jQuery is used by innumerable developers worldwide, and for good reason - it's an excellent way of increasing the productivity of your JavaScript development. As such, I've decided to outline a few of its most useful functions. Each heading also links to the...
The winners of the 2010 Communicator Awards have been announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, and Matcha Design has walked away with 2 Awards of Excellence and 3 Awards of Distinction. "We understand that the economic environment has been tough...
In addition to understanding the languages and best practices, knowing what external tools are available is important for a developer. These are a few tools of which every web developer should be aware. They won't all apply to every project, but they should certainly...
The header, section, footer, and nav tags, along with several others, serve purely semantic purposes. Traditionally, the div tag most often served to divide up the page into its constituent parts. Like the div tag, these content-describing tags should visually be...
Search Engine Optimization can largely be broken down into two areas of effort – on-page and off-page. On-page SEO refers to the content of the individual HTML files that make up your site, and off-page SEO refers to external efforts, such as links to your pages from...
There are lots of new features in HTML5, but some elements from HTML4 have been changed or removed. So here are a few tips for changes you might need to make if you're upgrading. 1. The CENTER tag The center tag was deprecated in HTML4/XHTML, and not allowed in XHTML...
If I go to the homepage of a website on a computer with a fast connection, and after 5 seconds there are still large pieces of the page missing, something's wrong. So in the interest of making the internet a better place for all, especially those without...
We did a review on Windows Live Skydrive in October. One of the main features Microsoft offers is the ability to create, edit and store Office docs for free online via the browser. It also allows you to view the documents on your web-enabled mobile phone. As some of...
Like HTML5, CSS3 is currently in draft form, and has varied support across the major browsers. All of the major browsers are at least developing support for the existing CSS3 properties, however. CSS3 goes hand-in-hand with HTML5 to make pages simpler by reducing...
HTML5 is still a work in progress, and some parts are still being refined or are subject to change, but partial experimental support is already existent in most major browsers. At this point I wouldn't recommend building a whole website in HTML5 without any kind of...
Matcha Design announced today that they have received two awards from the American Design Awards for the design of chrislophotography.com and tulsachildrensmuseum.org. The entries by Matcha Design were among 40 sites chosen from a pool of 720 entries. "Receiving two...
Matcha Design announced today that they have received an American Design Awards for the design of energylegalcounsel.com. The entry by Matcha Design was among 49 sites chosen from a pool of 702 entries. "We were excited to have the opportunity to build a good energy...