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It seems like just a little while ago the internet was filled with humorous and informative animated GIFs on every webpage. While GIFs in professional web design have gone the way of the dinosaur, it still has its own place on the web.

Many online communities still trade funny, interesting or disturbing GIF images via online forums and content-based communities. The reasoning for using the GIF format is simple: it’s easily compressible, easy to edit and easy to display. Virtually any platform Read more »

There are two main types of website languages: client side, and server side. Client side languages include HTML, CSS and Javascript, whereas server side languages include ASP and PHP. Most complex websites will use a mixture of the two, whereas simpler websites will use client side languages only.

For a basic website that only displays authored content, formatting languages such as HTML and CSS are the only languages necessary. HTML will be a required language to display your data properly, with CSS following closely behind. Javascript is slightly more advanced, and not always Read more »

If done correctly, using AJAX controls on your web pages can provide an enhanced, fast responding user interface for visitors to your site. They work great for visitors, or at least they work for most of them. The reason that they do not work for everyone is that not everyone’s browser will run javascript, which is the language AJAX controls use for their implementation.

Some bare bones browsers do not support javascript, or the visitor may have turned off javascript support in his Read more »

If a person does not already have a good understanding of CSS it may not be worth it for them to start delving into it just to build one website. It is necessary and important to use CSS to design a unique website because it affects how the website will look and function. Learning all the details of CSS can take a while and the more one learns about it the more they can accomplish. A person who is brand new to CSS may not be able to do much with their limited knowledge and may run into many Read more »