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Why CSS is good for Google
All, 23rd April 2004, Nigel Peck. An overview of why using Cascading Style Sheets will help with your Search Engine Rankings.
Random Content Rotation
Intermediate, 8th December 2003, Nigel Peck. A method of displaying random content on a Web page using CSS, that is both Search Engine friendly and accessible.
An Interview with Julie Howell of the RNIB
All, 9th October 2003, Nigel Peck. An interview with Julie Howell of the UK Royal National Institute of the Blind.
CSS Positioning Properties
Advanced/Experienced, 28th September 2003, Nigel Peck. An overview of the CSS Positioning Properties for experienced developers.
Web Design Resources
All, 11th September 2003, Nigel Peck. This article provides short reviews and links to other resources on the Internet that feature information on Web Design, Internet Marketing and Usability.
mod_accessibility for Apache 2
Intermediate, 9th September 2003, Nick Kew. An introduction to mod_accessibility for Apache 2 from it's author Nick Kew.
XHTML Web Design for Beginners Part Two
Basic/Beginner, 21st February 2003, Nigel Peck. This article is for those who want to learn Web Design from scratch using the latest version of HTML, XHTML. This article follows on from Part One.
Interview with Bob Regan on Accessibility at Macromedia
All, 2nd April 2003, Nigel Peck. Bob Regan is the Accessibility Product Manager at Macromedia, creators of high profile products including Dreamweaver, Flash and Director. I spoke to him recently to see what's happening at Macromedia with regards to Accessibility.
Using Relative Font Sizes
Advanced, 27th January 2003, Mark Pilgrim. An in depth look at how to work around bugs in popular browsers to achieve consistent style with relative font sizes.
Understanding Relational Databases
Intermediate, 19th January 2003, John Blank, Wankyu Choi, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman. A free sample chapter from Beginning PHP 4 published by Wrox Press.
XHTML Character References
Intermediate, 4th January 2003, Nigel Peck. Our latest three articles detail the XHTML 1.0 Character References with tests for the numeric and named version of each one.
XHTML Web Design for Beginners Part One
Basic/Beginner, 28th December 2002, Nigel Peck. This article is for those who want to learn Web Design from scratch using the latest version of HTML, XHTML.
Handy Hints for Web Designers
Intermediate, 16th December 2002, Manas Tungare. 14 tips for sucessful Web Design. This article is worth reading for Web Designers of all experience levels.
Google Dance
All, 9th December 2002, Nigel Peck. In this in-depth article, Markus explains the Google Dance and how it affects your listing in Google.
An Introduction To Accessible Web Design
Intermediate, 23rd November 2002, Nigel Peck. Making your site accessible to all of it's users is essential, but many sites aren't. In this article we introuduce accessible Web Design and the current initiatives to improve the accessibility of Web sites.
A Survey Of Google's PageRank
Expert, 20th November 2002, Markus Sobek. In this in-depth article, Markus explains the inner workings of Googles PageRank system for rating Web pages. Be warned that this is a long article spanning nine pages.
Fancy Paragraphs With CSS
Advanced/Experienced, 16th November 2002, Nigel Peck. Add a touch of style to your text content. We show you how easy it is to apply a little CSS that will spice up your content, and wow your visitors.
Why You Need Internet Marketing
Basic/Beginner, 12th November 2002, Nigel Peck. Internet Marketing often makes the difference between an on-line success and an on-line flop. Find out why.
Search Engine "Crawling"
Basic/Beginner, 5th November 2002, Nigel Peck. What's meant by a Search Engine "crawling" or "spidering" your web site?
Web Design Technologies
Basic/Beginner, 2nd November 2002, Nigel Peck. In this article we introduce the technologies used in Web Design and how they fit together to build effective web sites.
Google Updates
Basic/Beginner, 31st October 2002, Nigel Peck. What's a "Google Update" and how does it affect Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimisation?

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