CreareGroup’s Nick and James talk about 5 tips for Improving Page Speed. They explain how hosting, external JavaScript and CSS files, image size and rss feeds can affect the performance of a web page.
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The .Net Developer’s Journal shows you how to build a custom server control using Google Maps and ASP.Net. Jeevan Murkoth shows you how to build a wrapper around the Google API. This techniques makes it easier for .Net developers to use the functionality of Google Maps without writing a lot of JavaScript.
Smashing Magazine’s Richard Shephard walks you through transforming the theme TwentyTen to use HTML5 tags. In Using HTML5 to Transform WordPress’ Theme Twenty Ten, he explains that many developers are not designing in HTML5. He also argues that people who turn off JavaScript are less than 1.5%. If you don’t use JavaScript because of people who might turn it off, than you are limiting your designs. A web page can consist of HTML, CSS and JavaScript in order to provide an enjoyable experience for your users. Richard shows you by dividing his tutorial by HTML5 tags and providing examples. Why not use JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS to make better websites?
A website wireframe helps you to define and document the layout and relationship between web pages. Wireframes are the first and most important step in the design process. Six Revisions’ Ultimate Guide to Website Wireframing explains why you should use wireframes, how to create one and different tools for creating wireframes. If you want examples on developing wireframes, Web Designer Depot’s Using Wireframes to streamline Your Development Process shows you different examples that you can learn from and explains the benefits of wireframing.
Need to create a wireframe in Photoshop or Fireworks?
You can follow these tutorials to master creating a wireframe in Photoshop and Fireworks:
Planning a website? You’ll need a sitemap or a list of web pages. You can start with a few pages or create 2,000 pages. It depends on how big you want your website to be.
Start with the Basics
Every website should have the following pages:
- Home The home page is the first page of your website. This page introduces people to your company and your products or services.
- About Us The About Us page allows you to share your company’s history, your employees and and any other information that you wish to share.
- Contact Us The Contact Us page lets you tell people how to contact you and may include a simple email form.
Depending on your goals, you may need to add additional pages for products, services, news and updates or social media.
Build Your Sitemap
What tools can you use to build a sitemap?
- Pen and Paper
- Microsoft Visio
- Omni Graffle
- Microsoft Word or PowerPoint
- Any image editing tool you have
Post Website Launch Sitemap
Once you have finished building your website, you’ll want to add a XML sitemap. An XML file that sits on your website and helps search engines to crawl your website more easily. You can use an XML Sitemap Generator or make it by hand. Google has a list of generators.