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    An easy, low-budget CMS Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Saturday, July 26 2003 @ 09:47 AM CDT
    By David L. Farquhar

    I have a friend who wants to set up a Web site where he and a couple of other people can post articles. The easy way out is to just set up a blog for them, but I don't really like the blog metaphor for their site.

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    A reminder: 30 Days to a More Accessible Web Site Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Friday, January 10 2003 @ 06:32 PM CST
    By David L. Farquhar

    In a conversation today, I referred to Mark Pilgrim's excellent 30 Days to a More Accessible Web Site.

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    Most Recent Post: 01/12 08:39PM by ImportedComment  [ Views: 937 ]  

    Increase the speed of your Web pages Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Monday, November 25 2002 @ 10:00 AM CST
    By David L. Farquhar

    There are commercial utilities that will optimize your HTML and your images, cutting the size down so your stuff loads faster and you save bandwidth. But I like free.

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    Most Recent Post: 07/18 12:33PM by ImportedComment  [ Views: 1456 ]  

    Basic design principles Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Wednesday, November 13 2002 @ 07:16 PM CST
    By David L. Farquhar

    Steve DeLassus asked me for some tips on design for a site he's building. Since that's fairly general-interest information, I figure I might as well make a post of it.

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    Optimizing Web graphics Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Saturday, May 25 2002 @ 02:06 AM CDT
    By David L. Farquhar

    Gatermann told me about a piece of freeware he found on one of my favorite sites, tinyapps.org, called JPG Cleaner. It strips out the thumbnails and other metadata that editing programs and digital cameras put in your graphics that isn't necessary for your Web browser to render them. Sometimes it saves you 20K, and sometimes it saves you 16 bytes. Still, it's worth doing, because more often than not it saves you something halfway significant.

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    The tightrope of Web design Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Sunday, May 19 2002 @ 03:51 PM CDT
    By David L. Farquhar

    There are few challenges more daunting than designing a truly first-rate Web site.

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    Most Recent Post: 05/19 07:21PM by ImportedComment  [ Views: 982 ]  

    Browser test Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Saturday, May 18 2002 @ 10:23 PM CDT
    By David L. Farquhar

    I'm curious what this looks like. I'm using a template from glish.com, heavily modified by yours truly. It's not quite the design I originally envisioned but I think it's close enough. It's dark. It's readable. It's a little edgy. It's me.

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    Most Recent Post: 05/19 03:12PM by ImportedComment  [ Views: 1332 ]  

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