Hi,
I just released a new set of Dreamweaver video tutorials that cover Dreamweaver CS3 and CS4. You can find them here:
For these videos, I’ve upgraded both the video and sound quality … and I had to invest to make this happen. So I hope you guys will see and hear the difference!
The video course runs a total of about 7 hours, spanning over 30 videos.
Thanks,
Stefan
www.killersites.com
Now that we are entering into a recession, potentially the worst economic crisis since the great depression (!!), web designers are probably wondering if their jobs are safe?
… This all comes down to whether or not companies will be spending money on web design? The answer:
– Short term: they will spend less.
– Medium term: they will spend more.
My reasoning is based on my 18 years experience as a business owner and on my observations of the current market.
The Short Term
People are nervous now. They hear all the negative news and so they pullback on spending and wait to see what will happen. The REALLY nervous people out there load up on gold, guns and dried fruit … while most of us just rent a movie at Blockbuster and cut back on trips to Vegas.
Paypal is a very familiar service that most Web citizens know well. But is Paypal the way to go if you want to process credit cards on your website?
Short answer: yes.
… But it ain’t perfect.
Hi,
I’m a big fan of the Firefox browser; it’s fast, nimble and has a great plug-in architecture, that has made Firefox into a true tool for web designers. That said, Firefox has one big failing – it sucks on the Mac.
Yes, for reasons beyond the comprehension of this humble nerd, Firefox crashes like crazy on the typically ultra stable Mac OSX.
… It’s so bad in fact, that sometimes it feels like I’m using crash-crazy Mac OS 9!
What is the source of the Firefox problem?
I haven’t done any thorough testing, but it seems to me that the constant crashing has to do with the Firefox Javascript engine – it only seems to crash when I’m on a page that uses Javascript.
So if any of your Firefox developers happen to come across this post, please take a closer look at this glaring problem. Believe me, I am not the only one who has seen this.
PS: The Flash player also doesn’t work properly in Firefox on Mac.
Thanks,
Stefan Mischook
www.killersites.com
www.killerphp.com
Hi,
I just released a new video tutorial that introduces the new CSS option in the properties panel.
In a nutshell, Dreamweaver CS4 has made it even easier to add and modify CSS code in your web pages.
You can view my growing collection of Dreamweaver CS4 in the Dreamweaver section of killersites.com.
PS: Firefox on the Mac sucks bad.
Thanks,
Stefan Mischook
www.killersites.com
Hi,
I wanted to announce that I just released a 6 page article on Dreamweaver CS4 … concentrating on it’s PHP and database features.
Check it out: Dreamweaver CS4 Introduction to the PHP toolset.
I also plan on creating a bunch of supporting dreamweaver CS4 video tutorials to help fill in the details not covered in this chapter. I hope you find it useful.
Let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Stefan Mischook
www.killersites.com
www.killerphp.com
If you’ve been struggling with CSS based page layouts (as apposed to using tables) and you’ve been smacking your head against the wall to get things to work … believe me, you’re not the only one!
No, you’re not stupid … CSS for page layout is.
What?! CSS is flawed?
Indeed. CSS for page layout sucks hard because the logic behind CSS page layout is weak at best, and perhaps, even flawed. I can say this with experience in other languages like Java and even VB. Not that I am saying CSS is a programming language.
Anyway …
For web designers used to the craziness of CSS layouts, they would be flabbergasted at how easy creating layouts/views/screens are in VB or even Java when compared to CSS.
What’s the main problem with CSS?
Hi,
You may have heard that Google just released its’ open source browser – Chrome. So, should web designers be freaking out about it?
Short answer: no.
Why not, you say … why not!?
Simply speaking, Chrome uses the same rendering engine that Safari, Adobe AIR, iPhone, and Android use. Something called ‘Web Kit’. So as web designers, we don’t have to worry about another annoying engine that can screw up our code.
With the new (and hot) Apple iPhone on the market, web designers might be considering what they should do to accommodate the fast growing audience of iPhones users.
In a nutshell: probably not too much.
The iPhone web browser, is Apples’ Safari and it reads any web pages – even table-based websites! Gasp! Web standards zealots around the world are eating crow now.
Anyway …
It will come down to what kind of site you are running; I think that most websites will not be the target of iPhone users while on the go. My guess, is that it will be limited to:
Hi,
I just released a podcast where discuss the differences between Ajax and Flash.
You can read more about it in the killersites.com Magazine.
