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Ever wonder why your photos are either too dark or overly bright? In this excerpt from SitePoint’s latest book: Photography for the Web, Paul Duncanson explains the weird science that is exposure.

2010-06-22T06:35:54+00:00

In the last article, Toby showed us how easy it is to hook up a Catalyst-generated Flex application to a database by using Flash Builder’s code generation features to create a PHP service. Now, he takes us a step further by adding data editing features to the application.

2010-06-16T05:33:01+00:00

Whether you want a quick answer to a question, looking to meet people, or find inspiration, there are certain things that you need to know if you want to make the most of any online community. In this article Sarah explains how you can be a valued member of any online community.

2010-06-11T02:09:55+00:00

No matter how much you trust your hosting company, disasters happen. You should ensure that you have a full backup of your WordPress database and files to restore from easily, without losing any important data. In this article, Abbas explains how to back up your WordPress site manually and also describes some useful plugins that automate the process.

2010-06-04T06:40:50+00:00

Following up on a reader's comment, James takes the drop cap to a whole new dimension. He shows you how to break free of the box, and make the text flow around the letter itself.

2010-05-27T10:42:36+00:00

In his last article, Toby showed us how to import a mockup into Flash Catalyst and start converting it into a working prototype. In this next installment, he’ll walk us through carrying that work over into Flash Builder and creating a functional data-driven application, complete with PHP and MySQL back end.

2010-05-20T06:38:50+00:00

As designers, we often think of HTML email as a dark, scary realm filled with ugly designs. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this excerpt from SitePoint’s Create Stunning HTML Email That Just Works!, Mathew shows us some stunning examples of beautiful HTML email design to serve as inspiration.

2010-05-19T04:09:08+00:00

Even though HTML emails are made up of the same HTML markup and CSS styles as web pages, they present an entirely different set of design challenges. In this article, Mat Patterson, author of SitePoint’s Create Stunning HTML Email That Just Works, explains the email design environment and gives you practical advice to make your next email campaign a success.

2010-05-12T10:45:57+00:00

WordPress is undoubtedly the most popular blogging system on the planet. There’s a wealth of free themes available online for WordPress, but eventually you’ll want to build your own. In this tutorial, Matthew shows you how to take an existing HTML/CSS template and begin converting it into a functional WordPress theme.

2010-05-07T03:49:44+00:00

The catch-22 of web and software development is that the client always wants to see what they’re paying for before it exists. In this article Toby demonstrates how Flash Catalyst changes that situation completely keeping everyone—client, designer and developer—happy.

2010-05-05T04:42:25+00:00

Microsoft’s Silverlight offers an easy way to develop rich user interfaces for the Web. It’s also simple to integrate with your existing server-side code. In this tutorial, Jordan will introduce you to some basic Silverlight programming, and show you how to have your Silverlight application fetch data from PHP.

2010-04-29T05:53:37+00:00

In the third installment of our Expression Blend series, Shane builds on the sample application we’ve created and adds real data integration, behaviors, and animations.

2010-04-27T07:02:25+00:00

Reselling hosting can be a great way for web designers and developers to supplement their revenue and maintain relationships with clients, yet it’s often overlooked. Derek Vaughan makes the case for reselling hosting, and along the way helps us understand how it works and how to choose a good provider.

2010-04-23T06:43:49+00:00

The main concept of Ajax is that you’re instructing the browser to fetch small pieces of content instead of big ones; instead of a page you might request a single paragraph. XMLHttpRequest is a browser feature that allows JavaScript to make a call to a server without going through the normal browser page-request mechanism. This allows us to pull down extra data from the server, then manipulate the page using the DOM—replacing sections, adding sections, or deleting sections depending on the data we receive.

2010-05-12T06:11:54+00:00

Before we got distracted by the bewildering glory of regular expressions, I seem to remember today being about forms. How about we try to combine the two by using regular expressions to validate forms?

2010-05-11T07:30:07+00:00

A look at some of the most commonly used regular expression special characters.

2010-05-11T07:29:08+00:00

You don’t always need your users to fill in every field in a form. Sometimes, the value a user enters into one form field renders another field irrelevant. Instead of relying on the user to figure out which fields are relevant, why not use the disabled property to disable the fields that the user can safely ignore?

2010-05-10T05:29:25+00:00

In addition to the standard DOM properties, methods, and events that we’ve already played with, form-related elements support a bunch of extra properties and methods that are defined in a separate section of the DOM standard.

2010-05-10T05:29:09+00:00

We all agree that it’s better to have clients who call you when they have work to do, rather than you having to chase them. But how do you build that kind of client base? In this article, Jennifer suggests some ways of just how to achieve that goal.

2010-04-15T06:30:23+00:00

A regular feature on the SitePoint CSS forum is Paul O’Brien’s CSS quiz, where he invites readers to solve a tricky CSS problem. Recently, one of his challenges was to create a three-column, source-ordered layout that would collapse to a single column when viewed in a window around 320 pixels wide. We thought it was a really interesting problem, so we invited him to write up the solution.

2010-04-14T07:56:31+00:00