uk council site leads by example

I'm not sure if you've noticed that UK council websites are quite commonly poorly designed and badly coded. Well, today I was pleasantly surprised [...]

Link dump #135

New Microsoft site design

According to Photomatt, the new Microsoft website design actually looks decent...I beg to differ. The markup is still made up of tables (and don't [...]

Sharpen your site search function

Here's some top tips from Jeffrey Veen on how to improve your site visitors experience when using your site search : 8 Quick Ways to Fix Your Searc [...]

How much is your site worth?

Very thorough article at Sitepoint covering all aspects of valuing your site if you decided to sell up: The Ultimate Web Site Valuation Guide. [...]

BBC news site redesigned

The BBC news site has been given a redesign following in the footsteps of the new front page design. Refreshing changes. [...]

'Light up' your site with IE8

BBC site

Generate Google Site Maps

Here's a PHP script that generates a Google Site Map. [...]

WriteMaps

Web Site Grader

I like tools like this Web Site Grader, they're fun... but I take them with a pinch of salt. [...]

How C.R.A.P is Your Site Design?

Mike Rundle presents four tips for making sure your website design isn't crap. [...]

Defensive programming practices to survive Web site traffic peaks

8 tips for dealing with getting 'Digg'ed:Avoid accessing databasesCache Web pagesAvoid needless personalizationQueue tasks that may take too longMove [...]

The three main barriers to an accessible site according to a visually impaired software expert

Ray Campbell, formerly an employee of global telecommunications group Lucent Technologies, cited graphics which lack descriptive text tags, necessary [...]

Tips for Writing Nicer Site Badges

Tips for writing nicer site badges (widgets). [...]

Add OpenSearch to your site in five minutes

If you use a modern browser you'll no doubt be familiar with the built in search box, often situated near the top right of the browser interface. And [...]

Site Vista

Site Vista is a like a Browsercam for HTML Emails - a great idea! [...]

Qualities of a good site

Matt Cutts answers questions related to how Google can treat yours site. [...]

Choosing the right fonts for your site

Choosing the best fonts for your site is about more than making it look pretty: different typefaces send out different signals.Mark Boulton article at [...]

The top 10 top 10 tips for ecommerce web site design

Interesting selection of points from other lists of points about ecommerce web design tips. [...]

Build a Site Search

Mike Papageorge explains how to use the seperate API's from Google, Yahoo and MSN to integrate a search engine into your site. Uses PHP. [...]

plug-in mp3 player for your site

What a really nifty piece of work this is: a Flash MP3 player to plug-in to your site [...]

Yahoo site explorer

Very useful tool, which shows incoming links as well as letting you search any site by typing in the address. [...]

Validate your site

After Jeffrey Zeldman's high profile grumble regarding a bug in the W3C HTML validator, they fixed it!. I was considering, other than Bobby, what [...]