How to debug your HTML/CSS and why Firebug is no longer the obvious web developer tool

Back in the days when I started making webpages, the only way to monitor your progress was a tedious routine of switching between the code editor and the browser, and reloading, reloading, reloading. Luckily nowadays, it’s really easy to check, edit and see the results just in your browser. For example, checking the “Develop menu” in the advanced preferences of Safari 4 enables interesting debugging features. In order have similar tools in Firefox, you have to install the Firebug plug-in. And in Google Chrome or Opera, these tools are available out-of-the-box. But which browser and code inspector should you choose? Continue reading on Foture

5 tips on being smart with HTML and CSS

Remember — always code your site in the most simple and flexible manner. Once you’ve designed and developed your website, and put it online, you can be quite proud of yourself. However, when you come back later to make some changes or improvements, you can discover, to your surprise, that you would spend less time making it all over again, than just updating the current code. Either way, it’s just waste of time and brains. Here are some small tips that may save you lots of time in the future.

Real “nofollow” links using simple JavaScript

Today’s web is all about being in the search engines, i said that before. And since Google is the biggest search engine, I can safely say that today’s web is all about being in Google — which then again all breaks down to having a high PageRank (PR). It’s magically calculated basing on inbound and outbound links to the given site. And often having bad links brings your PR down. That’s why it’s good practice to use nofollow. But I will show you how to make it even more No.

Reusable rounded edges using CSS and HTML

Rounded edges are the trend now, everything has to be smooth and slick — and rounded. There are various techniques to achieve rounded edges. Today, as well as in an upcoming articles, I will describe some that are lazy enough that you should bother using them.