A 404 error on the web is what a web server responds with when it is tasked with serving up a resource that it can’t find. It should still look like your website Apologize Search Give readers useful links Way…

Without argument, one of the most important things to consider when creating a website is that it be accessible to everyone who wants to view it. Does your website play nice with screen readers? Can a user override your style…

you’ve been HAACKED – ASP.NET MVC on IIS 6 Walkthrough Steve Sanderson’s blog – Deploying ASP.NET MVC to IIS 6 Bia Securities – How to enable pretty urls with Asp.Net MVC and IIS6 Omar AL Zabir blog on ASP.NET Ajax…

In the first part of the checklist, we looked at creating high quality websites from a client perspective and the tools that helps us do that. In this part we look at the (free) tools that will help us build…

I’m always excited about the possibilities of a new design. At the very beginning, I never really know where it will end up, and I love that feeling. The whole process of choosing colors and creating a color palette for…

We all make mistakes running our websites. However, the nature of those mistakes varies depending on the size of your company. As your organization grows, the mistakes change. This post addresses common mistakes among large organizations. Most of the clients…

Maybe I haven’t been paying close enough attention, but over the past few years an interesting variation of CSS Sprites has been getting a lot of play on large web sites that serve millions of users. mezzoblue – Sprite Optimization

In the post below I am going to run down a short-list of some of the less-popular performance tips and the reasoning behind them. There are loads of blog postings and articles on asp.net performance enhancements, and I urge you…

Typography is elegant when it is attractive and communicates the designer’s ideas. When chosen wisely and used carefully, it can be very effective in supporting the overall design. Designers are always exploring different techniques with type: some use images or…

Now that the ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate is available for download, how do you learn how to start using it to build applications? Here’s a guide to resources for learning about ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 1. Stephen Walter on ASP.NET…

A few years ago I had the opportunity to sit down with a designer possessed of a rare talent. We were both part of the same team and he was creating some UI elements that I was to wire up.…

Forms authentication is nice way to protect your asp.net web pages from unauthorized views. The good thing is that it shields all request for pages in your site and will redirect the request to a login page. You can set…