In Part 1 we talked about fonts and how many you should use on your site. The General rule is to use no more than 3 fonts.

Here is a guide you can use when applying the fonts you’ve chosen to your web site.

Font choice #1: Headings

Your website headings should be larger than the rest of the content on the page and usually in a colour that stands out (by this I don’t mean that you need to pick a bright colour, just a colour that is different from the content and has enough con [...] read more »

Flash paper is the viewer in which you view documents. Working similarly to Adobe Reader, Flash Paper
allows you to view a document without having to download it. You can search for specific words, zoom
in and out of the [...] read more »

When it comes to searching the web your first and last stop (likely) is Google.  Now, with two new Google web services you too can harness the power of Google from within your own website.

In the past year Google created two new web services: Custom Search Engine ( http://www.google.com/coop/cse/) and Google Site Search ( http://www.google.com/sitesearch/). At their core, these tools [...] read more »

To read the first part of this blog see Fonts Part 1: Keeping It In The Family.

Choosing the Right Font

Serif or sans-serif…what’s a serif? Serifs are the small lines at the ends of each character in a font. Sans-serif fonts don’t have these small lines - they’re straight at the ends of each character.

Serif fonts are easier to read because the eye can differentiate each character faster than reading a sans-serif font. This is why most people use serif fonts when typing large amounts of copy, such as books [...] read more »

Defining paths in HTML is filled with mystery and intrigue, so please sit back and enjoy the show.

Drum Roll Please!

I would like to introduce two of my closest friends, Absolute and Relative Paths.

Ok, so I went overboard with my introduction but as long as I got your attention.

As I mentioned, HTML has two types of paths that are used to reference objects (image, media file) and pages (IGLOO folders).

Absolute Paths

A path that uses the full URL to point to an object or page.

For example, the absolute [...] read more »

Fonts and Font Families

Before you get concerned about imagery and colour for your site, stop and think about fonts.

The content on your site is the main reason people are visiting. Shouldn't all your effort compiling research and writing page after page (then chopping them down because their too wordy) look as though you spent the same amount of time working on how they look so that visitors will actually want to read them?

A page that doesn't look easy to read isn't.

Font:

A font is a complete set of characters in a particular style and typically consists of a full letter set, number [...] read more »

Browser compatability is a huge issue with the masses who strive for " Web Standards", especially when we you hear css and xhtml.

Something we tend to over look is the benefit of various graphic formats, expecially my favorite, PNG (Portable Network Graphics).

The w3c defines the 1996 approved mime type as png and describes what it is as follows:

PNG is an extensible file format for the lossless, portable, and well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides a patent-free [...] read more »

As the Germanic fairy tale goes, Hansel and Gretal are abandond in the forest. To prevent being lost, the two children leave a trail of "breadcrumbs" to find their way home, which unfortunately becomes eaten by the local wildlife.

As a child I didn't see the signifigance of the breadcrumb trail in a worldly sense, I generally always knew where I was going, so why would [...] read more »

So you bought a new community and you’re mesmerized by all the wonderful applications that the IGLOO platform provides. You look closely at two words that strike you as modern and hip: blogs and forums, and you think to yourself “Well, that’s nice, but what am I going to use this for?” [...] read more »

Have you ever asked yourself ‘What monitors will my target audience be using when viewing my website?' I know it sounds a little too personal, and a little strange [...] read more »