This web magazine is available in both a print version and in a digital format. It is published monthly and requires a subscription. For those in the US and Canada, the print version is free, all others need to pay $49 or, choose the option to receive the digital version, which is also free. You may also choose to subscribe to their weekly, or daily updates via email.
The digital version of the monthly magazine is delivered in an eBook format, with the look and feel of reading a print magazine …

We finally decided, amongst all of the hype, to give Google Chrome a spin and see how it compared to our current favorite, Firefox 3. We were pleasantly surprised in many ways, but somewhat disappointed at the same time. The following is our first impression of the new browser and what we think they left out.
First Impressions
We were first impressed with the small payload of the installation file. This meant short download time and a very fast installation. We were then asked to import our bookmarks and were again very …

This is the first of a series of articles on online magazines. There are many resources out there for web developers, but we thought we would point you to some of the top content available.
The first magazine is actually a set of two online magazines; PHP Magazine for PHP developers and AJAX Magazine for AJAX developers. Both online magazines follow a similar blog style format and are kept current with the latest in tutorials and new releases for both forums. They both take advantage of their extensive network of sites …

One of the most frustrating aspects of web design is ensuring compatibility across different web browsers. The most frustrating for our team to date is the issue with Internet Explorer 7 and changing the DPI setting of the display in Windows.
The computer is a Dell XPS laptop, and it turns out that the DPI setting from the factory is set to 120 dpi. While browsing with Firefox, the web pages looked just fine. But when we fired up IE and had a look, the font sizes were scaled up dramatically …

In another one of our projects, we had a design that required a white content area with the area behind it filled with a pattern. Unfortunately, the background pattern was something that the client was not happy with at all.
In the interest of time, they asked us if we could find something nice and fix the pattern. Even though this background pattern is a fairly small part of the website, it has a large visual impact on the site. Therefore, it was important that I spend some time finding …

As you develop your website and the amount of content grows, finding specific bits and pieces rapidly become more of an issue. This can be a problem not only for your users, but also for your content managers. But, why do you need an on site search engine when you gone to all of the trouble of categorizing everything into a nice neat menu system?
Why does my website need search capability?
Very simply, Search is the user’s lifeline when the navigation system fails to direct them to what they need quickly.
In …

Before we begin, perhaps a brief description of what a Content Management System (CMS) is or does would be appropriate. A Content Management System is a system used to organize and facilitate digital content. Originally as simple as a rolodex or encyclopedia, today’s content management systems are elaborate software/database applications designed to store and process large amounts of complex information.
A CMS is usually comprised of a database, the data or images that make up that database, and a web based front end or application for managing the content. The result …