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The Art of Making Links

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 26, 2009 - 7:51pm

What is the world wide web? It's a huge conglomeration of services and web pages, all mashed together with simple hyperlinks. For being such a simple thing (a bit of text that, when clicked on, leads a user to a new page), the hyperlink has quite a bit of importance!

Chain Links
(by Max Klingensmith)

There are three main reasons you want to make sure your links are in tip-top shape: first, for website accessibility, second, for search engine indexing, and third, for website usability. We will approach these concerns from two perspectives: 1. Link design and formatting; and 2. Link text and placement.

Adapting Your Website for the iPhone

Submitted by Jeff Geerling on January 13, 2009 - 8:47pm

In the past year, I have seen more and more mobile visitors to some of the websites I maintain, and the lion's share of those mobile visitors are using Safari on the iPhone or iPod Touch. A few of the sites receive more than 5% of their visits from such devices. For those sites, I thought it would be fitting to give them a little better mobile treatment, optimizing the layout for the iPhone.