It’s been a while since I last put together a list of links and sites I have uncovered/discovered/been led to, so this is a big one. A right old collection of resources and information. Dig it!
- A little trickery using server side scripting to determine the user agent and then dynamically displaying additional keyword info (a better way than using black on black text) if the user agent is a spider
- Google Information for Webmasters, as the title indicates all webmasters need to know to get their site high up on Google’s listings.
- Information and resources about the robot.txt file
- A quite hilarious list of words not to use in web writing…
- Found a useful article which makes use of show/hide JavaScript to keep forms that are extremely long short. Enhances the experience by segmenting the questions and not submitting until all fields are completed. Also has a few externals on advice how to build good web forms.
- The last post included a link to Doug Bowmans explanation of an image replacement technique. Sadly Screen readers such as Jaws had issues with this technique and hence made the solution no good due to accessibility issues. Now here a solution is presented, which makes the hidden text span shift off the visible area of the screen… funky text image, plus accessibility… well done.
- All about ISSN’s (International Standard Serial Number).
- Comprehensive guide to .htaccess, a really comprehensive guide to using your .htaccess file. Hot on the trot this blog talks about their conversion using rewrite and a useful article on ALA. And finally here you can find a comprehensive ”cook book” on the topic.
- Resource listing from mod-rewrite.com.
- Another useful article on how to combine PHP and htaccess.
- In depth listing and explanation of all the switches courtesy of the above entry
- A Beginner’s Guide to URL Rewriting - is exactly that… very useful
- Since mod_rewrite can heavily rely on regular expressions here is a link to an excellent resource on the topic.
- And another Regular expressions resource to help me a long the way
- This looks like a useful site that serves up text based banners and manages all aspects for you (billing, impressions and rotation).
- Stat Market a useful site with information on global browser stats (payment required)
- Blog stakes - had a cool little widget thingy:
¦and this is the source: <strike>¦</strike> - A neat little article from Eric Meyer on containing floats, i.e. how to stop floating items from superimposing over the next layer. Pretty cool.
- Adaptive path have put a heap of their workshop assets for download. Very insightful.
- Ryan Carver, discusses his implementation of the “One True Fit” web site. He also discusses his framework, which I found extremely interesting.
- Ever wondered design patterns? Specifically for the web? This site has a raft of patterns, with explanations and rationales… well worth book marking.
- Ian Wilson of WaSP has written this excellent article on the gap between web standards and training.
- Vincent Flanders has put up an article on standards and accessibility and is entitled: Google is god. Don’t piss her off, not only does it help to build your site with accessibility in mind, but it also improves a search engine’s ability to index your site… it sees your site, just the way Lynx does!!