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An Introduction to 3D
3D models are created by manipulating polygon meshes and molding them into objects, characters and scenes. Even if you don't...
Email Marketing Terms to Know
When evaluating email marketing applications, it's important to know some of the buzzwords so you're properly informed....
Search Engines 101: Paid Vs. Natural Search
When people become involved in Internet marketing one of the things that comes up are the differences between natural and paid...
Web 2.0 Tools
While the Web has always been a tool for collaboration, only in the last few years has software permitted individuals to use it...
Installing the ASP.NET Engine, Editor, and Database System
Three components need to be installed to work with the ASP.NET examples, the .NET Framework, the Visual Web Developer and SQL...
Popular JavaScript Framework Libraries: qooxdoo and SproutCore
JavaScript Frameworks give your site a clean and professional look that would take you months to achieve on your own, if at all....
Getting Started with ASP.NET 3.5
ASP.NET is a Web programming technology pioneered by Microsoft that allows developers to create dynamic Web pages. Here,...
Administering MySQL Databases on the Web Using PHP
This week you'll learn how to access a database from the Web using PHP. Inserting new items into the database is similar to...
Popular JavaScript Framework Libraries: An Overview - Part 3
In the last article of this series, we turned our attention to three strong contenders for the title of Framework supremacy:...
Accessing Your MySQL Database from the Web with PHP
This week you'll find out how to access the Book-O-Rama database from the Web using PHP. A sampling of key topics covered...

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Support the W3C Validators
The W3C has launched a donation and sponsorship program to support the free validators provided by the organization. <a...
WCAG 2.0 is a W3C Recommendation
After 9.5 years of work, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 have reached W3C Recommendation status. On behalf of the...
Introduction to WAI ARIA - available in Spanish and French
Accessibility genius Gez Lemon recently published An Introduction to WAI ARIA on Dev.Opera. Designed to work together with HTML 5...
?Just ask: Integrating accessibility throughout design? available in English, Japanese and Spanish
Fancy giving your site a hardcore usability test? Then why not involve people with disabilities in your testing. Not sure where...
BSI British Standards invites comments on new draft standard on accessible web content
BSI British Standards is inviting all interested parties, and in particular marketing professionals and disabled web users, to...
Want to set up a Web Standards Café?
As a hat tip to Blue Beanie Day 2008 and in the spirit of helping spread the word of web standards, the International Liaison...
Web standards in China
En plus des versions anglaise et chinoise, l&#8217;article est désormais également disponible en français. Merci Armony In...
WCAG 2.0 resources
Here&#8217;s a starter list of some resources to help transition to WCAG 2 from the world of WCAG 1, now the new standard...
WCAG 2 and mobileOK Basic Tests specs are proposed recommendations
WCAG 2 and the mobileOK Basic Tests specifications have been moved to &#8220;proposed recommendation status&#8221; by the...
Acid3 receptions and misconceptions and do we have a winner?
Acid3 progress and what it really means.