The popular CAPTCHA solution can help lock out robots and reduce spam, but it's far from failsafe -- and it causes major accessibility headaches. In this article, James looks at the problems, issues, and alternatives to requiring a human to prove that they're not a bot.
In this second instalment of Photoshop tutorials, Corrie reveals more of the secrets behind creating swish navigation buttons. Learn techniques for creating a wide range of button styles: opaque, pearl, glass, plastic, and more!
Is the code in your ColdFusion web application out of control? Do you have six versions of the same function spread across many different files? Ben shows how easy it is to write and use ColdFusion components, take back control of your application code, and shift your development practices into high gear!
In this interview, veteran user experience designer, author and web standards advocate Andy Budd speaks to SitePoint about blogging, usability testing, the design process, and why he thinks that CSS is a dead technology.
OK, so Ruby on Rails is well structured and saves us time. But where do you start if you're completely new to web development? In this article, Patrick teaches you the important theory behind the framework, so that you can begin building best practice apps in no time.
Give your fledgling site the kick-start it deserves! Here, Ken shows how careful and creative keyword research will gain your site links and visitors from the outset.
In this first instalment of graphics tutorials, Corrie demonstrates how to use Photoshop to style nifty navigation buttons of every shape and style -- from shiny and metallic to embedded and circular, and everything in between.
The topic of design contests is a polarizing one. In this article Richard Scott, a designer who makes the majority of his living from design contests, reveals why he chooses to ignore the pleas of the NO!SPEC crowd -- and how he's a better designer because of it.
Many factors affect a web site's value. Do you know what they are? In this article, Georgina interviews a panel of industry experts who break through the sales hype to explain how to place a meaningful price on your online asset.
In this, the second of Kay's series of interviews with ColdFusion framework developers, John Farrar talks up the new kid on the Rapid Application Development block -- COOP -- and explains how being "cooped up" is the best thing that could happen to a ColdFusion developer.