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CSS3 Rounded Images Without Clipping

Have you ever tried to style an image in CSS3 with a border radius of anything except 0? If you have you may have noticed that the image clips outside of the container, which looks absolutely horrible! The desired effect would be for the image to sit below the border and clip underneath so it looks like the image has a nice rounded corner. However, because of this (Firefox?) bug, the desired effect cannot be achieved this way.However, there is a workaround! (Actually there's a couple, but this i...

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Tag Attribute Finder - A Firefox Addon By DeVSeO

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 looking in ter...

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