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Wordless Wednesday: What's In Your Editor - Programming Hostelmg originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 05:45:08.

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One of the things I like best about XML is how you can use it for so many different things. But when I first started using it, I would create one XML document and then when I needed another with similar content (but different XML elements) I would just write a new XML document. When I finally figured out about XSLT I was ecstatic. XSLT lets you take a set of data in an XML document and convert it into another XML document. I have used it for converting articles from a CMS into HTML (XHTML, actually) and for converting an RSS feed into a website. And Darla has a multi-page XSLT Tutorial where you'll learn the basics of XSLT, how to set up an XSLT output stream, how to use the value-of element, and much more. You'll be impressed with how useful XSLT is!

XSLT can transform your XML documents originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 07:09:33.

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I thought it would be interesting this summer to take a look at some of my older articles that you may have missed. All of these articles have been re-worked and refreshed for your edification and enjoyment. And I thought I'd start with an article about the meta refresh tag. This is a tag that was originally created to refresh the current page, to add interactivity and allow the designer to make changes and updates without the reader needing to do anything. But browsers quickly added on the ability to load a new page rather than just the current one. And that's what most people use the meta refresh tag for. But keep in mind that search engines don't like you to use the meta refresh tag to redirect pages permanently. Some black-hat designers used them to scam people and search engines to get higher rankings. So, it's best for SEO to use a 301 server redirect instead if you need to redirect a page permanently.

Oldy But Goody: What is the Meta Refresh Tag? originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 07:03:58.

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Sometimes the easiest way to learn a web design technique is to borrow from someone else. Now, a lot of designers will get angry if you borrow their code, but Yahoo! has put together an entire library of scripts and CSS that you can use to create interactive websites. There are two versions of the YUI framework. Version 2 has been available since 2006 and is very robust and proven. If you're working on sites that need interactivity, but also need to be very reliable, then this is the version you should use. Version 3 is what they call their "next generation" library. It hasn't been as widely tested, and includes things that might be more cutting edge. But if you're building sites that need more advanced (often beta) interactivity options, this is the version for you.

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Web Design Software Pick of the Week: Yahoo! YUI Library originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Sunday, July 25th, 2010 at 14:50:59.

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Submitter’s comments: This is one of those “Have you ever seen another web site? Really? Doesn’t look like it” sites.

Vincent Flanders’ comments: This is the type of web design I’d expect to see from one of those creationist types of sites like Creation Museum, Taxidermy Hall of Fame of NC and Antique Tool Museum. It’s nice to know that evolutionists can be just as wacko in their web design.

Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes

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Submitter’s comments: This is one of those “Have you ever seen another web site? Really? Doesn’t look like it” sites.

Vincent Flanders’ comments: This is the type of web design I’d expect to see from one of those creationist types of sites like Creation Museum, Taxidermy Hall of Fame of NC and Antique Tool Museum. It’s nice to know that evolutionists can be just as wacko in their web design.

Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes

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Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes – A Good Example of Really Bad Web Design for Friday, July 23, 2010

Working as a Web Designer/Web Developer/Web Programmer/etc. hasn't changed astronomically in the years I've been writing this site, but have the job titles? If you are a freelancer, choose the title you're most likely to introduce yourself as. My job title has changed several times in the past 10 years. I originally was a Webmaster, then it changed to Web Developer and Web Manager. Now, I am a Web Designer. I have also worked as an Information Architect and Web Producer. What's interesting to me is that the work I do as a Web Designer isn't radically different from what I did as a Webmaster back when I first started. Yes, the languages I use have changed, but the work is remarkably similar. What is your job title? And how has it changed since you started doing web design work?

Poll: What is your job title? originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 05:45:13.

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Eventually, CSS 3 -- along with HTML5 -- are going to be the future of the web. Explore 10 of the exciting new features in CSS 3.