#via:alastc (19 links)
- HTML Email Boilerplate htmlemailboilerplate.com
For those inevitable moments.
- Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Working with multi-regional websites googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com
- Dark Patterns: Black Hat, Anti-Usability Design Patterns darkpatterns.org
Dark Patterns are [...] not mistakes, they are carefully crafted with a solid understanding of human psychology, and they do not have the user’s interests in mind. The purpose of this site is to catalogue various common types of Dark Pattern, and to name and shame organizations that use them.
Answer: no. Clever hack with security implications. "In effect, this is taking the old phishing trick of homoglyph attacks—an attack consisting of using confusing look-a-like URLs like paypa1.com with the numeral one replacing the letter ell—and adding a dash of cross-site scripting but where you become the agent of infection: the supposed “censorship” may be shocking enough to cause you to forward the link."
- Linux Command Directory: Index oreillynet.com
This directory of Linux commands is from Linux in a Nutshell, 5th Edition.
- Getting Started with South (Django Database Migrations) | Mitch Fournier mitchfournier.com
South is a Django project which [provides] “consistent, easy-to-use, database-agnostic migrations for Django applications.” Below are the most basic steps for getting South up and running in your project.
- Postmark – Email delivery for web apps postmarkapp.com
...helps small and large businesses delivery and track transactional emails. Stop worrying about setup, delivery, and server maintenance. We already excel at this.
- How to Use Link TITLE Attribute Correctly | Search Engine Journal searchenginejournal.com
Useful one to point clients at. "A couple of years ago, Googlers confirmed they did not use TITLE attribute in the algorithm because it was used too seldom. This has changes since then but I still failed to spot any evidence that link TITLE attribute somehow influenced the rankings."
- What Beautiful HTML Code Looks Like | CSS-Tricks css-tricks.com
Not entirely sure I agree with everything in this but worth a gander.
"Partners have little or no incentive even to investigate non-fee-producing options. Therefore, open source or lower cost, more out-of-the-box CMS solutions are rarely if ever offered as possible solutions. In fact, my experience found that more times than not, the Big 5 partner already knew exactly which CMS solution she was going to pitch before she walked through the client’s door. This was something that never ceased to amaze me, but the lesson here is to beware of software recommendations from any Big 5 firm." No shit.
- The Trouble with Lightbox (and its Variants) - Monday By Noon mondaybynoon.com
Breaking the back button, proposed fix.
- The apps that power Django-Mingus | Monty Lounge Blog blog.montylounge.com
Lots of useful-looking django apps.
- Top 5 Technology Selection Pitfalls -- CMS Watch cmswatch.com
- Bulletproof Mobile Device Detection and Style Sheets without User Agent Detection or Server-Side Scripting - Bushido Designs Web Development Blog bushidodesigns.net
A List Apart published an article called “Return of the Mobile Style Sheet”. While the article provides some good information, it has several major flaws. After testing this method extensively, I decided to try and build a better mousetrap.
- WebAIM: WCAG 2.0 Checklist webaim.org
A simple checklist that presents the principles and techniques of WCAG 2.0 in a more user-friendly, understandable format. The language has been significantly changed and simplified from the official WCAG 2.0 specification to make it more easily tested and verified for web pages.
- adaptive path » blog » Peter Merholz » One way for surviving the downturn - delineate your business value (#7 and #10 in a series of 16) adaptivepath.com
By understanding a business’ problems or opportunities, we can figure out what behaviors we’re hoping to engage, and then connect that behavior to a financial outcome.